$BTC — Michael Howell Says 2026 Won't Be A Big Year For Bitcoin, Sees 30-Year Yield Going Higher 🔔
Cross-border capital founder and well-known liquidity expert, Michael Howell, believes that investors monitoring global M2 have misread Bitcoin's recent weakness. He argued that the cryptocurrency responds to wholesale liquidity flowing through financial markets rather than retail bank deposits.
$XRP — Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Calls CFTC’s New Crypto Panel An ‘Olympic Roster’ 🔔
Ripple (XRP) CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined the inaugural Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Advisory Committee alongside traditional finance giants on Friday, as the White House's crypto adviser said regulators were "locked and loaded". Garlinghouse called the gathering "the Olympic roster of crypto," saying the committee also included Nasdaq (NDAQ), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Cboe Global Markets(CBOE), the Options Clearing Corporation and the Depository Trust & Clearing.
$SOL — Solana cuts mainnet slot time to 350 milliseconds in first step toward 200ms goal 🔔
Solana (SOL) saw a successful mainnet upgrade on Friday morning that cuts the network's target slot time to 350 milliseconds (ms), down 50 ms from its former target of 400 ms. A slot is the short period of time in which a designated validator can produce a block of transactions of Solana's blockchain.
$BTC — How Scott Bessent Jolted Bitcoin 20% Higher: Crypto's Historic Rally Deciphered 🔔
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up about 20% this week, and analysts argue that may be just the beginning. They see the apex crypto as one of the beneficiaries of the Treasury’s support for long-dated bonds, which has revived the debasement trade narrative.
$BTC — Bitcoin Nears a Risk Zone as RSI Hits Extreme Levels: Back to $70,000? 🔔
Bitcoin traded near $77,260 on Saturday, based on market data, after reaching an intraday high close to $79,500 before a sudden flash crash rattled the market. The asset climbed more than 22% over the past week, but a technical signal is starting to raise caution among traders.
$BTC — Bitcoin Beats Almost Every Major Asset Over 10 Years, Now Visser Calls It An ‘Anti-Decay’ Hedge 🔔
Investors should hold a significant Bitcoin (BTC) position not just for speculative upside but as an "anti-decay" hedge against the erosion of returns across the fiat assets they already own, based on macro investor. In a conversation with Anthony Pompliano on Saturday, Visser argued that AI-driven competition was compressing “multiples” across every traditional growth asset, leaving Bitcoin, with its fixed supply and no competitors, as the natural place.
$BTC — Bitcoin Hits Its Stride As Dollar Weakness And Treasury Buybacks Fuel Hard-Asset Rally, Galaxy Analysts Call… 🔔
The U.S. dollar index (DXY) fell below its 200-day moving average for the first time in more than three months, dropping to 98.78 as Bitcoin (BTC) posted its strongest weekly rally since 2024. Galaxy Digital (GLXY) analysts said Bitcoin’s four-year cycle bottom was likely in place.
$RSR — Reserve to Begin RSR Unlocking Vote on August 27th 🔔
Reserve will begin a Snapshot vote on the revised RSR unlocking milestone plan on August 27th. Self-custodied RSR, staked RSR, and vote-locked RSR will all be counted without unstaking or unlocking.