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Key TakeawaysGrayscale sees fiscal pressure sustaining demand for scarce assets.Tokenization could bring bitcoin closer to traditional finance.Younger investors could reshape how portfolios incorporate bitcoin. Grayscale Says Bitcoin Adoption Can Outlast the Bear Market Bitcoin adoption can continue rising even if short-term prices remain unsettled, Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl said on Aug. 12, identifying three forces driving bitcoin adoption over the medium and longer term. Pandl pointed to government deficits, blockchain adoption, and generational changes in portfolio construction as structural trends extending beyond a single market cycle. He stated: “Regardless of how the short-term price action plays out, we…

In brief A reported breach of France’s tax authority exposed data tied to 678,437 people and businesses. The records allegedly include income figures, addresses, tax identifiers, and family information. The data could help criminals craft targeted scams against wealthy taxpayers and Bitcoin holders. A hacker is selling a trove of French tax records that could expose more than 678,000 people and businesses, including Bitcoin holders, to phishing, identity theft, and targeted attacks.According to a report by French cybersecurity outlet FrenchBreaches, a hacker is selling records allegedly stolen from France’s tax authority, the DGFiP, during a June breach for several thousand…

Crypto company Cyber is telling CyberWallet and Cyber Passkey Wallet users to move their assets ahead of an Aug. 15 shutdown that will take both interfaces offline. Users who still hold balances after the cutoff would be left with a technical recovery process that Cyber says it will not support.Cyber’s official shutdown notice says tokens will remain on-chain after the interfaces close, so the immediate risk is that the supported route for accessing and moving them will be removed. Related ReadingLatest bear market victim shows how quickly DeFi users are left behind when crypto projects move onSwell warned users to…

President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance when the administration’s new innovation committee — a crowd of crypto CEOs and leaders of prediction market and AI companies — sits for a White House meeting on Wednesday, said people briefed on the planning.The chief executives of companies such as Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kalshi are members of the new Innovation Advisory Committee at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but before they attend their first committee meeting on Thursday, the crypto CEOs will gather for the White House meeting, said the people, who asked not to be named,…

Alvin Lang Aug 14, 2026 12:02 Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 perpetuals traded $21.8B in synthetic SK Hynix exposure during July’s semiconductor turmoil, highlighting key market dynamics. July 2026 was a stress test for Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 synthetic equity markets, as South Korea’s semiconductor sector faced turbulence. HIP-3, which allows traders to deploy perpetual markets tied to real-world assets, saw $21.8 billion in synthetic SK Hynix exposure traded during the month—despite Seoul’s circuit breakers halting trading on the underlying stock.Introduced in October 2025, HIP-3 has rapidly grown, with July’s volume reaching $114.75 billion, a 34% increase from…

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US Treasury yields advanced on Friday during the North American session after reversing their course following the release of US Retail Sales data, which disappointed investors. Meanwhile, the lack of news from the Middle East kept Oill prices higher, amid fears of a resumption of hostilities.US yields climb as Oil stays bid, while weak sales pressure DollarThe US 10-year Treasury yield edged up by over 4 basis points to 4.692% amid a rise in Oil prices. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude benchmark, is up 1.50% at $82.39.US Retail Sales disappointed investors, contracting -0.6% MoM, below forecasts of 0.1%…

The Australian Dollar advanced on Friday after US Retail Sales disappointed investors, increasing speculation that the Federal Reserve might not raise rates, as the economy showed tentative signs of weakness. The AUD/USD trades at 0.7083, up 0.34%AUD/USD Price Forecast: Technical outlookThe daily chart shows the AUD/USD is bullish, but buyers remain unable to decisively crack the January 29 high of 0.7094, which could open the door for further upside. Momentum shifted bullish since mid-July, as depicted in the Relative Strength Index (RSI).From a market structure perspective, the pair has not shifted bullish until buyers regain the June 1 peak at…

Silver price advanced by some 0.39% on Friday, capped by rising US yields, even though US data was softer than expected. XAG/USD trades at $64.70, after bouncing off daily lows of $63.51.XAG/USD Price Forecast: Technical OutlookThe white metal remains downward biased despite signs of bottoming around the $54.70 area, near the yearly low of $54.77. Momentum is bullish in the short term, as indicated by the Relative Strength Index (RSI), but from a market structure perspective, it remains bearish.For a bullish continuation, the first resistance for XAG/USD would be the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $68.76. Above, the first…

Le départ de Ferrovial de la Bourse d’Amsterdam marque un tournant. En quête de capitaux américains, le groupe espagnol rappelle l’attractivité des marchés transatlantiques face à une Europe en perte de vitesse.