Best Crypto Airdrops August 2026: Top 5 Projects to Watch
Best Crypto Airdrops August 2026: Top 5 Projects to Watch Airdrop hunters have a new list to track this month. CryptoRank, a well-known research platform, has flagged five projects with activ
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Top Crypto Gainers and Losers Today With Prices and Key Reasons
What Reasons Drove Today's Biggest Crypto Price Movers? Crypto had a busy day. Five coins pushed higher. Five others slid lower. This piece on crypto gainers and losers walks through what hap
Arthur Hayes Sells 2,364 ETH at a Loss: What It Signals for the Market
BitcoinWorld Arthur Hayes Sells 2,364 ETH at a Loss: What It Signals for the Market Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, has reportedly sold a portion of his Ethere
Bitcoin Perp Long/Short Ratios Show Slight Bearish Tilt Across Top Exchanges
BitcoinWorld Bitcoin Perp Long/Short Ratios Show Slight Bearish Tilt Across Top Exchanges Bitcoin perpetual futures traders are leaning slightly bearish over the past 24 hours, according to d
Tether’s $1.5 billion Q2 profit and the reserve buffer problem
Tether earned $1.5 billion in three months while its safety cushion fell by half, raising questions about whether the world’s largest stablecoin can sustain its reserve strategy through a rat
The $4 billion Iran sanctions evasion network through crypto
The United States has sanctioned Iranian exchanges, frozen nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency, and traced $3.84 billion in Iran-linked flows through a single offshore exchange, exposing the
South Korea crypto trading volume plunges nearly 55% in H1
Trading volume across South Korea’s five major won-based crypto exchanges fell 54.6% year over year in the first half of 2026 as liquidity became increasingly concentrated on market leader Up
Bitcoin mining capitulation: difficulty falls 19.9% as miners pivot to AI
Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 19.9% from its peak in the third deepest ASIC era decline on record, as miners sell bitcoin at record rates and redirect power capacity toward artificial
Shiba Inu Price Prediction: $SHIB Price Surges Ahead of Anniversary
Shiba Inu price prediction chatter is heating up again right as the token heads into its 6th birthday. A fresh green candle, a spike in burns, and a bullish chart setup have all landed togeth
Crypto Token Unlocks in August 2026: YZY, PROVE and KAITO Lead More Than $323 Million in Scheduled Releases
More than $323.23 million worth of cryptocurrency tokens are scheduled to enter circulation across August 2026, spanning 141 blockchain projects, extending a third straight month of decline f
Chainlink Price Prediction: LINK Eyes $9.32 Breakout
Chainlink price prediction is in focus again after LINK's price structure quietly flipped from bullish to bearish on the 4-hour chart. The move away from its prior uptrend line has caught tra
Michael Saylor, Strategy Back Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
Strategy Inc., which describes itself as the world’s largest Bitcoin treasury company and holds 843,775 BTC, and its executive chairman Michael Saylor issued matching statements supporting th