Following the broader market rally, BTC/USD gained 21.0% last week and reached 79,500.00. At the time of this technical snapshot, the pair has surrendered a small part of the advance and is consolidating near 77,200.00.
By John Isige The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management has issued a no-action position that clears a regulatory path for certain Franklin Templeton funds to hold shares of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), represented by BENJI tokens, for cash-management purposes.
By John Isige For roughly three months, XRP/USD traded sideways within the 1.1718–1.0253 range, corresponding to the Murrey [4/8]–[1/8] levels. Since mid-July, however, the pair has resumed its decline amid uncertainty surrounding delayed Senate consideration of the CLARITY Act. The legislation is intended to establish a broader US regulatory framework for digital assets, but it does not specifically classify XRP as a non-security. XRP's legal treatment remains tied to the Ripple case, in which the court did not find XRP itself to be inherently a security, while certain institutional sales were treated as investment contracts.
By John Isige BTC/USD rebounded last week and is now trading near its monthly highs around 65,400.00 as risk appetite improved amid renewed hopes for progress toward a US-Iran agreement and softer expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening.
By John Isige Sui is integrating two NIST-standardized post-quantum signature schemes designed to protect user accounts and high-value vaults from future quantum-computing threats without forcing users to move assets or replace their existing recovery phrases.
By Andrew Bennett The cryptocurrency market gave back part of this week’s rebound on Friday as traders turned cautious ahead of fresh US labour-market data and continued to follow developments around the Strait of Hormuz. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading near $64,900, Ethereum around $1,915, USDT close to $0.9992, BNB near $590, and USDC around $0.9999. Total crypto market capitalization stands at approximately $2.21 trillion, with Bitcoin dominance close to 59.0%. Institutional flows have remained supportive: over the four US trading sessions from August 3 through August 6, spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted a combined $763.6 million, while Ethereum ETFs recorded $194.1 million in net inflows.
By John Isige The US Senate has pushed consideration of the CLARITY Act into September after lawmakers failed to reach the bipartisan agreement needed to move the landmark crypto market-structure bill before the August recess. The delay gives negotiators more time, but it also leaves one of the industry’s most important legislative efforts facing an increasingly tight political calendar.
By Andrew Bennett Circle will launch the public mainnet of its Arc Layer-1 blockchain on September 16, bringing BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and several other financial heavyweights into an unusually institution-led validator network.
By John Isige Europe’s MiCA transition is creating confusion for customers of unauthorised crypto platforms — and scammers are already taking advantage of it. Regulators have reported cases in which criminals posed as financial watchdogs or legitimate crypto providers and used fake websites to persuade investors to transfer their assets to wallets controlled by fraudsters.
By John Isige SOL/USD has been trending lower since last month. However, the pair has recently recovered part of its losses and is now trading near the middle Bollinger Band at 75.00, the Murrey [4/8] level. Overall, the chart resembles a Symmetrical Triangle pattern, which could break in either direction. If the price consolidates below the lower Bollinger Band at 71.88, the Murrey [3/8] level, the decline may continue toward 62.50, the Murrey [0/8] level, and 56.25, the Murrey [–2/8] level. However, a breakout above 78.12, the Murrey [5/8] level, could support a renewed advance toward 87.50, the Murrey [8/8] level, 93.75, the Murrey [+2/8] level, and 98.40, the area of the May highs.
By John Isige Hashdex will close and liquidate its Bitcoin ETF, with trading scheduled to end on August 17. The move appears to mark the first shutdown of a US-listed spot Bitcoin ETF that directly holds BTC.
By John Isige Ethereum researchers have proposed a major change to ETH issuance that would gradually burn a larger share of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises. The idea is not to impose a hard 50% staking cap, but to remove the protocol-level incentive for staking to keep expanding beyond that point.
By Andrew Bennett Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, gaining stablecoin infrastructure that connects traditional payment systems with blockchain networks on a global scale.
For crypto, the framework is similar to traditional financial markets but comes with its own twist. Here, price action turns on liquidity, adoption, regulation, and flows from institutions alongside retail sentiment. Network health—hash rate, staking, active wallets—adds another layer. Macro still matters too: rates, dollar strength, and risk appetite shape inflows and outflows. Then, as with any market, you use the chart—trend, support and resistance, momentum, and volume—to spot setups and manage risk.
