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Bitcoin

Strategy Skips Bitcoin Buys Again, Raises $334M for Dividends

Strategy sold $333.7M in stock to fund STRC dividends and buybacks while its 840,447 BTC holdings stayed unchanged for a fifth straight week.

August 17, 2026

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Regulation

Trump to Meet Crypto and Prediction Market CEOs as Clarity Act Stalls

Trump is set to meet Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kalshi executives this week as the Clarity Act stalls in the Senate.

August 17, 2026

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Markets

Bitcoin ETF Outflows Top $390M as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Fade

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $390 million as institutional demand cools, while Solana funds pulled in the week's strongest inflows.

August 17, 2026

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Altcoins

Trader Loses $110K in Two Hours FOMOing Into a CZ-Linked Meme Coin

A trader lost $110,700 in two hours after buying 6.15 million Marscoin tokens right after CZ burned a small batch from his own wallet, on-chain data shows.

August 17, 2026

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Blockchain

Crypto Card Market Balloons to Over 250 Competing Projects

More than 250 projects now compete in the crypto card sector, spanning exchange-issued cards from Binance and Bybit to neobank offerings like EtherFi and Kast.

August 17, 2026

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Regulation

Binance Gave Russia User Data Later Used to Charge a Ukraine Donor

Documents show Binance gave Russian investigators identity and transaction records for a user later charged over cryptocurrency donations to Ukraine.

August 17, 2026

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Blockchain

Tether Plans AI Push Into Developing Markets as Users Pass 650 Million

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the stablecoin issuer is expanding into AI applications for developing markets as its global user base tops 650 million.

August 17, 2026

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Markets

China's 5-Year Bond Yield Crashes 7% as Money Flees a Deflating Property Market

China's 5-year government bond yield dropped 7% in a single day to around 1.34%, a rare move driven by capital fleeing a collapsing property sector.

August 17, 2026

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Regulation

White House, SEC and CFTC Set Back-to-Back Crypto Meetings This Week

Trump is set to meet crypto and prediction-market CEOs at the White House on August 19, a day ahead of the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting.

August 17, 2026

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Markets

US-Iran 60-Day Deadline Expires With Strait of Hormuz Still Unresolved

The 60-day window for a US-Iran peace deal has expired without an extension, with control of the Strait of Hormuz and a US naval blockade still unresolved.

August 17, 2026

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Markets

Hedge Funds Slash Yen Short Bets in Half After US-Japan Intervention

Speculative short positions against the Japanese yen have fallen by more than half since Washington and Tokyo's joint currency intervention earlier this month.

August 17, 2026

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Altcoins

A Bizarre Chinese Cartoon Spawned a Meme Coin That's Surged 3,000x

A widely mocked Chinese animated film called Niu Lai went viral for its rough visuals, and its namesake meme coin has since surged thousands of percent.

August 17, 2026