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Investors have become more flexible in the investments they choose, yet the platforms serving them have often remained divided by asset class.

Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders will vote Sept. 30 on the merger, with the combined company expected to trade under the ticker XRPN.

Treasury moves to support the long end of the bond market helped fuel Bitcoin's latest advance, but crypto traders are now focused on what Warsh says about inflation, rates and financial innovation.

The cryptocurrency has jumped about 22% since Aug. 20. Analysts say profit-taking and overbought conditions could slow further gains.

Bitcoin trades near $79,000 on August 25, up roughly 24% from $64,146 just one week ago, its largest weekly gain in more than three years.

The industry has already put nearly $200 million into the 2026 election cycle as it tries to push a broader digital-asset rulebook through Congress.

Bitcoin trades near $79,000 on August 25, up roughly 24% from $64,146 just one week ago, its largest weekly gain in more than three years.

Technical indicators show ether approaching a key resistance level after its sharp rebound, while U.S. spot ether ETFs have also drawn fresh investor money.

Bitcoin topped $79,000 on Friday before pairing gains. It has climbed more than 20% so far this week.

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.

Investors are watching whether the pullback deepens toward the $60,000 level.

Crypto's recovery masks a deeper shakeout as capital leaves weaker projects and regulated financial giants gain influence.

XRP trades near $1.02 on August 14, and this week it did something it hadn't done all year: it printed a 52-week low of $0.9923, briefly losing the $1 line that held through every panic since 2024.

The Wall Street bank is buying NEOS Investments, adding $30 billion in assets and an established lineup of options-based income ETFs to its growing asset management business.

Bitcoin mining profitability 2026 is not only a question of ASIC price, hashprice, or pool selection.

The growing interest in on-chain finance is reflected in various industry reports, including those from Big Four accounting firms, fintech companies, and payment service providers.

Traditional finance generally relies on banks, brokers, custodians, and other intermediaries to process transactions and safeguard assets.

The launch gives Hong Kong a regulated, locally denominated stablecoin as policymakers seek to build a digital-asset market that is less dependent on dollar-backed tokens.

The SEC is preparing to vote on its first major crypto rulemaking initiative, potentially creating clearer rules for companies raising money through certain digital asset offerings.

The House passed a stopgap funding bill 220-205 on July 21, shoving the government's spending deadline from September 30 to December 4 and conveniently clear of the midterms.

Scroll crypto Twitter this week and you'll see it in all caps: the UK Treasury has "crowned" Ripple, "government-level integration" is here, and even Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is supposedly backing XRP.

Strategy sold nearly $109 million worth of Bitcoin and more than $650 million of its own shares last week as Michael Saylor's company continues a major shift toward managing its increasingly complex capital structure.

The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on the CLARITY Act until September, complicating efforts to pass landmark cryptocurrency market structure legislation before the end of the year.