Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

Your 60/40 Portfolio May Be 100% Exposed to a Dying Dollar, Bitwise Says

Investors just moved a record $7 billion into gold and Bitcoin (BTC) funds in five days. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan blames a flaw in the 60/40 portfolio, which is 100% exposed to fiat currency.　　Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas calls it the debasement trade, a bet on assets no government can print. This week, that bet pushed AI funds out of the headlines.　　Sponsored　　Sponsored　　Why the 60/40 Portfolio Is Suddenly Under Fire　　SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) took in $3.4 billion in the week through August 21. BlackRocks iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) added just over $1 billion, data shows.　　BlackRocks iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF Flows in the Week Through August 21. Source: SoSoValue　　Meanwhile, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) bled $1.7 billion, more than any other fund. Money did not leave the market. It switched sides.　　“DEBASER: Gold and Bitcoin ETFs have combined for +$7b in flows in past week, by far a record for a 5-day period as debasement trade steals spotlight from AI. GLD, IBIT leading, in Top 10 for week. Also notable $IBIT YTD flows are now positive, completely dug out of sizable hole,” Balchunas shared.　　Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens　　Hougans reply supplied the theory, indicating that

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Coinbase Powers Betters Crypto-Backed Mortgage Product

Better Mortgage and Coinbase have made their Bitcoin-backed mortgage product generally available, allowing US homebuyers to pledge Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment without selling it, the companies announced Wednesday.　　According to Coinbase‘s Help Center, the product pairs a Fannie Mae-backed home loan with a separate down payment loan secured by Bitcoin (BTC). Borrowers must pledge BTC worth at least 250% of the down payment loan, with the pledged BTC transferred to Better’s custodial account on Coinbase Prime.　　The two loans carry the same interest rate and amortization term and are repaid through a single monthly payment, Coinbase said. The pledged BTC is returned once the mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced, subject to the loan terms.　　Bitcoin price declines alone do not trigger margin calls or changes to the mortgage terms. However, Better can liquidate the pledged BTC if a borrower becomes 60 days delinquent on payments, according to Coinbase.　　Discover more　　Subscribing To Digital Newspaper Outlets　　Selecting An Online Payment Gateway　　Investors　　Borrowers must be US residents with a verified Coinbase account, and remain subject to Betters credit, income and other underwriting requirements. Coinbase One members are also eligible for a 1% rebate from Better, subject to a $10,000 cap, that can be used toward

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Euro: Rally stalls against US Dollar as spreads drive trade – Scotiabank

Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report the Euro (EUR) is slightly softer versus the Dollar, with its late-July rally stalling as price action mirrors yield spreads. Markets still price a hawkish European Central Bank (ECB) path, with about 24 bps of tightening expected in September and 40 bps by year-end. Sentiment remains constructive, with risk reversals showing a modest premium for EUR strength and support seen in the mid-1.16s.　　Euro soft but sentiment stays constructive　　“The EUR is soft, down a fractional 0.1% vs. the USD and a midperformer among the G10 currencies in mixed trade. The EURs rally from late July looks to have stalled, with price action that has largely mirrored the movement in yield spreads.”　　Discover more　　NEWS　　investor　　FINANCE　　“ECB rate expectations remain hawkish with markets pricing 24bpts of tightening for the September 10th meeting and a cumulative 40bpts by year end.”　　“The latest comments from Executive Board member Schnabel have maintained a hawkish bias, highlighting upside risks to inflation related to both geopolitical developments and resilient euro area growth.”　　“Data releases have been limited however measures of sentiment are constructive with risk reversals now pricing a modest premium for protection against EUR strength.”　　“The RSI remains firmly in bearish territory hovering around the

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What Is The Next Crypto To Make You Rich？ The Answer Is Hiding Where Almost Nobody Is Looking, And The Window Is Still Open

This is a press release sponsored content. BlockchainReporter did not write, edit, or verify this content.　　Every cycle, someone asks if the next crypto to make you rich still exists or if the bubble already popped. A record $2.7 billion in shorts got liquidated in one day on August 19, the largest since records began in 2021 per Bloomberg, and the answer printed on the chart. Crypto as a whole is not a bubble and never will be.　　The bubbles live inside it, one coin at a time: a token runs, the cap balloons, the size caps the upside, and when that bubble pops the big multiples are gone. The fortunes went to whoever bought early, before the inflation.　　Meanwhile, for anyone hunting the coin that has not inflated yet, Pepeto sits in presale with over $10.83 million in and a Binance debut ahead. This stage, before listing and crowd, is where life-changing multiples are made.　　A $2.7 Billion Short Squeeze Just Reminded Everyone What Happens When Bears Bet Against Crypto　　Over $1 billion in Bitcoin shorts closed by force in one hour on August 19 as BTC ripped from $64,920 past $78,500, per CoinMarketCap. Liquidations totaled $3 billion across 172,000 traders, and shorts took

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UK Gambling Lobby Puts Illegal Premier League Bets at $1.09B

Key TakeawaysBGC says the black market may take up to $1.09B in Premier League bets this season.The Premier League put a voluntary front-of-shirt gambling sponsorship ban in place for the season.The UK‘s new prime minister, Andy Burham, is looking to revoke the Gambling Act’s “aim to permit” duty.　　Trade Body Forecast Arrives in Disruptive Period　　The Betting and Gaming Council said on Aug. 24 that the illegal gambling black market is expected to take up to $1.09 billion in bets across the Premier League season that began Aug. 21, with around $27 million staked with criminal operators over the opening weekend. The trade body forecast a further $272 million increase next season, taking the annual figure to roughly $1.36 billion, which it attributed to Aprils planned increase in General Betting Duty.　　The statement says the $1.09 billion is “expected,” the $272 million increase is “forecast,” and that “analysis suggests” a typical weekend sees between $20 million and $27 million staked with unlicensed operators. No research firm is credited for those figures, and no methodology is published. The opening-weekend number is also stated two different ways within three paragraphs: first as money already staked, then as an expectation that the first round of fixtures

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Crypto Tax Rules May Still Miss 86% of Onchain Activity

Chainalysis estimates at least $457 billion in potentially taxable onchain crypto activity during 2025.The United States accounted for $112.6 billion, followed by Germany at $24.1 billion and China at $21 billion.Only about 14% of the onchain activity analyzed falls within CARFs practical reporting reach.DeFi, self-custody, P2P transfers and several forms of onchain income remain difficult for tax authorities to reconstruct.　　Governments are preparing for the biggest expansion of international crypto tax reporting to date, but the data they receive may still capture only a narrow portion of what actually happens onchain. New research from Chainalysis estimates that potentially taxable onchain crypto activity exceeded $457 billion in 2025, while only about 14% of the activity analyzed would fall within the practical reach of the OECDs Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, or CARF.　　$457 Billion Is a Lower Boundary, Not a Global Crypto Tax Bill　　The headline number requires an important qualification before considering its implications.　　Chainalysis is measuring activity that could potentially be relevant for taxation, not the amount of unpaid tax governments are entitled to collect. Tax treatment differs substantially between jurisdictions, and exemptions, holding periods and transaction classifications can change whether an individual event produces a tax liability.　　The research combines realized gains associated with centralized

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Unstoppable Domains drops ICANN plans, offers refunds

Unstoppable Domains has dropped plans to seek ICANN recognition for its own Web3 domain extensions after finding that compliance, application, and auction costs would exceed the sales it expected to recover.　　Unstoppable Domains says ICANN costs became too high　　Unstoppable Domains said it did not submit ICANN applications for nine of its Web3 extensions, including .crypto, .wallet and .blockchain, before the 2026 application round closed. The decision ends its plan to add conventional DNS support to the affected blockchain-based domains.　　According to the companys founder, Matthew Gould, the expected cost of compliance, preparing each application, and competing in possible auctions exceeded the amount Unstoppable believed it could recover through domain sales. ICANN may place applicants into contention when two or more parties request the same extension, creating another potential expense beyond the initial application and evaluation process.　　The company has notified affected customers by email and plans to refund purchases tied to extensions that it did not take into the 2026 application round. However, Unstoppable has not publicly released a complete list of eligible extensions, the amount covered by each refund, or the process customers must follow to receive their money.　　Questions from holders have centered on whether refunds will cover every domain sold with

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Altcoin Volume Dominance Hits Two-Year High as Traders Pour $135B Into the Market

Binance traders heavily favored altcoins during Bitcoins rally, pushing their volume share to an unprecedented 65% level across two years.　　Altcoins have taken a leading role in the latest crypto market rally, as trading activity and market capitalization surged alongside Bitcoins sharp move higher. This comes after an extended period of low volatility and subdued trading volumes.　　According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, investor attention and capital have moved strongly toward altcoins, “potentially signaling a broader resurgence of risk appetite across the market.”　　Biggest Dominance Surge in 2 Years　　Bitcoin gained nearly 25% over the past week, while altcoins significantly amplified the broader market trend. The total altcoin market capitalization, measured through Total2 and excluding Ethereum, increased by around $135 billion during the same period. Darkfost said that the scale of the move highlights how quickly capital has entered the altcoin segment.　　A notable change was also seen in trading activity. On Binance, which represents nearly 40% of altcoin trading volume across exchanges, these tokens accounted for as much as 65% of total volume at their peak. At that point, Bitcoin made up just 21% of volume, while Ethereum accounted for 13.6%.　　Darkfost explained that altcoins had not held this much of Binances trading volume in two

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Core Lightning Tells Node Operators To Go Offline, With No Patch Published

The CLN team said operators who don‘t upgrade should run their nodes –offline, but the fixed binaries aren’t out yet and the details of what they fix are under a two-week embargo.　　Core Lightnings maintainers told node operators to take their nodes offline unless they upgrade to a release that has not been published yet.　　That leaves operators of one of Bitcoins main Lightning implementations with a single available action — shutting the node down — and no public description of what they are defending against. Core Lightning, maintained by Blockstream with outside contributors, runs a share of a network carrying 375,019,291,916 sats, or about 3,750 BTC, across 33,101 channels and 16,420 nodes as of the Aug. 20 snapshot, per mempool.space.　　The guidance came in a message circulated in the Core Lightning Discord and reproduced on stacker.news on Wednesday by an anonymous poster. Rather than shipping the point release it promised earlier this month, the team said it will publish binaries carrying fixes for many of the reported vulnerabilities while holding back what they fix.　　Discover more　　Selecting An Online Payment Gateway　　Selecting Enterprise Cloud Computing Platforms　　NEWS　　“The details of the release will remain under embargo for two weeks,” the message said. “The binaries will be accompanied

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40 Days After Filing A Criminal Case, Gate's $1.7M Theft Victim Still Awaits Answers

Theres a specific kind of frustration that builds when a platform like Gate says all the right things publicly and then goes quiet. “Full cooperation.” “Take responsibility to the end.” 　　Those exact phrases came from Gates own leadership earlier this month, delivered with real conviction and even backed by a public fund placed on-chain for accountability. Forty days later, the user who actually lost the money says nobody from the exchange has reached out, no lawyer has followed up, and $1.7 million in USDT is still gone.　　Where This Case Actually Started　　What made this case escalate publicly wasn‘t just the size of the loss, it was the dispute that followed over whether the breach was actually the exchange’s fault or the user‘s. Gate’s initial response reportedly leaned toward suggesting the security changes were logged as coming from the users own actions, a position the victim strongly disputed. Under mounting public pressure, Gate apologized and committed to a formal reinvestigation.　　Discover more　　Investors　　investor　　Finance　　What Han Gate Promised Earlier This Month　　That reinvestigation came with a direct, personal commitment from Gate‘s own leadership. In a statement posted earlier this month, Han, representing Gate, wrote: “Gate will take full responsibility for this matter to the end. Lawyers have

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