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Coinkite’s Coldcard Bug Exposed Single-Sig Risk. Multi-Vendor Multisig Is the New Bitcoin Custody Baseline

In the wake of Coldcard’s catastrophic entropy bug, self-custody advocates and experts have begun recommending a new standard, multi-vendor multisignature wallets, an approach that looks to minimize —among other threats— dependency on any single hardware wallet manufacturer.

The Coldcard entropy bug that went undiscovered since at least 2021 has taught a hard lesson to the Bitcoin self-custody advocates and users. No matter how legitimate or competent a wallet provider might seem, how well recommended and reputable, a major bug may be possible. As a result, Bitcoiners are questioning old recommendations and assumptions, including many declaring the ‘death of single sig’ the popular self-custody method of trusting the private key pair generation to one wallet alone. 

The Threat Model

Self-custody by any measure is an advanced practice in Bitcoin. Advocates recommend it as a way to protect user funds from exchange malfeasance like that seen in the cases of FTX and MtGox, among many others. But recent events have driven a revaluation of custody practices, with many bitcoin owners moving coins to exchanges — at least temporarily — while others upgrading or changing their self-custody setups altogether. Nick Neuman, CEO of Casa, claimed that 233k bitcoins moved to safety in reaction to the Coldcard hack.

To understand when self-custody makes sense and for whom, it is essential to understand your personal threat model. A threat model is the careful analysis of threats to an individual, for the purpose of designing security practices and structures ahead of time. 

A simple threat model practice can be to take a step back and think about all the possible things that worry you about self-custody, and add them to a list. Then think about all the things that advocates caution users about, and append them to that same list. Next, sort or rate items on that list based on which are most likely to happen to you, and which are most likely to happen in general. Finally, you can rank each item in the list by how catastrophic it would be if it occurred; can your current setup and plans survive the realization of that threat? 

Two of the most likely causes of loss of funds in Bitcoin self-custody are user error related to backups or forgotten passwords, and of course theft. Many of the wallets believed to be lost bitcoins that have not moved come from bad backups of private keys in the early days, resulting in data loss after a computer failed. Others simply used passwords too difficult to brute force, and then forgot them, encrypting their private keys forever.

On the theft dimension, bad entropy attacks likely rank among the most successful attacks on self-custody to date, with Coldcard joining a significant list of other wallets that have suffered bugs of the sort, intentional or otherwise, such as Trust Wallet, and many lesser-known and possibly malicious mobile wallets. In some cases, fake wallets like the iOS Sparrow Wallets simply stole user funds by keeping a copy of the user-generated private keys and sweeping the funds once deposited. In all of these examples, more thoughtful user behavior before trusting random software with your life savings is the solution. 

Once users have a clear threat model in place and a good enough understanding of the technology, designing security practices becomes more a science than an art. And while every individual has specific circumstances they need to take into account, some structures have emerged as the most resilient to most threats. One such practice becoming widely recommended and adopted among long-term self-custody Bitcoin holders is a carefully formed multisig setup. 

Multi-vendor Multisig

The term “Multi-vendor Multisig” is relatively new in the self-custody niche. The term “multisig” has nevertheless gone viral in 2026, clearly triggered by the Coldcard hack that saw the loss of over 100 million dollars worth of bitcoin, mostly from single seed wallets. Most single-seed Coldcard users appear to have generated their private keys on the device without adding an extra passphrase, extra words that add custom entropy to the private keys, nor without extra dice rolls, which do the same in a different format. 

The weak entropy from the Coldcard firmware — which users had no reason to distrust, given the company’s strong brand — in turn made guessing the related private keys easy, with a bit of custom work, which hackers eventually figured out. 

The resulting viral interest in multisig is warranted. Multisig Bitcoin wallets protect users from such hardware manufacturer errors by letting users construct a Bitcoin address that requires signing from multiple private keys and thus multiple devices, in what is known as a Bitcoin script.

Bitcoin scripts are contracts of sorts that set spending conditions for a bitcoin wallet. All Bitcoin wallets can be thought of as having some kind of script involved, with the simplest and most popular being that anyone who can sign a valid transaction can spend all or any funds therein. Multisig scripts instead require a threshold of valid signatures from different keypairs to result in a valid withdrawal. These scripts are enforced by the Bitcoin consensus rules.

Multi-vendor multisig theory posits that users should make sure every keypair used to construct a Bitcoin multisig is generated from a different wallet vendor. 

One example that is likely popular today might be the use of a Trezor Safe 7 hardware wallet with one key, a second key generated by a Ledger Nano, and a third key generated by a multisig wallet provider, considered a recovery key. A script of this sort would require any 2 valid signatures out of the three possible signatures in the setup.

By using two different hardware wallet providers, the user minimizes trust in any single wallet vendor, protecting them from an entropy failure like the one seen in Coldcard. 

Other Multisig setups can add more keys, with a 3-of-5 threshold also being common and a standard offering of a multisig-specialized wallet like Casa. It is at this point that the terminology commonly used and understood to describe Bitcoin spending software starts to break down, and as a result merits clarification.

Wallets like Casa are software interfaces that let users combine partially signed transactions from different private key pairs. In this scenario, it becomes more useful to describe ‘hardware wallets’ like Trezor or Ledger as ‘key signers’ since no single keypair in the set holds enough of the key material to spend all the Bitcoin held in the Multisig script address. 

So Casa is a Multisig wallet that lets you use a threshold of hardware signers to secure and send bitcoin funds. Fundamentally, they help users interact with Bitcoin script and create consensus-valid transactions easily. Other examples of such multisig wallet providers include Nunchuck, Sparrow desktop wallet and Unchained Capital. 

In cases like Casa and Unchained, the wallet provider offers users a recovery key controlled by the company, which some users find useful. Nunchuck and Sparrow, on the other hand, are designed for full user autonomy in this regard, though Nunchuck does offer a premium recovery key-related plan as well. 

The Upsides of Multivendor Multisig

Another benefit of a multisig wallet is its potential resistance to the infamous wrench attacks. Countries like France, which make Bitcoin and crypto ownership a matter of public record as a consequence of tax filings, have become focal points for crypto theft-related kidnapping. Self-custody or not, targets of this kind of crime are vulnerable to theft, particularly when the funds can be moved in full quickly, be it from a custodial exchange the user can access from their phone, or some self-custody setup.

Advanced forms of multisig, like multi-jurisdictional or time-locked multisig, make it so that users have to travel, ideally through an airport, in order to reach other key signers needed to construct a valid bitcoin transaction. Or perhaps the recovery key involved in the multisig has the condition that it will not sign for two weeks after the user submits the request and corresponding transaction data. The result is the removal of the final central point of failure in Bitcoin custody: the user’s own willingness to send the bitcoin, particularly when under duress.

While best practices in the case of wrench attacks broadly try to avoid ending up in that situation in the first place, making it difficult to spend your coins actually protects users from a wide range of attacks as well, including phishing schemes and other forms of social engineering that use pressure tactics to fool users into sending funds quickly. 

Multisig has also begun to enable novel forms of Bitcoin insurance, as demonstrated by AnchorWatch, a multisig wallet and insurance company that offers bitcoin theft protection denominated in BTC. The company’s services today are primarily offered to Americans through the Lloyd’s of London insurer. 

The Downsides of Multisig

One critical downside of Multisig is that the user does not only need to have access to the threshold key material needed to sign, be it two hardware wallets as in our example, or one of the hardware wallets and a recovery key from the wallet company. The user also needs to store a copy of the Multisig script or template, so that they can recreate the smart contract and thus the valid withdrawal conditions for spending. Most Multisig wallets store this information for clients, but they will also send a copy to users so they can recover independently of the Multisig wallet, should it one day go offline. 

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Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have continued their winning streak, attracting billions of dollars in new investment over the past week. 

U.S. investors have thrown $2.56 billion since last Monday, according to Farside Investors data, helping push the leading cryptocurrency’s price higher. 

And this week alone, nearly $652 million in fresh cash has hit the products managed by the likes of BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity. 

Bitcoin was recently trading for $78,302 after jumping nearly 25% over a seven-day period. The coin touched as high as $81,160 on Monday. 

Bitcoin’s rise comes after a sluggish June and July when it mostly traded below $65,000. 

The cryptocurrency has benefited from news that the Treasury would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations. The announcement last week hurt the dollar but non-yielding assets like Bitcoin and gold have benefited.  

Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X Wednesday that the debasement trade was back.

“Gold and Bitcoin ETFs have combined for +$7b in flows in past week, by far a record for a 5-day period as debasement trade steals spotlight from AI,” he said. 

The debasement trade is when investors buy an asset to hedge against a currency losing value. Investments like Bitcoin and precious metals have done well as part of the trade as they cannot be endlessly printed.  

Last year, the investment strategy was much talked about but then went quiet as investors focused more on buying artificial intelligence-related equities.

Investors now are fretting over U.S. borrowing, a weak dollar and efforts to contain long-term yields.

Bitcoin ETFs had their best week since October last week, with nearly $2 billion in inflows. 

Positive regulatory coming out of the White House has also spurred the flurry of trading activity. President Donald Trump held a meeting with crypto executives earlier last week before urging lawmakers to get the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act over the line.

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Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck 

President Donald Trump may be the most crypto-friendly leader the U.S. has had so far — but what would happen to Bitcoin if the Democrats were to get back in power? 

Well, it wouldn’t necessarily be bad, according to asset manager VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel. 

Speaking on CNBC Wednesday, the analyst also said that contrary to what many believe, ex-President Joe Biden wasn’t anti-Bitcoin. 

Republicans have repeatedly blasted Democrats as anti-crypto. Regulators under ex-president Joe Biden cracked down on digital asset companies, filing various lawsuits.  

“Biden was actually okay for Bitcoin,” Sigel said. “It’s the rest of cryptos that might have a problem [if Democrats get back in power].” 

He added: “With the ascendant socialist wing of the Democrat Party, I can tell you here in New York City that there are plenty who are reminded of why there is value in a decentralized, scarce asset that can’t be printed and spent on nonsense.”

President Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the digital asset industry and has passed a number of pro-crypto executive orders, including setting up a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. 

The price of Bitcoin surged off the back of Trump’s 2024 victory and notched a new record last year. Despite some sluggish months in 2026, the leading digital asset began to rise again last week after the president urged lawmakers to get the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act over the line.

Bitcoin has jumped nearly 24% over the past seven days, touching as high as $81,160 this week before dropping again to its current price of $78,438. 

Pro-crypto lawmakers had hoped to pass the Clarity Act before Congress broke for August recess, but the vote slipped to September after Democrats balked at the latest draft. 

Some Republican senators have accused Democrats of deliberately holding the legislation back. 

The Clarity Act aims to create a legal framework classifying digital assets as securities, commodities or payment stablecoins, and determining which regulator oversees each.

Sigel’s comments echo those of Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer, Faryar Shirzad, who said in July that crypto was “maybe the most bipartisan issue in Washington.”

Speaking about the delay in a vote on the Clarity Act, Shirzad said that while some lawmakers were holding back the long-awaited legislation, younger Democrats were for the framework. 

“A lot of the opposition is generational — so it is Democrats who oppose it — but I think younger members who understand the technology, understand that money is transforming how we should engage financially, how we need to adapt, and so it’s really a generational shift,” he said on The Hill’s Rising show. 

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Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages 

Coinbase and Nasdaq-listed Better Mortgage have announced the availability of Bitcoin-backed mortgages for Americans. 

The crypto exchange and lender said Wednesday that the service was designed in accordance with the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae. 

Coinbase and Better announced the funding of the first Bitcoin-backed mortgage in June. The service now hopes to cater to younger wannabe homeowners who have Bitcoin holdings. 

“In 2025, high interest rates, record home prices, and limited inventory pushed the median age of a first-time homebuyer to 40,” Chief Technology Officer at Better Mortgage, Ziggy Jonsson, said. 

“Coinbase counts millions of monthly users worldwide, and by allowing Coinbase One members to pledge crypto as collateral without selling their holdings, we’re opening a new path toward homeownership for a generation of borrowers whose wealth increasingly lives onchain.”

Ben Shen, head of financial services and loyalty products at Coinbase, added: “By enabling borrowers to pledge their digital assets in the mortgage underwriting process, we are allowing crypto to be more useful and powerful in the real-world — expanding the pathways to homeownership while preserving long-term investment positions.”

The announcement added that Coinbase One members will be eligible for a rebate equal to 1% of the mortgage value, up to a maximum of $10,000.

The debut loan by Coinbase and Better was closed by a married Michigan couple, Joe and Amy, in June. The couple used their Bitcoin holdings as collateral to fund their down payment rather than liquidating their position, the companies said at the time. 

Crypto-backed lender Milo said earlier this year that it had surpassed $100 million in digital asset mortgages, including a record $12 million loan, as more high-net-worth and institutional clients were using Bitcoin as collateral for home financing.

Bitcoin-backed loans are still a niche product but one of the biggest lenders in the space, Ledn, has released research claiming that the space could grow from its current size of $3 billion to $1 trillion in the next 10 years. 

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SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a proposal to the White House aiming to “clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets” for investment advisers and companies. 

In a rule change sent Tuesday, the regulator said it wanted to “improve and modernize the regulations” surrounding custody for the crypto space.

The proposal comes after a vote was delayed on the long-awaited Clarity Act. Despite the delay, regulators like the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have said they will still proceed with trying to shape crypto policy. 

“This rulemaking would clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets for investment adviser and investment companies, as well as make other modernizations needed to remove burdens from certain outdated provisions that are no longer needed to provide investor protection given the evolution in the markets and security trading and holding practices,” the proposal read. 

Pro-crypto lawmakers had hoped to pass the Clarity Act before Congress broke for August recess, but the vote slipped to September after Democrats balked at the latest draft. 

Some Republican senators — like Senator Cynthia Lummis — accused some of deliberately holding it back. 

Still, pro-crypto regulators want to press ahead. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig has said he will proceed with rulemaking whether or not the Clarity Act is enacted, aiming to finalise rules before the administration’s term is out.

And earlier this month, the SEC proposed its own framework to allow token issuers to raise money in the U.S. without falling foul of securities laws.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the crypto industry and received major backing from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Since taking office, regulators have taken a remarkably different approach to watchdogging the digital asset space. 

The president last week urged lawmakers to get the Clarity Act over the line. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has said he is “committed to supporting Congress in advancing” the bill. 

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Cardano and Solana are testing two competing approaches to on-chain governance, with one exposing the cost of voter absence and the other shifting more power to default representatives who may have their own economic interests.

Cardano’s constitutional committee renewal requires separate approval from delegated representatives, or DReps, and stake pool operators. Solana instead allows validators to cast governance votes using the active stake delegated to them unless individual stakers override that choice.

The distinction is becoming visible in simultaneous votes on both networks.

Cardano faces the more immediate risk. An Aug. 26 snapshot showed support for its committee renewal below the required thresholds among both DReps and stake pool operators, creating the possibility that four committee terms expire without replacements.

Solana reduces that kind of participation bottleneck by making validators default voting agents. But its current governance vote shows the tradeoff: stakers who do nothing effectively allow validators to exercise governance weight associated with their delegated stake, even when those validators may have financial interests affected by the proposal.

Both systems therefore confront the same underlying problem from different directions. Cardano leaves inactive voters silent. Solana lets an existing delegate speak for them.

Cardano’s governance risk is already measurable

A DRepTalk snapshot accessed Aug. 26 showed Cardano’s Update Constitutional Committee 2026 proposal with 43% DRep support, below the required 67%, while stake pool operator support stood at 15.1% against a 51% threshold.

Each group must independently clear its requirement. Stronger participation by one cannot offset a shortfall in the other.

The vote carries a fixed consequence because four committee terms expire at epoch 799, while the maximum allowable term length means replacements must be enacted in epoch 653. Published material identifies Sept. 1 as the relevant deadline.

If the proposal fails, Cardano would be left with three active constitutional committee members, below the reported five-member minimum required for committee-dependent governance actions.

That would not stop block production or freeze the entire network. It would, however, leave the committee unable to ratify actions that require its approval until governance restores sufficient membership.

Intersect has warned that such a disruption could affect the timing of the Dijkstra upgrade, though that does not automatically cause a delay.

Cardano’s design makes the cost of inaction explicit. Its governance system requires two separate constituencies to express enough support, preserving each group's independence while also creating two opportunities for insufficient participation to block continuity.

Solana reduces turnout risk, then inherits an agency problem

Solana’s model lowers the participation burden by allowing validators to vote with the stake already delegated to them.

Eligible stakers can override a validator’s choice for an individual stake account. When they do, that stake is removed from the validator’s effective tally and applied directly to the staker’s own selection.

That mechanism was active during SGP-0002, a proposal seeking support for faster SOL disinflation.

An Aug. 26 Validator Info snapshot showed 83.66 million SOL voting For, 12.01 million Against, and 8.32 million Abstain. Among decisive votes, support stood at 87.45%.

Direct delegator overrides were visible but small compared with the roughly 104 million SOL represented in the tally. Validator Info listed 308 delegator voters, with only a fraction of the overall voting weight directly reassigned.

The override mechanism is therefore being used. The current vote does not yet show whether large numbers of passive delegators would intervene when they disagree with their validator.

That question becomes more significant when validators have an economic stake in the policy under consideration.

Solana Company, a publicly traded SOL treasury firm, said it opposed SGP-0002 on timing and policy-stability grounds. Its second-quarter filing showed $2.512 million in staking revenue out of $2.526 million in total revenue, meaning staking accounted for about 99.4% of quarterly revenue.

The proposed policy would accelerate annual disinflation from 15% to 30%, reducing projected issuance by about 18.9 million SOL over six years and bringing the network to its 1.5% terminal inflation floor in roughly 2.8 years instead of 5.7 years.

Those facts establish an economic exposure, but they do not prove misconduct or that financial incentives determined the company’s vote. Stakers also retain the ability to override validator choices.

Solana’s rule conflict adds another layer of uncertainty

The Solana vote is complicated further by conflicting public descriptions of what constitutes passage.

The Solana governance FAQ says one-third of network stake must participate and two-thirds of participating stake must vote For. The governance proposal repository instead says there is no quorum requirement and that For must receive two-thirds of For plus Against, excluding Abstain.

Under the repository rule, the observed vote clears the support threshold. Under the FAQ and Validator Info display, participation remained below the one-third line.

That leaves the same tally open to two different interpretations and makes the result difficult to assess until the applicable rule is reconciled.

Even a favorable result would not immediately change SOL issuance. SGP-0002 would establish policy direction, while the underlying SIMD-0550 proposal would still need to move through implementation before any consensus-affecting change could be activated.

Both systems relocate the cost of voter apathy

The current votes show that delegation changes the form of participation risk rather than removing it.

Cardano bears the cost directly when voters fail to show up. Its immediate danger is concrete: two constituencies remain below required thresholds ahead of a fixed deadline, with committee capacity at stake.

Solana reduces that risk by allowing validators to represent passive holders, but the model shifts more responsibility toward oversight. Delegators must monitor the agents voting with their stake and intervene when their preferences diverge.

Cardano therefore faces a clearer near-term governance threat, while Solana raises a longer-term question about representation and incentive alignment.

The next results will sharpen that contrast. Cardano must determine whether DReps and stake pool operators can mobilize before the committee deadline, while Solana still needs to establish which voting rule governs SGP-0002 and how much weight delegator overrides ultimately carry.

Both systems arrive at the same unresolved question from opposite directions: whether on-chain governance can remain effective when most tokenholders prefer not to participate.

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Solana’s mainnet is producing blocks faster after its first staged slot-time reduction moved the network’s target from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds.

Faster slots shorten block-level feedback and confirmation thresholds measured in slots, while throughput depends on a separate set of limits.

The Solana Foundation confirmed the mainnet change after the feature gate activated at slot 440,208,000, the first slot of epoch 1019. A feature gate is the switch validators use to coordinate a protocol change, and under the one-epoch delay required by SIMD-0525, the new timing applied when epoch 1020 began on Aug. 21.

A slot is the window in which a designated validator can produce a block, while an epoch is a fixed period of 432,000 slots.

Trillium, a Solana validator-telemetry provider, measured a slot-weighted mean of 365.4ms across 431,505 timed slots in post-change epoch 1021. Its view of pre-change epoch 1015 recorded a 420.7ms mean.

The same dataset recorded 331 skipped slots in epoch 1021, or 0.077%, compared with 1,890 skips and 0.438% in epoch 1015. The lower post-change reading offers an early stability signal across those two epochs, though the comparison cannot establish that the timing cut caused the change.

What faster slots change

Shortening the slot window reduces the wall-clock time for confirmation thresholds measured in slots. It also cuts the four-slot leader window from a nominal 1.6 seconds at 400ms to 1.4 seconds at 350ms, narrowing the period one block producer controls.

The proposal keeps four slots per leader and 432,000 slots per epoch. It scales per-slot compute, account-write, vote, data, and shred limits down with each shorter target. Blocks arrive more frequently and carry smaller budgets, leaving approximate work capacity per second broadly unchanged.

The 365.4ms telemetry reading measures observed spacing between slots, and it also supports faster block-level feedback, while finality remains a separate metric.

Solana’s official upgrade roadmap calls for distinct steps to 300ms, 250ms, and eventually 200ms. Each feature gate carries a one-epoch delay so validators can apply the timing and reduced shred limits together.

The 300ms stage remained pending as of Aug. 26. Solana Compass reported that Anza CEO and SIMD author Brennan Watt said it was intended to become effective at epoch 1024, around Aug. 28.

Solana’s roadmap says the network can pause between stages if skipped-block rates climb, making the 350ms stage a live test of how much validator timing can tighten before the path to 200ms continues.

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Bitcoin is trading between $80,000 and $78,000, and faces two option strikes that could shape dealer hedging into Friday.

Reported call exposure at $75,000 and $80,000 creates a test of whether those positions dampen Bitcoin’s next move or add force to a break.

Roughly 81,700 Bitcoin options representing about $6.4 billion in notional are scheduled to settle on Deribit at 08:00 UTC on Aug. 28.

A refresh of Deribit’s BTC options data placed its Bitcoin reference price near $78,514. Applied to 81,700 one-Bitcoin contracts, that gives about $6.415 billion in notional.

The $75,000 call strike carried about $236 million in reported notional, while the $80,000 call strike held about $157 million. Those are call-side open-interest concentrations, worth a combined $393 million or 6.1% of the reported $6.44 billion expiry.

The Bitcoin hedge path can split two ways

Options dealers adjust hedges as Bitcoin moves and an option’s sensitivity to the underlying price changes. Near expiry, those adjustments can become more responsive around heavily populated strikes.

Dealers positioned one way may trade against a move and help keep price near a strike. A different net position may require trades that reinforce a break and accelerate it.

Dealer-side positioning needed to calculate net gamma remains less visible, leaving pinning and acceleration as conditional scenarios. The 0.83 put-to-call ratio similarly shows that calls outnumber puts in this expiry.

Traders also use calls in spreads, covered positions, and volatility strategies, so the ratio describes inventory more clearly than sentiment.

The official Deribit schedule fixes monthly expiry at 08:00 UTC on the last Friday of the month. With Bitcoin between the highlighted strikes during the research window, $80,000 is the nearest pressure point and $75,000 is the lower concentration.

A decisive move through one could demand faster hedge changes. Friday’s settlement ends the shared deadline and removes or rolls the expiring positions, making the price response around those two levels the cleaner signal.

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Avalanche Treasury Corp approved a $10 million Class A share-repurchase program after reporting a $44.7 million second-quarter loss, with about $35.7 million attributed to losses linked to AVAX.

Management described the program as one tool to create shareholder value while it sees a market disconnect.

The company's Aug. 26 results release discloses the board's approval and contains no disclosure of completed purchases, and its immediate effect is a statement of management intent.

The company said the $35.7 million reflected fair-value changes, realized digital-asset losses, and impairments. That mix includes accounting adjustments and realized losses, making it distinct from a measure of cash expenditure during the period.

Fair-value and impairment charges can move reported earnings without carrying the same cash effect as a realized loss.

At June 30, AVAT held 15,312,363 AVAX with a reported fair value of $99,989,818, according to its quarterly filing. Subsequent price moves and treasury activity can change both the value and the balance, while the filing establishes the scale of the exposure behind AVAT's earnings volatility.

Staking generated $1.5 million of revenue, net of fees, in the quarter and $3.6 million in the first half of 2026. AVAT also recorded about $15.2 million of one-time costs tied to completing its business combination.

Together, those figures provide operating context around a quarterly loss dominated by AVAX-linked items.

Nasdaq also closed one of the two compliance matters reported earlier this month. The exchange closed the $35 million market-value-of-listed-securities matter after AVAT reported $83.8 million of stockholders' equity.

Nasdaq Rule 5550(b)(2) permits compliance through an alternative threshold of at least $2.5 million of equity.

The Aug. 7 notice gave AVAT an initial compliance period through Feb. 2, 2027. The newer filing addresses only the market-value matter and provides no closure update for the bid-price issue.

The week brought AVAT partial Nasdaq relief and a new capital-allocation signal. Quarterly results still show that management wants the stock to better reflect its strategy, while AVAT's earnings and balance sheet remain heavily exposed to AVAX.

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Thailand is proposing a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) framework that would give domestic fund managers, the Stock Exchange of Thailand and locally regulated custodians a structural advantage as the country opens the market to Bitcoin and Ethereum products.

On Aug. 24, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened public comment on rules that would initially allow passive, single-asset funds focused on Bitcoin or Ethereum. Each fund would need to maintain an average net exposure of at least 80% of net asset value to its chosen asset over an accounting year.

The proposed products would enter a market already validated by the success of crypto ETFs in the United States, where funds have attracted more than $60 billion in net inflows since launch.

Bitcoin ETFs dominate with about $54 billion, followed by Ethereum products with roughly $12 billion, while newer crypto ETF offerings account for the balance.

Thailand’s proposal would bring that model onshore while keeping much of the first-wave value chain inside the country.

Local Thai firms would get the first advantage

Locally established crypto ETFs would trade only on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, while their assets would initially need to be held primarily by digital-asset custodians regulated by the Thai SEC.

The proposal does not amount to a ban on foreign crypto products. Mutual and private funds can already invest in overseas crypto ETFs under existing rules, while the SEC is separately consulting on a framework that could eventually allow qualified foreign custodians.

Thailand would also initially restrict some alternative products tied to foreign crypto ETFs, including depositary receipts referencing them and certain securities-company arrangements for customers outside institutional and ultra-high-net-worth categories.

That would make locally domiciled ETFs the most direct retail-facing route under the proposed framework while preserving some existing access to foreign products.

The SEC’s current registry lists Rakkar Digital and Orbix Custodian among licensed custodial wallet providers, while Soberin, Orbix Invest and Merkle are registered digital-asset fund managers. Thailand also has 24 licensed mutual-fund management companies.

Those firms are positioned to compete for roles if the framework is finalized, though the consultation does not identify an ETF applicant, custodian mandate or likely beneficiary.

Investors would also face product-risk education and acknowledgment requirements before trading, while intermediaries would be expected to assess diversification, risk tolerance and financial capacity.

Comments close Sept. 20. The SEC expects related rules to take effect later in 2026, but no ETF launch date has been set.

The proposal therefore opens the door to local Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs while deliberately centering the initial market around Thai-regulated institutions.

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AAVE trades at $128.38 on August 26, 2026. That is 61.8 percent below the twelve-month high of $336.27 set on August 27, 2025, and at the same time 110.7 percent above the twelve-month low of $60.93 from June 7, 2026. Both figures describe the same coin within a single year. The question that follows is this: is AAVE a good buy at current prices?

cryptoticker.io collected the price data for this article itself on August 26, 2026. The source is market data from CoinMarketCap. Daily closing prices for the past 365 days were evaluated; the moving averages, the RSI(14) and the high and low come from standard formulas applied to exactly that daily series. All figures quoted here refer to that date.

AAVE Price Analysis: Where the Price Stands and Which Levels Matter Now

The current price of $128.38 sits above both important average lines. The 200-day moving average stands at $111.95, the 50-day average at $96.25. AAVE has therefore reclaimed two levels below which the coin spent much of the year. The distance to the 200-day average is about 15 percent, the distance to the 50-day average about 33 percent.

That names the nearest support clearly. If the price falls back, the zone around $111 to $115 is the first stop, because the 200-day average runs there. If it does not hold, the next serious floor lies only around $96, where the 50-day average is catching up. Above the current price the ground is thinner: between here and the area around $170, the market spent little time over the past year, which can accelerate moves in either direction.

For the wider picture, the market capitalisation of roughly $1.98 billion matters, placing AAVE 39th in the overall market. How that starting position translates into medium-term price ranges is set out in the continuously updated AAVE price prediction from cryptoticker.io.

Is the AAVE Downtrend Broken or Merely Interrupted?

Over twelve months AAVE stands at minus 59.7 percent. The coin began the period at $318.27 and trades today at $128.38. That is one half of the calculation. The other: over 90 days it is up 59.6 percent, over 30 days up 27.5 percent, over seven days up 46.5 percent. From the twelve-month low of $60.93 the price has more than doubled.

Technically, there is a good deal to suggest the downtrend has at least been interrupted. A price above the 200-day average of $111.95 counts in the classical reading as a change of trend, and the 50-day average at $96.25 is now rising rather than falling. Both are marks of a bottoming process that lies behind the coin.

What argues against declaring the danger over is the speed. A gain of 46.5 percent in seven days is a surge that can be given back just as quickly. In our view the change of trend is disproved once AAVE falls back below the 200-day average at $111.95 on a daily closing basis and stays there for several days. Until then, the return to the twelve-month high of $336.27 remains a distance of roughly 162 percent.

What RSI and Moving Averages Mean for an AAVE Entry

The RSI(14) stands at 74.5. Readings above 70 count as overbought. That is neither a recommendation to sell nor a signal of an imminent setback, because in strong upward phases the RSI can stay above this mark for weeks. It is an indication that a large part of the short-term move has already happened.

The arrangement of the averages reads more favourably. The price of $128.38 sits above the 200-day average of $111.95, which in turn sits above the 50-day average of $96.25. This ordering typically emerges after extended bottoming phases and counts as constructive.

In practice, the combination of an overbought RSI and an intact structure of averages means that purchases at the current price carry a worse ratio of opportunity to risk than purchases during a pullback. Market sentiment supports caution: the CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index stands at 81 points, within the range of extreme greed.

What AAVE Trading Volume Reveals About Demand

Trading volume over the past 24 hours came to roughly $299 million. For comparison: the average over the past 30 days is about $263 million, the average over the past 90 days about $238 million. Current volume sits above both reference points, though not dramatically so.

More revealing is the peak reached during the advance. At the high point of the past trading week, some $641 million changed hands in a single day, more than twice the 30-day average. A rise carried by a jump in turnover of that size has more substance than a move on thin trading.

Volume has since fallen back to less than half that peak. That is normal after a surge, but it means demand is no longer at the level that produced the advance. For the buying decision this reads as follows: the move was real, its continuation is not thereby established.

Which Structural Factors Speak for AAVE

AAVE is the governance token of the lending protocol of the same name, through which users deposit crypto assets and borrow against collateral. The token serves to vote on protocol parameters and is used in the protocol's safety module. Its value therefore depends in part on how far the protocol is used, and not on general market sentiment alone.

The supply mechanics are tightly bounded. Around 15.42 million AAVE are in circulation, with total supply at 16 million according to CoinMarketCap. More than 96 percent of supply is therefore already on the market. Unlike projects with long unlock schedules, there is no large stream of team or investor allocations waiting to dilute existing positions.

The third factor is the technical base. The protocol is anchored on Ethereum and additionally runs on several second-layer networks. How that base develops is described by the official Ethereum roadmap. In regulatory terms the field operates in Europe under the MiCA regulation; supervisory practice is documented by the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA. For decentralised lending protocols the European legal position remains open in parts, which we flag as an assumption and not as a settled forecast.

What Speaks for Buying AAVE at Current Prices

First, the distance to the upside. At $128.38 the price sits 61.8 percent below the twelve-month high of $336.27. Should the market return to a phase in which lending protocols are in demand again, the arithmetic road upward is long. That is not a price target but a description of the room available.

Second, the technical starting position. The price stands above the 200-day average of $111.95 and above the 50-day average of $96.25. The coin did not have this arrangement for almost the whole of the past year. It also supplies a clearly defined level at which a failure can be recognised.

Third, the supply side. With around 15.42 million tokens in circulation against a total supply of 16 million, supply is almost fully distributed. Price advances here do not have to run against ongoing unlocks.

What Speaks Against Buying AAVE at Current Prices

First, the timing. An RSI(14) of 74.5 after a weekly gain of 46.5 percent describes a market that has already run. The Fear and Greed Index at 81 points points the same way.

Second, the annual balance. Minus 59.7 percent over twelve months is the result of a long downtrend from $318.27 to $60.93 at its lowest. A price above the averages is a beginning and not yet evidence that this trend has ended.

Third, the business risk of the protocol. Lending protocols carry risks that a pure payment coin does not: liquidation cascades in fast downward phases, dependence on price oracles, and the possibility of errors in the program code. These risks are known and documented, but they cannot be ruled out.

How to Buy AAVE at Current Prices

AAVE is listed on the major European trading venues. Which exchange suits you depends above all on three points: on fees, on regulation, and on whether you want to hold your balances yourself. An overview of costs and terms is given by our comparison of the best crypto exchanges; if European supervision matters to you, the overview of regulated crypto exchanges takes you further. Detailed assessments of individual providers are available for Bitpanda and for Kraken.

On costs it pays to look at the spread and not only at the stated order fee. Particularly with coins outside the top ten ranks, the gap between buying and selling price often matters more than the fee itself. Check both with the provider before you buy, because terms change.

On custody: smaller amounts can stay on the exchange, larger holdings belong in a wallet only you can access. Which devices are suitable is shown by our hardware wallet comparison. Anyone who wants to put AAVE to work in the protocol itself should check the conditions of the safety module beforehand: in an emergency, part of the stake there can be drawn on to cover losses.

So Is AAVE a Good Buy at Current Prices?

In the short term the starting position is unfavourable. After 46.5 percent in seven days and with an RSI of 74.5, you are buying into an overheated move. A decline into the zone around the 200-day average at $111.95 would be normal from a technical standpoint and no break of trend. Anyone thinking in terms of weeks gets the better ratio of opportunity to risk on a pullback.

In the long term the answer depends on whether you credit the lending protocol with a lasting role. The supply side, with 15.42 million of 16 million tokens in circulation, is settled, the distance to the twelve-month high of $336.27 is large, and the price stands above both average lines again. Anyone who reads that positively finds at $128.38 an entry with a defined exit point.

The constructive reading is disproved if AAVE falls back below the 200-day average of $111.95 on a daily closing basis and settles there, or if trading volume sinks lastingly below the 90-day average of roughly $238 million. Either would be a sign that the rise from the twelve-month low of $60.93 was a recovery within a downtrend and not a turn. This is an assessment of the data, and not a recommendation to buy or sell AAVE.

Buying AAVE: What to Take Away

1. The level on which everything turns is the 200-day average at $111.95. Above it the recovery stays intact, below it the downtrend returns. The medium-term price ranges are set out in the AAVE price prediction.
2. The timing of an entry weighs more heavily here than the question of the coin. With an RSI of 74.5 and a weekly gain of 46.5 percent, staggered buying is the calmer option. Which venue carries the lowest costs is shown by the comparison of the best crypto exchanges.
3. Anyone planning to hold for longer settles custody before buying. Suitable devices and how they differ are set out in the hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: some of the providers named in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart position; the price data come from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of August 26, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy. Crypto assets are subject to sharp price swings and a total loss is possible.)

Cronos (CRO) changes hands at 0.0606 US dollars on 24 August 2026. That price sits roughly 81.5 percent below the twelve-month high of 0.3284 dollars set on 29 August 2025, and about 31.1 percent above the twelve-month low of 0.0462 dollars printed on 19 August 2026. A gain of 27.7 percent over seven days has lifted the token off that floor faster than most assets of comparable size. The question here is narrower than the headline move suggests: is Cronos a good buy at the current price?

cryptoticker.io collected the underlying price data itself on 24 August 2026. Source: market data from CoinMarketCap. Method: 365 daily closing prices from 24 August 2025 to 23 August 2026 plus the current spot quote, with exponential moving averages and the relative strength index derived from those closes using the standard formulas. Every figure below refers to that snapshot and will move with the market. A longer-dated view sits in our Cronos price prediction.

Cronos price analysis: where the CRO price stands and which levels matter

Three levels frame the current picture. The floor is the twelve-month low at 0.0462 dollars, five days old at the time of writing and therefore the most recent point at which sellers ran out of conviction. The current zone around 0.0606 dollars sits about 12 percent above the 50-day exponential moving average of 0.0541 dollars, which the price reclaimed during the rally rather than merely touching. Overhead lies the 200-day exponential moving average at 0.0741 dollars, roughly 18 percent above the spot price and untouched since the spring.

The distance between the averages tells its own story. With the 50-day line at 0.0541 dollars and the 200-day line at 0.0741 dollars, the shorter average remains well below the longer one, a configuration conventionally read as a market still inside a downtrend however sharp the recent bounce. The rally changed the token's position relative to the short average, not to the long one.

The twelve-month range puts the move in proportion. From 0.3284 dollars down to 0.0462 dollars is a drawdown of about 86 percent, and the recovery to 0.0606 dollars retraces only a small fraction of it. Cronos is down about 61.7 percent over 365 days and 11.3 percent over 90 days, while gaining 7.3 percent over 30 days.

Is the Cronos downtrend broken or only interrupted?

A downtrend is usually treated as broken when price closes above the long-term average and the sequence of lower highs ends. Neither condition is met. At 0.0606 dollars, CRO trades below the 200-day line at 0.0741 dollars, and the last significant swing high in the summer still stands above the current level. What the move has achieved is a reclaim of the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars, which is the first of the two conditions and the easier of them.

That distinction matters for anyone sizing an entry. An interruption can last weeks and still resolve downward; a break requires measurable follow-through, here a close above 0.0741 dollars that holds. Until then the prudent description is a strong countertrend rally inside an intact downtrend.

A second reading is worth stating as an inference rather than an observation: much of the seven-day move arrived alongside a broad risk-on phase, with the CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed reading at 78, in greed territory. Rallies that ride sentiment rather than token-specific news tend to give back ground when sentiment normalises. That is a plausible explanation, not a proven cause.

What RSI and moving averages mean for a Cronos entry

The 14-day relative strength index stands at 71.4. Above 70 the indicator is conventionally described as overbought, which is less a sell signal than a statement about pace: the token has risen far enough, fast enough, that the average up-day has dominated the average down-day by an unusual margin. In strong trends RSI can stay above 70 for extended stretches. In countertrend bounces it more often marks the upper half of the move.

Combined with the moving averages, the picture is a token that has run hard into the lower edge of its resistance band. Entry at 0.0606 dollars means buying about 12 percent above the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars and about 18 percent below the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars. That asymmetry is uncomfortable for a short-term trade: the nearest support is the reclaimed 50-day line, and beneath it the twelve-month low at 0.0462 dollars, roughly 24 percent below spot.

For a longer horizon the indicator readings carry less weight than the range itself. A buyer at 0.0606 dollars pays less than a fifth of the 0.3284 dollar high and roughly a third more than the 0.0462 dollar low. Whether that is cheap depends on what the network is worth, which the chart cannot answer.

What Cronos trading volume reveals about demand

Reported 24-hour turnover is about 10.7 million dollars against a market capitalisation of roughly 2.94 billion dollars, which places CRO at rank 29 by size. That ratio, near 0.36 percent, is thin for a token of that capitalisation, and it is the single most important qualifier on everything above.

Thin turnover has two consequences. A rally on low volume moves price further per dollar of buying, which flatters the percentage gain. And an exit in size is harder to execute at the quoted price, because the book that produced the move up is the same one that has to absorb selling. Anyone reading the 27.7 percent weekly gain as broad accumulation should weigh how little capital was required to produce it.

Which structural factors speak for Cronos

Three structural features distinguish CRO from a pure momentum token. The first is supply mechanics. Circulating supply stands at about 48.51 billion tokens against a total of roughly 98.88 billion and a stated maximum of 100 billion. The float that trades today is therefore a minority of the tokens that could eventually trade. That is a fact about the supply schedule rather than a prediction, and its effect on price depends on release pace and on demand at the time of release.

The second is the chain's technical position. Cronos runs an Ethereum-compatible execution environment, so contracts and tooling written for Ethereum deploy with limited modification. The upside is a developer base the network did not have to build; the downside is direct competition with every other chain making the same offer, on fees and liquidity rather than capability. The ecosystem it borrows from is documented on the Ethereum roadmap.

The third is regulatory placement. CRO is closely associated with a large regulated exchange business operating inside the European framework for crypto-asset markets published by ESMA. That cuts both ways: it lowers the risk of an abrupt delisting across regulated venues, and it ties the token's fortunes to a single commercial entity's performance.

What speaks for buying Cronos at current prices

• The entry sits far below the twelve-month range high. At 0.0606 dollars, buyers pay about 81.5 percent less than at the 0.3284 dollar high of August 2025. For an investor who believes the network retains value, a price this deep in its own range is a materially better starting point than any level over the past year.
• The short-term trend has turned. Reclaiming the 50-day average at 0.0541 dollars and holding above it is the first technical condition a recovery has to satisfy. It has been met, and it gives a clearly defined level beneath the current price against which a position can be measured.
• The exchange linkage provides a revenue-bearing anchor. Unlike tokens whose value rests solely on future network usage, CRO is tied to an operating business with fee income and a regulated footprint. That does not guarantee a price floor, but it means the token's fundamental case can be assessed against something observable.

What speaks against buying Cronos at current prices

• The long-term downtrend is intact. With price at 0.0606 dollars and the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars, the dominant trend still points down. Buying here means buying into resistance, and the 24 percent gap down to the 0.0462 dollar low defines how far a failed bounce can travel.
• Liquidity is thin for the size. Roughly 10.7 million dollars of daily turnover against a 2.94 billion dollar capitalisation makes both the upside move and any future exit less reliable than the headline market rank suggests.
• Half the maximum supply has yet to enter circulation. About 48.51 billion of a possible 100 billion tokens trade today. Any future increase in the circulating float is a headwind that demand has to absorb before price can advance.

How to buy Cronos at the current price

CRO is listed on most large regulated European venues, so the practical differences are fees, spread and custody rather than availability. Spot fees typically fall between 0.1 and 0.5 percent per trade, and the spread on a thinly traded token often costs more than the stated commission. Our exchange comparison sets the current terms side by side, and the shortlist of regulated exchanges narrows it to venues under European supervision. Two of them are covered in our Kraken review and our Bitvavo review.

Custody is the second decision. Leaving tokens on the exchange is convenient and carries that venue's operational risk; self-custody removes it and transfers key management to the holder. For positions held through a full cycle a hardware wallet is the standard answer, and the devices are compared in our hardware wallet comparison. Note that CRO exists on more than one network, and sending it to an address on the wrong one is the most common way holders lose tokens permanently.

Given the liquidity profile described above, a position built in a single market order will pay a wider spread than the same position built in parts. Fees, spreads and terms change; check them at the provider before every purchase.

Is Cronos a good buy at current prices, short term and long term?

Short term, the evidence points to caution rather than opportunity. At 0.0606 dollars the token has already travelled 31.1 percent from its low, the RSI at 71.4 indicates the move is stretched, and the 200-day average at 0.0741 dollars stands as the next obstacle. A short-term buyer is paying up for a move that has largely happened, into resistance, in a thin book. The scenario that would change this reading is a daily close above 0.0741 dollars that holds for several sessions on rising turnover.

Long term, the assessment turns on the exchange linkage and the supply schedule rather than the chart. At a capitalisation near 2.94 billion dollars the token is priced far below its 2025 valuation, and an investor expecting the associated business to grow inside the European framework buys that expectation at a steep discount to last year's price. That case would be refuted by a sustained fall below the 0.0462 dollar low, by circulating supply expanding materially faster than demand, or by a durable decline in the exchange business the token is tied to.

Neither reading amounts to a recommendation. The short-term technical setup and the long-term structural case currently point in different directions, and which one matters depends on the holding period the buyer actually intends.

Buying Cronos: what to take away

1. At 0.0606 dollars CRO trades above its 50-day average of 0.0541 dollars and below its 200-day average of 0.0741 dollars, which describes a recovery inside an intact downtrend. The level that would change that description is 0.0741 dollars, and the longer-dated view is set out in our Cronos price prediction.
2. Roughly 10.7 million dollars of daily turnover against a 2.94 billion dollar capitalisation is thin, which affects both entry and exit. Where you trade therefore matters more than usual, and the current terms are compared in our exchange comparison.
3. With about 48.51 billion of a possible 100 billion tokens in circulation, supply expansion is a standing headwind for any multi-year position. Holdings intended for that horizon belong in self-custody, and the devices are compared in our hardware wallet comparison.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 24 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and terms change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility and a total loss is possible.)

Hedera (HBAR) trades at roughly 0.0786 US-Dollar, and that single number frames the whole question. It sits about 68.9 percent below the twelve-month high of 0.2532 US-Dollar recorded a year ago, yet it has climbed around 21.7 percent off the twelve-month low of 0.0646 US-Dollar that was printed only days earlier. So the honest starting point is this: is HBAR at the current price a bargain after a brutal year, or a falling knife that has merely paused? This piece walks through the chart and the fundamentals to help you decide for yourself.

The price figures and every calculation in this article were compiled by cryptoticker.io on 24 August 2026. The market data comes from CoinMarketCap, and the moving averages, the relative strength index and the distances to the yearly extremes are derived from daily closing prices using standard formulas. Wherever we cite a level, it rests on that data set, not on a forecast.

Hedera price analysis: where the HBAR price stands now

At around 0.0786 US-Dollar, HBAR carries a market capitalisation near 3.45 billion US-Dollar and ranks 24th among all cryptocurrencies. The most important reference on the chart is the 200-day moving average, which currently sits at about 0.0920 US-Dollar. Price trades roughly 14.5 percent below that line, and as long as HBAR stays underneath it, the dominant twelve-month structure is still a downtrend, not a recovery.

The shorter picture looks friendlier. The 50-day moving average stands near 0.0708 US-Dollar, and price is about 11.1 percent above it after a sharp week. That gap between the two averages tells the story in one glance: the recent bounce is real, but it has only lifted HBAR back toward the middle of its range, not out of it. The first hurdle bulls have to clear is the 200-day line at 0.0920 US-Dollar; the floor they must defend is the recent low around 0.0646 US-Dollar.

Is the Hedera downtrend broken or just interrupted?

Over twelve months HBAR is down roughly 68.9 percent, and over the last 90 days it is still about 9.5 percent lower despite the recent rally. That is the context for the past week's move of around 21 percent and the 30-day gain near 11.5 percent: a strong short-term bounce inside a trend that has not yet reversed. A downtrend is broken not by one green week but by a higher high above a prior swing peak and a defended higher low.

For HBAR the concrete test is the 200-day average at about 0.0920 US-Dollar. A daily close above it, followed by a successful retest that holds, would be the first technical evidence that the trend is turning rather than pausing. Until then, the more cautious reading is that the downtrend is interrupted, not over. The 21.7 percent distance to the yearly low is encouraging; the 68.9 percent distance to the yearly high is a reminder of how much ground remains.

What RSI and moving averages mean for an HBAR entry

The 14-day relative strength index sits near 68.9, close to the 70 threshold that is traditionally read as overbought. In a healthy uptrend a high RSI can stay elevated for weeks, but after a 21 percent weekly surge it is a caution flag: it suggests the easy part of the bounce may be done and that chasing green candles here carries above-average risk of an immediate pullback.

Combining the two tools sharpens the picture. Price above the 50-day average at 0.0708 US-Dollar but below the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, with RSI near 69, describes a market that has rebounded strongly but has not yet proven a new trend. Patient buyers often prefer to wait for a cooler RSI and a pullback toward the rising 50-day line rather than buy into stretched momentum. None of this is timing advice; it is simply what the indicators describe.

What trading volume reveals about demand for Hedera

Over the past 24 hours HBAR turned over roughly 95 million US-Dollar, which is about 2.8 percent of its market capitalisation. That ratio is modest. In the strongest rallies you want to see volume expand as price rises, confirming that fresh money is doing the buying. A 21 percent weekly move on a volume-to-cap ratio under three percent points more to a relief bounce and short covering than to a wave of new long-term demand.

Volume matters because it separates a durable move from a squeeze. If HBAR approaches the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar on rising turnover, the breakout attempt deserves more trust. If it stalls there on thinning volume, the odds favour rejection and another test of support. For anyone weighing an entry, the volume behaviour around that 0.0920 line is worth watching more closely than the price alone.

What structural factors speak for Hedera

Beyond the chart, Hedera's investment case rests on its design and its supply. The network uses a hashgraph consensus rather than a conventional blockchain and is governed by a council of large organisations, a structure aimed squarely at enterprise and institutional use. You can read the project's own description of the network and its token at hedera.com.

The token economics are unusually transparent. HBAR has a fixed maximum supply of 50 billion tokens, of which roughly 43.8 billion already circulate. That means about 88 percent of all HBAR that will ever exist is already in the market, so future dilution from unlocks is comparatively limited next to many rival smart-contract tokens. For a long-term buyer, a hard cap and a high circulating share are structural positives, because they cap the supply-side pressure that quietly erodes many crypto prices.

Regulation is the other structural axis. Under the EU's MiCA framework, supervised by bodies such as ESMA, tokens with clear governance and disclosure stand on firmer ground in Europe than anonymous projects. Hedera's council model fits that direction of travel, which is a modest long-term tailwind rather than a near-term price driver.

What speaks for buying Hedera at the current price

Three points make the bull case at 0.0786 US-Dollar concrete. First, valuation: HBAR trades about 68.9 percent below its yearly high, so a buyer today is paying a fraction of what the market paid a year ago for the same token. Second, momentum has turned up in the short term, with price back above the 50-day average at 0.0708 US-Dollar and a 21 percent weekly gain showing that demand can still return quickly. Third, the supply picture is clean: a fixed 50 billion cap with roughly 88 percent already circulating limits future dilution.

Put together, the argument for buying is that you are accumulating a top-25 asset far below its highs, at a moment when the shorter-term trend has begun to improve and the token's structure works in a holder's favour over time.

What speaks against buying Hedera at the current price

The bear case is just as concrete. First, the primary trend is still down: price sits about 14.5 percent below the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, and over 90 days HBAR is still roughly 9.5 percent lower. Second, momentum is stretched, with RSI near 68.9 after a 21 percent week, which historically raises the odds of a near-term pullback. Third, demand looks thin, with 24-hour volume near just 2.8 percent of market cap, so the rally lacks the heavy participation that usually underpins a durable low.

The sober reading is that buying here means buying into a bounce inside a downtrend, on light volume, with the price already testing the upper part of its short-term range. That is a very different risk profile from buying a confirmed reversal.

How to buy Hedera (HBAR) at the current price

If you decide HBAR fits your plan, the practical steps are straightforward. HBAR is listed on most major exchanges, so the first choice is where to buy. Regulated European venues are the usual starting point; our crypto exchange comparison lays out fees and features side by side, and if regulation is your priority the comparison of regulated exchanges narrows the field further. For a specific venue, our Kraken review and Bitpanda review walk through account opening, fees and supported features in detail.

Costs matter more than they look. Watch the trading fee, the spread and any deposit or withdrawal charge, because on a small position these can quietly add up to several percent. For holding rather than trading, moving HBAR off the exchange into self-custody reduces counterparty risk; our hardware wallet comparison explains the trade-offs between convenience and security. If you would rather keep tokens on a platform and earn a yield, compare the terms first in our staking platform comparison, and remember that a higher advertised rate usually reflects higher risk.

So is Hedera a good buy at the current price?

The chart and the fundamentals point in different directions depending on your horizon. In the short term, the picture is cautious: HBAR near 0.0786 US-Dollar sits below its 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar, RSI is stretched near 68.9, and volume is light, so the risk of a pullback toward the 50-day line at 0.0708 US-Dollar or the recent low at 0.0646 US-Dollar is real. A short-term buyer is betting that the bounce continues straight through the 200-day line, which is the less probable path from here.

Over a longer horizon the case is more balanced. A price about 68.9 percent below the yearly high, a hard 50 billion supply cap with most tokens already circulating, and a governance model built for institutional use are genuine long-term positives. The assumption that HBAR is undervalued would be weakened if price loses the 0.0646 US-Dollar low on rising volume, and it would be strengthened if HBAR reclaims the 0.0920 US-Dollar average and holds it on a retest. Those are the levels that decide the thesis, not a single week's candle.

Buying Hedera: what to take away

1. Respect the 200-day average at 0.0920 US-Dollar: while HBAR trades below it, the twelve-month trend is still down, a point our HBAR price prediction tracks in more detail.
2. Mind the entry conditions: RSI near 68.9 and light volume argue for patience over chasing, and the crypto exchange comparison helps you keep trading costs low whenever you do act.
3. Match the venue to your goal: compare regulated platforms in the comparison of regulated exchanges for buying, and weigh self-custody in the hardware wallet comparison for holding.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through partner programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market-data source and can be verified there.

(As of 24 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and conditions change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility, and a total loss is possible.)

SUI trades at around 0.8507 US dollars on 23 August 2026. That is 78.2 percent below the twelve-month high of 3.8941 US dollars set on 19 September 2025. At the same time the price sits 30.6 percent above the twelve-month low of 0.6517 US dollars, and that low is only four days old: it was marked on 19 August 2026. Two numbers, two very different stories about the same coin. Is SUI a good buy at current prices?

The price data in this article was collected by cryptoticker.io on 23 August 2026. The source is market data from CoinMarketCap, and the basis is the daily closing prices of the past 365 days. Moving averages, the relative strength index and the distances to the twelve-month high and low are calculated from that series using standard formulas. Every value refers to this snapshot and shifts with each trading day.

SUI Price Analysis: Where the SUI Price Stands and Which Levels Matter

The SUI price has gained 26.19 percent over the past seven days. In the last 24 hours it added a further 3.51 percent, so the move did not come from one single session but from a week of consecutive up days. Over 30 days SUI shows a gain of 19.98 percent, over 90 days a loss of 18.59 percent, and over twelve months a loss of 77.4 percent. The time frame you pick decides which SUI you are looking at.

Three levels structure the picture. The first is the twelve-month low at 0.6517 US dollars, the most recent support the market has actually tested, and it has held so far. The second is the current zone between 0.80 and 0.86 US dollars, where the price has settled after the bounce. The third is the 200-day moving average at 1.0435 US dollars. It sits 22.7 percent above today's price and marks the line where a recovery would turn into a trend reversal.

With a market capitalisation of roughly 3.47 billion US dollars, SUI ranks 25th in the overall market. Of the 10 billion tokens the supply is capped at, 4.07 billion are in circulation, a good 41 percent. Readers who want the longer horizon rather than the current snapshot will find it in our SUI price prediction.

Is the SUI Downtrend Broken or Only Interrupted?

For a buying decision the distinction matters more than the size of the bounce, and the data gives an uncomfortable but clear answer: the downtrend is interrupted, not broken. It would be broken if the price had reclaimed the 200-day moving average at 1.0435 US dollars and then defended it as support. At 0.8507 US dollars, SUI is roughly a fifth away from that line.

What has actually happened is narrower than that. The price marked a new twelve-month low on 19 August 2026 and rebounded from there at speed. Such moves are ordinary inside downtrends. They occur when selling pressure runs out and positions are bought back, and on their own they say little about where the price will be in three months.

The structure of the twelve-month chart remains a chain of lower highs. From the peak at 3.8941 US dollars in September 2025 the price stepped down through 2026 until the August low. That pattern only changes once SUI sets a high above the previous one and holds the 200-day line on a retest. Until then the current move is a recovery inside an intact downtrend, and buying it means buying strength, not weakness.

What RSI and Moving Averages Mean for a SUI Entry

The 14-day relative strength index stands at 75.1. Anything above 70 counts as overbought in the standard reading. The indicator does not say the price has to fall. It says the advance of the past days was unusually fast and that the short-term risk of a pullback is therefore elevated. Anyone buying today buys after a week worth 26 percent, not before it.

The two moving averages point in opposite directions. The 50-day moving average sits at 0.7200 US dollars, with the price 18.2 percent above it. On a medium horizon SUI has regained the upper hand. The 200-day moving average at 1.0435 US dollars, by contrast, remains well above the price, so the long-term trend is still pointing down.

That constellation is typical of the early phase of a possible bottoming process. It is equally typical of a recovery that is subsequently sold off again. The indicator set alone does not settle the question. What it does show plainly is that the cheapest entry of the past twelve months lies four days in the past and is no longer available.

What Trading Volume Reveals About Demand for SUI

Around 699 million US dollars worth of SUI changed hands in 24 hours. Measured against the market capitalisation of 3.47 billion US dollars, that is a turnover rate of roughly 20 percent in a single day. It is a high figure, and it proves that last week's advance did not happen in a thin market but was carried by genuine trading interest.

For the buying decision this cuts both ways. On the positive side, anyone building or unwinding a position finds liquidity and does not have to accept large discounts on execution. On the critical side, high turnover during a recovery also means that many participants are using the move to get out. Volume measures participation, not conviction.

Market sentiment adds context. The Fear and Greed Index stood at 78 points on 23 August 2026, placing it in the greed range. Historically these are not the phases in which buyers get the best prices, and they are the phases in which patience is hardest to maintain.

Which Structural Factors Speak for SUI

Beyond the chart, substance decides. SUI is a layer-1 blockchain built on a data model that treats assets as individual objects rather than as account balances. Technically this allows many transactions to be processed in parallel instead of forcing them into a single sequence. The architecture and the role of the token are described in the official developer documentation.

Supply mechanics deserve the closer look. The maximum supply is capped at 10 billion tokens, of which 4.07 billion circulate today. The remaining 59 percent enter the market gradually through release schedules. That dilution is the single most important structural headwind for the price, because new supply has to be absorbed by new demand simply to keep the price flat.

Regulation is the third factor. In the European Union, crypto assets are governed by the MiCA framework, which the European Securities and Markets Authority supervises and specifies through technical standards. For a token like SUI this cuts in a mostly favourable direction: clear rules for trading venues and custody lower the barrier for regulated providers, though they do not make any statement about the price.

What Speaks For Buying SUI at Current Prices

First, the distance to the peak. At 78.2 percent below its twelve-month high, SUI is priced far away from the expectations of September 2025. Whoever buys today pays for a project whose most optimistic assumptions have already been removed from the price.

Second, the tested support. The low at 0.6517 US dollars is not a theoretical line on a chart but a level at which buyers actually appeared. It gives the position a defined point below which the assumption is falsified, and that makes risk measurable rather than vague.

Third, the liquidity. A turnover of roughly 20 percent of market capitalisation per day and rank 25 in the overall market mean SUI can be traded in both directions without meaningful slippage. That matters more than it sounds: an asset you cannot exit at a fair price during stress is a different asset from the one you bought.

What Speaks Against Buying SUI at Current Prices

First, the timing. With an RSI of 75.1 after a week worth 26 percent, the entry falls into the most stretched part of the move. Anyone buying now is paying the price of the recovery rather than the price of the low, and the 30.6 percent between the two is the difference between patience and haste.

Second, the intact downtrend. The price remains 18.5 percent below the 200-day moving average at 1.0435 US dollars. As long as that is true, every advance is a counter-move within a downtrend, and counter-moves in downtrends have a poor completion record.

Third, the dilution. Around 59 percent of the maximum supply is still to be released. Additional tokens reaching the market meet demand that has to grow at least as fast merely to keep the price stable. This is a headwind that has nothing to do with the chart and does not disappear with a good week.

How to Buy SUI at Current Prices

Costs come in three layers, and only the first is usually advertised. There is the trading fee, typically between 0.1 and 1.5 percent depending on the venue and the order type; there is the spread between bid and ask, which is invisible on the invoice but real in the fill; and there are withdrawal fees if you move the coins off the exchange. On a small position the spread can easily exceed the stated fee.

Which venue suits you depends less on the headline fee than on how you intend to hold. Our exchange comparison sets the fee structures side by side, and readers who want a European regulatory footing will find the relevant venues in the overview of regulated crypto exchanges. Our detailed Kraken review and the Bitpanda review cover deposit methods, fee models and support in practice.

Custody is the decision most buyers postpone. Coins left on an exchange are convenient and remain the platform's counterparty risk. Coins moved to your own wallet are your responsibility, including the backup of the recovery phrase. For positions you intend to hold for years, dedicated hardware is the standard answer, and our hardware wallet comparison explains what the devices differ on.

So Is SUI a Good Buy at Current Prices?

The two horizons give different answers, and merging them is where most buying decisions go wrong.

Short term, the data does not favour an entry at 0.8507 US dollars. An RSI of 75.1, a 26 percent week behind the price and a sentiment reading of 78 points describe a market that has already moved. The nearest technical resistance is the 200-day moving average at 1.0435 US dollars, while the nearest support is the twelve-month low at 0.6517 US dollars, which is 30.6 percent below. The risk is therefore asymmetric in the uncomfortable direction.

Long term, the question is not the chart but the supply schedule against actual usage. If the network's transaction demand grows faster than the roughly 59 percent of supply still to be unlocked, the current price is a discount on that development. If it does not, the dilution alone is enough to keep the price under pressure even without a bad market.

Two conditions would falsify the constructive case. The assumption of a bottoming process is refuted if SUI closes below 0.6517 US dollars, because the support that gives the position its defined risk would then be gone. The assumption of an intact downtrend is refuted if SUI reclaims 1.0435 US dollars and holds that level on a retest. Everything between those two lines is noise, and treating it as signal is the expensive habit in this market.

Buying SUI: what to take away

1. The trend is still down, the bounce is real. SUI sits 18.5 percent below its 200-day moving average of 1.0435 US dollars and 30.6 percent above its twelve-month low of 0.6517 US dollars. The longer view on where this might lead is in our SUI price prediction.
2. The entry point is stretched, not cheap. An RSI of 75.1 after a 26 percent week means today's buyer pays for the recovery. If you still want exposure, the venue and its fee model decide a measurable part of your result, and our exchange comparison lays those out.
3. Dilution is the structural risk. Roughly 59 percent of the 10 billion maximum supply is still to be released. For positions held through that schedule, custody stops being a detail, and our hardware wallet comparison is the place to start.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through affiliate programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or the assessment of the chart situation; the price data comes from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 23 August 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and conditions change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price volatility, and a total loss is possible.)

Revolut launched its first own euro stablecoin on August 26, 2026. It is called EURR, is designed to be worth one euro permanently, and is going first to selected customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal. Germany is not part of this first wave. Nothing changes for your balance today, but something does change for your planning: the deadline for Tether (USDT) in the European Economic Area ends on August 31, 2026, and the replacement Revolut is building for it has not yet arrived in your country.

This article sets out what lies behind EURR, who actually issues the token, what legal status it carries, and which two dates matter for German Revolut customers over the coming days.

Revolut EURR Explained: What the New Euro Stablecoin Is

A stablecoin is a token whose value is pegged to a currency and which is meant to hold that peg through reserves held against it. EURR is pegged to the euro at a ratio of one to one, and it sits in the Revolut app alongside the other crypto assets.

According to the launch details, exchanging between euro balances and EURR carries neither a spread nor a fee. The existing trading and transfer limits of each account continue to apply. Some customers will also be able to send the token to external wallets; the company says this function will be extended step by step as liquidity supports it.

Emil Urmanshin, who runs the crypto business at Revolut, framed the launch as the company combining its scale and its banking licences with instant access to a euro token. That is a statement by the provider about its own product, not an independent assessment.

Revolut says it has around 80 million customers worldwide. More than 16 million of them use the app's crypto functions. That reach is the real difference from the euro tokens seen so far: most of those sit inside trading applications, while EURR sits inside an everyday app.

Bridge Building S.A. as Issuer: Who Really Stands Behind EURR

The token carries Revolut's distribution, but it is issued by a different company. The issuer is Luxembourg-based Bridge Building S.A., a company belonging to Bridge. Bridge is a provider of stablecoin infrastructure that the payment processor Stripe acquired in October 2024 for 1.1 billion dollars; the purchase closed in February 2025.

The issuer is supervised by the Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF. On the information available, the authority lists the company with two authorisations: as an e-money institution under number W00000024 and as a crypto-asset service provider under N00000012. The European Bridge subsidiary received its MiCA authorisation as an e-money issuer at the end of July 2026, a good four weeks before the launch.

On the distribution side stands Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd, based in Cyprus and supervised by the local regulator CySEC as a crypto-asset service provider. It appears in the launch publications as the only named distribution partner.

This split is not a formality. It determines whom you turn to when you want to redeem your EURR for actual euros, and whose reserves stand behind that. Anyone who has already looked up which firms are even permitted to issue stablecoins in Europe will recognise the same structure in our analysis of the MiCA register of stablecoin issuers.

E-Money Token Under MiCA: What the Legal Status Means for Your Balance

Under the EU's MiCA regulation, EURR is classified as an e-money token. An e-money token is a crypto asset that tracks the value of exactly one official currency and whose issuer requires a dedicated authorisation for it. This is the stricter of the two stablecoin categories in MiCA, and the reason the issuer needs an e-money licence rather than merely a registration.

Two things follow from that status that affect you directly. First, the issuer must hold the equivalent value in reserve and keep it segregated from its own assets. Second, you have a right to return your tokens at par value at any time. Both are the core of what MiCA demands of a euro token.

We have taken apart in detail elsewhere how this construction differs from the central bank's digital euro: the difference between the digital euro and a stablecoin lies not in the technology but in the question of who is liable when it matters.

No Deposit Insurance: Why EURR Is Not a Bank Deposit

For your money, one sentence from the terms counts for most: EURR is not a bank deposit. According to the product information, holders do not enjoy the protection that deposit insurance provides for balances in a current account.

With e-money tokens that is the rule rather than a special case. Statutory deposit insurance in the EU covers deposits held at credit institutions. An e-money institution works with a different protective mechanism: it has to separate customer funds and hold them apart so that they do not fall into the estate if the worst happens. The protection therefore comes from the segregation of assets rather than from a guarantee fund with a fixed coverage limit.

What This Means for Your Balance in Practice

For everyday use that changes little, but it matters a great deal for the question of how large a holding should be. A euro token works as a parking space between two trading decisions, or as a means of payment; it is no substitute for an account holding a reserve. We have collected the criteria that help here in a separate piece: when to treat a stablecoin as cash and when not to.

If you pay attention to the authorisation held by the venue where you keep such tokens, our overview of regulated crypto exchanges lists the providers holding a European permission.

Denmark, Poland, Portugal: Why Germany Is Missing From the First Wave

The three launch countries were chosen by the size of the respective customer base, according to the company. Further markets in the European Economic Area are set to follow during 2026, explicitly subject to product, operational and regulatory readiness.

That leaves no fixed date for Germany. On its own that would be unremarkable, but it becomes relevant because a hard deadline for a different token expires in the same week. The timetable for the replacement and the timetable for the removal are not running in step.

USDT Deadline on August 31: What Revolut Customers in Germany Must Check Now

Revolut has removed Tether (USDT) from eligible accounts in the European Economic Area and in Switzerland. Purchases were already discontinued on July 6, 2026. Affected customers can sell or withdraw their holdings until August 31, 2026. After that, remaining holdings will be converted into the respective account currency.

That leaves two tasks, and both can be dealt with today. First, check whether there is any USDT left in your Revolut account at all; that includes residual amounts left over from an exchange. Second, decide whether you sell yourself, move the holding to your own wallet or another exchange, or let the automatic conversion happen.

We wrote up the details of this deadline and the legal consequences of the forced conversion when it was announced in August: Revolut is dropping USDT on August 31. Today's EURR launch changes nothing about that deadline, because the new token is not yet available in Germany.

Forced Conversion and Tax: Why the Automatic Swap Counts as a Sale

When a platform converts a holding into another currency on its own initiative, that is not a neutral event for tax purposes. From the perspective of German tax law it constitutes a disposal, just like a sale you trigger yourself. The moment of conversion is then the moment of disposal.

With a dollar-pegged token, the gain against the purchase price is usually small, because the value barely moves. Small is not the same as zero, though: the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar certainly does move, and precisely that difference can produce a taxable gain or loss.

Keep an Eye on Acquisition Date and Holding Period

Documentation matters more than the amount. A forced conversion produces an event in your transaction history that you will have to explain later, and it sets a new acquisition date for the amount you receive. So download your history before the cut-off date rather than waiting until next spring. A portfolio tracker with a tax function takes the collecting work off your hands, provided the data is exported cleanly.

One note on sequence: whoever unwinds the holding themselves picks the timing and the target value. Whoever lets the deadline pass has both assigned to them.

374 EURR in Circulation: What the Launch Size Says About Liquidity

At launch, EURR is tiny. According to the reserve report, exactly 374 tokens were in circulation on August 20, 2026, matched by 374 euros in deposits at credit institutions. That is no criticism of the product; it is the normal state of a token that is only just being rolled out to a selected group.

The figure carries a practical meaning all the same. A low circulating supply means low liquidity outside the app in which the token is issued. As long as EURR essentially circulates within Revolut, the reliable route back into actual euros runs through the issuer rather than through a sale on an open market.

Euro Stablecoins in the Market: How Far EURC Leads EURR

The distance to the established euro token is enormous at launch. For the same reference date, August 20, 2026, around 403.1 million euros of Circle's EURC were reported in circulation across five networks, equivalent to roughly 470.1 million dollars. Against the 374 EURR that is more than a millionfold.

For you as a user that means two things. A euro token with a large circulating supply can be exchanged in more places and turns back into money faster when it matters. A euro token with a small supply inside a large app can close that gap quickly if the rollout plan holds. Which of the two effects wins cannot be settled today, and anyone claiming otherwise is working with figures that do not yet exist.

Ethereum, Polygon, Solana: Which Chains EURR Is Set to Run On

On the question of which blockchains EURR is available on, the launch accounts diverge, and that is not smoothed over here. Some publications name only Ethereum at launch, others Ethereum and Polygon, a third group adds Solana. There is agreement that Ethereum comes first and that further networks are to follow.

Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, Injective, TON and Sui are among those named as later stages; in total there is talk of up to eight networks. Before withdrawing to an address of your own, always check in the app which network is actually on offer. A token on the wrong chain is the most common and most infuriating mistake people make when moving a balance out.

Redemption at Par: How the MiCA Redemption Right Works

The redemption right is the core of an e-money token. You can return your EURR to the issuer at par value, one token for one euro. According to the product information, this redemption runs through the authorised issuer and depends on its onboarding process and regulatory requirements.

That sentence matters more than it sounds. Inside the app, the route back into euros is convenient. Anyone who has moved the token to an external address and wants to redeem it there faces the issuer as a customer in their own right and goes through its checks. That is permissible and laid out that way in MiCA, but it takes longer than a tap of a finger.

How far the European rules for such tokens might still shift over the coming months is the subject of the ongoing review of the regulation. Our piece on the MiCA review and the proposed changes covers where that stands.

Address Freezes and No Interest: What Conditions Come With EURR

Two properties of the token belong in any sober assessment. EURR generates no yield for holders. This is not a decision the provider took against its customers but a requirement: MiCA prohibits issuers from paying interest on e-money tokens. Anyone looking for a return will systematically not find it in a euro stablecoin.

Second, the issuer reserves the right to freeze addresses where there is a suspicion of unlawful use. That too is customary with regulated tokens and the flip side of authorisation: whoever issues under supervision has to be able to respond to orders. A euro token is therefore a different instrument from a cryptocurrency without an issuer, and that difference should feed into any decision about where a larger amount sits.

What That Means for Storage

If you hold larger amounts in tokens that an issuer can freeze, spreading them across several storage methods is not excessive effort. Our overview of software wallets sets out which wallet types come into question and how they differ.

Checking Revolut EURR: What to Take Away

1. Look in your Revolut account today to see whether any USDT is still sitting there. The deadline ends on August 31, 2026. Sell yourself or withdraw the holding if you want to determine the timing and the destination. If you would rather move the holding to a venue with a European permission, our overview of regulated crypto exchanges helps with the choice.
2. Download your transaction history before the cut-off date passes. An automatic conversion is a disposal for tax purposes and needs supporting evidence later on. A tax and portfolio tool assigns the events correctly, provided the raw data is complete.
3. Hold off on EURR until the token is actually offered in Germany. A rollout plan without a date is not availability. When the time comes, check the issuer, the redemption procedure and the network on offer first, then consider which part of your balance should sit in a token at all. For storage outside an app, the wallet overview is worth a look.

Sources on the launch: the reports by crypto.news and Crowdfund Insider on the EURR launch, each with its own details on the issuer, the authorisation and the launch countries.

(As of August 26, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)

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CrowdStrike Reports Strong Revenue Growth and Record ARR Expansion

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• Strong profits and AI expansion support Synopsys while shares face pressure
• Synopsys delivers record growth as semiconductor demand drives future plans

Synopsys Inc. (SNPS) stock retreated after hours despite strong quarterly results, as the company reported higher revenue, profit growth, and improved yearly targets. The stock closed at $410.00, gaining 0.30%, before falling to $403.14 after the market session. The decline followed a sharp pullback from intraday highs after the company released fiscal third quarter results.

Synopsys, Inc., SNPS

Synopsys reported third quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $2.477 billion, compared with $1.740 billion during the same period last year. Meanwhile, the company posted GAAP net income of $545.8 million, up from $242.5 million. Non-GAAP net income also increased to $752.5 million from $548.9 million year over year.

The company’s earnings growth reflected stronger demand across its core businesses and contributions from Ansys operations. Furthermore, Synopsys raised its full-year revenue, operating margin, earnings, and cash flow expectations. The company continues expanding its role in semiconductor design as artificial intelligence increases demand for advanced technology solutions.

Synopsys Earnings Growth Supported by AI Demand and Business Expansion

Synopsys achieved stronger performance through its Design Automation and Design IP segments during the quarter. The Design Automation segment includes semiconductor design software, verification tools, Ansys products, and system integration services. The Design IP segment provides memory interfaces, logic libraries, and security intellectual property.

The company reported non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $3.91 for the quarter, compared with $3.39 in the previous year. Additionally, GAAP earnings per diluted share reached $2.84, compared with $1.50 during fiscal third quarter 2025. The results exceeded the company’s previous expectations.

Artificial intelligence growth remains a major factor supporting demand for Synopsys technology solutions. Moreover, the company expects increasing complexity in chip development to drive continued adoption of its engineering platforms. The completed Ansys acquisition has also strengthened its product portfolio.

Synopsys Provides Higher Fiscal 2026 Targets as Revenue Outlook Improves

Synopsys expects fiscal 2026 revenue between $9.69 billion and $9.74 billion. The company also projected fourth quarter revenue between $2.53 billion and $2.58 billion. These targets include expected contributions from Ansys revenue during the fiscal year.

The company expects full-year non-GAAP earnings per share between $15.04 and $15.10. Furthermore, Synopsys projects a non-GAAP operating margin of about 41.5% for fiscal 2026. The company also expects operating cash flow of approximately $2.8 billion.

Synopsys expects free cash flow to reach about $2.6 billion during fiscal 2026. However, the company noted that future results depend on current export control conditions and government restrictions. The company continues focusing on growth opportunities in semiconductor and artificial intelligence markets.

Synopsys Stock Faces Short Term Pressure After Strong Quarterly Performance

Synopsys shares experienced pressure after hours despite improved financial results and stronger guidance. The market reaction followed a decline from session highs as traders responded to the latest earnings update. The stock movement came after a strong period of business growth.

The company remains positioned within the semiconductor software industry as chip demand continues increasing. Furthermore, its AI-related opportunities provide additional growth potential through advanced design requirements. Synopsys continues investing in solutions that support next-generation computing systems.

The company’s latest results highlight continued financial improvement following the Ansys acquisition. Meanwhile, higher revenue expectations show management confidence in future performance. Synopsys remains focused on expanding its technology offerings while supporting semiconductor innovation.

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TLDR

• Underwear Focus Supports Fall Wardrobe Demand
• First-Layer Products Gain Seasonal Attention
• Popular Underwear Lines Target Fall Shoppers
• Strong Reviews Support Core Underwear Products
• Fall Reset Puts Comfort And Fit In Focus

Duluth Trading trades at $3.735, down 1.19%, as the company promotes underwear ahead of fall shopping. The retailer has placed greater attention on first-layer products as shoppers refresh seasonal wardrobes. Duluth highlights comfort, moisture control, fabric choice, fit, and support across its collections.

Duluth Holdings Inc., DLTH

The company targets both men and women through several underwear and first-layer product lines. These include Buck Naked, Free Range, Armachillo, Dang Soft, and Bullpen collections. The seasonal campaign gives the retailer another opportunity to highlight products used throughout the year.

Duluth Trading operates as a functional workwear and outdoor apparel brand with a focus on practical clothing. The company has expanded its attention beyond visible outer layers to everyday essentials. The current campaign focuses on products that customers frequently wear and wash during regular routines.

Fall Shopping Brings First-Layer Products Into Focus

Duluth Trading links the underwear push with the seasonal wardrobe reset that accompanies back-to-school shopping. The National Retail Federation expects families to spend $146.8 billion during the 2026 back-to-school season. Clothing and accessories could account for $13.1 billion of that spending, according to the cited industry figures.

The company says shoppers often refresh visible clothing while overlooking underwear and other basic layers. Duluth aims to bring these frequently used products into the seasonal shopping conversation. The company emphasizes that first layers can influence comfort and movement throughout the day.

Duluth also separates its products according to different daily needs and preferences. For example, some collections emphasize natural fabrics, while others focus on moisture control or cooling performance. As a result, the assortment gives customers several options across work, exercise, and everyday use.

Product Range Targets Comfort And Performance

Duluth’s Buck Naked collection focuses on lightweight comfort and moisture-wicking performance across men’s and women’s products. The women’s range includes Hi-Cut, Boyshort, and Brief styles with moisture and odor control features. Men’s Buck Naked Performance products use nylon and spandex for moisture management and faster drying.

The Free Range collection provides another option through a natural-fabric design for women. Duluth states that the collection uses 94% organic cotton and offers Original and Modern cuts. The Dang Soft family targets customers who prioritize softness across men’s and women’s products.

Armachillo and Bullpen products target customers who need cooling and support during active days. The Armachillo Bullpen Boxer Brief combines cooling fabric with added support for movement. Duluth offers multiple fits, including Briefs, Boxer Briefs, Hipsters, Boyshorts, and Extra-Long Boxer Briefs.

Customer Reviews Support Duluth Underwear Offering

Customer reviews provide another source of attention for Duluth’s first-layer products. The company reports more than 30,000 five-star reviews for men’s Buck Naked underwear. Men’s Buck Naked Performance Boxer Briefs average about 4.8 out of five across more than 17,000 reviews.

Duluth also reports positive feedback across its women’s Free Range and Buck Naked products. Customers frequently mention comfort, fit, reduced bunching, and reduced chafing in their product feedback. The company provides a one-year No Bull guarantee for its first-layer products.

The seasonal campaign adds product visibility as shoppers prepare for cooler months and renewed daily routines. DLTH stock remains below $4, with shares at $3.735 during the August 26 trading session. The company’s next major scheduled checkpoint remains its September 3, 2026 earnings report, while recent product news produced mixed market reactions.

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XRP briefly surged past $1.7 before stabilizing near $1.4. While the token appears to have hit a wall after a massive rally, whale withdrawals from Binance have surged to their highest level in six months.

According to the latest findings by CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, more than 231 million XRP have moved off the exchange by large holders.

Whale Accumulation

The withdrawals totaled more than $335 million in a single day, far above the 90-day average of roughly $40 million. Darkfost described the move as both sudden and powerful compared with the recent trend, while pointing to a significant change in behavior among large XRP holders.

The surge in whale outflows comes as the crypto asset’s market capitalization increased by $25 billion over the past week, during which the token gained more than 40%.

According to the analyst, this trend has potentially helped fuel XRP’s strong market performance and renewed attention. If this accumulation trend continues, Darkfost said the asset could potentially test the $2 level within a relatively short period.

This week, Ali Martinez flagged a major jump in XRP network activity, after active addresses rose to 356,070 from 47,180. That represents a surge of well over 654%, a level of activity that typically suggests increased participation and can coincide with sharper price swings.

Trouble Ahead?

But the derivatives market showed short-term pressure for XRP after the token cleared liquidity around resistance and moved back toward a major support zone. Long liquidations were recorded at approximately $4.66 million, a 31.82% daily increase, while short liquidations stood near $1.13 million after rising 61.61%.

Despite the stronger percentage increase in short liquidations, the total volume of long liquidations is nearly four times larger. This indicates that the pullback following the recent rally forced a significant number of leveraged long positions out of the market, meaning that the sell-off was driven by both spot selling and the liquidation of leveraged positions.

While this confirms the current bearish pressure, the clearing of leveraged positions could eventually provide room for a healthier rebound, CryptoQuant explained.

Meanwhile, XRP’s Money Flow Index (MFI) has fallen to 35.89 from around 60, which points to a significant weakening in the buying pressure that supported the earlier price move. However, the MFI remains above 20, which means that the crypto asset has not yet entered technically oversold territory and could still face further downside.

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The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange warned its users that certain operations will be temporarily halted later this week.

Prior to that, it revealed the delisting of three altcoins, which will take effect at the start of September.

What Binance Users Need to Know

The company announced that it will briefly suspend deposits and withdrawals on the Ethereum network on August 27 to support wallet maintenance. The process is expected to take about one hour, after which operations will resume.

As usual, Binance assured that it will handle all technical requirements involved for all affected users and said that trading of tokens on the aforementioned network will not be impacted.

Upgrades of this type are routine and typically carry no significant complications for clients. The company supported wallet maintenance on the Ethereum blockchain in May this year, and months later it temporarily paused TRX deposits and withdrawals to perform a similar process. There were no reports of issues, and operations were quickly restored.

Besides backing such upgrades, Binance is known for thoroughly reviewing all digital assets listed on its platform and removing those that fail to meet the necessary criteria, including the team’s commitment to the project, network stability against attacks, community engagement, trading volume, liquidity, and other factors.

As a result of its latest analysis, it decided to terminate all services with ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), and Storj (STORJ). The delisting is scheduled for September 3, when all spot trading pairs of the aforementioned tokens will be removed.

The announcement came less than a week ago, and since then the involved coins have been charting painful declines. SCRT, for instance, has registered another 25% collapse in the past 24 hours alone.

Similar Effect in the Past

Price slumps following such news shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, Binance remains the biggest crypto exchange, and withdrawing support results in shrinking liquidity, diminished availability, and reputational damage.

A similar thing happened at the start of August when the company said goodbye to Across Protocol (ACX), Hashflow (HFT), PIVX (PIVX), Vulcan Forged PYR (PYR), Vanar (VANRY), and Viction (VIC). Back then, PIVX and PYR took the biggest blow, both nosediving by approximately 20% in a single day.

Double-digit declines were observed with Alchemix (ALCX), Ardor (ARDR), NFPrompt Token (NFP), and Marlin (POND) in June, when Binance delisted them as well.

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Altcoins have taken a leading role in the latest crypto market rally, as trading activity and market capitalization surged alongside Bitcoin’s sharp move higher. This comes after an extended period of low volatility and subdued trading volumes.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, investor attention and capital have moved strongly toward altcoins, “potentially signaling a broader resurgence of risk appetite across the market.”

Biggest Dominance Surge in 2 Years

Bitcoin gained nearly 25% over the past week, while altcoins significantly amplified the broader market trend. The total altcoin market capitalization, measured through Total2 and excluding Ethereum, increased by around $135 billion during the same period. Darkfost said that the scale of the move highlights how quickly capital has entered the altcoin segment.

A notable change was also seen in trading activity. On Binance, which represents nearly 40% of altcoin trading volume across exchanges, these tokens accounted for as much as 65% of total volume at their peak. At that point, Bitcoin made up just 21% of volume, while Ethereum accounted for 13.6%.

Darkfost explained that altcoins had not held this much of Binance’s trading volume in two years. The gap between the assets indicates a clear redistribution of liquidity across the market, as these tokens attracted a larger share of trading activity than Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The shift came after several announcements from Trump on August 19, including his call for the US to purchase large amounts of BTC and for Congress to pass the Clarity Act. Darkfost said the announcements helped push liquidity into altcoins.

Impulse Surges to 93%

The strength is also showing up in market breadth. Altcoin Vector said its ‘Altcoin Impulse’ reading jumped to 93%, which suggested that the rally has spread across a large part of the market. However, it considers breadth above 75% overextended, meaning the move could face exhaustion or a reset.

Analyst Matthew Hyland had previously predicted that alts could deliver returns of 10x to 1000x, comparing the June sell-off to the March 2020 market collapse. Hyland had said that June was essentially an altcoin version of the 2020 crash and pointed to Ethereum, Cardano and other tokens as examples that could see outsized gains if the comparison plays out.

He had also said many of these tokens could recover within a few months rather than taking years to regain lost ground.

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The cryptocurrency market appears to have taken a small step back today (August 26) after the explosion in the past several days, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and many other digital assets posting minor losses.

However, this is not the case for Rain (RAIN), whose valuation rocketed by 20% on a 24-hour scale. Check out what triggered the rally and the next potential targets.

The Kept Promise

RAIN is the best-performing top 100 cryptocurrency today after rising to a new all-time high of almost $0.02 before slightly retreating to the current $0.0176 (per CoinGecko). Its market capitalization has increased to roughly $12.5 billion, making it the 13th-biggest digital asset.

The main catalyst for the uptrend seems to be the team’s decision to burn $108 million worth of the token – exactly as requested by the community during the first DAO governance vote.

The burning effort caught the attention of multiple industry participants. X user Route 2 FI claimed Rain Protocol is building the infrastructure layer so that anyone can make markets for anything, adding that they have invested in the project.

Another factor that may have positively impacted the price is the fact that the altcoin has recently become available on HyperliquidX. “A decentralized exchange purpose-built for trading, with the order book fully on-chain and fills settling into your own wallet. Permissionless protocol, permissionless venue,” the X post reads.

According to AltcoinSherpa, the development should help RAIN’s overall trading volume, arguing “there’s a lot of backing for this project.”

For his part, Keval Gala highlighted four main reasons for his bullish stance on the token: the major burn, Hyperliquid’s integration, the upcoming V2 with $100 million committed, and that 2.5% of trading volume is directed toward buybacks and burns. At the same time, the X user said he is closely monitoring the key resistance at $0.0195 and predicts that a drop below the $0.017-$0.018 range could trigger a deeper pullback.

What RAIN Actually Is?

Rain Protocol is a decentralized platform built on Arbitrum that allows users to create permissionless options on numerous subjects. Participants can define their own markets, set the possible outcomes, and trade freely – all in line with the project’s vision of transparency and user control.

The project’s native token is RAIN, launched last September and currently listed on popular exchanges such as Gate, MEXC, and BingX. It gained initial attention in November 2025 when the clinical-stage immunotherapy company Enlivex Therapeutics agreed to a private investment deal to purchase and sell $212 million in ordinary shares.

The firm intended to use the proceeds to implement the first RAIN prediction markets token treasury strategy. Interestingly, Matteo Renzi (former Prime Minister of Italy) is on Enlivex’s Board of Directors.

Despite its solid performance as of late, traders and investors should stay prepared for a potential short-term correction. The crypto market in general tends to head south following periods of serious gains, while RAIN’s holder distribution reinforces the bearish outlook.

Data show that the top 10 addresses control nearly 90% of the coin’s supply: a level of concentration that can be viewed as a red flag because it increases the risk of price manipulation.

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BlackRock has facilitated more than $5 billion in Bitcoin-for-ETF-share swaps from private wallets into its IBIT fund, after cutting the minimum size for such in-kind transactions to $1 million in July.

The shift gives investors a way to keep Bitcoin exposure while moving custody into a regulated ETF structure, with security concerns around self-custody adding to the appeal.

BlackRock Lowers Barrier for Bitcoin ETF Swaps

As noted in a report by Bloomberg, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust first opened its in-kind creation process to private wallets with a $25 million minimum, a threshold that fell to $1 million in July.

IBIT’s total volume for these conversions has climbed past $5 billion, up from more than $3 billion when Bloomberg first reported on the trend last October. The process can take more than a week to complete, per Robbie Mitchnick, BlackRock’s head of digital assets, and inquiries are now coming in from clients both inside and outside the US.

Mitchnick tied the growth to security scares like kidnappings, ransom situations, and custody failures, saying those incidents “motivate them to make this switch for all or some of their holdings.”

Swapping Bitcoin for ETF shares also lets holders avoid triggering an immediate capital gains bill in many cases, since the BTC is exchanged rather than sold outright.

Bitwise has cut its own in-kind minimum from $100 million at launch to $50 million and now $3 million; chief investment officer Matt Hougan said the process now moves “more like a conveyor belt.”

At Morgan Stanley, in-kind conversions make up an estimated 5% to 7% of the roughly $560 million MSBT fund per the report, though global ETF head Ally Wallace noted: “there is a lengthy education process related to this type of transaction.” Meanwhile, 21Shares has averaged around $5 million per in-kind transaction over the past three months, according to capital markets head Alistair Perry.

The mechanism has also spread past Bitcoin, with Grayscale and VanEck now processing in-kind trades for Ethereum (ETH), and Bitwise handling them for both ETH and Solana (SOL).

At Grayscale, in-kind now accounts for 62% of gross Bitcoin creations and 63% of Ethereum creations, up from 28% and 57% respectively in March, the firm’s head of trading and capital markets, Krista Lynch, told the publication.

Just This One Bottleneck

There’s one major issue in the backend that’s still holding up such swaps. Every in-kind trade still has to pass through an authorized participant or market maker willing to take custody of the crypto, which adds cost and helps explain why the service began with the very largest holders.

But the encouraging news is that issuers expect minimums to keep falling as more intermediaries build that capacity.

All that is happening with BTC climbing back above $81,000 for the first time since May, with its spot ETFs pulling in more than $2.5 billion since August 17, to bring the entire month’s total so far to just over $3 billion. This marks the funds’ biggest inflows since October 2025, with a few trading days still to go before the month is done.

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