Crypto Market Recap
August 17 - August 23, 2026
Bitcoin (BTC)
$77,285.00
0.17% (24h at time of writing)
Ethereum (ETH)
$2,436.68
0.06% (24h at time of writing)
Bitcoin This Week
- AI Has Made Bitcoin Software a Target—This Group Is Fighting Back
- Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto's week in 5 stories
- Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzz
- How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in days
- Coldcard Adds New Security Measures After $130 Million Bitcoin Exploit
Ethereum This Week
- GnosisDAO approves Gnosis Chain for Ethereum Economic Zone
- Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether in 12 seconds
- Rushed CLARITY Act vote could set legislation back, Gallego warns
- FalconX, Ethena bring USDe backing assets into $1B institutional credit facility
- Beyond crypto funding rates: Ethena diversifies USDe backing with $1 billion FalconX facility
DeFi This Week
- MiCA is coming for DeFi vaults, but regulation will be difficult
- Crypto Long & Short: Where DeFi yield really comes from (and why it broke this spring)
- Treasury Proposes Rules Defining Who Can Legally Sell Stablecoins in US
- Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus
- U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule
Altcoin This Week
General This Week
- Microsoft Fixes 'Perfect 10' Exploit That Could Have Let Hackers Run Code Remotely
- Crypto exchange BitMart weighs partial restart and creditor payouts weeks after announcing shutdown
- Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploit
- Tokenized stocks risk repeating Wall Street’s 1960s ‘paper crisis,’ Fairmint CEO says
- A Third of the Post-ChatGPT Web Is AI-Written, Pew Finds
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