Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

Charles Schwab Expands Crypto Trading Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum

In briefSchwab plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink trading “in the coming months.”Schwab Crypto began rolling out with Bitcoin and Ethereum in May.Eligible clients pay a 0.75% fee on each crypto trade.　　Financial services giant Charles Schwab said Thursday that it plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its crypto trading platform “in the coming months,” expanding beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, though it did not give a launch date.　　The additions come about three months after Schwab began rolling out direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to select retail clients. Before then, customers could get crypto exposure through exchange-traded products and shares of companies such as Coinbase and Strategy, but could not buy cryptocurrencies directly.　　Myriad: Solanas next price move？ Click to make your prediction.　　“With this expansion, clients will have more choices to build a digital asset allocation alongside the investing and banking experience they know and trust at Schwab,” Joe Vietri, Schwabs head of digital assets, said in a statement. “These additions are consistent with our approach to provide clients with access to familiar cryptocurrencies backed by an ecosystem of education, tools, resources, and support to make informed decisions about how crypto might fit into their broader investing goals.”　　Solana is designed

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Strategys 6,948 BTC sales were a narrative risk: Bitfinex

Strategys two-week pause in Bitcoin sales has removed a three-month sentiment barrier after the company disposed of 6,948 BTC between late May and early August, according to Bitfinex analysts.　　SummaryStrategy reported no Bitcoin transactions for a second consecutive week.The company raised $2.01 billion by selling MSTR shares instead.Its 840,447 BTC are profitable with Bitcoin trading above the $75,385 average cost.Bitfinex said the earlier sales affected market sentiment more than Bitcoins available supply.　　Bitfinex analysts said in an Aug. 28 report that Strategy‘s 6,948 BTC in disposals were small compared with daily spot trading volume, but the company’s status as the largest corporate Bitcoin holder gave each weekly sale added weight among traders.　　“The largest corporate holder is selling” became a recurring bearish argument between May and August, the analysts said. Although the sales did not create a large supply shock, each Monday filing left open the possibility that more coins could reach the market.　　Strategy‘s latest Form 8-K, covering Aug. 17 through Aug. 23, reported no Bitcoin purchases or sales. The filing was the second consecutive weekly disclosure with no change to the company’s 840,447 BTC balance.　　With Bitcoin trading near $78,700, Strategys holdings have also moved above their average acquisition price of $75,385. The

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Bitcoin Miner IREN Shares Fall as AI Conversion Costs Mount

In briefAI cloud revenue reached $70.5 million in the fiscal fourth quarter, surpassing Bitcoin mining revenue for the first time.IREN reported a $684 million quarterly loss, including $450.4 million in asset impairments.Of IRENs $4 billion in contracted annualized run-rate revenue, $1 billion was operating as of Aug. 26.　　IREN shares fell more than 8% after the Bitcoin miner turned AI data center operator reported a $684 million loss in its fiscal 2026 results.　　The stock dropped 8.2% in after-hours trading Thursday to $37.19, after closing at $40.53.　　Myriad: Bitcoin next price move？ Click to make your prediction.　　AI cloud services generated $70.5 million in the quarter ended June 30, up from $33.6 million the previous quarter. The segment surpassed Bitcoin mining revenue of $66.7 million for the first time and accounted for 51.4% of IRENs quarterly revenue.　　Mining revenue fell 40% from the prior quarter as IREN converted mining sites for AI use. Total revenue declined 5% to $137.2 million. Bernstein analysts expect IREN to wind down Bitcoin mining by 2030 as the company replaces mining hardware with graphics processing units for AI workloads.　　“We started IREN with a simple observation: the digital world can scale almost instantly, but the physical world cannot,” Co-Founder and Co-CEO

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Solana inflation cut clears vote with 67% support

Solanas proposal to double its annual disinflation rate has cleared a governance vote with 67% support, placing the network on course to reduce projected SOL issuance by 18.9 million tokens over six years.　　Summary67% of participating SOL backed the faster disinflation schedule, narrowly exceeding the two-thirds requirement.60.7% of eligible stake participated, comfortably meeting the one-third quorum.SOL inflation would decline twice as fast but retain its existing 1.5% minimum rate.A separate resource-fee proposal failed after receiving 53.9% support.　　Solana inflation proposal narrowly clears required vote　　Solanas official governance dashboard showed that SGP-0002, called Double Disinflation, finished voting with 176.29 million SOL in favor, representing 67% of the participating stake.　　Another 66.19 million SOL, or 25.16%, opposed the proposal, while 20.63 million SOL, or 7.84%, abstained. Voting participation reached 60.7%, representing 433.49 million SOL and exceeding the one-third quorum required under Solanas governance rules.　　Under the Solana governance process, a proposal passes when at least one-third of network stake participates and two-thirds of all participating stake votes in favor. Abstentions count toward both participation and the total used to calculate support, leaving SGP-0002 only slightly above the required 66.67%.　　You might also like:　　Bitwise Solana ETF becomes first to cross $1 billion　　The result provides a stake-weighted mandate to proceed

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Bitwise Solana ETF becomes first to cross $1 billion

Bitwises Solana Staking ETF has surpassed $1 billion in assets less than ten months after its launch, becoming the first individual Solana ETF to reach the level.　　SummaryBSOL held 9.33 million SOL worth approximately $1.018 billion as of Aug. 26.Eric Balchunas said Solana funds have retained most of their $1.7 billion in accumulated inflows.Bitwise reported that 96% of BSOLs assets were staked, with a 5.80% net reward rate.SoSoValue tracked $1.22 billion in cumulative inflows across a narrower group of U.S. spot Solana ETFs.　　Bitwise Solana ETF crosses $1 billion　　Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in an Aug. 27 post on X that the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF had become the first Solana ETF to exceed $1 billion in size.　　Balchunas placed the milestone within a Solana fund category that has attracted about $1.7 billion. According to his assessment, the products have returned very little of that capital through sustained redemptions, even though SOL suffered a steep decline during the first half of 2026.　　Bitwise Solana ETF just cracked the $1b mark. First one to do it. The category has seen $1.7b in cumulative flows w really no outflow stretch despite coming off a nightmare downturn first half of year. Impressive. Chart from @JSeyff

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Metaplanet moves $108M in Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime

Metaplanet has transferred 1,350 Bitcoin worth about $108 million to Coinbase Prime as BTC struggles to establish a firm break above $80,000.　　SummaryMetaplanet moved 1,350 BTC worth about $108 million to Coinbase Prime.The transaction followed a separate 1,000 BTC transfer completed on Aug. 25.A Coinbase Prime deposit can support trading, custody, or collateral activity and does not confirm a sale.Metaplanet officially reports 43,000 BTC, while its tracked wallets contain about 38,650 BTC.　　Metaplanet sends another 1,350 BTC to Coinbase Prime　　Lookonchain reported on Aug. 28 that Metaplanet transferred 1,350 BTC, valued at approximately $108 million, to Coinbase Prime. The on-chain analytics account identified the sending addresses as belonging to the Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company.　　A transfer to Coinbase Prime can place the assets within reach of institutional trading services, which has led some market participants to question whether Metaplanet could sell part of the position. However, the transaction alone does not prove that a disposal has occurred because Coinbase Prime also offers custody, financing, and collateral services.　　Metaplanet had not announced a sale or reduction in its official Bitcoin balance at the time of reporting. Confirmation would require a company disclosure or further on-chain evidence showing that the coins were sold rather than held in

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Polish Olympic chief charged in Zondacrypto probe, justice minister says

Polish prosecutors charged the head of the Polish Olympic Committee in an investigation linked to defunct cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto.　　Authorities detained the committee‘s president, Radosław Piesiewicz, in connection with the Zondacrypto probe, Poland’s Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek announced in an X post on Thursday.　　Żurek later said prosecutors charged Piesiewicz under two provisions of Polands Penal Code, involving allegations of influence peddling and favoring some creditors over others while facing insolvency.　　According to local news outlet TVP World, the allegations include Piesiewicz recovering all the money he had invested through Zondacrypto while thousands of other customers could not withdraw their funds. The exchange became a general sponsor of the Polish Olympic Committee in October 2025.　　Source: Zondacrypto　　Piesiewiczs detention marks one of the first arrests in the Zondacrypto investigation. The exchange stopped trading in April amid a liquidity crisis, around the same time then-CEO Przemysław Kral said it could not access a wallet holding about 4,500 Bitcoin because it did not have the private keys.　　Kral has reportedly been charged with participating in large-scale fraud and is cooperating with investigators in an effort to receive a reduced sentence.　　Related: Bithumb wins 2 suits over mistaken Bitcoin credits: Report

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Crypto Biz: Bitcoin pumps, Wall Street does the paperwork

Bitcoin‘s return above $80,000 is exposing just how much the crypto industry now runs through traditional capital markets. Michael Saylor’s Strategy needs a receptive market to finance its Bitcoin machine (BTC), Circles outlook increasingly resembles a bet on the growth of dollar-denominated financial infrastructure and Treasury bond buybacks helped provide the backdrop for the latest surge in crypto equities.　　This week‘s Crypto Biz looks at how that relationship is reshaping the companies, balance sheets and networks behind the market’s rebound.　　Bitcoin rally sends crypto stocks soaring　　Bitcoin‘s rally above $80,000 lifted crypto stocks as miners and digital asset treasury companies posted double-digit gains, tracking a broader recovery fueled by the US Treasury’s plan to double certain long-dated bond buybacks.　　Canaan, MARA Holdings and Strive were among the biggest gainers over the past week, while Coinbase and Robinhood also rallied. Bitcoin extended its weekly advance past 23%, while Ether gained nearly 30% to trade above $2,500, according to CoinMarketCap data.　　Support also came from President Trump renewing calls for Congress to pass the CLARITY Act, though the bill remains stalled after lawmakers failed to advance it before the August recess. The bill could establish clearer rules for US crypto markets, while Trump separately revived the prospect

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Bitcoin Traders Watch Fed Chair Warsh for Clues—And Get Nothing

In briefFed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first Jackson Hole keynote on his 100th day in the job, formally declaring that forward guidance—verbal hints about future rate moves—has “overstayed its welcome.”Warsh footnoted his own 2022 essay on cryptocurrency and the dollar while arguing that “money” deserves closer Fed attention.The Feds preferred inflation gauge sits at 3.7% annually, nearly double its 2% target.　　Kevin Warsh marked his 100th day as Federal Reserve chair on Friday by doing what hes made a habit of since taking the job: refusing to tell markets what comes next.　　The crypto market reacted in kind by, well, not doing much of anything. Bitcoin is flat today after a record-breaking rally took it briefly above $80,000 this week, while the crypto market as a whole hovers around a $2.7 trillion market cap, down a slight 0.2% today.　　Myriad: What will the Fed do in September？ Click to make your prediction.　　In a keynote titled “In Our Time” at the Kansas City Feds Jackson Hole symposium, Warsh formally declared that forward guidance—the Feds practice, dating to the 2008 financial crisis, of hinting where interest rates are headed—has, in his words, “overstayed its welcome.” For two decades, Fed chairs have used this exact

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BlackRock just pulled in 115% of all Bitcoin ETF inflows in a single day as rival funds bleed cash

BlackRocks iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) pulled in more money than the entire US Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market gained on Aug. 27.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $77,973.83 24-hour change: down 3.16% 24H Down 3.16% 7D Up 0.76% 30D Up 22.43%　　IBIT attracted $277.6 million during the trading session, while US spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively recorded $242.3 million in net inflows, according to Farside Investors data. That means BlackRock‘s fund accounted for roughly 115% of the market’s net result.　　The notable gap came from redemptions elsewhere. Fidelity‘s FBTC lost $83.6 million, and Grayscale’s GBTC shed $27.2 million, producing $110.8 million of combined outflows.　　Related Company BlackRock American global investment management corporation　　Meanwhile, smaller products offset part of that pressure. Bitwise‘s BITB, ARK 21Shares’ ARKB, VanEck‘s HODL, MSBT and Grayscale’s lower-fee BTC fund attracted a combined $75.5 million.　　Related Company Fidelity Financial services company　　Even after those inflows, every fund outside IBIT collectively finished the session with a $35.3 million net outflow.　　Related Company Grayscale A trusted authority on digital currency investing　　BlackRocks dominance extends beyond a single session　　The $242 million overall inflow extended the broader Bitcoin ETF markets positive streak to nine consecutive trading sessions while underlining how the run has depended heavily on BlackRock.　　That dependence extends beyond

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