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Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether in 12 seconds
News Article Aug 20, 2026
Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether…

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Bearish crypto bets lose record $2.7 billion as bitcoin surges toward $70,000
News Article Aug 20, 2026
Bearish crypto bets lose record $2.7 billion as bitcoin surges toward…

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Rushed CLARITY Act vote could set legislation back, Gallego warns
News Article Aug 20, 2026
Rushed CLARITY Act vote could set legislation back, Gallego warns

Gallego said the White House has no

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Ether jumps 18% to $2,250 as bitcoin tops $69,000 in broad crypto rally
News Article Aug 20, 2026
Ether jumps 18% to $2,250 as bitcoin tops $69,000 in broad crypto ral…

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Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months
News Article Aug 20, 2026
Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cas…

The August repayment ended the immediate collateral risk while the company’s going-concern warning and Michigan financi…

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Can tokenized assets continue to scale faster than the revenue models behind them?
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Can tokenized assets continue to scale faster than the revenue models…

Securitize closed its first quarter as a public company with average tokenized assets under management hitting a record…

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Bitcoin briefly hits $70,000 for the first time since June. Here is why
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Bitcoin briefly hits $70,000 for the first time since June. Here is w…

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Bitcoin’s $69,000 breakout now hinges on yields after Fed warns more tightening may be needed
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Bitcoin’s $69,000 breakout now hinges on yields after Fed warns more …

Bitcoin ran from around $64,100 to nearly $70,000 within hours on Aug. 19, once the US Treasury unexpectedly doubled it…

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Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Five Months Flips Markets From Bearish to Coin Flip
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Five Months Flips Markets From Bearish to…

Bitcoin's steepest daily gain since March caught traders off guard, and Myriad's pump-or-dump market swung from 70-30 o…

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Down 50% on crypto and burning $8 million in cash, this Nasdaq firm just pivoted to event robots to survive
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Down 50% on crypto and burning $8 million in cash, this Nasdaq firm j…

Its holdings were valued at $5.21 million on June 30, while order economics and sale timing remain undisclosed. The pos…

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Trump Says AI Could Be 'Bigger Than the Internet' as He Pushes Light-Touch Regulation
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Trump Says AI Could Be 'Bigger Than the Internet' as He Pushes Light-…

The president said the U.S. is far ahead of China in artificial intelligence and defended the rapid construction of dat…

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Solana is slashing per-block compute limits so its new 350ms speed boost doesn’t overload the network
News Article Aug 19, 2026
Solana is slashing per-block compute limits so its new 350ms speed bo…

The draft cuts per-slot limits as slots shorten, squeezing leader handoffs and off-chain timing without raising the the…

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