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Is This The “Sell The News” $HYPE ? Trump says CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid 🇺🇸 $HYPE pumped on the headline… But will we see $40 downside again after this pump? Buy the rumor, sell the news?

Trump's White House Crypto Meeting: What Actually Matters Trump met crypto and finance leaders at the White House on August 19, 2026, and pushed Congress to pass a "fair version" of the CLARITY Act, the bill deciding which tokens fall under the SEC vs the CFTC. In the room: Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood, Kraken, Gemini, Nasdaq, ICE, plus SEC Chair Atkins and CFTC Chair Selig. Trump said Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the US "in a fully compliant and legal fashion." $HYPE jumped around 11%. ➡️ Aug 17 → Treasury stablecoin rule ➡️ Aug 18 → SEC crypto fundraising rule ➡️ Aug 19 → White House meeting ➡️ Aug 20 → CFTC's first Innovation Committee meeting CLARITY is stuck in the Senate, so the administration is moving through agencies instead of waiting on Congress. Polymarket odds for 2026 passage: ~19%, down from 82% in February. Next test is the Sept 15 cloture vote.

CFTC JUST CLOSED THE FTX CASES BUT THE HEADLINE MISSES THE BIGGER STORY. Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang are officially done with the CFTC’s civil cases. → 5-year trading ban for both → 10-year registration ban for Ellison → 8-year registration ban for Wang → $0 new fines But here’s the catch: The bans were backdated to December 2022. That means Ellison’s trading ban expires in late 2027, while Wang’s does too. Most of the “5-year ban” has already been served. Why no additional fines? The CFTC credited their cooperation in the FTX investigation, while they already face a massive $11.02B forfeiture from the criminal proceedings. Ellison served 14 months of a 2-year sentence and was released in January 2026. Wang received time served.

$HYPE MAY BE REPLAYING ITS BIGGEST MOVE 🚀 Previous Setup: 0.618 Fib → Bullish OB + FVG → $59 → $77 → NEW ATH 🚀 Current Setup: 33% Dump → $70-$74 Recovery → Retracement → $40 Next → New ATH Same structure. Same liquidity reaction. Same FVG holding. IMO, $70-$74 could become a reversal zone toward the $40 range. That makes $70-$74 a potential SHORT SCALP / short-term swing area. Stop Loss: Any WEEKLY HTF close above $77 → CLOSE the short swing trade. Accumulation Zone: $41-$32 (0.5 Fib-0.618 Fib) Target: $150 If history repeats… $50-$40 could look VERY cheap. Bookmark this. NFA & Always DYOR

$ACE JUST WOKE UP: 971 DAYS OF RESISTANCE BROKEN BUT IT’S ALREADY UP 500% IN 15 DAYS! 🚀 2,000% NEXT? Maybe but I’d wait for A 60–80% retracement for a better entry instead of chasing the pump

Ethena Expands USDe Backing With $1B FalconX Facility #Ethena has partnered with FalconX on a $1 billion secured lending facility to diversify USDe’s yield sources beyond crypto funding rates. The facility can support overcollateralized institutional loans for trading, treasury management and payments. Why it matters: ▪️ Reduces reliance on crypto funding rates ▪️ Adds institutional credit exposure ▪️ Diversifies USDe’s backing and yield generation ▪️ Strengthens Ethena’s connection with traditional finance This could be a major step toward making $USDe a more diversified, institutionally connected synthetic dollar.

$XRP Is Just Printing Its LOWEST MONTHLY CLOSE In Nearly 2 Years. Is This Capitulation… Or The Setup For The Next Major Bottom? I Still See A High Probability Of A $0.65–$0.50 Liquidity Sweep Before A Long-Term Expansion Toward $10.

If you invested $5,000 in $LAB at $0.0741, it would’ve been $1.89M at ATH. 🤯 But after crashing back to $0.0738, you’d be sitting near your original entry again. all within just 8 months. Generational Round Trip.

Maya Protocol Hack: $1.7M Drained, Network Halted Cross-chain DEX Maya Protocol (MAYAChain) suspended its entire network after an attacker chained six software bugs together in a single transaction on August 18. What was taken: ▪️ 20.83 BTC (~$1.34M) sent to one Bitcoin address, verified by PeckShield ▪️ ~$300K in other assets ▪️ Total attacker take: ~$1.65M How it worked: A faulty compensation function credited a small liquidity pool with roughly 49M tokens that were never actually funded, the reserve held only about 168K. The failed transfer was never reversed, so the network kept treating the fake balance as real. The attacker deposited a tiny amount, gained 99%+ ownership of that pool, withdrew the inflated balance, and swapped it for real BTC and ETH sitting in Maya's pools. Status: Network still halted. Team has offered a white-hat bounty for return of the funds and pledged to make liquidity providers whole. Patching the code does not restore the pools, the exploit-created supply is now mixed with genuine LP holdings. Official post-mortem pending.

IMO, $BTC Is Still Compressing Inside This 6H Symmetrical Triangle, And The Next Breakout Could Decide The Direction. If BTC Breaks $65K → $67,500 Becomes The First Major Target. If $67,500 Also Breaks With Strength → $74,250 Becomes The Next Major Resistance, Making A Move Toward $74,250 Highly Likely. On The Downside, I’m Mainly Watching $60K. A Breakdown Below $60K Could Open The Door To A New Low. For Now, Patience. Let The Breakout Confirm The Direction.

Ripple Prime Raises $275M in Bonds: What It Means for XRP Ripple's prime brokerage arm closed a $275M senior notes deal on August 18. Rated BBB by KBRA, 8.25% coupon, due 2031. With May's $200M Neuberger facility, that's $475M raised in three months. Why it matters 👇 ✅ A crypto firm borrowing through the traditional bond market, not selling equity or tokens ✅ KBRA cited Ripple's XRP holdings as balance sheet strength ✅ Funds go to US clearing and prime brokerage expansion

TOKENIZED STOCKS ARE ENTERING A NEW ERA Tokenized public equities are showing explosive growth across the board. ▶️ Distributed Value: $2.40B (+3.90%) ▶️ Represented Value: $21.90B (+8.17%) ▶️ Monthly Transfer Volume: $24.31B (+203.93%) ▶️ Monthly Active Addresses: 666K (+56.93%) ▶️ Holders: 1.43M (+98.41%) The biggest signal? Transfer volume has MORE THAN TRIPLED in just 30 days. Tokenized stocks are moving from a niche experiment toward a serious on-chain financial market. The RWA narrative may be only getting started. 🚀

VENEZUELA'S $4B GOLD FROZEN IN LONDON The Facts: ▶️ 31 tonnes at the Bank of England ▶️ Worth ~$4B to $4.4B ▶️ Frozen since 2018 ▶️ Agreement signed August 12, 2026 Venezuela's government and opposition agreed to jointly pursue recovery, with audit rules attached. Funds are meant for post-earthquake rebuilding. The Correction: The "US takes control" claim comes from one delegate's TV interview, not the signed text. No release approved. Gold is still in London. A central bank lost access to its own metal for eight years because a foreign custodian disagreed about its government. Ownership and control are not the same thing.

ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (18-08-2026) YESTERDAY 🟩 Bitcoin ETFs: +2,927 $BTC (+$189.30M) 🟩 Ethereum ETFs: +37,346 $ETH (+$71.47M) 🟩 XRP ETFs: +5.8M $XRP (+$5.81M) 🟩 SOLANA ETFs: +20.53K $SOL (+$1.58M) 🟩 CHAINLINK ETFs: +88.63K $LINK (+$841.65K) 🟩 $AVAX , $DOGE , $BNB , $DOT , $LTC , #HYPE #HBAR Flows Was Zero. TOTAL US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs INFLOW: ≈ +$269M U.S. BITCOIN ETFs BOUGHT ~2,927 BTC Worth $189.30M 🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has BOUGHT 2,220 BTC for $143.57M And 33,800 ETH for $64.68M 🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has BOUGHT ~370 BTC for $23.92M 🇺🇸 Grayscale ETF Has BOUGHT ~44 BTC for $2.86M And 2,235 ETH for $4.28M 🇺🇸 ARK 21Shares ETF Has BOUGHT ~305 BTC for $19.73M 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT ~175 BTC for $11.24M 🇺🇸 Bitwise ETF Has BOUGHT ~250 BTC for $16.15M And 715 ETH for $1.37M 🇺🇸 VanEck ETF Has SOLD ~262 BTC for $16.92M 🇺🇸 Invesco ETF Has BOUGHT ~596 ETH for $1.14M Fact: U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs BOUGHT Nearly 6+ Days Mined BITCOIN Supply Yesterday.

$CAKE UPDATE: Our #CAKE setup is now +35% from the Accumulation Zone The HTF structure is still compressing between descending resistance + multi-year ascending support, while the $1.25-$1 zone continues to act as the key accumulation range. 🔹 Entry Zone: $1.25-$1 (Filled) 🔹 Current Profit: +35% 🔹 HTF Close < $1.12 = Bullish Invalidation Targets Remain: $3.45 ➔ $9.77 ➔ $25.44 ➔ $50 The -96% ATH correction created the setup. Now we wait for the breakout. The thesis remains unchanged. CAKE/USDT is still one of my highest-conviction high-risk/high-reward DeFi setups this cycle. Are You Still Holding $CAKE ? TA Only | NFA | DYOR

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Binance Shared User Data With Russia: 2 Years After Exiting Binance handed Russian investigators the identity and transaction records of Yuri Belenkiy, passport, address, phone, DOB. He was charged with terrorism financing over ~$700 in crypto donations to Ukrainian groups. Detained Sept 2025, still in jail. Binance sold its Russia business to CommEX in Sept 2023 and declared a full exit. The data was still handed over in 2025. Binance's stance: it complies with lawful law enforcement requests worldwide. No comment on the case. The takeaway for traders: ▪️ Exchange KYC data survives a market exit ▪️ You don't choose which jurisdiction asks for it later ▪️ Custodial = your identity is attached to every move ▪️ Self-custody is counterparty risk management, not paranoia Source: Reuters

Do You Think We'll See $SOL Under $60 Again in The Next 4-5 Years? 🤔 My Best Accumulation Zone: $60 - $40 Targets: $300 | $500 | $1000 Patience pays. Accumulate when others panic. Not Financial Advice. ALWAYS DYOR.

WHO IS REALLY WINNING THE $LAB GAME? From a market-structure perspective, the biggest winner may not be the traders at all, it could be the MM + #LAB Foundation. 🔹 Locked tokens create “paper gains” → FOMO 🔹 Thin SPOT liquidity → extreme volatility 🔹 Longs & shorts get liquidated → both sides pay 🔹 Massive funding → traders get squeezed 🔹 Unlock gets delayed → more liquidity enters the market 🔹 More participants → more exit liquidity LAB/USDT Is Down A Brutal 99.74% In Just 3 Months. 🤯 From Euphoria To Almost Total Capitulation, LAB/USDT Has Lost 99.74% Of Its Value In Just 90 Days. This Isn’t A Dip. This Is A Collapse. The real question isn’t “How high can LAB/USDT go?” It’s: WHO IS PROVIDING THE EXIT LIQUIDITY?

$LDO : +74% Already But The Bigger Setup Remains Unchanged (20x Potential) #LDO Has Already Delivered ~74% Upside From Our Previous Post. Hope You Enjoyed The Ride. The Accumulation Zone I Highlighted Is Still Intact, And The HTF Chart Structure Remains The Same. Technical Structure ✅ Previous Cycle High: ~$4.038 ✅ Macro Correction: ~−94% ✅ Multi-Year Descending Channel Still Defines HTF Trend ✅ Price Holding Near Major HTF Demand ✅ Original Accumulation Zone: $0.25–$0.16 ✅ Bullish Confirmation: Weekly Reclaim Above $0.47 Structure Shift Requirements 1️⃣ Weekly Close Above Descending Channel Resistance 2️⃣ Reclaim + Acceptance Above $0.47 Bull Cycle Targets $0.68 → $1.50 → $2.50 → $4+ But Potential ≠ Confirmation. The HTF Trend Remains Bearish Until $0.47 Is Reclaimed And Sustained. Invalidation: Sustained Weekly Acceptance Below The Current HTF Demand Zone Would Keep The Macro Bearish Structure Intact. I Shared The Setup Before The Move. LDO/USDT Has Already Given ~74%. The Accumulation Zone, Key Levels And Overall Roadmap Remain Unchanged. Now We Watch For The Structural Break. TA Only. Not Financial Advice. ALWAYS DYOR. @LidoFinance