Bitcoin surged and ether rallied as President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act.

Bitcoin is showing several signs that have appeared toward the later stages of previous market declines, according to VanEck.

On August 18, Ripple announced that Jeonbuk Bank had become the first regional bank in South Korea to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border remittances, the company's third Korean institutional deal of 2026.

Bitcoin volatility has fallen to historically low levels, but Fundstrat says similar periods in the past have been followed by moves of around 30% in either direction within 60 days.

Binance says it fully exited Russia in 2023, but documents show the crypto giant later provided Russian investigators with detailed information about a customer who donated to Ukrainian-linked causes.

The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary approval to World Liberty Trust Company to establish a bank charter.

Cardano has spent a year bleeding from nearly $1 to $0.18, a 95% fall from its all-time high. Now Microsoft's Copilot AI has run the numbers and come back with a forecast that reads like a dare: a base case of $0.65 by the end of 2026, with a bull range of $0.80 to $1.20.