Telegram’s France case turns 2 years old: Pavel Durov is being prosecuted for having said no?
The France case against Telegram completed two years on Monday. Founder Pavel Durov marked the date by accusing governments of punishing the app for refusing to comply with requests for censorship. The French criminal investigation, opened in August 2024, is still ongoing. Durov says that the evidence gathered about Telegram’s moderation history has weakened the case. How did the Telegram case in France begin? French police kept Durov in custody for three days in 2024, the maximum period allowed before a formal charge. He describes the detention as a milestone, since a platform executive was held responsible for crimes committed by users.
The 3 top altcoins that benefit the most from the latest Bitcoin rally
Bitcoin’s 25% weekly rally lifted a small group of altcoins, with Zcash (ZEC), Aave (AAVE), and XRP posting the most notable weekly candles among large-cap coins. Bitcoin is trading near $78,702 after reaching its highest level since May. At the same time, the three best-performing altcoins broke through old technical resistance levels on rising volume, suggesting a more structural move rather than just a short-term one. Zcash breaks above the November 2025 peak and targets $903
Gold price ends 6-month correction and investors resume key trend line
Gold is trading at US$ 4,643.95 this Monday, reaching the highest level in three months after registering an increase of about 17% since the July low. December futures contracts on COMEX have surpassed US$ 4,700 for the first time in more than three months. The move closes the correction that began at the record in January, at US$ 5,598, with an approximate duration of 26 weeks. Both the weekly and daily charts now indicate that the downward trend has been interrupted.
Braskem approves extrajudicial recovery to restructure US$ 10.9 billion
Braskem said this Monday (24) that its Board of Directors approved filing for the company's extrajudicial recovery and that of certain subsidiaries. The measure targets unsecured financial obligations of approximately US$ 10.9 billion, about R$ 54 billion. Unsecured debts are those that do not have real collateral, such as real estate or machines pledged as security. Creditors in this group rank behind others in the payment queue in the event of insolvency.
Stablecoins have made it easier to move money out of Latin America. Can it come back?
US$ 544—this is the average amount of withdrawals on crypto platforms for retail customers in Argentina, such as Lemon Wallet. The median transfer ranges between US$ 150 and US$ 270, an amount closer to monthly rent than to a portfolio reallocation. This data changes the traditional image of capital flight. Before, it was necessary to rely on private bankers and complex accounts abroad. Now, throughout Latin America, workers and small business owners can carry out these transactions via their phone.
DeFi Lending Drops 40% and the Market Loses Nearly US$25 Billion
The decentralized finance market closed the first half of 2026 in a sharp contraction. This is what the DeFi Outlook report by BTG Pactual shows. The document analyzes four pillars of the sector: lending, decentralized exchanges, derivatives, and staking. The data comes from the DefiLlama and Artemis platforms. The analysis is signed by analysts Matheus Parizotto and Vinícius Bitelo. DeFi is the set of financial services that works without banks or intermediaries. Transactions run in automatic contracts within blockchains. When capital leaves these contracts, it’s a sign that demand for crypto is weak.
Samsung drops 8.7% after record $79 billion payment disappoints
Shares of Samsung Electronics fell 8.7% this Monday after the announcement of the record return plan to investors dashed expectations. The stock traded near 257 thousand won, down 24,500 won from Friday’s close. That gave back the gains that had occurred after the board announcement. Why did a record payment still disappoint? Samsung’s board approved for 2026 a return to investors of between 90 trillion won and 110 trillion won, which represents approximately US$65 billion to US$79 billion. The figure is equivalent to about five times the last record of 20.3 trillion won reached in 2020.
XRP ETF inflows reach a record US$1.55 billion amid a 70% jump in price
Spot XRP ETF inflows recorded their best week since May, with gains of US$39.78 million, while the token hit its highest level in seven months after months of stagnant demand. The rise happened a day after a boost from the broader crypto market, but then it followed through strongly. XRP ETF inflows finally break negative streak Investors returned to the funds on August 18, injecting US$5.81 million in the largest daily net inflow of the month up to that point, after a difficult stretch in which seven of the first eleven business days of the month had seen no inflows.
Cathie Wood says analysts don’t understand Circle’s 42% drop
Cathie Wood continued buying Circle shares even after a 42% drop over the past year. On Sunday, she explained why. According to Wood, Wall Street analysts who built their careers at Visa and Mastercard can’t understand the company. A Circle issues the USDC, a digital dollar backed by cash and short-term U.S. government securities. Wood runs ARK Invest, and Circle is currently the biggest crypto bet in its flagship fund. Wood’s argument against the analysts
Zcash price reaches highest level in 8 years with Grayscale ETF closer
Zcash (ZEC) hit its highest level in eight years on Saturday after Grayscale filed the fifth amendment to its registration request with the SEC. The amendment advances Grayscale’s proposed Zcash ETF, but it still does not represent an SEC approval. If authorized, the fund would be the first U.S. ETF to track Zcash directly. Complete details on fees and name The fourth amendment, filed on Tuesday, left blank both the sponsor fee and the name. The change filed on Friday sets the annual fee at 2.5% of the Trust’s NAV Fee Basis Amount, accruing daily.
Gold price hits 3-month high amid bond market stress: $5,000 is the pr...
Gold surpassed $4,600 per ounce on Friday, reaching its highest level in three months and putting the metal on track for a weekly advance of nearly 5%. A weaker dollar and new concerns about debt lead investors to seek protection. Gold more 3-month highs… closing in on $4600 pic.twitter.com/8W3m3RhEVr — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) August 21, 2026 What is driving the rise in gold? Spot gold traded between $4,580 and $4,600 on Friday, while futures contracts neared $4,650, according to TradingView data. The gain reflects two converging factors:
SpaceXAI manager calls crypto “insane”: 2 Solana memecoins jump up to 40%
Two Solana memecoins rose today (21) after a viral post on X drew a flood of new tokens into the replies. Jimothy The Raccoon (JIMOTHY) advanced 41% in 24 hours. Bullshit Coin (BULLSHIT), a Solana token based on self-deprecating jokes about the memecoin universe, gained 21% over the same period. None of these moves were driven by a project announcement. How did an X post drive two Solana memecoins? Nate Esparza, senior technical product manager for ads at SpaceXAI, said on Friday morning that the crypto community on X is “… insane”.
Bitcoin and XRP have their best weekly close since 2024
Bitcoin and XRP are heading toward their strongest weekly closes of 2024, driven by a historic short squeeze and a wave of favorable political signals from Washington. On-chain data adds a new perspective and suggests that this rally may be more than just a temporary move. Bitcoin and XRP rise as on-chain data points to a rare bottom signal The MVRV index compares Bitcoin’s current market value with its realized value, which is the average price at which the coins were last moved. Vertical spikes in this indicator have historically preceded major cycle bottoms.
MANTRA hits a historical low on the day most cryptocurrencies rose
MANTRA (MANTRA) fell to a historical low of $0.0041 after the project froze its blockchain and said that an attacker was exploiting a vulnerability in an external dependency. The negative record was logged while the rest of the market advanced, extending a rally that intensified on Wednesday. Why did MANTRA interrupt its blockchain? The MANTRA Chain, a layer 1 blockchain developed for tokenizing real-world assets, was paused today. The initial announcement detailed that all endpoints and transactions were blocked.
Bitcoin ETFs register US$ 606 million inflow, highest since May 1
Spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows of US$ 606.29 million on August 20, marking the fourth consecutive day with entries. The amount represents the highest daily volume recorded since May 1. Ethereum (ETH) spot ETFs totaled US$ 221 million on the same day, also maintaining a four-day streak of inflows. Demand for both assets occurred while Bitcoin was trading at US$ 75,524, continuing the uptrend that drove the entire market throughout the week.
Binance Employees Are Detained Despite Strong Ties to the United Arab Emirates
Two Binance employees were detained by authorities in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks during police investigations into possible financial crimes on the platform, according to a report by The New York Times published on August 20, 2026. Both have already been released. The arrests highlight the legal pressure on the world’s largest crypto exchange in the country that hosts its main regulatory body. The article Binance employees are detained despite strong ties to the United Arab Emirates was first seen in BeInCrypto Brazil.
Can Anthropic file an IPO this month and even surpass the SpaceX record?
Anthropic expects its initial public offering to match or exceed the size of the record set by SpaceX, according to people familiar with the matter, as preparations for the Claude developer’s market debut accelerate. An artificial intelligence (AI) company can carry out the public offering registration as early as the end of August. Chief financial officer Krishna Rao declined to comment on the valuation during recent meetings with investors, according to sources. Anthropic IPO targets a US$75 billion benchmark
C6 Bank earns R$ 1.3 billion in the half-year and sees provisions more than double
C6 Bank closed the first half of 2026 with net income of R$ 1.3 billion. The figure represents 20% growth compared with the same period of 2025. The results were released on Tuesday (18). Net revenue reached R$ 6.3 billion, a record for the bank over six months. The increase was 48% year over year. Total assets reached R$ 171 billion in June. Performance came with a much higher risk cost. Expenses with provisions for doubtful debtors, known by the acronym PDD, rose from R$ 996 million to R$ 2.4 billion over the same period.
All the cryptos backed by Trump fell 60%. Will Hyperliquid be different?
President Donald Trump made eight crypto endorsements since taking office. All of them operate below their pre-endorsement price, with an average drop of 60%. On Wednesday, he made the ninth by citing Hyperliquid (HYPE) at the White House. The token jumped 14% in two hours. Whether HYPE can escape the pattern set by the cryptos endorsed by Trump depends on something absent from the earlier choices: in fact, there is a regulator working on the promise. What did Trump really promise Hyperliquid? Trump cited Hyperliquid yesterday (19) when he met executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Nasdaq and other companies at the White House.
Ethereum ETFs attract US$189 million in the highest daily volume in 10 months
Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETH) listed in the U.S. recorded inflows of US$189.15 million on August 19, the highest daily inflow since October 28, 2025. The move took place during a broad market rally that boosted several major crypto ETFs. Ethereum ETF demand returns after a weak first half The result represents a shift to a product line that faced difficulties at the beginning of 2026. According to SoSoValue, Ethereum funds recorded outflows of US$540.88 million in May and US$528.99 million in June.