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HYPE treasury firm Hyperliquid Strategies boosts equity facility to $2.5B

The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.

Hyperliquid Strategies Boosts Equity Facility by $1.5B in New SEC Filing

Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies (Nasdaq: PURR) has expanded its Chardan equity facility from $1.0 billion to $2.5 billion. The move hands the HYPE treasury firm…

Bitcoin's $82,000 test is coming as one major market signal turns bullish

Bitcoin entered September in a consolidation phase after gaining approximately 23% over the last two weeks. The cryptocurrency briefly traded above $81,000 before…

Strategy CEO Doesn't Foresee More Bitcoin Sales Ahead of ‘Pretty Heavy Bull Market' — Defends Selling BTC Low, Buying High

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) CEO Phong Le defended on Tuesday the company's decision to sell Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) at lower price levels and later acquire it at higher…

Ripple opened a Wall Street equities desk and XRP is barely in the announcement

Ripple Prime launched a Delta One desk on Aug. 27 that lets hedge funds trade Apple, the S&P 500, and U.S. Treasuries through total return swaps without owning a single…

Pi Network targets September 15 for Protocol 27 and the DEX that will decide if 30 million users matter

Protocol 26 is complete. Protocol 27, the final infrastructure upgrade in Pi Network's current roadmap, is on testnet with a September 15 mainnet target.

Cardano clears key voting thresholds for constitutional committee renewal by 0.18% margin

The pre-boundary vote shows how non-participating SPO stake can weigh against renewal even without an explicit No.

OpenAI says its new 'Astra' AI can build attacks without human help

Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them…

A Bitcoin Hard Fork Went Live September 1. Miners, Exchanges, and Traders Ignored It

Luke Dashjr's Bitcoin hard fork went live on September 1, and it arrived almost empty. The new BLAKE2b chain drew little hashrate, while Blockstream CEO Adam Back…

AI Adoption in Crypto Crime Soared by 40% Over the Past Year. Here Are 4 Practical Solutions to Keep Your Crypto Safe.

AI is becoming widely used by hackers looking to steal crypto. As an investor, there's a lot you can do to protect yourself from crypto theft.

Solana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff

Every large-cap token fell over the past 24 hours, and the high-beta majors gave up roughly triple what bitcoin did.

G20 finance leaders vow to establish ‘clear pathways’ for digital assets innovation

The G20 officials acknowledged that digital assets can support economic growth and private sector innovation.

Bitcoin withstands $90 oil and rising yields while gold slides. A firm dollar is the catch

BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold.

Bitcoin enters first hashrate bear market, Twenty One Capital CEO says

Twenty One Capital CEO Raphael Zagury says Bitcoin has entered its first hashrate bear market as listed miners redirect capacity toward AI.

Kalshi and Polymarket’s combined volume falls 15% in August, first monthly decline in a year

Kalshi recorded $37.17 billion in volume in August, while Polymarket and its US platform saw a combined $8.16 billion.

XRP News: Smart Money Is Behind Billions in ETF Inflows

XRP ETFs hit $1.6B in inflows as investment advisers lead buying. Full price analysis, key levels, and an early-stage presale alternative.

500M XRP withdrawn from Binance, impacting sell-side liquidity

Reduced sell-side liquidity from XRP withdrawals may signal long-term bullish sentiment, impacting market dynamics and future price trends. 500M XRP withdrawn from…

Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators drew excess rewards

Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.

Capital B raises €7.6 million in Adam Back deal to expand Bitcoin treasury

Capital B has raised €7.6 million from strategic investor Adam Back through a new private placement that could fund the purchase of 376 more Bitcoin and take its…

Strategy CEO defends selling BTC at $60K, buying at $80K

Strategy CEO Phong Le says capital costs justified selling Bitcoin near $60,000 before buying 4,603 BTC at an average $80,318.

Hyperliquid Strategies expands equity facility to $2.5 billion from $1 billion

As of June 30, Hyperliquid Strategies has sold around $647 million worth of shares, according to its recent filings.

Circle expands USDC trading reach across OKX markets

Circle and OKX have expanded their USDC partnership to increase the stablecoin's liquidity and use across spot, margin and futures markets on the crypto exchange. Circle…

El Salvador Sticks With 'One Bitcoin a Day' Purchase: Has Nayib Bukele-Led Nation's Crypto Bet Paid Off?

El Salvador's national Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings have surpassed $600 million as the country continues its policy of buying one BTC every day. El Salvador Maintains…

Remixpoint dumps ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE to focus crypto strategy on Bitcoin

Remixpoint has sold its entire altcoin portfolio for ¥878.8 million, leaving the Japanese listed company with roughly 1,506 Bitcoin as its only cryptocurrency holding.

Ethereum slips toward $2,400: key ETH levels to watch if support breaks

Ethereum has slipped towards $2,400, leaving $2,370 to $2,380 as the next key area if sellers remain in control.

Bitcoin Adoption Is Now Bigger Than Gold, S&P 500 Globally, Says This Crypto Analyst — Here's Which Countries Lead

Cryptocurrency analyst Willy Woo highlighted on Monday that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has higher global adoption than the S&P500 and gold. Bitcoin's Growing Adoption Woo…

Bitcoin Flashes the Bart Simpson Pattern After a 25% August Rally

Bitcoin (BTC) has given some of its gains from the sharp August rally, and the retreat is now tracing a familiar outline on the chart.

Hyperliquid Strategies boosts facility to $2.5B

Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its equity facility to $2.5 billion, providing more capacity for share sales and potential HYPE purchases.

Bitcoin's 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse

Difficulty is lifting short-term capacity, but operating AI and HPC loads give converted power sites another reason to stay away.

Bitcoin leads Ethereum and Solana in decentralization, ARK finds

ARK Invest and Glassnode found Bitcoin and Ethereum reach critical production thresholds with three entities, versus 19 for Solana.

Tether sued over alleged unlawful $42.4M USDT freeze

Tether faces a New York lawsuit alleging it froze 42.4 million USDT before authorities obtained a warrant in a $61 million fraud probe.

Dogecoin's $15 Price Target 'Never' Based on Speculation, Says Popular Analyst: Here's The New 'Possible' Level

Leading cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez retracted their earlier forecast on Tuesday that Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) would hit $15, citing changes in the coin's…

SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an agenda for its 24-trading roundtable and proposed a new transfer-agent rule with blockchain implications.

OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here: What Changed, Why It Took Two Months, and How It Stacks Up Against Hermes

The open-source agent framework that started the "autonomous AI" hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it's coming for the enterprise…

Hyperliquid Strategies expands equity purchase agreement with Chardan Capital Markets to $2.5 billion

The expanded agreement may boost Hyperliquid's market influence and investor confidence, potentially driving HYPE token value and ecosystem growth. Hyperliquid…

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Retreat Amid Trump's Iran Warning: Analyst Says BTC Mirroring 2023 Bottoming Pattern, 'Decisive Breakout' Could Follow

Leading cryptocurrencies corrected on Tuesday as investors weighed in on President Donald Trump's latest warnings to Iran. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price…

Strategy's CEO Says Bitcoin Buys Come Down to Capital Costs, Not Price

Strategy is buying Bitcoin (BTC) again, but according to President and CEO Phong Le, the decision has little to do with where Bitcoin's price sits.

Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand Beyond GPUs

The deal, part of MediaTek's record $3.9 billion bond offering, ties Nvidia's chip ecosystem to a Taiwanese rival building its own AI accelerator business.

Better Total Stock Market ETF: Vanguard's VTI vs. Schwab's SCHB

How the Ripple-Settlemint Deal Could Change Institutional Crypto

Ripple and Settlemint are combining digital asset custody and tokenization tools for regulated financial institutions. The integration could reduce reliance on separate…