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XRP rises to $1.36 on institutional optimism and CEO remarks. Technical relief bounce supported by oversold conditions and volume surge. Key levels to watch are the support at $1.33 and the resistance at $1.40. XRP has seen a notable lift in the past 24 hours, climbing to $1.36 and outperforming much of the broader market. The rally appears to be driven by a combination of technical relief and renewed confidence from institutional investors. Over the past 24 hours, trading volume surged nearly 50%, signalling that buyers are stepping in after the recent oversold conditions. Ripple CEO commentary sparks optimism A…

South Korea’s Naver Financial has pushed back the timeline for its planned share swap with Dunamu, the operator of crypto exchange Upbit, according to a regulatory filing posted on Monday. In a filing with the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the company said it expects to hold a shareholder vote on Aug. 18 and complete the transaction on Sept. 30, marking a roughly three-month delay from earlier target dates of late May or early June.Naver Financial’s plans to acquire Dunamu were first revealed in September 2025, as local news agencies Yonhap and Chosun reported the company was preparing a share swap to…

The Bitcoin Iran war correlation is playing out in real time. BTC sits at $66,600 today — and the chaos out of the Middle East is a big reason why.On the trading side — I’ve been publicly short since $74,000. Took partial profits when we dropped to $70k, held the rest through the chop all week, and just closed the remainder at $66,300. I’ll break down the rest of my plan at the end of this post.Here’s my full breakdown.reakdown.Bitcoin and the Iran War: Macro Is Driving the PriceThe biggest pressure on Bitcoin right now isn’t on-chain. It’s the Iran…

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1912.59, down 2.4% (-47.98) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.One of 20 assets is trading higher.Leaders: BCH (+0.8%) and CRO (-0.7%). Laggards: APT (-4.6%) and AAVE (-3.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

MSTR stock price faces renewed downside risks after a Strategy board director filed with the US SEC to sell company shares. It coincides with the stock’s recent weakness. MicroStrategy Class A stock is under selling pressure amid share dilution, lower analyst forecasts, and falling Bitcoin prices. Strategy Director Jarrod Patten Sold 700 Class A Common Shares According to the latest SEC filing, Strategy director Jarrod Patten sold 700 MSTR Class A common stock worth $96,159. The latest MSTR stock selloff by Patten comes after recent insider sales. In March alone, Strategy CEO Phong Le, CFO Andrew Kang, and former executive…

Google just crossed a line that scientists spent decades arguing was theoretically possible but practically out of reach. On February 9, 2026, Google’s quantum team demonstrated below-threshold quantum error correction, meaning that adding more qubits to their system actually reduced errors instead of multiplying them. That sounds like an internal engineering milestone. It isn’t. For Bitcoin and Ethereum holders, this matters because the entire security model of cryptocurrency rests on a single assumption: that certain mathematical problems are too hard to solve in any reasonable timeframe. Quantum computers are specifically designed to shred that assumption. The question is how close they…

Strategy just announced a $44.1 billion capital raise, and all of it will go to Bitcoin. The plan splits into 2 programs. $21 billion through MSTR common stock sales. Another $21 billion through Stretch, the company’s high-yield perpetual preferred stock. Both run as at-the-market programs, meaning incremental sales directly into the open market confirmed in a fresh 8-K filing with the SEC. Bitcoin is trading at $71,043, down 4.10% in the last 24 hours, struggling to reclaim high-time-frame resistance. Strategy is raising nearly $44 billion into that volatility anyway. NEW: STRATEGY ANNOUNCES $42B ATM PROGRAMS FOR MORE $BTC PURCHASES@Strategy has…

One Truth Social post sent Bitcoin from $68,500 to $71,400, liquidated $250M in crypto shorts, and pumped gold back to $4,400. Then Tehran said no talks ever happened.Markets opened Monday deep in the red. Asia had already sold off hard overnight. South Korea’s Kospi down over 6%, Japan’s Nikkei losing nearly 5%. As four weeks of US-Israeli strikes on Iran continued to squeeze global oil supplies through a blocked Strait of Hormuz. Bitcoin had slumped to a Sunday low of $67,200 amid the broader risk-off mood, drifting near $68,500 ahead of the US open. Gold, bid up aggressively as a…

In brief Bittensor’s TAO led an AI altcoin surge as geopolitical tensions briefly eased following Trump’s announcement of a pause in planned strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure. Iran subsequently denied that talks had taken place, triggering a whipsaw in prices and liquidating roughly $670 million in leveraged crypto positions over 24 hours. Conflicting Iran signals fuel risk aversion, testing Bitcoin’s store-of-value narrative, Decrypt was told. AI-focused altcoins led a market-wide rally Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would “postpone” planned strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, triggering a cascade of short liquidations.Bittensor’s TAO token jumped 10.2%, while Artificial Superintelligence…

Australia’s Hostplus pension fund is exploring offering Bitcoin and other digital assets to its nearly two million members, in a move that could signal a broader shift among institutional investors. The A$150 billion ($105 billion) superannuation fund is assessing how to integrate crypto exposure through its Choiceplus self-directed investment platform, according to comments from chief investment officer Sam Sicilia and reporting from Bloomberg.  The platform currently accounts for about 1% of total assets but allows members greater control over a portion of their retirement savings. Sicilia said a rollout could come as early as the next financial year, though any…