Crypto Market Recap
August 10 - August 16, 2026
Bitcoin (BTC)
$63,008.00
0.02% (24h at time of writing)
Ethereum (ETH)
$1,879.49
0.01% (24h at time of writing)
Bitcoin This Week
- Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options
- Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
- Paul Tudor Jones’ investment firm increases stake in BlackRock's bitcoin ETF after year of selling
- Bitcoin to $1M by 2030 is ‘mathematically impossible’ says Markus Thielen
- Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Ethereum This Week
- Wall Street's private blockchain obsession is a 'race to the bottom,' Ethereum advocate Raman warns
- Galaxy lowers CLARITY Act odds to 10%
- Machi Big Brother sells 3 Bored Apes to cut his Ethereum long in 52%, but liquidation moved to just $22 away
- Ethereum abandons its 8-year cryptography bet after proof systems flip the tradeoff
- SharpLink Will Stake $200M of Ethereum Through Lido's wstETH
DeFi This Week
- DeFi Technologies Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
- "Blockchain, Crypto and DeFi: Bridging Finance and Technology" eBook: Free + digital download
- DeFi Assets LLC Introduces Cap Table on VYASA — The Enterprise Operating System for Private Capital Markets
- DeFi Technologies Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results with Revenue of $7.8 Million, Operating Loss of $2.3 Million, and Maintained Strong Balance Sheet
- Tron USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari
General This Week
- Tokenized stock holders more than double as monthly volume surges
- Apple Turns to Alibaba to Help Build AI Model for China
- Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
- Meta Patents Cameras That Recognize Faces and Log Your Actions
- The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
Price data via CoinGecko, captured at time of publishing. Not financial advice — see our disclaimer.