Cloud and AI product revenue accelerated in the June quarter, but a 75% drop in net income extended Alibaba’s run of profit misses to a fifth straight quarter.
The token’s steepest daily and weekly gains in months rode Bitcoin’s record liquidation wave—though ETF flows and futures data hint the move is running on borrowed momentum.
Analysts say the $40 trillion debt milestone could bolster Bitcoin’s long-term case, even as Treasury yields, dollar strength and liquidity remain key near-term drivers.
Seventeen alleged members of Iran-based Mabna Institute were charged over hacks targeting hundreds of universities, companies, and government agencies.
The StopAndProtect operation used compromised WordPress websites to spread malware, steal crypto wallet files, and deploy ransomware.
Longtime bond market investor Mark Connors sees routine government bond buybacks improving liquidity and bringing bitcoin’s next rally closer.
Nine public miners generated $341 million from AI and HPC operations in the first half of 2026 after spending more than $5 billion on capital assets.
Bitcoin punched above $72,000 Thursday, extending a two-day squeeze that’s wiped out the most short positions on record and mounted the first real challenge to a bearish chart that’s held since November.
A new poll showed 63% of 1,166 Americans varied sharply along partisan lines, with a majority of Republicans saying it was appropriate for Trump and his family to invest in crypto.
The governance vote redirects tokens previously reserved for user airdrops toward partnerships, incentives and Optimism’s growing institutional push.
Bitcoin saw new multimonth highs above $72,500 even as US stocks cooled amid US threats of “economic warfare” with Iran.
Bitcoin’s improving momentum could produce a golden cross, but the rally still faces an important test.
Banks are moving deposits on-chain using permissioned systems, not open ones. See why privacy and compliance dictate this path in this week’s newsletter.
At least, if Trump and the CFTC have their way. And the market really, really liked the news.
Scammers are impersonating crypto compliance services to trick users into approving transactions that could put their assets at risk.
USDT is disappearing from regulated European platforms, but there is little sign that it has resulted in weakening global demand for Tether.
Bitdeer expects revenue from the five-year agreement to begin in early 2027 as it builds toward 350 megawatts of AI cloud capacity by 2028.
Rapid7 unveiled a new cryptocurrency phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers, aiming to steal investors’ holdings by redirecting them to fake wallet provider websites.
The approved plan reallocates 546.9 million OP from user airdrops to a Foundation-controlled Strategic Ecosystem Fund.
Three hours spanning the London afternoon and New York morning account for about 23% of XRP moving onchain, up from roughly 14% a year ago.
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 20, 2026
The underlying code for “OS Investigate” has 69 preloaded AI prompts that turn Flock cameras into a super-charged surveillance system that identifies people by how they move.
Investors have poured more than $1 billion into US spot Bitcoin ETFs this week as BTC neared $72,000 and Ether climbed 19% to about $2,286 on Thursday.
While Webull reported a record $198 million in second-quarter revenue, cryptocurrency trading only generated about $2.25 million of the quarter’s revenue stream.
Erald Ghoos, OKX Europe CEO, says U.S. crypto rules could blow new life into the market amid a rotation of capital from AI back to bitcoin.
Six weeks of compression ended in the largest short liquidation since at least 2021, with $3 billion of bearish bets forced to buy back into thin supply.
Bitcoin approached $72,000 in a second day of upside as crypto short liquidations passed $3.1 billion.
Conversations with X are ongoing, according to a person who also works with other social media platforms testing stablecoins to pay influencers.
OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould told the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium the agency is moving at a rapid pace to beat a January statutory deadline, after already missing an earlier July target.
Backed by Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom, BitGo Korea built a locally registered entity from scratch to serve institutional and enterprise clients, rather than taking the acquisition route.