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Coinkite’s Coldcard Bug Exposed Single-Sig Risk. Multi-Vendor Multisig Is the New Bitcoin Custody Baseline

In the wake of Coldcard’s catastrophic entropy bug, self-custody advocates and experts have begun recommending a new standard, multi-vendor multisignature wallets, an approach that looks to minimize —among other threats— dependency on any single hardware wallet manufacturer.

The Coldcard entropy bug that went undiscovered since at least 2021 has taught a hard lesson to the Bitcoin self-custody advocates and users. No matter how legitimate or competent a wallet provider might seem, how well recommended and reputable, a major bug may be possible. As a result, Bitcoiners are questioning old recommendations and assumptions, including many declaring the ‘death of single sig’ the popular self-custody method of trusting the private key pair generation to one wallet alone. 

The Threat Model

Self-custody by any measure is an advanced practice in Bitcoin. Advocates recommend it as a way to protect user funds from exchange malfeasance like that seen in the cases of FTX and MtGox, among many others. But recent events have driven a revaluation of custody practices, with many bitcoin owners moving coins to exchanges — at least temporarily — while others upgrading or changing their self-custody setups altogether. Nick Neuman, CEO of Casa, claimed that 233k bitcoins moved to safety in reaction to the Coldcard hack.

To understand when self-custody makes sense and for whom, it is essential to understand your personal threat model. A threat model is the careful analysis of threats to an individual, for the purpose of designing security practices and structures ahead of time. 

A simple threat model practice can be to take a step back and think about all the possible things that worry you about self-custody, and add them to a list. Then think about all the things that advocates caution users about, and append them to that same list. Next, sort or rate items on that list based on which are most likely to happen to you, and which are most likely to happen in general. Finally, you can rank each item in the list by how catastrophic it would be if it occurred; can your current setup and plans survive the realization of that threat? 

Two of the most likely causes of loss of funds in Bitcoin self-custody are user error related to backups or forgotten passwords, and of course theft. Many of the wallets believed to be lost bitcoins that have not moved come from bad backups of private keys in the early days, resulting in data loss after a computer failed. Others simply used passwords too difficult to brute force, and then forgot them, encrypting their private keys forever.

On the theft dimension, bad entropy attacks likely rank among the most successful attacks on self-custody to date, with Coldcard joining a significant list of other wallets that have suffered bugs of the sort, intentional or otherwise, such as Trust Wallet, and many lesser-known and possibly malicious mobile wallets. In some cases, fake wallets like the iOS Sparrow Wallets simply stole user funds by keeping a copy of the user-generated private keys and sweeping the funds once deposited. In all of these examples, more thoughtful user behavior before trusting random software with your life savings is the solution. 

Once users have a clear threat model in place and a good enough understanding of the technology, designing security practices becomes more a science than an art. And while every individual has specific circumstances they need to take into account, some structures have emerged as the most resilient to most threats. One such practice becoming widely recommended and adopted among long-term self-custody Bitcoin holders is a carefully formed multisig setup. 

Multi-vendor Multisig

The term “Multi-vendor Multisig” is relatively new in the self-custody niche. The term “multisig” has nevertheless gone viral in 2026, clearly triggered by the Coldcard hack that saw the loss of over 100 million dollars worth of bitcoin, mostly from single seed wallets. Most single-seed Coldcard users appear to have generated their private keys on the device without adding an extra passphrase, extra words that add custom entropy to the private keys, nor without extra dice rolls, which do the same in a different format. 

The weak entropy from the Coldcard firmware — which users had no reason to distrust, given the company’s strong brand — in turn made guessing the related private keys easy, with a bit of custom work, which hackers eventually figured out. 

The resulting viral interest in multisig is warranted. Multisig Bitcoin wallets protect users from such hardware manufacturer errors by letting users construct a Bitcoin address that requires signing from multiple private keys and thus multiple devices, in what is known as a Bitcoin script.

Bitcoin scripts are contracts of sorts that set spending conditions for a bitcoin wallet. All Bitcoin wallets can be thought of as having some kind of script involved, with the simplest and most popular being that anyone who can sign a valid transaction can spend all or any funds therein. Multisig scripts instead require a threshold of valid signatures from different keypairs to result in a valid withdrawal. These scripts are enforced by the Bitcoin consensus rules.

Multi-vendor multisig theory posits that users should make sure every keypair used to construct a Bitcoin multisig is generated from a different wallet vendor. 

One example that is likely popular today might be the use of a Trezor Safe 7 hardware wallet with one key, a second key generated by a Ledger Nano, and a third key generated by a multisig wallet provider, considered a recovery key. A script of this sort would require any 2 valid signatures out of the three possible signatures in the setup.

By using two different hardware wallet providers, the user minimizes trust in any single wallet vendor, protecting them from an entropy failure like the one seen in Coldcard. 

Other Multisig setups can add more keys, with a 3-of-5 threshold also being common and a standard offering of a multisig-specialized wallet like Casa. It is at this point that the terminology commonly used and understood to describe Bitcoin spending software starts to break down, and as a result merits clarification.

Wallets like Casa are software interfaces that let users combine partially signed transactions from different private key pairs. In this scenario, it becomes more useful to describe ‘hardware wallets’ like Trezor or Ledger as ‘key signers’ since no single keypair in the set holds enough of the key material to spend all the Bitcoin held in the Multisig script address. 

So Casa is a Multisig wallet that lets you use a threshold of hardware signers to secure and send bitcoin funds. Fundamentally, they help users interact with Bitcoin script and create consensus-valid transactions easily. Other examples of such multisig wallet providers include Nunchuck, Sparrow desktop wallet and Unchained Capital. 

In cases like Casa and Unchained, the wallet provider offers users a recovery key controlled by the company, which some users find useful. Nunchuck and Sparrow, on the other hand, are designed for full user autonomy in this regard, though Nunchuck does offer a premium recovery key-related plan as well. 

The Upsides of Multivendor Multisig

Another benefit of a multisig wallet is its potential resistance to the infamous wrench attacks. Countries like France, which make Bitcoin and crypto ownership a matter of public record as a consequence of tax filings, have become focal points for crypto theft-related kidnapping. Self-custody or not, targets of this kind of crime are vulnerable to theft, particularly when the funds can be moved in full quickly, be it from a custodial exchange the user can access from their phone, or some self-custody setup.

Advanced forms of multisig, like multi-jurisdictional or time-locked multisig, make it so that users have to travel, ideally through an airport, in order to reach other key signers needed to construct a valid bitcoin transaction. Or perhaps the recovery key involved in the multisig has the condition that it will not sign for two weeks after the user submits the request and corresponding transaction data. The result is the removal of the final central point of failure in Bitcoin custody: the user’s own willingness to send the bitcoin, particularly when under duress.

While best practices in the case of wrench attacks broadly try to avoid ending up in that situation in the first place, making it difficult to spend your coins actually protects users from a wide range of attacks as well, including phishing schemes and other forms of social engineering that use pressure tactics to fool users into sending funds quickly. 

Multisig has also begun to enable novel forms of Bitcoin insurance, as demonstrated by AnchorWatch, a multisig wallet and insurance company that offers bitcoin theft protection denominated in BTC. The company’s services today are primarily offered to Americans through the Lloyd’s of London insurer. 

The Downsides of Multisig

One critical downside of Multisig is that the user does not only need to have access to the threshold key material needed to sign, be it two hardware wallets as in our example, or one of the hardware wallets and a recovery key from the wallet company. The user also needs to store a copy of the Multisig script or template, so that they can recreate the smart contract and thus the valid withdrawal conditions for spending. Most Multisig wallets store this information for clients, but they will also send a copy to users so they can recover independently of the Multisig wallet, should it one day go offline. 

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Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have continued their winning streak, attracting billions of dollars in new investment over the past week. 

U.S. investors have thrown $2.56 billion since last Monday, according to Farside Investors data, helping push the leading cryptocurrency’s price higher. 

And this week alone, nearly $652 million in fresh cash has hit the products managed by the likes of BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity. 

Bitcoin was recently trading for $78,302 after jumping nearly 25% over a seven-day period. The coin touched as high as $81,160 on Monday. 

Bitcoin’s rise comes after a sluggish June and July when it mostly traded below $65,000. 

The cryptocurrency has benefited from news that the Treasury would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations. The announcement last week hurt the dollar but non-yielding assets like Bitcoin and gold have benefited.  

Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X Wednesday that the debasement trade was back.

“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,” he said. 

The debasement trade is when investors buy an asset to hedge against a currency losing value. Investments like Bitcoin and precious metals have done well as part of the trade as they cannot be endlessly printed.  

Last year, the investment strategy was much talked about but then went quiet as investors focused more on buying artificial intelligence-related equities.

Investors now are fretting over U.S. borrowing, a weak dollar and efforts to contain long-term yields.

Bitcoin ETFs had their best week since October last week, with nearly $2 billion in inflows. 

Positive regulatory coming out of the White House has also spurred the flurry of trading activity. President Donald Trump held a meeting with crypto executives earlier last week before urging lawmakers to get the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act over the line.

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Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck 

President Donald Trump may be the most crypto-friendly leader the U.S. has had so far — but what would happen to Bitcoin if the Democrats were to get back in power? 

Well, it wouldn’t necessarily be bad, according to asset manager VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel. 

Speaking on CNBC Wednesday, the analyst also said that contrary to what many believe, ex-President Joe Biden wasn’t anti-Bitcoin. 

Republicans have repeatedly blasted Democrats as anti-crypto. Regulators under ex-president Joe Biden cracked down on digital asset companies, filing various lawsuits.  

“Biden was actually okay for Bitcoin,” Sigel said. “It’s the rest of cryptos that might have a problem [if Democrats get back in power].” 

He added: “With the ascendant socialist wing of the Democrat Party, I can tell you here in New York City that there are plenty who are reminded of why there is value in a decentralized, scarce asset that can’t be printed and spent on nonsense.”

President Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the digital asset industry and has passed a number of pro-crypto executive orders, including setting up a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. 

The price of Bitcoin surged off the back of Trump’s 2024 victory and notched a new record last year. Despite some sluggish months in 2026, the leading digital asset began to rise again last week after the president urged lawmakers to get the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act over the line.

Bitcoin has jumped nearly 24% over the past seven days, touching as high as $81,160 this week before dropping again to its current price of $78,438. 

Pro-crypto lawmakers had hoped to pass the Clarity Act before Congress broke for August recess, but the vote slipped to September after Democrats balked at the latest draft. 

Some Republican senators have accused Democrats of deliberately holding the legislation back. 

The Clarity Act aims to create a legal framework classifying digital assets as securities, commodities or payment stablecoins, and determining which regulator oversees each.

Sigel’s comments echo those of Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer, Faryar Shirzad, who said in July that crypto was “maybe the most bipartisan issue in Washington.”

Speaking about the delay in a vote on the Clarity Act, Shirzad said that while some lawmakers were holding back the long-awaited legislation, younger Democrats were for the framework. 

“A lot of the opposition is generational — so it is Democrats who oppose it — but I think younger members who understand the technology, understand that money is transforming how we should engage financially, how we need to adapt, and so it’s really a generational shift,” he said on The Hill’s Rising show. 

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Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages 

Coinbase and Nasdaq-listed Better Mortgage have announced the availability of Bitcoin-backed mortgages for Americans. 

The crypto exchange and lender said Wednesday that the service was designed in accordance with the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae. 

Coinbase and Better announced the funding of the first Bitcoin-backed mortgage in June. The service now hopes to cater to younger wannabe homeowners who have Bitcoin holdings. 

“In 2025, high interest rates, record home prices, and limited inventory pushed the median age of a first-time homebuyer to 40,” Chief Technology Officer at Better Mortgage, Ziggy Jonsson, said. 

“Coinbase counts millions of monthly users worldwide, and by allowing Coinbase One members to pledge crypto as collateral without selling their holdings, we’re opening a new path toward homeownership for a generation of borrowers whose wealth increasingly lives onchain.”

Ben Shen, head of financial services and loyalty products at Coinbase, added: “By enabling borrowers to pledge their digital assets in the mortgage underwriting process, we are allowing crypto to be more useful and powerful in the real-world — expanding the pathways to homeownership while preserving long-term investment positions.”

The announcement added that Coinbase One members will be eligible for a rebate equal to 1% of the mortgage value, up to a maximum of $10,000.

The debut loan by Coinbase and Better was closed by a married Michigan couple, Joe and Amy, in June. The couple used their Bitcoin holdings as collateral to fund their down payment rather than liquidating their position, the companies said at the time. 

Crypto-backed lender Milo said earlier this year that it had surpassed $100 million in digital asset mortgages, including a record $12 million loan, as more high-net-worth and institutional clients were using Bitcoin as collateral for home financing.

Bitcoin-backed loans are still a niche product but one of the biggest lenders in the space, Ledn, has released research claiming that the space could grow from its current size of $3 billion to $1 trillion in the next 10 years. 

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SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a proposal to the White House aiming to “clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets” for investment advisers and companies. 

In a rule change sent Tuesday, the regulator said it wanted to “improve and modernize the regulations” surrounding custody for the crypto space.

The proposal comes after a vote was delayed on the long-awaited Clarity Act. Despite the delay, regulators like the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have said they will still proceed with trying to shape crypto policy. 

“This rulemaking would clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets for investment adviser and investment companies, as well as make other modernizations needed to remove burdens from certain outdated provisions that are no longer needed to provide investor protection given the evolution in the markets and security trading and holding practices,” the proposal read. 

Pro-crypto lawmakers had hoped to pass the Clarity Act before Congress broke for August recess, but the vote slipped to September after Democrats balked at the latest draft. 

Some Republican senators — like Senator Cynthia Lummis — accused some of deliberately holding it back. 

Still, pro-crypto regulators want to press ahead. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig has said he will proceed with rulemaking whether or not the Clarity Act is enacted, aiming to finalise rules before the administration’s term is out.

And earlier this month, the SEC proposed its own framework to allow token issuers to raise money in the U.S. without falling foul of securities laws.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the crypto industry and received major backing from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Since taking office, regulators have taken a remarkably different approach to watchdogging the digital asset space. 

The president last week urged lawmakers to get the Clarity Act over the line. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has said he is “committed to supporting Congress in advancing” the bill. 

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AI-directed bank accounts could move deposits rapidly among banks, weakening a funding advantage that helps finance long-term credit, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas analysis published Aug. 25.

Although customers can withdraw demand deposits at any time, balances tend to remain at banks for years, and deposit rates usually rise by less than market rates. That makes deposits behave partly like long-duration funding.

The Dallas Fed approximates their effective duration as weighted average life multiplied by one minus the deposit beta, which measures how responsive deposit rates are to short-term rates.

Instant settlement would let yield-sensitive customers switch banks quickly, while programmable rules and agentic AI could automate the move. In June 2026, The Clearing House announced an initiative to develop 24/7, interoperable tokenized commercial-bank money, including automated and agentic-commerce uses.

Using commercial-bank balance sheets as of July 15 and its own duration assumptions, the Dallas Fed estimated about $7 trillion of asset-side interest-rate exposure in 10-year equivalents. Roughly $5.84 trillion was supported by the duration characteristics of deposits other than large time deposits.

In plain terms, those stable funding characteristics help banks hold assets whose values are sensitive to interest-rate changes.

In one sensitivity case, what the authors describe as a 10% increase in deposit price sensitivity, assuming a four-year weighted average life, reduced aggregate duration-risk appetite by about $700 billion in 10-year equivalents.

A separate 10% reduction in weighted average life cut modeled maturity-transformation capacity by about $580 billion.

A 10-year equivalent converts an exposure into the interest-rate risk of a comparable position in 10-year Treasuries, but the credit effect would depend on how banks adjust their assets and funding.

Banks could issue more term debt to keep lending composition closer to unchanged, but the Dallas Fed said wholesale funding would likely raise borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. They could also hold more reserves and Treasuries against faster, less predictable outflows, leaving less room for illiquid credit.

A 2025 Central Bank of Brazil paper found that heavier use of the Pix instant-payment system increased liquid-asset holdings and reduced liquidity transformation, evidence that instant payments can alter bank liquidity behavior even though Pix is not a direct comparison with US tokenized deposits.

Tokenized deposits remain early in development, the magnitude is uncertain, and the authors said their views should not be attributed to the Dallas Fed or the Federal Reserve System.

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Cardano and Solana are testing two competing approaches to on-chain governance, with one exposing the cost of voter absence and the other shifting more power to default representatives who may have their own economic interests.

Cardano’s constitutional committee renewal requires separate approval from delegated representatives, or DReps, and stake pool operators. Solana instead allows validators to cast governance votes using the active stake delegated to them unless individual stakers override that choice.

The distinction is becoming visible in simultaneous votes on both networks.

Cardano faces the more immediate risk. An Aug. 26 snapshot showed support for its committee renewal below the required thresholds among both DReps and stake pool operators, creating the possibility that four committee terms expire without replacements.

Solana reduces that kind of participation bottleneck by making validators default voting agents. But its current governance vote shows the tradeoff: stakers who do nothing effectively allow validators to exercise governance weight associated with their delegated stake, even when those validators may have financial interests affected by the proposal.

Both systems therefore confront the same underlying problem from different directions. Cardano leaves inactive voters silent. Solana lets an existing delegate speak for them.

Cardano’s governance risk is already measurable

A DRepTalk snapshot accessed Aug. 26 showed Cardano’s Update Constitutional Committee 2026 proposal with 43% DRep support, below the required 67%, while stake pool operator support stood at 15.1% against a 51% threshold.

Each group must independently clear its requirement. Stronger participation by one cannot offset a shortfall in the other.

The vote carries a fixed consequence because four committee terms expire at epoch 799, while the maximum allowable term length means replacements must be enacted in epoch 653. Published material identifies Sept. 1 as the relevant deadline.

If the proposal fails, Cardano would be left with three active constitutional committee members, below the reported five-member minimum required for committee-dependent governance actions.

That would not stop block production or freeze the entire network. It would, however, leave the committee unable to ratify actions that require its approval until governance restores sufficient membership.

Intersect has warned that such a disruption could affect the timing of the Dijkstra upgrade, though that does not automatically cause a delay.

Cardano’s design makes the cost of inaction explicit. Its governance system requires two separate constituencies to express enough support, preserving each group's independence while also creating two opportunities for insufficient participation to block continuity.

Solana reduces turnout risk, then inherits an agency problem

Solana’s model lowers the participation burden by allowing validators to vote with the stake already delegated to them.

Eligible stakers can override a validator’s choice for an individual stake account. When they do, that stake is removed from the validator’s effective tally and applied directly to the staker’s own selection.

That mechanism was active during SGP-0002, a proposal seeking support for faster SOL disinflation.

An Aug. 26 Validator Info snapshot showed 83.66 million SOL voting For, 12.01 million Against, and 8.32 million Abstain. Among decisive votes, support stood at 87.45%.

Direct delegator overrides were visible but small compared with the roughly 104 million SOL represented in the tally. Validator Info listed 308 delegator voters, with only a fraction of the overall voting weight directly reassigned.

The override mechanism is therefore being used. The current vote does not yet show whether large numbers of passive delegators would intervene when they disagree with their validator.

That question becomes more significant when validators have an economic stake in the policy under consideration.

Solana Company, a publicly traded SOL treasury firm, said it opposed SGP-0002 on timing and policy-stability grounds. Its second-quarter filing showed $2.512 million in staking revenue out of $2.526 million in total revenue, meaning staking accounted for about 99.4% of quarterly revenue.

The proposed policy would accelerate annual disinflation from 15% to 30%, reducing projected issuance by about 18.9 million SOL over six years and bringing the network to its 1.5% terminal inflation floor in roughly 2.8 years instead of 5.7 years.

Those facts establish an economic exposure, but they do not prove misconduct or that financial incentives determined the company’s vote. Stakers also retain the ability to override validator choices.

Solana’s rule conflict adds another layer of uncertainty

The Solana vote is complicated further by conflicting public descriptions of what constitutes passage.

The Solana governance FAQ says one-third of network stake must participate and two-thirds of participating stake must vote For. The governance proposal repository instead says there is no quorum requirement and that For must receive two-thirds of For plus Against, excluding Abstain.

Under the repository rule, the observed vote clears the support threshold. Under the FAQ and Validator Info display, participation remained below the one-third line.

That leaves the same tally open to two different interpretations and makes the result difficult to assess until the applicable rule is reconciled.

Even a favorable result would not immediately change SOL issuance. SGP-0002 would establish policy direction, while the underlying SIMD-0550 proposal would still need to move through implementation before any consensus-affecting change could be activated.

Both systems relocate the cost of voter apathy

The current votes show that delegation changes the form of participation risk rather than removing it.

Cardano bears the cost directly when voters fail to show up. Its immediate danger is concrete: two constituencies remain below required thresholds ahead of a fixed deadline, with committee capacity at stake.

Solana reduces that risk by allowing validators to represent passive holders, but the model shifts more responsibility toward oversight. Delegators must monitor the agents voting with their stake and intervene when their preferences diverge.

Cardano therefore faces a clearer near-term governance threat, while Solana raises a longer-term question about representation and incentive alignment.

The next results will sharpen that contrast. Cardano must determine whether DReps and stake pool operators can mobilize before the committee deadline, while Solana still needs to establish which voting rule governs SGP-0002 and how much weight delegator overrides ultimately carry.

Both systems arrive at the same unresolved question from opposite directions: whether on-chain governance can remain effective when most tokenholders prefer not to participate.

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Solana’s mainnet is producing blocks faster after its first staged slot-time reduction moved the network’s target from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds.

Faster slots shorten block-level feedback and confirmation thresholds measured in slots, while throughput depends on a separate set of limits.

The Solana Foundation confirmed the mainnet change after the feature gate activated at slot 440,208,000, the first slot of epoch 1019. A feature gate is the switch validators use to coordinate a protocol change, and under the one-epoch delay required by SIMD-0525, the new timing applied when epoch 1020 began on Aug. 21.

A slot is the window in which a designated validator can produce a block, while an epoch is a fixed period of 432,000 slots.

Trillium, a Solana validator-telemetry provider, measured a slot-weighted mean of 365.4ms across 431,505 timed slots in post-change epoch 1021. Its view of pre-change epoch 1015 recorded a 420.7ms mean.

The same dataset recorded 331 skipped slots in epoch 1021, or 0.077%, compared with 1,890 skips and 0.438% in epoch 1015. The lower post-change reading offers an early stability signal across those two epochs, though the comparison cannot establish that the timing cut caused the change.

What faster slots change

Shortening the slot window reduces the wall-clock time for confirmation thresholds measured in slots. It also cuts the four-slot leader window from a nominal 1.6 seconds at 400ms to 1.4 seconds at 350ms, narrowing the period one block producer controls.

The proposal keeps four slots per leader and 432,000 slots per epoch. It scales per-slot compute, account-write, vote, data, and shred limits down with each shorter target. Blocks arrive more frequently and carry smaller budgets, leaving approximate work capacity per second broadly unchanged.

The 365.4ms telemetry reading measures observed spacing between slots, and it also supports faster block-level feedback, while finality remains a separate metric.

Solana’s official upgrade roadmap calls for distinct steps to 300ms, 250ms, and eventually 200ms. Each feature gate carries a one-epoch delay so validators can apply the timing and reduced shred limits together.

The 300ms stage remained pending as of Aug. 26. Solana Compass reported that Anza CEO and SIMD author Brennan Watt said it was intended to become effective at epoch 1024, around Aug. 28.

Solana’s roadmap says the network can pause between stages if skipped-block rates climb, making the 350ms stage a live test of how much validator timing can tighten before the path to 200ms continues.

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Bitcoin is trading between $80,000 and $78,000, and faces two option strikes that could shape dealer hedging into Friday.

Reported call exposure at $75,000 and $80,000 creates a test of whether those positions dampen Bitcoin’s next move or add force to a break.

Roughly 81,700 Bitcoin options representing about $6.4 billion in notional are scheduled to settle on Deribit at 08:00 UTC on Aug. 28.

A refresh of Deribit’s BTC options data placed its Bitcoin reference price near $78,514. Applied to 81,700 one-Bitcoin contracts, that gives about $6.415 billion in notional.

The $75,000 call strike carried about $236 million in reported notional, while the $80,000 call strike held about $157 million. Those are call-side open-interest concentrations, worth a combined $393 million or 6.1% of the reported $6.44 billion expiry.

The Bitcoin hedge path can split two ways

Options dealers adjust hedges as Bitcoin moves and an option’s sensitivity to the underlying price changes. Near expiry, those adjustments can become more responsive around heavily populated strikes.

Dealers positioned one way may trade against a move and help keep price near a strike. A different net position may require trades that reinforce a break and accelerate it.

Dealer-side positioning needed to calculate net gamma remains less visible, leaving pinning and acceleration as conditional scenarios. The 0.83 put-to-call ratio similarly shows that calls outnumber puts in this expiry.

Traders also use calls in spreads, covered positions, and volatility strategies, so the ratio describes inventory more clearly than sentiment.

The official Deribit schedule fixes monthly expiry at 08:00 UTC on the last Friday of the month. With Bitcoin between the highlighted strikes during the research window, $80,000 is the nearest pressure point and $75,000 is the lower concentration.

A decisive move through one could demand faster hedge changes. Friday’s settlement ends the shared deadline and removes or rolls the expiring positions, making the price response around those two levels the cleaner signal.

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Avalanche Treasury Corp approved a $10 million Class A share-repurchase program after reporting a $44.7 million second-quarter loss, with about $35.7 million attributed to losses linked to AVAX.

Management described the program as one tool to create shareholder value while it sees a market disconnect.

The company's Aug. 26 results release discloses the board's approval and contains no disclosure of completed purchases, and its immediate effect is a statement of management intent.

The company said the $35.7 million reflected fair-value changes, realized digital-asset losses, and impairments. That mix includes accounting adjustments and realized losses, making it distinct from a measure of cash expenditure during the period.

Fair-value and impairment charges can move reported earnings without carrying the same cash effect as a realized loss.

At June 30, AVAT held 15,312,363 AVAX with a reported fair value of $99,989,818, according to its quarterly filing. Subsequent price moves and treasury activity can change both the value and the balance, while the filing establishes the scale of the exposure behind AVAT's earnings volatility.

Staking generated $1.5 million of revenue, net of fees, in the quarter and $3.6 million in the first half of 2026. AVAT also recorded about $15.2 million of one-time costs tied to completing its business combination.

Together, those figures provide operating context around a quarterly loss dominated by AVAX-linked items.

Nasdaq also closed one of the two compliance matters reported earlier this month. The exchange closed the $35 million market-value-of-listed-securities matter after AVAT reported $83.8 million of stockholders' equity.

Nasdaq Rule 5550(b)(2) permits compliance through an alternative threshold of at least $2.5 million of equity.

The Aug. 7 notice gave AVAT an initial compliance period through Feb. 2, 2027. The newer filing addresses only the market-value matter and provides no closure update for the bid-price issue.

The week brought AVAT partial Nasdaq relief and a new capital-allocation signal. Quarterly results still show that management wants the stock to better reflect its strategy, while AVAT's earnings and balance sheet remain heavily exposed to AVAX.

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NEAR Protocol changes hands at $1.89. That is 40.7 per cent below the twelve-month high of $3.18 set on 19 September 2025, and 96.5 per cent above the twelve-month low of $0.96 from 12 February 2026. The token has climbed a long way off the February floor without coming close to reclaiming last autumn's level. Anyone weighing an entry today is buying neither a discount to the lows nor a confirmed breakout, which is precisely what makes the question worth working through: is NEAR a good buy at current prices?

cryptoticker.io collected the price data behind this analysis itself on 26 August 2026. The source is market data from CoinMarketCap; the method is daily closing prices across the past 365 days, from which the moving averages, the relative strength index and the twelve-month extremes were calculated with standard formulas. Every level cited below comes from that data set and can be checked against it.

NEAR price analysis: current price, support and the 200-day mark

At $1.89, NEAR sits above both of the averages that matter most to trend followers. The 200-day exponential moving average stands at $1.81, the 50-day exponential moving average at $1.79. The gap is thin in both cases, which is another way of saying the token hovers on top of its own trend lines rather than running clear of them.

That geometry sets out the levels to watch. The zone between $1.79 and $1.81 is the first place a pullback would be tested, because both averages converge there and short-term traders tend to treat such a cluster as a single line. Below it, the next reference is the region the price held through much of the spring, closer to $1.50. Above, the twelve-month high at $3.18 is a long way off; the nearer hurdle is the $2.20 to $2.40 band where the summer rallies stalled.

The 24-hour move shows how thin that footing is. NEAR gave back 5.35 per cent in a day while still holding an 18.15 per cent gain over seven days.

Is the NEAR downtrend broken or only interrupted?

The honest answer is that it is interrupted rather than broken, and the time frames disagree in a way that is worth spelling out. Over 30 days NEAR is up 2.16 per cent, over seven days up 18.15 per cent. Over 90 days it is down 21.70 per cent, and over the full twelve months it is down 21.30 per cent. The short horizon is positive, the medium and long horizons are negative.

A downtrend is generally considered broken once the price sets a higher high and then holds a higher low. NEAR has managed the second half of that pattern since February, lifting the floor from $0.96. It has not managed the first: the $3.18 high from September 2025 remains unchallenged, and each rally this year has stalled below the previous one.

What has changed is the position relative to the 200-day average. For much of the first half of 2026 NEAR traded below it, and the average acted as a ceiling. Trading above it, even by four cents, moves the token out of that regime. Reclaiming a long-term average is a necessary step toward a trend reversal without being sufficient evidence of one.

What RSI and moving averages mean for a NEAR entry

The 14-day relative strength index reads 62.4. That places NEAR in the upper half of its range without reaching the 70 mark conventionally read as overbought. For an entry decision this is an awkward middle: the token is neither washed out nor stretched. A reading in the low sixties after an 18 per cent week suggests buyers have been active without exhausting themselves.

The relationship between the two averages adds a second signal. The 50-day average at $1.79 sits below the 200-day average at $1.81, which means the shorter trend has not yet crossed above the longer one. Chart technicians call that pending crossover a golden cross, and its absence is the cleanest single argument that the recovery is young. The two lines are two cents apart, so the crossover is close, but a signal that has not triggered is not a signal.

Read together, the indicators describe a market in transition. An entry at $1.89 sits just above a support cluster a few cents below, so the level at which the thesis would be wrong is easy to define.

Wider sentiment is running hotter than NEAR's own chart. The CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed reading stood at 81 on 26 August 2026, in the extreme greed band. Elevated sentiment readings have historically coincided with local tops more often than with durable bottoms, though they gauge the mood of the whole market rather than forecasting any single token.

What trading volume reveals about demand for NEAR

NEAR turned over $262.8m in 24 hours against a market capitalisation of $2.46bn. That ratio, close to 10.7 per cent, is healthy for a token of this size and indicates that positions can be opened and closed without the order book being the binding constraint. Liquidity is not the weak point in the NEAR case.

The composition of that volume is harder to read, and this is where caution belongs. A high turnover ratio during a week that produced an 18 per cent gain can reflect fresh buying, or leveraged traders cycling in and out of the same positions. The 5.35 per cent single-day decline leans toward the second reading. What would count as confirmation is volume holding up on advancing days and falling away on retreating ones, sustained across several weeks. That is observable in public data rather than something an investor has to assume.

Which structural factors speak for NEAR Protocol

NEAR ranks 35th by market capitalisation at $2.46bn. That places it below the large-cap tier and above the long tail, a band where projects trade cleanly but stay sensitive to the general direction of the market.

The supply mechanics deserve attention because they cut both ways. Circulating supply stands at roughly 1.30bn NEAR, and CoinMarketCap records no maximum supply for the token. According to the project's own documentation, the network issues new tokens at a fixed annual rate to pay validators and burns a portion of transaction fees, so net issuance depends on how heavily the chain is used. An investor is therefore taking a view on adoption outpacing issuance, which is a different bet from the fixed-cap thesis that applies to Bitcoin.

On the technical side, NEAR's pitch has centred on sharding for throughput and on an account model that uses readable names instead of raw addresses. Whether that translates into durable fee revenue is an open question.

Regulation is the third structural input, and for European buyers it has become more concrete. The MiCA framework, supervised in part by ESMA, sets licensing requirements for the platforms through which most retail investors reach a token like NEAR. That affects where and how you can buy far more than it affects the protocol itself.

What speaks for buying NEAR at current prices

Three arguments carry weight at $1.89. First, the price has reclaimed both the 200-day average at $1.81 and the 50-day average at $1.79 after spending much of the first half of the year beneath them. The regime that treated those lines as a ceiling has ended, and that is a genuine change rather than a matter of interpretation.

Second, the entry sits close to a level that would invalidate it. With support only a few cents below at the average cluster, the distance between the entry and the point at which the thesis fails is small and easy to define. Positions whose failure point is nearby are easier to size sensibly than positions whose nearest reference is far away.

Third, the recovery from $0.96 to $1.89 has been built on a sequence of higher lows rather than one vertical move. A floor lifted repeatedly over six months reflects buyers returning at successively higher prices.

What speaks against buying NEAR at current prices

Three arguments cut the other way, and they are not weaker than the ones above. First, the twelve-month trend is still negative: down 21.30 per cent over the year and down 21.70 per cent over 90 days. The seven-day gain of 18.15 per cent is a rally inside a downtrend until the $3.18 high is threatened, and $3.18 is 40.7 per cent away.

Second, the golden cross has not happened. The 50-day average at $1.79 remains below the 200-day average at $1.81. Buying ahead of that crossover means buying on an expectation rather than on a completed signal, and crossovers that look imminent fail often enough to matter.

Third, the market backdrop is warm. A Fear and Greed reading of 81 means the broader market is priced for optimism, and a token ranked 35th tends to fall harder than the majors when that optimism drains. Buying a mid-cap into extreme greed carries a timing risk that has nothing to do with NEAR's own merits.

How to buy NEAR at current prices

NEAR is listed on most large regulated venues, so availability is rarely the constraint. Cost usually is. Spot fees at established exchanges typically run between about 0.1 and 0.5 per cent per order, while the spread and any conversion charge on a euro deposit can quietly exceed the headline fee. Our exchange comparison sets the venues side by side, and the overview of regulated exchanges narrows the field to platforms licensed in the EU.

Individual reviews go deeper on details that surface only after you open an account. Our reports on Kraken, Bitpanda and Bitvavo cover fee schedules, deposit routes and withdrawal handling. Check the current terms with the provider before you buy, since fees and conditions change.

Custody is a second decision, separate from the purchase. Leaving NEAR on an exchange is convenient and exposes you to that platform's solvency and security; moving it to your own wallet hands you responsibility for the recovery phrase instead. Our hardware wallet comparison covers the trade-off, and for a longer holding period the question deserves an answer before the purchase.

Is NEAR a good buy at current prices, then?

The short-term and the long-term readings point in different directions, and collapsing them into one verdict would hide the useful part.

Over a horizon of weeks, the setup is finely balanced. NEAR is above both averages, the RSI at 62.4 leaves room before overbought territory, and liquidity is ample. Against that, the price sits barely above the support cluster at $1.79 to $1.81, the market is in extreme greed at 81, and the 24-hour loss of 5.35 per cent shows how quickly gains reverse. A short-term entry is a bet on momentum continuing, and the level at which that bet fails is the average cluster a few cents below.

Over a horizon of years, the question stops being about the chart. It becomes whether the network's throughput and account design attract enough usage for fee burn to offset an issuance schedule with no fixed cap. On-chain activity and fee revenue answer that over time; a price of $1.89 does not.

The case set out here would be refuted by a weekly close back below $1.79, which would put the token under both averages again and restore the regime that held for the first half of the year. It would be strengthened by the 50-day average crossing above the 200-day average on rising volume, followed by a move through the $2.20 to $2.40 band that has capped every rally this year. Both observations are checkable in public data. None of this is investment advice, and the twelve-month range from $0.96 to $3.18 is a reminder of how wide the outcomes have been.

Buying NEAR: what to take away

1. NEAR at $1.89 has reclaimed its 200-day average at $1.81 and its 50-day average at $1.79, but sits only a few cents above both. The NEAR price prediction puts that position in a longer context.
2. The twelve-month picture is still negative at minus 21.30 per cent, with the high of $3.18 some 40.7 per cent away and the low of $0.96 well below. Entry costs and venue matter at these levels, which our exchange comparison lays out.
3. An RSI of 62.4 and a market at extreme greed argue for staging an entry rather than committing at once, and for settling custody first via our hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 26 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and conditions change; check them with the provider yourself before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility, and a total loss is possible.)

Bittensor (TAO) changes hands at 228.10 US dollars, which leaves the token 54.2 percent below its twelve-month high of 497.94 US dollars from 2 November 2025. Measured from the other end of the range the picture reads differently: the price stands 56.6 percent above the twelve-month low of 145.64 US dollars, dated 12 February 2026. Between those two poles sits the question: is Bittensor a good buy at current prices, after a recovery that has already run for six months?

cryptoticker.io collected the price data for this analysis on 25 August 2026, with market data from CoinMarketCap. The moving averages, the relative strength index and the distances to the twelve-month extremes were calculated in-house from 365 daily closing prices covering 25 August 2025 to 24 August 2026, plus the current quote, using standard formulas (exponential moving averages, RSI according to Wilder).

Bittensor price analysis: where the TAO price stands today

At 228.10 US dollars, Bittensor carries a market capitalisation of 2.57 billion US dollars and ranks 34th among all crypto assets. Circulating supply stands at 11.27 million TAO against a hard maximum of 21 million, so a little over half of all tokens that will ever exist are in the market.

Three marks frame the current zone. The 200-day average sits at 239.76 US dollars and runs 4.9 percent above the spot price, which turns it into the nearest overhead barrier. The 50-day average at 207.63 US dollars lies 9.9 percent below the price and has served as the floor of the summer advance. Below that, the twelve-month low of 145.64 US dollars is the level that would have to give way before the recovery could be called a failure.

The last 24 hours cost the token 5.8 percent, a normal daily swing at this size. Over seven days TAO is up 19.7 percent and over 30 days 15.8 percent, which shows that the price already carries a good deal of recent enthusiasm. Where the price bands could run from here is laid out in the Bittensor price prediction.

Is the Bittensor downtrend broken or only interrupted?

Over twelve months Bittensor is down 36.9 percent, and over 90 days it is still down 16.3 percent. Those two numbers describe the trend that has been in force since November 2025. The seven-day and 30-day gains describe something newer and much shorter.

The technical test for a broken downtrend is straightforward: a market that has genuinely turned trades above its long-term average and holds there. Bittensor does not do that yet. At 228.10 US dollars the price sits below the 200-day average of 239.76 US dollars and has been below that line for most of the year. What has changed is the medium-term picture, where the 50-day line at 207.63 US dollars now runs beneath the price and has been rising since the February low.

The honest reading sits in between. The move off 145.64 US dollars is strong enough to be more than noise and not yet strong enough to be a trend reversal. A weekly close above 239.76 US dollars would be the first evidence that the twelve-month downtrend has ended. Until then the advance remains a counter-trend rally inside a larger decline, and it should be sized accordingly.

What RSI and moving averages mean for a TAO entry

The relative strength index over 14 days stands at 62.7, in the upper half of the scale without reaching the 70 mark conventionally read as overbought. For a buyer this is the least comfortable region of the indicator: momentum is clearly positive, so the cheap prices are gone, and there is no exhaustion signal that would argue for waiting either.

The relationship between the two averages carries more information than the RSI right now. The 50-day average at 207.63 US dollars remains 13.4 percent below the 200-day average at 239.76 US dollars. The bearish crossover from the winter has not been undone, and reversing it would take weeks of price stability above the current zone. Anyone buying Bittensor today is buying a chart whose long-term structure still points down and whose short-term structure points up.

The practical consequence is one of method. Staggered buying across several weeks captures the 50-day zone around 207.63 US dollars if the price returns to it, and it avoids committing a full position 4.9 percent below a barrier that has held all year.

What trading volume reveals about demand for Bittensor

Bittensor turned over 229.4 million US dollars in the past 24 hours, roughly 8.9 percent of its market capitalisation. That is a healthy ratio at this rank and means an ordinary position can be entered and exited without moving the price.

The trend in volume is the more useful signal. The seven-day average of 236.0 million US dollars stands well above the 30-day average of 139.2 million and above the twelve-month median of 163.8 million. Rising prices on rising volume indicate a rally with real buyers behind it rather than a thin drift upwards on an empty order book.

Elevated volume works in both directions. The same liquidity that carried the price 19.7 percent higher in a week is available to sellers, and the wider mood is stretched: the Fear and Greed Index stood at 80 points, in extreme greed territory, when this analysis was written. Such readings describe the present rather than forecasting the future, and they tend to accompany the later stages of a move.

Which structural factors speak for Bittensor

The supply mechanics are the clearest structural argument. TAO is capped at 21 million tokens and issued on a halving schedule, the design logic that the Bitcoin white paper set out for a predictable, declining rate of new issuance. With 11.27 million tokens in circulation, the share still to be released shrinks with every halving period, and steady demand meeting a slowing issuance rate is arithmetically favourable to holders.

The second factor is what the network is for. Bittensor organises subnets in which participants supply machine-learning work and are compensated in TAO according to how the network rates their contribution. The token therefore has a use inside the system beyond being traded. How much real demand that generates is an open question and should be treated as one.

The third factor is regulatory clarity in Europe. Under the EU crypto-asset regime supervised by ESMA, exchanges serving European customers need authorisation, and the disclosure and custody rules that come with it apply to TAO as to other crypto assets. That framework does nothing for the price, and it removes one category of risk that used to sit between European buyers and smaller tokens.

What speaks for buying Bittensor at current prices

Three arguments carry weight at 228.10 US dollars.

The price is still 54.2 percent below its high. An entry at this level is not an entry at a peak. If the 497.94 US dollar area is ever revisited, the distance from here is substantial, and the risk of buying into the last leg of a completed advance is lower than it was in November 2025.

The medium-term trend has turned. The 50-day average at 207.63 US dollars is rising and sits below the price, the twelve-month low of 145.64 US dollars is 56.6 percent away, and volume has expanded alongside the move. Those three conditions together are what a recovery looks like in its early phase.

The supply side is predictable. A hard cap of 21 million tokens with a halving schedule removes the dilution risk that affects assets with open-ended issuance. The AI narrative that drives interest in the sector can be volatile, and the issuance schedule underneath it does not change with sentiment.

What speaks against buying Bittensor at current prices

Three arguments cut the other way, and none is weaker than those above.

The long-term trend is intact and it points down. TAO is 36.9 percent lower than a year ago and 16.3 percent lower than three months ago. The price remains below the 200-day average of 239.76 US dollars, and the 50-day average is still 13.4 percent beneath that line. Buying here means buying against the dominant trend and expecting it to change.

The move is already well advanced. A 19.7 percent gain in seven days and 15.8 percent in 30 days means the recovery has been priced in to a considerable degree. With the RSI at 62.7 and the market mood at 80 points on the Fear and Greed scale, the probability of buying shortly before a consolidation is higher than it was at 180 or 190 US dollars.

The valuation rests on a narrative that can reprice quickly. Interest in AI-linked tokens has driven the sector this summer, and such narratives have historically compressed as fast as they expanded. If capital rotates away, a market capitalisation of 2.57 billion US dollars would be tested against network revenue rather than expectations.

How to buy Bittensor (TAO) at current prices

TAO is listed on most large exchanges, though not on every European broker, so the venue question is worth settling first. Regulated European platforms such as Bitpanda or Kraken cover the usual payment routes; fee structures differ enough to matter for a staggered purchase, and the exchange comparison sets them side by side. Buyers who want authorisation status as a filter can start from the overview of regulated exchanges.

Costs come in three parts: the trading fee, typically between 0.1 and 1.5 percent depending on venue and order type, the spread between bid and ask, which is modest for a token with 229.4 million US dollars in daily turnover, and the withdrawal fee if the tokens leave the exchange. Limit orders instead of market orders remove much of the second cost.

Custody is the decision that outlasts the trade. Tokens meant to be held for months belong in a wallet whose keys you control, and the devices for that are compared in the hardware wallet comparison. TAO uses its own network addresses, so confirm that a device supports the chain before buying one.

So is Bittensor a good buy at current prices?

For a horizon of a few weeks, the data argue for caution rather than urgency. The price stands 4.9 percent below the 200-day average of 239.76 US dollars, the RSI at 62.7 leaves limited room before the overbought zone, and the seven-day gain of 19.7 percent has already collected much of what a quick move had to offer. A pullback towards the 50-day average at 207.63 US dollars would be an ordinary event.

For a horizon of a year or more, the case looks different. An entry 54.2 percent below the twelve-month high, into an asset with a capped supply of 21 million tokens and a functioning use inside its own network, has a plausible risk profile provided the position is sized for a further decline to the 145.64 US dollar area. That is roughly 36 percent below today's price and it is the level the recovery started from.

Two conditions would falsify the constructive reading. A weekly close below 207.63 US dollars would put the 50-day support in question and turn the summer advance into a failed rally. A drop under 145.64 US dollars would mark a new twelve-month low and end the recovery case entirely. Conversely, a weekly close above 239.76 US dollars would be the first technical evidence that the twelve-month downtrend has ended, and it is the single number worth watching.

Buying Bittensor: what to take away

1. The 200-day average at 239.76 US dollars decides the trend question. Above it the downtrend is over, below it the move from 145.64 US dollars remains a counter-trend rally. The possible price bands from here are set out in the Bittensor price prediction.
2. Momentum argues for staggering rather than a single purchase. An RSI of 62.7 and a 19.7 percent weekly gain are poor conditions for committing a full position at once, and fee differences compound across several tranches. The exchange comparison shows where staggered buying costs least.
3. Settle custody before the purchase, not after it. Anything intended to be held beyond a few weeks does not belong on an exchange account permanently. Suitable devices are listed in the hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 25 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and conditions change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to large price swings, and a total loss is possible.)

AAVE trades at $128.38 on August 26, 2026. That is 61.8 percent below the twelve-month high of $336.27 set on August 27, 2025, and at the same time 110.7 percent above the twelve-month low of $60.93 from June 7, 2026. Both figures describe the same coin within a single year. The question that follows is this: is AAVE a good buy at current prices?

cryptoticker.io collected the price data for this article itself on August 26, 2026. The source is market data from CoinMarketCap. Daily closing prices for the past 365 days were evaluated; the moving averages, the RSI(14) and the high and low come from standard formulas applied to exactly that daily series. All figures quoted here refer to that date.

AAVE Price Analysis: Where the Price Stands and Which Levels Matter Now

The current price of $128.38 sits above both important average lines. The 200-day moving average stands at $111.95, the 50-day average at $96.25. AAVE has therefore reclaimed two levels below which the coin spent much of the year. The distance to the 200-day average is about 15 percent, the distance to the 50-day average about 33 percent.

That names the nearest support clearly. If the price falls back, the zone around $111 to $115 is the first stop, because the 200-day average runs there. If it does not hold, the next serious floor lies only around $96, where the 50-day average is catching up. Above the current price the ground is thinner: between here and the area around $170, the market spent little time over the past year, which can accelerate moves in either direction.

For the wider picture, the market capitalisation of roughly $1.98 billion matters, placing AAVE 39th in the overall market. How that starting position translates into medium-term price ranges is set out in the continuously updated AAVE price prediction from cryptoticker.io.

Is the AAVE Downtrend Broken or Merely Interrupted?

Over twelve months AAVE stands at minus 59.7 percent. The coin began the period at $318.27 and trades today at $128.38. That is one half of the calculation. The other: over 90 days it is up 59.6 percent, over 30 days up 27.5 percent, over seven days up 46.5 percent. From the twelve-month low of $60.93 the price has more than doubled.

Technically, there is a good deal to suggest the downtrend has at least been interrupted. A price above the 200-day average of $111.95 counts in the classical reading as a change of trend, and the 50-day average at $96.25 is now rising rather than falling. Both are marks of a bottoming process that lies behind the coin.

What argues against declaring the danger over is the speed. A gain of 46.5 percent in seven days is a surge that can be given back just as quickly. In our view the change of trend is disproved once AAVE falls back below the 200-day average at $111.95 on a daily closing basis and stays there for several days. Until then, the return to the twelve-month high of $336.27 remains a distance of roughly 162 percent.

What RSI and Moving Averages Mean for an AAVE Entry

The RSI(14) stands at 74.5. Readings above 70 count as overbought. That is neither a recommendation to sell nor a signal of an imminent setback, because in strong upward phases the RSI can stay above this mark for weeks. It is an indication that a large part of the short-term move has already happened.

The arrangement of the averages reads more favourably. The price of $128.38 sits above the 200-day average of $111.95, which in turn sits above the 50-day average of $96.25. This ordering typically emerges after extended bottoming phases and counts as constructive.

In practice, the combination of an overbought RSI and an intact structure of averages means that purchases at the current price carry a worse ratio of opportunity to risk than purchases during a pullback. Market sentiment supports caution: the CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index stands at 81 points, within the range of extreme greed.

What AAVE Trading Volume Reveals About Demand

Trading volume over the past 24 hours came to roughly $299 million. For comparison: the average over the past 30 days is about $263 million, the average over the past 90 days about $238 million. Current volume sits above both reference points, though not dramatically so.

More revealing is the peak reached during the advance. At the high point of the past trading week, some $641 million changed hands in a single day, more than twice the 30-day average. A rise carried by a jump in turnover of that size has more substance than a move on thin trading.

Volume has since fallen back to less than half that peak. That is normal after a surge, but it means demand is no longer at the level that produced the advance. For the buying decision this reads as follows: the move was real, its continuation is not thereby established.

Which Structural Factors Speak for AAVE

AAVE is the governance token of the lending protocol of the same name, through which users deposit crypto assets and borrow against collateral. The token serves to vote on protocol parameters and is used in the protocol's safety module. Its value therefore depends in part on how far the protocol is used, and not on general market sentiment alone.

The supply mechanics are tightly bounded. Around 15.42 million AAVE are in circulation, with total supply at 16 million according to CoinMarketCap. More than 96 percent of supply is therefore already on the market. Unlike projects with long unlock schedules, there is no large stream of team or investor allocations waiting to dilute existing positions.

The third factor is the technical base. The protocol is anchored on Ethereum and additionally runs on several second-layer networks. How that base develops is described by the official Ethereum roadmap. In regulatory terms the field operates in Europe under the MiCA regulation; supervisory practice is documented by the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA. For decentralised lending protocols the European legal position remains open in parts, which we flag as an assumption and not as a settled forecast.

What Speaks for Buying AAVE at Current Prices

First, the distance to the upside. At $128.38 the price sits 61.8 percent below the twelve-month high of $336.27. Should the market return to a phase in which lending protocols are in demand again, the arithmetic road upward is long. That is not a price target but a description of the room available.

Second, the technical starting position. The price stands above the 200-day average of $111.95 and above the 50-day average of $96.25. The coin did not have this arrangement for almost the whole of the past year. It also supplies a clearly defined level at which a failure can be recognised.

Third, the supply side. With around 15.42 million tokens in circulation against a total supply of 16 million, supply is almost fully distributed. Price advances here do not have to run against ongoing unlocks.

What Speaks Against Buying AAVE at Current Prices

First, the timing. An RSI(14) of 74.5 after a weekly gain of 46.5 percent describes a market that has already run. The Fear and Greed Index at 81 points points the same way.

Second, the annual balance. Minus 59.7 percent over twelve months is the result of a long downtrend from $318.27 to $60.93 at its lowest. A price above the averages is a beginning and not yet evidence that this trend has ended.

Third, the business risk of the protocol. Lending protocols carry risks that a pure payment coin does not: liquidation cascades in fast downward phases, dependence on price oracles, and the possibility of errors in the program code. These risks are known and documented, but they cannot be ruled out.

How to Buy AAVE at Current Prices

AAVE is listed on the major European trading venues. Which exchange suits you depends above all on three points: on fees, on regulation, and on whether you want to hold your balances yourself. An overview of costs and terms is given by our comparison of the best crypto exchanges; if European supervision matters to you, the overview of regulated crypto exchanges takes you further. Detailed assessments of individual providers are available for Bitpanda and for Kraken.

On costs it pays to look at the spread and not only at the stated order fee. Particularly with coins outside the top ten ranks, the gap between buying and selling price often matters more than the fee itself. Check both with the provider before you buy, because terms change.

On custody: smaller amounts can stay on the exchange, larger holdings belong in a wallet only you can access. Which devices are suitable is shown by our hardware wallet comparison. Anyone who wants to put AAVE to work in the protocol itself should check the conditions of the safety module beforehand: in an emergency, part of the stake there can be drawn on to cover losses.

So Is AAVE a Good Buy at Current Prices?

In the short term the starting position is unfavourable. After 46.5 percent in seven days and with an RSI of 74.5, you are buying into an overheated move. A decline into the zone around the 200-day average at $111.95 would be normal from a technical standpoint and no break of trend. Anyone thinking in terms of weeks gets the better ratio of opportunity to risk on a pullback.

In the long term the answer depends on whether you credit the lending protocol with a lasting role. The supply side, with 15.42 million of 16 million tokens in circulation, is settled, the distance to the twelve-month high of $336.27 is large, and the price stands above both average lines again. Anyone who reads that positively finds at $128.38 an entry with a defined exit point.

The constructive reading is disproved if AAVE falls back below the 200-day average of $111.95 on a daily closing basis and settles there, or if trading volume sinks lastingly below the 90-day average of roughly $238 million. Either would be a sign that the rise from the twelve-month low of $60.93 was a recovery within a downtrend and not a turn. This is an assessment of the data, and not a recommendation to buy or sell AAVE.

Buying AAVE: What to Take Away

1. The level on which everything turns is the 200-day average at $111.95. Above it the recovery stays intact, below it the downtrend returns. The medium-term price ranges are set out in the AAVE price prediction.
2. The timing of an entry weighs more heavily here than the question of the coin. With an RSI of 74.5 and a weekly gain of 46.5 percent, staggered buying is the calmer option. Which venue carries the lowest costs is shown by the comparison of the best crypto exchanges.
3. Anyone planning to hold for longer settles custody before buying. Suitable devices and how they differ are set out in the hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: some of the providers named in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart position; the price data come from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of August 26, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy. Crypto assets are subject to sharp price swings and a total loss is possible.)

Cronos (CRO) changes hands at 0.0606 US dollars on 24 August 2026. That price sits roughly 81.5 percent below the twelve-month high of 0.3284 dollars set on 29 August 2025, and about 31.1 percent above the twelve-month low of 0.0462 dollars printed on 19 August 2026. A gain of 27.7 percent over seven days has lifted the token off that floor faster than most assets of comparable size. The question here is narrower than the headline move suggests: is Cronos a good buy at the current price?

cryptoticker.io collected the underlying price data itself on 24 August 2026. Source: market data from CoinMarketCap. Method: 365 daily closing prices from 24 August 2025 to 23 August 2026 plus the current spot quote, with exponential moving averages and the relative strength index derived from those closes using the standard formulas. Every figure below refers to that snapshot and will move with the market. A longer-dated view sits in our Cronos price prediction.

Cronos price analysis: where the CRO price stands and which levels matter

Three levels frame the current picture. The floor is the twelve-month low at 0.0462 dollars, five days old at the time of writing and therefore the most recent point at which sellers ran out of conviction. The current zone around 0.0606 dollars sits about 12 percent above the 50-day exponential moving average of 0.0541 dollars, which the price reclaimed during the rally rather than merely touching. Overhead lies the 200-day exponential moving average at 0.0741 dollars, roughly 18 percent above the spot price and untouched since the spring.

The distance between the averages tells its own story. With the 50-day line at 0.0541 dollars and the 200-day line at 0.0741 dollars, the shorter average remains well below the longer one, a configuration conventionally read as a market still inside a downtrend however sharp the recent bounce. The rally changed the token's position relative to the short average, not to the long one.

The twelve-month range puts the move in proportion. From 0.3284 dollars down to 0.0462 dollars is a drawdown of about 86 percent, and the recovery to 0.0606 dollars retraces only a small fraction of it. Cronos is down about 61.7 percent over 365 days and 11.3 percent over 90 days, while gaining 7.3 percent over 30 days.

Is the Cronos downtrend broken or only interrupted?

A downtrend is usually treated as broken when price closes above the long-term average and the sequence of lower highs ends. Neither condition is met. At 0.0606 dollars, CRO trades below the 200-day line at 0.0741 dollars, and the last significant swing high in the summer still stands above the current level. What the move has achieved is a reclaim of the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars, which is the first of the two conditions and the easier of them.

That distinction matters for anyone sizing an entry. An interruption can last weeks and still resolve downward; a break requires measurable follow-through, here a close above 0.0741 dollars that holds. Until then the prudent description is a strong countertrend rally inside an intact downtrend.

A second reading is worth stating as an inference rather than an observation: much of the seven-day move arrived alongside a broad risk-on phase, with the CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed reading at 78, in greed territory. Rallies that ride sentiment rather than token-specific news tend to give back ground when sentiment normalises. That is a plausible explanation, not a proven cause.

What RSI and moving averages mean for a Cronos entry

The 14-day relative strength index stands at 71.4. Above 70 the indicator is conventionally described as overbought, which is less a sell signal than a statement about pace: the token has risen far enough, fast enough, that the average up-day has dominated the average down-day by an unusual margin. In strong trends RSI can stay above 70 for extended stretches. In countertrend bounces it more often marks the upper half of the move.

Combined with the moving averages, the picture is a token that has run hard into the lower edge of its resistance band. Entry at 0.0606 dollars means buying about 12 percent above the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars and about 18 percent below the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars. That asymmetry is uncomfortable for a short-term trade: the nearest support is the reclaimed 50-day line, and beneath it the twelve-month low at 0.0462 dollars, roughly 24 percent below spot.

For a longer horizon the indicator readings carry less weight than the range itself. A buyer at 0.0606 dollars pays less than a fifth of the 0.3284 dollar high and roughly a third more than the 0.0462 dollar low. Whether that is cheap depends on what the network is worth, which the chart cannot answer.

What Cronos trading volume reveals about demand

Reported 24-hour turnover is about 10.7 million dollars against a market capitalisation of roughly 2.94 billion dollars, which places CRO at rank 29 by size. That ratio, near 0.36 percent, is thin for a token of that capitalisation, and it is the single most important qualifier on everything above.

Thin turnover has two consequences. A rally on low volume moves price further per dollar of buying, which flatters the percentage gain. And an exit in size is harder to execute at the quoted price, because the book that produced the move up is the same one that has to absorb selling. Anyone reading the 27.7 percent weekly gain as broad accumulation should weigh how little capital was required to produce it.

Which structural factors speak for Cronos

Three structural features distinguish CRO from a pure momentum token. The first is supply mechanics. Circulating supply stands at about 48.51 billion tokens against a total of roughly 98.88 billion and a stated maximum of 100 billion. The float that trades today is therefore a minority of the tokens that could eventually trade. That is a fact about the supply schedule rather than a prediction, and its effect on price depends on release pace and on demand at the time of release.

The second is the chain's technical position. Cronos runs an Ethereum-compatible execution environment, so contracts and tooling written for Ethereum deploy with limited modification. The upside is a developer base the network did not have to build; the downside is direct competition with every other chain making the same offer, on fees and liquidity rather than capability. The ecosystem it borrows from is documented on the Ethereum roadmap.

The third is regulatory placement. CRO is closely associated with a large regulated exchange business operating inside the European framework for crypto-asset markets published by ESMA. That cuts both ways: it lowers the risk of an abrupt delisting across regulated venues, and it ties the token's fortunes to a single commercial entity's performance.

What speaks for buying Cronos at current prices

• The entry sits far below the twelve-month range high. At 0.0606 dollars, buyers pay about 81.5 percent less than at the 0.3284 dollar high of August 2025. For an investor who believes the network retains value, a price this deep in its own range is a materially better starting point than any level over the past year.
• The short-term trend has turned. Reclaiming the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars and holding above it is the first technical condition a recovery has to satisfy. It has been met, and it gives a clearly defined level beneath the current price against which a position can be measured.
• The exchange linkage provides a revenue-bearing anchor. Unlike tokens whose value rests solely on future network usage, CRO is tied to an operating business with fee income and a regulated footprint. That does not guarantee a price floor, but it means the token's fundamental case can be assessed against something observable.

What speaks against buying Cronos at current prices

• The long-term downtrend is intact. With price at 0.0606 dollars and the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars, the dominant trend still points down. Buying here means buying into resistance, and the 24 percent gap down to the 0.0462 dollar low defines how far a failed bounce can travel.
• Liquidity is thin for the size. Roughly 10.7 million dollars of daily turnover against a 2.94 billion dollar capitalisation makes both the upside move and any future exit less reliable than the headline market rank suggests.
• Half the maximum supply has yet to enter circulation. About 48.51 billion of a possible 100 billion tokens trade today. Any future increase in the circulating float is a headwind that demand has to absorb before price can advance.

How to buy Cronos at the current price

CRO is listed on most large regulated European venues, so the practical differences are fees, spread and custody rather than availability. Spot fees typically fall between 0.1 and 0.5 percent per trade, and the spread on a thinly traded token often costs more than the stated commission. Our exchange comparison sets the current terms side by side, and the shortlist of regulated exchanges narrows it to venues under European supervision. Two of them are covered in our Kraken review and our Bitvavo review.

Custody is the second decision. Leaving tokens on the exchange is convenient and carries that venue's operational risk; self-custody removes it and transfers key management to the holder. For positions held through a full cycle a hardware wallet is the standard answer, and the devices are compared in our hardware wallet comparison. Note that CRO exists on more than one network, and sending it to an address on the wrong one is the most common way holders lose tokens permanently.

Given the liquidity profile described above, a position built in a single market order will pay a wider spread than the same position built in parts. Fees, spreads and terms change; check them at the provider before every purchase.

Is Cronos a good buy at current prices, short term and long term?

Short term, the evidence points to caution rather than opportunity. At 0.0606 dollars the token has already travelled 31.1 percent from its low, the RSI at 71.4 indicates the move is stretched, and the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars stands as the next obstacle. A short-term buyer is paying up for a move that has largely happened, into resistance, in a thin book. The scenario that would change this reading is a daily close above 0.0741 dollars that holds for several sessions on rising turnover.

Long term, the assessment turns on the exchange linkage and the supply schedule rather than the chart. At a capitalisation near 2.94 billion dollars the token is priced far below its 2025 valuation, and an investor expecting the associated business to grow inside the European framework buys that expectation at a steep discount to last year's price. That case would be refuted by a sustained fall below the 0.0462 dollar low, by circulating supply expanding materially faster than demand, or by a durable decline in the exchange business the token is tied to.

Neither reading amounts to a recommendation. The short-term technical setup and the long-term structural case currently point in different directions, and which one matters depends on the holding period the buyer actually intends.

Buying Cronos: what to take away

1. At 0.0606 dollars CRO trades above its 50-day average of 0.0541 dollars and below its 200-day average of 0.0741 dollars, which describes a recovery inside an intact downtrend. The level that would change that description is 0.0741 dollars, and the longer-dated view is set out in our Cronos price prediction.
2. Roughly 10.7 million dollars of daily turnover against a 2.94 billion dollar capitalisation is thin, which affects both entry and exit. Where you trade therefore matters more than usual, and the current terms are compared in our exchange comparison.
3. With about 48.51 billion of a possible 100 billion tokens in circulation, supply expansion is a standing headwind for any multi-year position. Holdings intended for that horizon belong in self-custody, and the devices are compared in our hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 24 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and terms change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility and a total loss is possible.)

Hedera (HBAR) trades at roughly 0.0786 US-Dollar, and that single number frames the whole question. It sits about 68.9 percent below the twelve-month high of 0.2532 US-Dollar recorded a year ago, yet it has climbed around 21.7 percent off the twelve-month low of 0.0646 US-Dollar that was printed only days earlier. So the honest starting point is this: is HBAR at the current price a bargain after a brutal year, or a falling knife that has merely paused? This piece walks through the chart and the fundamentals to help you decide for yourself.

The price figures and every calculation in this article were compiled by cryptoticker.io on 24 August 2026. The market data comes from CoinMarketCap, and the moving averages, the relative strength index and the distances to the yearly extremes are derived from daily closing prices using standard formulas. Wherever we cite a level, it rests on that data set, not on a forecast.

Hedera price analysis: where the HBAR price stands now

At around 0.0786 US-Dollar, HBAR carries a market capitalisation near 3.45 billion US-Dollar and ranks 24th among all cryptocurrencies. The most important reference on the chart is the 200-day moving average, which currently sits at about 0.0920 US-Dollar. Price trades roughly 14.5 percent below that line, and as long as HBAR stays underneath it, the dominant twelve-month structure is still a downtrend, not a recovery.

The shorter picture looks friendlier. The 50-day moving average stands near 0.0708 US-Dollar, and price is about 11.1 percent above it after a sharp week. That gap between the two averages tells the story in one glance: the recent bounce is real, but it has only lifted HBAR back toward the middle of its range, not out of it. The first hurdle bulls have to clear is the 200-day line at 0.0920 US-Dollar; the floor they must defend is the recent low around 0.0646 US-Dollar.

Is the Hedera downtrend broken or just interrupted?

Over twelve months HBAR is down roughly 68.9 percent, and over the last 90 days it is still about 9.5 percent lower despite the recent rally. That is the context for the past week's move of around 21 percent and the 30-day gain near 11.5 percent: a strong short-term bounce inside a trend that has not yet reversed. A downtrend is broken not by one green week but by a higher high above a prior swing peak and a defended higher low.

For HBAR the concrete test is the 200-day average at about 0.0920 US-Dollar. A daily close above it, followed by a successful retest that holds, would be the first technical evidence that the trend is turning rather than pausing. Until then, the more cautious reading is that the downtrend is interrupted, not over. The 21.7 percent distance to the yearly low is encouraging; the 68.9 percent distance to the yearly high is a reminder of how much ground remains.

What RSI and moving averages mean for an HBAR entry

The 14-day relative strength index sits near 68.9, close to the 70 threshold that is traditionally read as overbought. In a healthy uptrend a high RSI can stay elevated for weeks, but after a 21 percent weekly surge it is a caution flag: it suggests the easy part of the bounce may be done and that chasing green candles here carries above-average risk of an immediate pullback.

Combining the two tools sharpens the picture. Price above the 50-day average at 0.0708 US-Dollar but below the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, with RSI near 69, describes a market that has rebounded strongly but has not yet proven a new trend. Patient buyers often prefer to wait for a cooler RSI and a pullback toward the rising 50-day line rather than buy into stretched momentum. None of this is timing advice; it is simply what the indicators describe.

What trading volume reveals about demand for Hedera

Over the past 24 hours HBAR turned over roughly 95 million US-Dollar, which is about 2.8 percent of its market capitalisation. That ratio is modest. In the strongest rallies you want to see volume expand as price rises, confirming that fresh money is doing the buying. A 21 percent weekly move on a volume-to-cap ratio under three percent points more to a relief bounce and short covering than to a wave of new long-term demand.

Volume matters because it separates a durable move from a squeeze. If HBAR approaches the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar on rising turnover, the breakout attempt deserves more trust. If it stalls there on thinning volume, the odds favour rejection and another test of support. For anyone weighing an entry, the volume behaviour around that 0.0920 line is worth watching more closely than the price alone.

What structural factors speak for Hedera

Beyond the chart, Hedera's investment case rests on its design and its supply. The network uses a hashgraph consensus rather than a conventional blockchain and is governed by a council of large organisations, a structure aimed squarely at enterprise and institutional use. You can read the project's own description of the network and its token at hedera.com.

The token economics are unusually transparent. HBAR has a fixed maximum supply of 50 billion tokens, of which roughly 43.8 billion already circulate. That means about 88 percent of all HBAR that will ever exist is already in the market, so future dilution from unlocks is comparatively limited next to many rival smart-contract tokens. For a long-term buyer, a hard cap and a high circulating share are structural positives, because they cap the supply-side pressure that quietly erodes many crypto prices.

Regulation is the other structural axis. Under the EU's MiCA framework, supervised by bodies such as ESMA, tokens with clear governance and disclosure stand on firmer ground in Europe than anonymous projects. Hedera's council model fits that direction of travel, which is a modest long-term tailwind rather than a near-term price driver.

What speaks for buying Hedera at the current price

Three points make the bull case at 0.0786 US-Dollar concrete. First, valuation: HBAR trades about 68.9 percent below its yearly high, so a buyer today is paying a fraction of what the market paid a year ago for the same token. Second, momentum has turned up in the short term, with price back above the 50-day average at 0.0708 US-Dollar and a 21 percent weekly gain showing that demand can still return quickly. Third, the supply picture is clean: a fixed 50 billion cap with roughly 88 percent already circulating limits future dilution.

Put together, the argument for buying is that you are accumulating a top-25 asset far below its highs, at a moment when the shorter-term trend has begun to improve and the token's structure works in a holder's favour over time.

What speaks against buying Hedera at the current price

The bear case is just as concrete. First, the primary trend is still down: price sits about 14.5 percent below the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, and over 90 days HBAR is still roughly 9.5 percent lower. Second, momentum is stretched, with RSI near 68.9 after a 21 percent week, which historically raises the odds of a near-term pullback. Third, demand looks thin, with 24-hour volume near just 2.8 percent of market cap, so the rally lacks the heavy participation that usually underpins a durable low.

The sober reading is that buying here means buying into a bounce inside a downtrend, on light volume, with the price already testing the upper part of its short-term range. That is a very different risk profile from buying a confirmed reversal.

How to buy Hedera (HBAR) at the current price

If you decide HBAR fits your plan, the practical steps are straightforward. HBAR is listed on most major exchanges, so the first choice is where to buy. Regulated European venues are the usual starting point; our crypto exchange comparison lays out fees and features side by side, and if regulation is your priority the comparison of regulated exchanges narrows the field further. For a specific venue, our Kraken review and Bitpanda review walk through account opening, fees and supported features in detail.

Costs matter more than they look. Watch the trading fee, the spread and any deposit or withdrawal charge, because on a small position these can quietly add up to several percent. For holding rather than trading, moving HBAR off the exchange into self-custody reduces counterparty risk; our hardware wallet comparison explains the trade-offs between convenience and security. If you would rather keep tokens on a platform and earn a yield, compare the terms first in our staking platform comparison, and remember that a higher advertised rate usually reflects higher risk.

So is Hedera a good buy at the current price?

The chart and the fundamentals point in different directions depending on your horizon. In the short term, the picture is cautious: HBAR near 0.0786 US-Dollar sits below its 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, RSI is stretched near 68.9, and volume is light, so the risk of a pullback toward the 50-day line at 0.0708 US-Dollar or the recent low at 0.0646 US-Dollar is real. A short-term buyer is betting that the bounce continues straight through the 200-day line, which is the less probable path from here.

Over a longer horizon the case is more balanced. A price about 68.9 percent below the yearly high, a hard 50 billion supply cap with most tokens already circulating, and a governance model built for institutional use are genuine long-term positives. The assumption that HBAR is undervalued would be weakened if price loses the 0.0646 US-Dollar low on rising volume, and it would be strengthened if HBAR reclaims the 0.0920 US-Dollar average and holds it on a retest. Those are the levels that decide the thesis, not a single week's candle.

Buying Hedera: what to take away

1. Respect the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar: while HBAR trades below it, the twelve-month trend is still down, a point our HBAR price prediction tracks in more detail.
2. Mind the entry conditions: RSI near 68.9 and light volume argue for patience over chasing, and the crypto exchange comparison helps you keep trading costs low whenever you do act.
3. Match the venue to your goal: compare regulated platforms in the comparison of regulated exchanges for buying, and weigh self-custody in the hardware wallet comparison for holding.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market-data source and can be verified there.

(As of 24 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and conditions change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility, and a total loss is possible.)

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media.

Gates is calling for AI tokens and robots to be taxed so firms think twice before swapping out workers, plus a bracket of "human reserved" roles that stay off-limits to automation.

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Key Highlights

• On August 26, Hyperliquid launched AQAv2, allocating 90% of USDC reserve yields toward HYPE token buybacks and burns.
• Circle handles technical deployment while Coinbase manages treasury operations; initial payout expected October 3.
• Projected annual buyback volume ranges from $135M to $200M, with roughly $20M designated for the inaugural round.
• HYPE surged over 2% post-launch, hovering at $83.08—just 0.2% shy of its $83.27 record.
• Data from Onchain Lens shows Wintermute slashed its short position from $211.53M to $80.48M.

On August 26, 2026, Hyperliquid rolled out its Aligned Quote Asset v2 (AQAv2) protocol, establishing a new channel for token buybacks. Under this framework, 90% of yields generated from the platform’s USDC holdings flow into the Assistance Fund, which then purchases and permanently removes HYPE tokens from the market.

This marks the platform’s second buyback pathway. The original mechanism already allocates 99% of trading fee revenues toward HYPE repurchases and burns.

Circle handles the technical infrastructure deployment, while Coinbase oversees treasury management. Both entities staked HYPE holdings prior to the system going operational. USDC deposits automatically distribute in a 1:9 split between technical and treasury wallets.

Yield accumulation began August 26. The protocol operates on 30-day intervals, with distributions moving to the Assistance Fund eight days following each period’s conclusion. October 3 marks the anticipated date for the inaugural transfer.

Analysts project AQAv2 could funnel between $135 million and $200 million annually into buyback operations. These figures depend on USDC reserve levels—currently estimated between $5 billion and $7 billion—and prevailing interest rates. Initial projections suggest approximately $20 million will support the first buyback cycle.

Distinguishing AQAv2 From Fee-Based Buybacks

The original buyback structure ties directly to trading volume fluctuations. By contrast, AQAv2 revenue correlates with stablecoin deposit volumes. These parallel mechanisms react to distinct market drivers, ensuring buyback pressure can materialize from multiple sources simultaneously.

HYPE acquired through the Assistance Fund exits active circulation immediately. Should the protocol opt to burn these holdings permanently, the overall token supply contracts. AQAv2 thus impacts both circulating and total supply metrics progressively.

HYPE rallied more than 2% in the hours following AQAv2’s debut. At the time of reporting, the token changed hands at $83.08, positioned just 0.2% beneath its all-time peak of $83.27. Daily trading volume expanded approximately 7%.

Wintermute Scales Back Short Exposure

Market maker Wintermute trimmed its HYPE short holdings from $211.53 million down to $80.48 million, per data from Onchain Lens. The $131.05 million reduction significantly lightens the firm’s bearish positioning, though its $5.51 million long exposure remains substantially smaller than its remaining shorts.

Aggregate HYPE futures open interest expanded 3% over 24 hours, reaching $3.58 billion. CME four-hour futures open interest jumped nearly 4%, while Binance recorded a 3% uptick.

Trading analyst Altcoin Sherpa weighed in on social platform X, observing that HYPE appears to be “loading for the next big candle to $100.” The commentary echoed mounting optimism surrounding the token’s positioning near all-time highs in the wake of the AQAv2 rollout.

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Key Takeaways

• Build your foundation with Bitcoin and Ethereum, allocating 70-90% of your cryptocurrency investments to these core assets
• Limit crypto exposure to 1-5% of your overall investment portfolio as a beginner, investing only disposable funds
• Implement dollar-cost averaging by purchasing fixed amounts regularly rather than attempting to predict market movements
• Maintain minimal altcoin exposure and conduct thorough due diligence before purchasing any alternative cryptocurrencies
• Adopt a multi-year investment perspective and periodically rebalance when your asset allocation deviates significantly from targets

The cryptocurrency landscape presents newcomers with thousands of digital assets to choose from, which can create decision paralysis. However, constructing an initial crypto portfolio doesn’t need to be complex.

Bitcoin and Ethereum represent the cryptocurrency market’s most mature and established projects. The majority of entry-level investment approaches begin with these two assets.

Bitcoin functions primarily as a value preservation mechanism, earning comparisons to precious metals in digital form. Ethereum serves as the foundation for thousands of decentralized applications and smart contract platforms.

Financial advisors typically recommend maintaining between 70% and 90% of cryptocurrency holdings in these foundational assets. Any remaining allocation can be directed toward more speculative opportunities if desired.

Determining Your Appropriate Investment Size

Before making any purchases, establish how much capital you’re willing to expose to volatility risk. Cryptocurrency valuations are notorious for dramatic fluctuations.

Bitcoin has experienced significant value corrections throughout its history. Alternative cryptocurrencies frequently decline 70%, 80%, or more than 90% during bear markets.

Financial professionals typically recommend newcomers limit cryptocurrency to between 1% and 5% of their complete investment holdings. Those with greater risk appetite may increase this percentage, but the fundamental principle remains unchanged: only risk capital you can afford to lose entirely.

Understanding Dollar-Cost Averaging

Successfully timing cryptocurrency markets proves challenging even for seasoned traders. Dollar-cost averaging, commonly abbreviated as DCA, eliminates the need to identify optimal entry timing.

Rather than deploying capital all at once, you commit a predetermined amount according to a consistent schedule. This approach ensures purchases occur at varying price levels, averaging out your cost basis over time.

DCA additionally minimizes impulsive, emotion-driven investment choices. Among the most prevalent novice errors is purchasing assets following dramatic price increases.

Witnessing a cryptocurrency double in value within days triggers fear of missing out. However, entering positions at rally peaks frequently results in losses during subsequent corrections.

A limited selection of alternative cryptocurrencies can provide portfolio diversification for beginners. Projects such as Solana and Chainlink have developed substantial use cases, though they remain riskier than Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Managing a portfolio containing two or three carefully researched altcoins proves significantly simpler than tracking twenty different tokens.

The most valuable practice involves maintaining a long-term outlook. Short-term price movements become less relevant when your investment thesis centers on blockchain technology’s potential three to five years forward.

Periodic portfolio reviews remain beneficial. When cryptocurrency holdings expand to represent an outsized portion of your assets following market rallies, rebalancing toward your initial allocation maintains appropriate risk exposure.

Cryptocurrency investing fundamentals remain accessible. Begin with modest amounts, prioritize proven assets, accumulate positions gradually, and resist hype-driven decisions.

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Key Highlights

• Network researchers have outlined a plan to redesign Ethereum’s validator deposit contract with quantum-resistant security measures
• Approximately 42.4 million ETH, valued at nearly $104 billion, faces potential vulnerability to advanced quantum computing threats
• Existing BLS signature technology remains susceptible to quantum algorithms like Shor’s algorithm
• A comprehensive Google Quantum AI analysis identified five distinct quantum-based attack vectors targeting Ethereum’s infrastructure
• Network architects have set a 2029 deadline for implementing essential protocol-level security enhancements

The Ethereum development community has unveiled a comprehensive plan to restructure the network’s validator deposit infrastructure, addressing emerging threats from quantum computing technology.

The initiative centers on modifying the deposit contract, which serves as the gateway for users to commit Ether and participate as network validators. These validators play a critical role in transaction verification and maintaining blockchain operations.

Currently, approximately 42.4 million ETH sits locked in the staking mechanism. Based on prevailing market rates, this represents roughly $104 billion in digital assets, all protected by cryptographic signatures that developers have identified as requiring replacement.

Vulnerabilities in Existing Cryptographic Systems

Ethereum validators presently utilize BLS signatures for transaction authentication. This technology offers significant efficiency gains by enabling the aggregation of hundreds of thousands of individual signatures into a single compressed signature, maintaining cost-effective consensus operations.

However, BLS technology relies on elliptic curve cryptography as its mathematical foundation. Sufficiently advanced quantum computers executing Shor’s algorithm could potentially compromise this mathematical framework, enabling malicious actors to create fraudulent validator signatures.

The current deposit contract architecture contains fixed parameters for BLS key dimensions, preventing the network from accepting alternative quantum-safe signature formats, regardless of whether developers reach consensus on a replacement standard.

The proposed modification would introduce flexibility by supporting variable key sizes, with each deposit carrying metadata indicating its cryptographic approach. BLS signatures would continue functioning during the transition period, though future protocol updates could eventually prohibit new BLS-based deposits.

Current validators operating with BLS credentials would retain their positions, but incoming validators would face restrictions preventing them from utilizing the legacy signature format.

Catalyst From Google’s Quantum Research

The heightened focus on quantum security follows the publication of a comprehensive analysis by Google Quantum AI researchers released earlier this year.

The study documented five distinct quantum attack scenarios targeting Ethereum‘s infrastructure and calculated that over $100 billion in digital assets could face exposure, encompassing user wallets, staking mechanisms, smart contract platforms, and layer-2 scaling solutions.

Beyond cryptographic updates, the proposal recommends decommissioning Ethereum’s original deposit-processing architecture deployed alongside staking functionality in 2022, migrating operations to a more modern framework currently managing withdrawal operations and validator modifications.

This represents one component of a two-part transition strategy. The complementary initiative is advancing through a distinct proposal under evaluation for inclusion in the Hegotá upgrade, scheduled for deployment later this year. That companion proposal would enable standard Ethereum accounts to upgrade their cryptographic protections while maintaining their existing addresses.

The deposit contract modification remains in preliminary draft status pending community feedback and has been assigned the identifier EIP-8394.

Network leadership at the Ethereum Foundation has established approximately 2029 as the target timeframe for completing fundamental protocol modifications necessary to comprehensively neutralize quantum computing risks.

On August 26, Ether was exchanging hands at approximately $2,475.

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Key Highlights

• Four Coinbase tokenized stocks—NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc—now have Chainlink Data Feeds operating on Base network
• DeFi lending platforms can accept these tokenized equities as borrowing collateral
• Coinbase Onchain SPV Ltd., an Abu Dhabi-regulated entity, issues each token following the B20 standard
• DeFi protocols including Aave, Morpho, and Euler are integrating support for B20 tokenized assets
• American investors face restrictions from participating due to Regulation S compliance requirements

Nvidia, Meta, Apple, and Alphabet stocks can now serve as collateral in decentralized finance applications following Chainlink’s deployment of dedicated price feeds for their tokenized versions on the Base blockchain.

The quartet of digital assets represents ownership stakes in major technology companies, trading under B20 token identifiers: NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc. This token specification was designed specifically for representing real-world assets on blockchain networks.

Coinbase introduced these four tokenized securities to Base on August 24th. The official issuer, Coinbase Onchain SPV Ltd., operates under Abu Dhabi Global Market jurisdiction. Physical shares corresponding to each token remain secured in isolated custody arrangements managed by Alpaca Securities, maintaining a strict one-to-one backing ratio.

Token owners possess beneficial ownership rights rather than direct registration of the underlying securities. Verified participants may submit voting preferences for shareholder matters, though execution depends on prevailing legal frameworks and operational capabilities.

Chainlink Oracle Mechanism Explained

Chainlink Data Feeds deliver total return valuations for each B20 token by combining current stock market prices with adjustment multipliers sourced from Coinbase’s blockchain-based oracle registry.

These multipliers accommodate corporate actions such as dividend distributions. Typically, Coinbase reinvests dividends into supplementary shares following deduction of applicable fees and taxes, thereby altering the deposit-to-share ratio progressively. Chainlink’s oracle infrastructure compensates for these modifications, ensuring protocols receive precise valuation metrics.

Integration occurs through Chainlink’s conventional V3 aggregator framework. Developers receive guidance to authenticate smart contract addresses directly instead of depending solely on ticker symbols, which could be replicated by alternative token issuers.

DeFi Platform Integration for B20 Tokens

Access to dependable pricing information enables lending platforms to establish borrowing thresholds, monitor position health metrics, and execute liquidation procedures when collateral valuations decline. Individual protocols maintain autonomous risk management frameworks and market activation decisions.

Major DeFi platforms like Aave, Morpho, and Euler are implementing or already providing lending services for B20 assets. Aerodrome facilitates liquidity provision for these tokenized equities, while decentralized exchanges including 0x, 1inch, KyberSwap, and CoW Swap enable trading functionality.

This infrastructure allows users to pledge tokenized stock holdings within compatible lending protocols and obtain loans against their positions, eliminating the need to liquidate holdings for liquidity access.

Chainlink’s oracle feeds operate continuously from Monday through Friday, aggregating data from standard trading sessions, extended hours, and overnight markets. Data reliability and coverage fluctuate across different trading periods. Overnight sessions utilize fewer data providers and experience reduced update frequency. During weekends, when American equity markets remain closed, price quotations typically remain static.

Although the Base blockchain operates continuously, these equity market constraints create potential vulnerabilities for lending applications dependent on real-time pricing for liquidation mechanisms.

American investors cannot participate in Coinbase Tokenized Stocks offerings. Distribution occurs under Regulation S guidelines, governing securities transactions conducted beyond United States borders. Coinbase secured Abu Dhabi regulatory authorization in August for facilitating investment transactions and providing custody services for tokenized securities, though this approval excludes U.S. market access.

Unverified participants acquiring tokens through DeFi channels without completing Coinbase’s compliance verification cannot execute redemptions, exercise ownership privileges, or submit voting instructions until successfully completing mandatory verification procedures.

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Key Takeaways

• XRP experienced a 50% price increase before entering correction phase, currently hovering near $1.44
• Scheduled escrow release of 1 billion XRP tokens set for September 1
• Market analyst projects potential retracement to $1.10–$1.38 support zone before continuation
• Major holders extracted 231 million XRP from Binance — marking six-month record withdrawal
• Upcoming Senate vote on CLARITY Act September 15 may determine Ripple’s token release volume

The XRP token experienced a significant upward movement throughout the previous week, posting approximately 46% gains across seven trading days with an intraday peak of $1.69. Beginning the week of August 19 at $1.0014, the asset climbed nearly 48% to reach its weekly high.

This price acceleration materialized following a White House gathering where President Trump met with prominent cryptocurrency sector representatives, including Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. During the meeting, Trump advocated for Congressional passage of the CLARITY Act, legislation designed to establish regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC regarding digital asset supervision.

During the upward trajectory, XRP’s total market capitalization surpassed $91 billion, temporarily elevating the token into fourth position among all cryptocurrencies ranked by market value.

However, the upward momentum has since weakened. The asset has declined approximately 12% from its weekly peak. The latest daily closing price settled at $1.4554, representing the second consecutive session of negative price action.

Technical Analysis Points to Critical Support Zones

A cryptocurrency market analyst characterized the current movement as “pullback behavior following substantial gains and price rejection at the $1.66 resistance level.” The analyst noted that a decline into the $1.10–$1.38 zone would maintain the broader bullish market structure.

Should this support zone prove effective, the analyst identifies upside price objectives at $1.66, $1.93, and $2.25 during the subsequent bullish phase.

Large holder activity has captured market attention. CryptoQuant tracking data reveals major holders withdrew 231 million XRP from Binance — representing the largest single withdrawal event in half a year. Whale Insider reported via X: “JUST IN: Whales pulled 231 million $XRP from Binance, the largest outflow in six months.” Substantial exchange withdrawals typically suggest holders are transferring assets to long-term storage rather than positioning for immediate sales.

Critical September 1 Token Release Event

Market participants are closely monitoring September 1, when Ripple’s regular monthly escrow mechanism will release 1 billion XRP tokens. Historically, Ripple has returned substantial portions of these monthly releases back into escrow instead of circulating them into active trading markets.

The United States Senate has scheduled a cloture vote regarding the CLARITY Act for September 15, following the conclusion of the current Congressional recess. Should the legislation gain traction, Ripple has signaled potential plans to distribute increased quantities of XRP from escrow reserves to facilitate stablecoin operations and foreign exchange trading pair liquidity.

In related regulatory developments, the SEC has recently approved a registration filing for the Cryptex Digital Market Cap ETF, which purportedly allocates 4.88% to XRP, with filing details reportedly sourced from Ripple.

Current liquidation density clusters appear concentrated around $1.55 and within the $1.42 to $1.45 range, price levels attracting significant trader attention as the unlock date approaches.

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Revolut began rolling out EURR, its first euro-denominated stablecoin, opening the token to what the company called a “select group of customers” in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal ahead of a wider European Economic Area (EEA) launch expected later this year.

The token is issued by Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure firm Stripe acquired for $1.1 billion in 2025, and sits inside Revolut’s retail app as what Revolut describes as a “euro-denominated, on-chain rail” between euros and crypto.

Support For More Networks

Bridge Building S.A., the issuer’s Luxembourg entity, holds the reserves and redeems EURR at €1.00 per token under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, a register that grew to 14 stablecoin issuers and 39 licensed service providers in its early months.

Bridge announced its own electronic money institution license and MiCA authorization covering all 27 EU member states on July 2.

“EURR connects 80 million Revolut customers directly to on-chain finance,” said Emil Urmanshin, Head of Crypto and New Bets at Revolut, adding that the combination of scale and licensed banking infrastructure is “unlocking real-world stablecoin utility that no traditional bank or crypto native can match.”

The public offer opened on August 20 on Ethereum and Polygon, according to the company’s blog post, which names Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd as sole distributor and lists Revolut X, the firm’s standalone exchange, as a second distribution channel. Support for Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, Injective, TON, and Sui is planned.

Revolut’s token also shares its ticker with an existing MiCA-authorized euro stablecoin from StablR, which CoinGecko lists under the same EURR symbol.

Revolut Queues More Currency Tokens

Revolut said additional currency-denominated stablecoins are in development through separate regulatory pathways, and the broader EEA rollout of EURR remains subject to regulatory, operational, and product readiness.

“Revolut initially eliminated hidden fees and friction in currency exchange. EURR completely removes the pain of moving on and off-chain, becoming a new seamless and instantaneous bridge between fiat and crypto,” noted Iman Olya, product owner of stablecoin at Revolut.

Revolut began rolling out its UK bank after the Prudential Regulation Authority removed the limits on its banking license in March, also starting with a small group of customers. Circle’s EURC, the largest regulated euro stablecoin by market capitalization, held about €394 million in circulation today, per CoinGecko.

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XRP briefly surged past $1.7 before stabilizing near $1.4. While the token appears to have hit a wall after a massive rally, whale withdrawals from Binance have surged to their highest level in six months.

According to the latest findings by CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, more than 231 million XRP have moved off the exchange by large holders.

Whale Accumulation

The withdrawals totaled more than $335 million in a single day, far above the 90-day average of roughly $40 million. Darkfost described the move as both sudden and powerful compared with the recent trend, while pointing to a significant change in behavior among large XRP holders.

The surge in whale outflows comes as the crypto asset’s market capitalization increased by $25 billion over the past week, during which the token gained more than 40%.

According to the analyst, this trend has potentially helped fuel XRP’s strong market performance and renewed attention. If this accumulation trend continues, Darkfost said the asset could potentially test the $2 level within a relatively short period.

This week, Ali Martinez flagged a major jump in XRP network activity, after active addresses rose to 356,070 from 47,180. That represents a surge of well over 654%, a level of activity that typically suggests increased participation and can coincide with sharper price swings.

Trouble Ahead?

But the derivatives market showed short-term pressure for XRP after the token cleared liquidity around resistance and moved back toward a major support zone. Long liquidations were recorded at approximately $4.66 million, a 31.82% daily increase, while short liquidations stood near $1.13 million after rising 61.61%.

Despite the stronger percentage increase in short liquidations, the total volume of long liquidations is nearly four times larger. This indicates that the pullback following the recent rally forced a significant number of leveraged long positions out of the market, meaning that the sell-off was driven by both spot selling and the liquidation of leveraged positions.

While this confirms the current bearish pressure, the clearing of leveraged positions could eventually provide room for a healthier rebound, CryptoQuant explained.

Meanwhile, XRP’s Money Flow Index (MFI) has fallen to 35.89 from around 60, which points to a significant weakening in the buying pressure that supported the earlier price move. However, the MFI remains above 20, which means that the crypto asset has not yet entered technically oversold territory and could still face further downside.

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The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange warned its users that certain operations will be temporarily halted later this week.

Prior to that, it revealed the delisting of three altcoins, which will take effect at the start of September.

What Binance Users Need to Know

The company announced that it will briefly suspend deposits and withdrawals on the Ethereum network on August 27 to support wallet maintenance. The process is expected to take about one hour, after which operations will resume.

As usual, Binance assured that it will handle all technical requirements involved for all affected users and said that trading of tokens on the aforementioned network will not be impacted.

Upgrades of this type are routine and typically carry no significant complications for clients. The company supported wallet maintenance on the Ethereum blockchain in May this year, and months later it temporarily paused TRX deposits and withdrawals to perform a similar process. There were no reports of issues, and operations were quickly restored.

Besides backing such upgrades, Binance is known for thoroughly reviewing all digital assets listed on its platform and removing those that fail to meet the necessary criteria, including the team’s commitment to the project, network stability against attacks, community engagement, trading volume, liquidity, and other factors.

As a result of its latest analysis, it decided to terminate all services with ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), and Storj (STORJ). The delisting is scheduled for September 3, when all spot trading pairs of the aforementioned tokens will be removed.

The announcement came less than a week ago, and since then the involved coins have been charting painful declines. SCRT, for instance, has registered another 25% collapse in the past 24 hours alone.

Similar Effect in the Past

Price slumps following such news shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, Binance remains the biggest crypto exchange, and withdrawing support results in shrinking liquidity, diminished availability, and reputational damage.

A similar thing happened at the start of August when the company said goodbye to Across Protocol (ACX), Hashflow (HFT), PIVX (PIVX), Vulcan Forged PYR (PYR), Vanar (VANRY), and Viction (VIC). Back then, PIVX and PYR took the biggest blow, both nosediving by approximately 20% in a single day.

Double-digit declines were observed with Alchemix (ALCX), Ardor (ARDR), NFPrompt Token (NFP), and Marlin (POND) in June, when Binance delisted them as well.

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Altcoins have taken a leading role in the latest crypto market rally, as trading activity and market capitalization surged alongside Bitcoin’s 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 Binance’s trading volume in two years. The gap between the assets indicates a clear redistribution of liquidity across the market, as these tokens attracted a larger share of trading activity than Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The shift came after several announcements from Trump on August 19, including his call for the US to purchase large amounts of BTC and for Congress to pass the Clarity Act. Darkfost said the announcements helped push liquidity into altcoins.

Impulse Surges to 93%

The strength is also showing up in market breadth. Altcoin Vector said its ‘Altcoin Impulse’ reading jumped to 93%, which suggested that the rally has spread across a large part of the market. However, it considers breadth above 75% overextended, meaning the move could face exhaustion or a reset.

Analyst Matthew Hyland had previously predicted that alts could deliver returns of 10x to 1000x, comparing the June sell-off to the March 2020 market collapse. Hyland had said that June was essentially an altcoin version of the 2020 crash and pointed to Ethereum, Cardano and other tokens as examples that could see outsized gains if the comparison plays out.

He had also said many of these tokens could recover within a few months rather than taking years to regain lost ground.

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The cryptocurrency market appears to have taken a small step back today (August 26) after the explosion in the past several days, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and many other digital assets posting minor losses.

However, this is not the case for Rain (RAIN), whose valuation rocketed by 20% on a 24-hour scale. Check out what triggered the rally and the next potential targets.

The Kept Promise

RAIN is the best-performing top 100 cryptocurrency today after rising to a new all-time high of almost $0.02 before slightly retreating to the current $0.0176 (per CoinGecko). Its market capitalization has increased to roughly $12.5 billion, making it the 13th-biggest digital asset.

The main catalyst for the uptrend seems to be the team’s decision to burn $108 million worth of the token – exactly as requested by the community during the first DAO governance vote.

The burning effort caught the attention of multiple industry participants. X user Route 2 FI claimed Rain Protocol is building the infrastructure layer so that anyone can make markets for anything, adding that they have invested in the project.

Another factor that may have positively impacted the price is the fact that the altcoin has recently become available on HyperliquidX. “A decentralized exchange purpose-built for trading, with the order book fully on-chain and fills settling into your own wallet. Permissionless protocol, permissionless venue,” the X post reads.

According to AltcoinSherpa, the development should help RAIN’s overall trading volume, arguing “there’s a lot of backing for this project.”

For his part, Keval Gala highlighted four main reasons for his bullish stance on the token: the major burn, Hyperliquid’s integration, the upcoming V2 with $100 million committed, and that 2.5% of trading volume is directed toward buybacks and burns. At the same time, the X user said he is closely monitoring the key resistance at $0.0195 and predicts that a drop below the $0.017-$0.018 range could trigger a deeper pullback.

What RAIN Actually Is?

Rain Protocol is a decentralized platform built on Arbitrum that allows users to create permissionless options on numerous subjects. Participants can define their own markets, set the possible outcomes, and trade freely – all in line with the project’s vision of transparency and user control.

The project’s native token is RAIN, launched last September and currently listed on popular exchanges such as Gate, MEXC, and BingX. It gained initial attention in November 2025 when the clinical-stage immunotherapy company Enlivex Therapeutics agreed to a private investment deal to purchase and sell $212 million in ordinary shares.

The firm intended to use the proceeds to implement the first RAIN prediction markets token treasury strategy. Interestingly, Matteo Renzi (former Prime Minister of Italy) is on Enlivex’s Board of Directors.

Despite its solid performance as of late, traders and investors should stay prepared for a potential short-term correction. The crypto market in general tends to head south following periods of serious gains, while RAIN’s holder distribution reinforces the bearish outlook.

Data show that the top 10 addresses control nearly 90% of the coin’s supply: a level of concentration that can be viewed as a red flag because it increases the risk of price manipulation.

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