Bitcoin drops to one-week low as retail buys gold at highest prices since June
Bitcoin price action sank to oneweek lows ahead of US CPI data, while retail investors piled into gold ETFs and XAU/USD hit its highest levels in nine weeks.…
Bitcoin-backed lending is entering its institutional era: Two Prime
Public companies are increasingly borrowing against their bitcoin holdings to fund acquisitions and capital spending without selling the asset. Source：CoinDesk
Bitcoin sell pressure ‘closer to exhaustion’ after $4B USDT market-cap drop: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin analysis suggested that sell pressure would not increase given the historically large contraction in USDT market cap over a 60day period.…
Bitcoin stuck below $65,000 as Hormuz hopes evaporate, XRP close to dropping below $1
The Strait of Hormuz relief trade unraveled after Trump demanded 50 years of Iranian compensation, pushing oil back to $89 and leaving crypto and equities…
Software stocks break away from bitcoin: What the rare divergence means for crypto
IGV’s rebound is reshaping a relationship it held with bitcoin for years, but history suggests bitcoin could still catch up. Source：CoinDesk
A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail
ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B shipfinance market to wider capital pool. Source：CoinDesk
Judge stays CFTC’s case against US solider over prediction market bets
A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on…
2 charts showing just how insane the stock market’s August ‘crash-up’ has been so far
Many investors were caught flatfooted when stocks suddenly jerked higher late last month, as a dramatic July momentum unwind ended with a hint of optimism.…
Markets flip for Fed rate-hike pause into CPI: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin spiked to a new August high into Sunday’s weekly close as market participants turned their attention to the next US inflation reports.…
Bitcoin volatility is in meltdown, but downside protection still commands a premium
Bitcoin’s BVIV volatility index hit the lowest level since 2025 as option demand collapsed. Still, overwriting surged and downside protection stayed pricey.…
A rare CME shift: Hedge funds abandon structural shorts to bet on a bitcoin rally
CME leveraged funds turn net long as weak futures yields undermine the oncepopular basis trade. Source：CoinDesk
U.S. CPI inflation, Securitize, Gemini among earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 10 Source：CoinDesk