Skip to content
Data provided by CoinGecko

Archives: News Briefs

Comic raccoon in mittens at a news desk with unmarked coins and an origami crane Brief

Crypto brief: August 30, 2026

SEC custody rewrite hits OIRA, PowerCompute rolls a 307-bitcoin collar, Solana marks SGP-0002 Accepted, and Circle lists USDC on Plasma as BTC sits at $78,161 on the 00:15…

Jonas Reid

AI-generated comic illustration of a raccoon news-desk mascot. No text overlay. Brief

Crypto brief: August 29, 2026

BitGo buys NYDIG trading, Hyperliquid Strategies reports 29.28 million HYPE, and Alpha Modus signs a 3,170 bitcoin PIPE as majors sold off on the 00:25 UTC snapshot.

Mira Chen

Comic fox mascot in a navy suit with mittens at a night desk, blank gold and silver coins, green lamp, origami crane, city skyline. No text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 27, 2026

21Shares ETFs switch NAV to FTSE indexes on August 27, Avalanche Treasury reports 15.3 million AVAX, and Bitdeer mined 1,190 bitcoin in July as majors bounced on the…

Jonas Reid

Comic fox mascot in mittens at a night news desk with unmarked coins. AI-generated illustration, no text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 26, 2026

Treasury launched a quantum task force, the Fed kept primary credit at 3.75%, Soluna signed a 28 MW Bitdeer deal, and majors cooled on the 00:14 UTC snapshot.

Mira Chen

Comic raccoon in a navy suit and mint mittens at a sunrise desk with unmarked coins, an origami crane, and a green lamp. No text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 25, 2026

Bitmine reported 5,847,611 ETH, Strive added 1,110 bitcoin, Erigon shipped 3.6.0, and Coinbase closed a short PayPal withdrawal hitch after overnight majors bounced.

Jonas Reid

Comic raccoon news-desk mascot with mittens, unmarked coins, origami crane, and a green lamp. No text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 24, 2026

CFTC opened compute-derivatives comments through October 20, Streamex booked first gold-lease income, and Coinbase plus Kraken posted venue incidents after a modest overnight bounce.

Mira Chen

Comic raccoon news-desk mascot with mittens and unmarked coins. No text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 23, 2026

Bitcoin traded at $77,143 as U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs printed $606.3 million on August 20 and ZeroStack disclosed a $1 billion MemeCore swap.

Jonas Reid

Comic raccoon at a night desk with blank coins and mittens. No text. Brief

Crypto brief: August 22, 2026

Bitcoin traded at $77,994 as Japan listed Laser Digital Japan, BSTR ended its Cantor combination, and Coinkite shipped COLDCARD 5.6.1 after the July seed flaw.

Mira Chen

Comic raccoon news mascot with mittens at a night desk beside blank coins and candles Brief

Crypto brief: August 21, 2026

Bitcoin traded at $73,708 as the CFTC proposed dropping unused SEF order books, Optimism queued leftover OP, and U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs added about $517 million on August…

Jonas Reid

Comic owl at a night desk with blank coins and abstract candles Brief

Crypto brief: August 20, 2026

Bitcoin traded at $69,669 as Treasury doubled long-end buybacks, July FOMC minutes showed a hold with three hike dissents, and Grayscale filed to list Zcash shares as ZCSH.

Mira Chen