Fidelity Bitcoin Fund Adds $116.5 Million Amid Ongoing Wallet Transfers That Obscure Demand
FBTC recorded net inflows across all five sessions last week, with the total reaching $116.5 million and experiencing a notable surge on Friday.
BitMine (NYSE:BMNR) rises 9%, but share buyback remains minor against Ethereum holdings
NEW YORK, August 7, 2026, 19:13 EDT – Shares in BitMine climbed 9%, though its share repurchase program is still overshadowed by the firm’s significant exposure to Ethereum.
XRP Stays Above $1.06 Pivot While XLM Pressure Grows Ahead of CLARITY Act Deadline
XRP traded close to $1.06 on Thursday. A more pronounced move appeared in the pair trade, with XRP rising 4.33% versus XLM over seven days. The divergence indicates market participants are distinguishing between the two payments tokens, even as both face similar policy exposure.
Bitcoin Holds Near $64,000 as Coldcard Exploit Spurs Defensive Wallet Moves
Bitcoin held near $63,700 on Tuesday. Sub-1 BTC transfers reached 39,600 BTC during the Coldcard security shock. That was almost 25 times the preliminary theft tally.
XRP Steadies at $1.06 While ETF Demand Remains Muted Prior to Ledger Upgrade
XRP traded close to $1.06 on Sunday, following an initial $7.69 million in inflows into U.S. spot funds on Friday. The inflow registered as positive but remained insufficient to shift overall market direction.
XRP Ledger upgrade could drive institutional demand, but limited effect on XRP supply expected
XRP’s proposed fee-sponsor update would transfer reserve demand from individual users to institutions, rather than eliminate it. The token was priced at $1.059 on Saturday. Its decline for the day was in line with the broader market.
MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) Edges Near $11 in Premarket on Bitcoin Recovery and Strategy Shift
NEW YORK, July 29, 2026, 08:07 EDT — Ahead of the U.S. market open, MARA Holdings approached $11, tracking Bitcoin’s rebound as attention turns to the company’s evolving energy strategy.
XRP Price Update: Token Slips to $1.08 Amid Subdued ETF Demand and Strong Turnover
XRP slipped to around $1.08 early Tuesday in Europe, hovering close to its lowest level in 24 hours. Kraken listed the token at $1.0828, reflecting a 2.6% decline from its UTC opening price. The lowest price seen was $1.0810.
XRP Retirement Equation: $50 Required for 20,000 Tokens and $3.1 Trillion Cap
XRP hovered around $1.06 on Monday. Online retirement discussions resurfaced an old question: will holding 20,000 tokens be enough to retire? Calculations suggest this would require overcoming a multi-trillion-dollar barrier.
Bitcoin Rises Above $65,000, but $198 Million Kraken Whale Signal May Be Misread
Bitcoin rose about 1.2% to $65,199 on Monday. Yet a touted $198 million Kraken withdrawal looks less clear on-chain.
Ethereum Price Surge Conceals Decline in Tokenised Real-World Asset Share
Ether rose 11.8% in a month, but the value of tokenised assets tracked on Ethereum dropped by 8.2%, resulting in a divergence of almost 20 points. The cryptocurrency was trading around $1,930 on Tuesday.
Bitmine’s 5% Ether Goal Now Matches Its $482 Million Cash Pile
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. is about 264,962 Ether short of its goal of owning 5% of the token’s supply, a gap worth $482.2 million at the $1,820 price used in its latest holdings update. That is almost exactly the $482 million of cash and marketable securities it reported as of July 12.
Ripple’s XRP Holdings Now Worth $40 Billion After Near Collapse
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the firm thought about closing and giving its XRP reserves back to shareholders after the SEC lawsuit in 2020. If Ripple had picked that plan, it would have handed shareholders token reserves now valued at almost $40 billion.
XRP Exchange Supply Drops to 7-Year Low, But 9.8x Data Discrepancy Emerges
The recent drop in XRP’s exchange supply looks less dramatic on some measures. One narrow gauge, tracking coins on select venues, showed balances down to about 1.6 billion XRP from 3.76 billion last October. But a broader scan found 15.68 billion XRP distributed over 22 exchanges on Saturday — nearly 10 times higher.
SWIFT Blockchain Goes Live With 17 Banks—But the Pilot Math Tells a Cautious Story
SWIFT said its blockchain ledger was ready for initial use this week with 17 banks across six continents, including Citigroup and HSBC Holdings, opening a controlled test of round-the-clock cross-border transfers using bank-issued digital deposits. The investor question is no longer whether SWIFT can build the layer, but whether its distribution network can produce meaningful payment traffic.
Fidelity tokenized fund picks up $20 million Theo buy, onchain US Treasuries still clustered
Theo put $20 million into Fidelity International’s tokenized liquidity fund, a modest sum compared with the $14.79 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasurys. The deal is much bigger for FILQ. Data from RWA.xyz shows Theo’s buy makes up around 36% of FILQ’s onchain assets and about 17% of Theo’s thBILL value.
Circle drops 15% after launch of Open USD stablecoin hits revenue stream
Circle Internet Group dropped sharply Tuesday after the company launched a new Open USD stablecoin plan that hit the main spot investors watch—how reserve earnings will be split.
Polymarket hack puts ICE-backed prediction market in focus
Polymarket’s latest hack is small next to its market valuation. But the numbers point to changing risk for investors—it's less about smart contracts and more about the web layer users see.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE:BMNR) drops as ether mark drops close to $900M
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. dropped 4.4% to $13.40 in U.S. afternoon trading on Thursday, outpacing moves in bigger ETF trackers. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust slipped 0.2%. The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 rose 0.6%.
Solana DEX Volume Rises, Heaping Pressure on Coinbase and Kraken
Solana’s decentralized-exchange market is now trading at levels close to big centralized players. Recent data and sector reports show Solana-based trading volumes topping Coinbase and Kraken, and sometimes nearly matching Bybit.
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