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An a16z-linked address beginning with 0xb5E4 transferred 89,470 HYPE worth $6.6 million to crypto market maker Wintermute, Onchain Lens reported. The transfer is estimated to have been intended for a sale.

Franklin Templeton is preparing to introduce tokenized assets into its existing investment funds, Bloomberg reported. According to documents disclosed by the U.S. SEC, Franklin Templeton plans to use money market fund tokens as fund assets and collateral for ETFs and mutual funds. This means investors that had previously invested in traditional funds may later be able to include those assets in their portfolios without separately seeking out asset tokens to invest in.

Atomiq, a Bitcoin swap infrastructure provider in the Starknet (STRK) ecosystem, temporarily halted swaps on Aug. 20 after an AI-based security attack, according to Crypto Briefing. No user funds were lost as a result of the disruption, and Starknet plans to restore bridging functions within days by applying a new integration solution.

An expanded U.S. Treasury bond buyback program could help Bitcoin reach its cycle target of $180,000 sooner, according to CoinDesk. In an interview with CoinDesk, Mark Connors, chief investment officer at Risk Dimensions and a macroeconomic analyst, said if the Treasury’s measures ease pressure from long-term Treasury yields, BTC could gain a foundation for a rise to between $180,000 and $360,000. Connors added progress on the CLARITY Act around Sept. 15 will be a key short-term variable.

Coinbase said now appears to be a good time to ask X, formerly Twitter, once again to restore the Bitcoin emoji. X had previously removed the orange Bitcoin hashtag emoji.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will begin the first meeting of its innovation advisory committee on cryptocurrency, AI and prediction market issues at 5:00 p.m. UTC today. Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto In America, added that many people who attended a White House-hosted tech industry event yesterday are expected to take part, including figures from the crypto sector, traditional finance, academia and the prediction market industry.

Privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem Beldex has raised $8 million in a funding round led by Sigma Capital, according to Decrypt. Participants in the round included NTC, NexGen, Digital Consensus Fund and EAK Ventures. Beldex said it is expanding beyond its existing privacy ecosystem into infrastructure for developers to build confidential applications, and plans to use the funds for developer tools, confidential applications, protocol security, AI infrastructure and ecosystem expansion.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on Fox Business that Bitcoin is highly likely to reach $300,000 to $400,000 in the next few years, citing 2030 as an example. Armstrong also said BTC may be on the verge of its next bull market and that the current bear market is nearing an end, with a full-fledged rally likely after a vote on the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15.

Holdings by whale addresses with more than 1,000 ETH have been declining for the first time in three months, according to Santiment. Data showed wallets holding at least 1,000 ETH sold about 1.7 million ETH from May 20 to Aug. 20, local time, equal to roughly 2.9% of the supply held in that cohort. By contrast, the share held by wallets with one to 10 ETH rose to 4.52% of total ETH supply from 4.38% over the same period. Santiment said the more important question is where those holdings moved.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury will increase its purchases of long-term government bonds and the scale could exceed the previously announced $4 billion. The market had cited the Treasury’s expanded long-term bond purchases as one factor behind BTC’s rebound yesterday.

Bitcoin’s move above $71,000 is increasing the likelihood of a golden cross between the 50-day simple moving average and the 200-day simple moving average on the daily chart, according to CoinDesk. CoinDesk said BTC had remained in a long-term downtrend since October 2025 and had consistently traded below the 200-day simple moving average, but recently moved back above that level. It added that golden crosses seen in February 2023, October 2023, October 2024 and April 2025 were also followed by further gains. Still, CoinDesk said the latest rise could be a temporary relief rally rather than a trend reversal, adding that if the price falls back below the 200-day simple moving average, the reversal signal could be invalidated.

BlackRock’s spot Ethereum ETF recently bought $120 million worth of ETH, according to Arkham (ARKM). Arkham said buying at the current level was the first since Jan. 15, when roughly $149 million in purchases were recorded.

Coinbase said on its official X account that the U.S. is winning the crypto race and that the CLARITY Act will help the country cross the finish line.

Strive (ASST) has resumed Bitcoin purchases through its preferred stock SATA after two months and has already bought 31 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries’ official X account.

USDT demand appears to be holding up in the global market even as its delisting from local platforms continues following the European Union’s rollout of the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, or MiCA. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Artemis researcher Alex Weseley said the data showed MiCA had not caused a clear change in USDT supply, demand or cross-chain movement, while in emerging markets, stablecoins are serving as practical financial infrastructure for payments and remittances rather than simply as a store of value.

A total of 1,314.41 BTC, worth about $94.03 million, appears to have moved from 28 dormant wallets over the past 24 hours as Bitcoin extends its gains, News Bitcoin reported. Wallets created in 2014 accounted for 92.4% of the total, or 1,214.42 BTC. The outlet said there are no clear signs so far that the funds are heading to exchanges.

An anonymous whale address beginning with 0x004e opened $81.6 million in BTC and ETH short positions on Hyperliquid (HYPE), according to Lookonchain. The BTC short has an average entry price of $71,870.5 and a total size of $35.78 million, with 40x leverage and a liquidation price of $72,755.85. The ETH short has an average entry price of $2,275.15 and a total size of $45.59 million, with 25x leverage and a liquidation price of $2,327.03.

Pump.fun sold an additional 143,500 SOL worth about $12.52 million as SOL extended its gains, according to Lookonchain. So far, Pump.fun has sold a total of 4.9779 million SOL worth $820 million at an average price of $164.8.

Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, is considering joining a new fundraising round for prediction market platform Polymarket, Bloomberg reported. In an interview with Bloomberg, ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher said the company’s investment in Polymarket has continued not as a venture bet but to build expertise and exchange information. ICE made two investments in Polymarket through March, expanding its stake to $1.64 billion, while Polymarket is seeking additional funding at a valuation of more than $20 billion. Sprecher added ICE is not considering adopting perpetual futures platforms such as Hyperliquid (HYPE).

Decentralized lending protocol Clearpool announced it is working with Ripple and credit solutions firm Cicada Credit to develop an institutional lending platform based on the XRP Ledger, according to Crypto Briefing. The platform would use Clearpool’s lending protocol and Ripple’s blockchain technology, with the goal of expanding the XRP Ledger’s utility, although activation of the platform remains at the proposal stage and regulatory and technical hurdles remain.

An anonymous wallet transferred 700 BTC, worth about $50.09 million, to Coinbase about 10 minutes ago, Whale Alert reported. Exchange deposits are generally interpreted as being intended for selling.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) ranked 17th by trading volume in the U.S. stock market, ahead of Google (GOOG), according to BitcoinTreasuries.net.

A wallet estimated to be linked to Pump.fun deposited 72,252.69 SOL, worth about $6.3 million, into Kraken over the past 15 minutes, on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa said. In a post on X, ai_9684xtpa said it was the first large exchange deposit in a week and may have been intended for routine selling.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.31% - Nasdaq: -0.49% - Dow Jones: -0.68%

Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings (ORBS) held 16,278 ETH and 301,971,219 WLD as of Aug. 19, according to Investing.com. Its WLD holdings account for about 8.4% of circulating supply and were worth about $111.73 million at $0.37 per token. Including about $132 million in cash and stablecoins and a $90 million indirect investment in OpenAI through a special purpose vehicle, the company’s total holdings stood at about $389 million. Over the past two weeks, Eightco also repurchased about 14 million shares under its existing $125 million share buyback program.