Solana price $SOL hits 3-month high These 5 analysts expect a new yearly high
Solana (SOL) price has been rising rapidly since October 13 and is approaching its yearly high.
Solana price also broke an inverse head and shoulders pattern. How long will it continue to rise?
Analysts are optimistic about Solana Analysts at #criptomonedas have a predominantly bullish sentiment towards Solana.
Tradermayne believes the price will rise to $40. But his bullish analysis is conditional on a bullish weekly candle close.
Rager and DaanCrypto also noted the importance of the $38 horizontal resistance area, which coincides with the yearly high. This area has been crucial since 2021, supporting and resisting.
Finally, CryptoGodJohn believes that SOL price will eventually reach $250 in the long term and may even reach $450 if it reaches the market cap of #Ethereum
Will it reach the new yearly high? The daily time frame shows that SOL price has been trading within an inverse head and shoulders (IH&S) pattern since February. The IH&S is considered a bullish pattern, which usually leads to breakouts.
Today, SOL price is in the process of breaking out of the pattern neckline. A daily close above $26 will confirm the altcoin's breakout. #crypto2023 #cryptocurrency
Tactical pause or restructuring? #strategy raises $333M but slows purchases of #bitcoin to protect its liquidity
The strategy strengthens its U.S. dollar cash position with $4,800M while keeping intact its 840k reserve #BTC
During the week ended August 16, Strategy made no purchases or sales of Bitcoin. Its reserve remains unchanged at 840.447 BTC, accumulated with a total investment of $63.360 billion at an average price of $75.385 per BTC. The company generated $333.7 million after selling 3.46 million common shares #MSTR
Use of the funds raised: $150M to bolster its operating reserve in U.S. dollars. $132.2M allocated for the repurchase of 1.38 million variable-rate preferred shares (STRC). $52.4M used to pay dividends on the STRC shares. Strengthening the operating balance sheet: Cash on hand reached $4.800 billion, extending its operating margin to cover U.S. dollar debt maturities and interest for up to 2.8 years. Remaining firepower: The firm retains an authorized $1.000 billion margin for the repurchase of MSTR common shares and $653 million for STRC preferred shares. #Saylor $BTC $MSTRB $MSTR
🚨 REGULATORY GREEN LIGHT World Liberty, the crypto project backed by #TRUMP , receives approval from the OCC to move forward with its stablecoin #USD1
In a move that brings together the highest levels of U.S. politics with the digital assets ecosystem, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted World Liberty Trust Co. a “preliminary conditional approval” to operate as a national trust bank at the federal level.
This regulatory milestone marks the first major step toward the entity consolidating its presence in the institutional cryptocurrency market, though not without generating political friction.
The engine of the operation (USD1): The core of World Liberty Trust Company’s business strategy will be issuing, managing, and maintaining USD1 reserves— a stablecoin directly backed by fiat money.
Custody handover: The new entity will take on the role of exclusive issuer and custodian of USD1 nationwide for institutional clients. This strategic function was previously being carried out by BitGo Bank & Trust.
Institutional-grade services: Beyond issuing the stablecoin, the bank will offer digital asset custody services and conversion services, positioning itself as a key fiduciary player for institutional capital.
Political tension in the Capitol: The license application, submitted in January of this year, has raised alarms among Democratic lawmakers. The controversy centers on a potential conflict of interest, since entities linked to World Liberty are partially owned by Donald Trump, who appointed senior officials at regulatory agencies, including the OCC itself.
Although the preliminary green light has already been granted following a thorough assessment, it’s only the beginning. World Liberty will have to meet strict “opening prerequisites” before receiving final authorization to begin operations from its proposed headquarters in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. $WLFI
🚨 Perfect Storm in the Crypto Market #bitcoin y #xrp Against the Ropes Over an “Institutional Toxic Cocktail,” but Hope for the $100,000 Remains Intact
A coordinated siege from regulatory, macroeconomic, and institutional fronts has stalled the recovery, leaving #BTC b under intense pressure and XRP wobbling on a life-or-death support.
Regulatory Wall in the U.S.: Pro-crypto legislation has stalled. The Clarity Act is stuck in the Senate, while the SEC has indefinitely delayed vital initiatives (such as the “innovation exemption” and the “Reg Crypto” rules) after objections from the White House and Wall Street.
Outflows from ETFs and Suffocating Bonds: Investors are fleeing risk. U.S. Bitcoin ETFs lost $333 million this week (wiping out last week’s optimism), bringing total withdrawals to more than $4.000 billion this year. At the same time, 30-year Treasury bonds have surged to 5.22% (highest since 2001), making capital more expensive and destroying the appeal of non-yielding assets like BTC.
Threat to Corporate “Whales”: MSCI, the giant of stock indexes, is considering removing “non-operating” companies from its lists. This puts Strategy and Metaplanet—two of the largest corporate Bitcoin holders—under the spotlight, which could trigger institutional selling pressure.
XRP at the Edge of the Abyss: Amid the chaos, XRP clings desperately to the psychological barrier of $1. Analysts warn that a drop below this support could trigger massive liquidations by investors who accumulated positions in late 2024.
Despite the grim short-term outlook, long-term fundamentals keep bullish dreams alive 21shares analysts remind that the crypto sector vastly outperformed the S&P 500 in July, forecasting an “explosive” fourth quarter that could still catapult BTC to $100,000, Ethereum to $3,000, and Solana to $110 $BTC $XRP
#Tether gets the first clean audit from a Big Four and seals a historic milestone in transparency
Tether, issuer of the stablecoin #USDT , successfully completed its first comprehensive financial audit for fiscal year 2025 conducted by a Big Four firm. #KPMG issued an unqualified opinion (clean opinion), the most positive rating that an independent auditor can give under U.S. accounting principles (GAAP).
Physical gold inspection: In a display of unprecedented rigor, KPMG auditors counted and physically inspected each individual gold bar held by Tether, verifying its existence directly and without relying on third parties.
💰 Multi-billion surplus: The audited financial statements confirm that Tether’s reserves exceed its liabilities by $6.814 billion, supporting the stability of the USDT token.
📊 Full-scope audit: Unlike traditional quarterly certifications, this process examined the entire balance sheet (including reserve assets and liabilities for tokens issued), the income statement, changes in equity, and cash flows under AICPA standards.
🌎 New global standard: This achievement redefines financial governance in the stablecoin industry, providing absolute certainty backed by a signed opinion for more than 650 million users in emerging markets who rely on USDT for their day-to-day needs. #CryptoNews $USDT $SPCXB $NVDAB
Demand to Monetize in Milliseconds the White House Ads on Truth Social A coalition of press freedom and transparency organizations has shaken financial markets and the political landscape by filing a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The legal action seeks to stop a corporate scheme described as an unprecedented conflict of interest. The Plaintiffs: The legal action was filed on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by The Intercept Media and the nonprofit organization Freedom of the Press Foundation, with legal backing from entities such as CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington).
Investors’ appetite for the physical infrastructure of Artificial Intelligence shows no signs of slowing down. Despite sustaining net operating losses and maintaining high capital expenditures (CapEx), shares of WhiteFiber (WYFI) and Nebius Group #NBIS surged sharply after publishing their second-quarter financial statements. The market focused on explosive revenue growth and the massive expansion of data center contracts, over the current red ink figures.
📊 Key Metrics of the Quarter
WhiteFiber (WYFI): +31.40% Revenue: Increased by 54%, reaching $28.8 million. Catalyst: Billing began at its flagship NC-1 data center in North Carolina, with 40 megawatts (MW) contracted and projected capacity to scale up to 300 MW.
Nebius Group (NBIS): +22.99% Revenue: Jumped an impressive 454%, rising to $582.3 million. Operating profitability: Reported an adjusted EBITDA of $236.2 million, showing strong traction in its AI-focused cloud platform. $NBISB $NBIS $QQQB
🚨 Chaos in #Harmony A “print” flaw releases 4 billion tokens and sends the price down 40% while the network evaluates a controversial “rollback”
Layer 1 network Harmony faces a new massive security crisis An as-yet unexplained vulnerability enabled the unauthorized creation of approximately 4 billion tokens #one , triggering an abrupt near-40% devaluation of the asset’s price during the Asian trading session.
🔑 Key Takeaways to Understand the Crisis Massive and Immediate Dilution: The illicit issuance represented a 26% increase over the existing supply (around 15 billion ONE), injecting devastating selling pressure into the market. Emergency Containment Measures: Harmony deployed an urgent software patch to stop the creation of more tokens. The network’s token bridge (bridge) was frozen. Exchanges were asked to immediately block funds linked to 4 key addresses.
The Immutable Dilemma: Harmony is considering applying a rollback (reverting the network to a state prior to the attack). While this would invalidate the coins created, it sparks an intense ethical and technical debate about violating blockchain immutability and risking the cancellation of legitimate transactions (a scenario identical to the one recently faced by Ravencoin).
🔴 A Recurring History of Vulnerabilities This event is not an isolated case, but the latest chapter in the project’s turbulent security track record: December 2023: A flaw in the staking system improperly issued 146.3 million ONE to 74 addresses. June 2022: The infamous $100 million hack of its Horizon bridge, carried out by North Korea’s Lazarus group.
Current Status Unlike the 2022 hack, this incident did not affect assets held in a bridge, but the protocol’s native issuance. #HarmonyOne #Hacked $ONE
#Binance activate the countdown for the arrival of your card with an exclusive waiting list
The cryptocurrency community in Venezuela is experiencing a key milestone in financial adoption with the official announcement of the arrival of the most anticipated payments product in the ecosystem.
🔸 The official notice: Venezuelan users have begun receiving direct notifications on their mobile devices confirming that the wait is finally over.
💳 Binance Card Launch: The flagship card from the world’s largest exchange lands in the country, promising to transform how citizens use their cryptoassets in their day-to-day lives.
💎 Priority and exclusive access: Binance has enabled a waiting list to ensure that the first 3,000 users to register are the absolute pioneers in getting the plastic. #CryptoNews $BNB $XRP $SOL
🔒 The "HTTPS moment" of Web3 is here! #Zama lands on Revolut and brings privacy on Ethereum to 70 million users
⚡ Crypto privacy goes mainstream
Massive launch on the EEE, the native token $ZAMA makes its debut on Revolut’s trading platform across the European Economic Area. This puts the privacy protocol within reach of more than 70 million customers, including the over 15 million users already trading cryptocurrencies in the app.
Zero friction and self-custody option: Existing users can buy and hold $ZAMA instantly, with no additional verification processes or opening fees. In addition, Revolut enables direct on-chain withdrawals to self-custody wallets.
Disruptive technology (FHE): Zama uses Fully Homomorphic Encryption, allowing balances, transactions, and positions to be processed confidentially directly on public chains like Ethereum—without needing to rely on sidechains or independent privacy networks.
The industry standard: Its co-founder and CEO, Rand Hindi, compares this breakthrough to the "HTTPS moment" of the traditional internet: the tipping point where blockchain privacy stops being a technical option and becomes an everyday norm. #CryptoNews #altcoins $ZAMA
Efecto DeFAI! VELVET is surging more than 50% driven by a #Airdrop millonario and the launch of its new #IA
The token $VELVET has unleashed euphoria in the on-chain market, recording an impressive increase of more than +53% over the last 24 hours and reaching an intraday high of $0.8887. This dizzying price and volume spike (surpassing 195 million USDT in moved volume) places #Velvet Capital at the center of the DeFAI (DeFi + AI) narrative.
🔑 The engines behind the rally: Why is Velvet going up? The bullish momentum isn’t a coincidence; it’s the result of a perfect combination of economic incentives, key technological launches, and a strong incentives model:
1. The distribution of the Gems Airdrop (August 10) Rewards to the community: The corresponding distribution for the Gems epoch was completed, distributing ~2.71 million $VELVET (approximately 0.64% of the circulating supply), valued at over $1M at prices prior to the surge. Real farming mechanism: Users accumulated Gems through real trading volume in spot/perps, staking veVELVET, referrals, and activity on the platform. Post-distribution dynamics: Far from triggering massive sell pressure, the distribution sparked a wave of re-staking, accumulation, and a dramatic increase in market speculation.
2. Technological innovation: Debut of Velvet Flash 0.1 Own AI for trading: The platform unveiled the launch of Velvet Flash 0.1, a specialized Artificial Intelligence model built with 4 billion parameters (4B).
Security and execution: Designed specifically to execute complex crypto operations safely, reliably, and with low latency directly on-chain.
3. The economic flywheel (DeFAI Flywheel) Incentive ecosystem: The platform combines the trendy narrative (AI + DeFi) with tangible benefits: cashback + Gems → more trading activity → more fees generated → greater token buyback potential. #CryptoNews $VELVET
Strategy shift in #strategy ? The firm liquidates #BTC to safeguard its vault with $4.650 billion and buy back shares
Bitcoin Treasury firm, Strategy #MSTR , has carried out a major financial adjustment based on its latest official filing. It sold 1.690 BTC at an average price of $64.262 (commission-free), raising $108.6 million.
Use and Purpose of the Funds Preferred Share Buyback: It allocated the full proceeds from the BTC sale ($108.6M) to repurchase 1,152,020 variable-rate preferred shares (STRC). Cash Reserve: It injected $650 million into its USD reserve, bringing the total fund to $4.650 billion as of August 9. The remaining $3.1 million went to operating cash. Total BTC Reserve: 840.447 BTC Total Acquisition Cost: $63.360 billion Average Purchase Price per BTC: $75.385 #CryptoNews #Saylor $BTC $MSTRB $MSTR
#TRUMP Media breaks with Cryptocom and buries its ambitious crypto treasury strategy
Trump Media and Technology Group #DJT , the parent company of #TruthSocial , has made a drastic shift in its corporate strategy by mutually terminating two key agreements with Cryptocom, putting an end to its foray into the market for digital asset treasuries.
Under the direction of interim CEO Kevin McGurn, the company has decided to abandon the project that aimed to create the largest exchange-listed CRO token reserve company, choosing instead to refocus its resources on its traditional media division and an imminent merger with fusion energy company TAE. #DonaldJTrump $WLFI $TRUMP $NVDAB
The #exploit of $130M in #Coldcard exposes the lethal danger of private keys Not even the most hardened 'cold wallets' are safe from the new wave of cyberattacks. The millionaire hack of Coldcard reopens an existential debate in the industry. Does single private-key-based custody remain a viable model, or is it a systemic risk on the verge of collapsing with the arrival of Artificial Intelligence? The CEO of Blockaid, Ido Ben-Natan, warned that the recent security breach in Coldcard has exposed the most serious structural flaw in cryptocurrencies: absolute dependence on private keys. By acting as a single, unsupported access point, any failure in their generation or storage turns the key into a single point of failure (single point of failure).
💥 "Bitcoin doesn’t need Clarity. It’s the U.S. that needs it": The devastating response to the Senate shutdown from #MichaelSaylor
While Capitol Hill decides to postpone the rules of the game for the digital asset industry until September, the largest corporate accumulator of #bitcoin answers with a cutting line that sums up the market’s view: the decentralized network will keep moving forward no matter what Washington decides, but it’s U.S. power that risks falling behind.
📌 The Senate stalls crypto legislation
After it was confirmed that the U.S. Senate froze the procedural vote on the Clarity Act (#CLARITYAct ) until the return from the legislative recess in September, reactions among the industry’s top figures didn’t take long to arrive. The rule, designed to establish a clear regulatory framework between #SEC and #CFTC and give certainty to capital markets, became stuck amid political-electoral calculations.
🎙️ Saylor’s stance: Bitcoin vs. state bureaucracy
Strategy’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, reacted on his official X account with a direct and forceful message: "Bitcoin doesn’t need CLARITY. America needs clarity". ("Bitcoin doesn’t need CLARITY. America needs clarity"). $BTC $MSTRB $SOL