Author: James Wilson

Cryptocurrency firms have increasingly dominated the IPO landscape in recent months, with stablecoin issuer Circle and exchange Bullish grabbing headlines. Bullish’s debut on Wednesday made it only the second publicly traded crypto exchange in the U.S., after Coinbase Global. Gemini wants to be next. Gemini’s IPO pitch comes with heavy losses attached The firm confidentially filed in June and plans to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker “GEMI.” Gemini, which hired Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to lead the underwriting, recently disclosed in its U.S. IPO filing that revenue fell and losses deepened in the first half of 2025, Reuters reports.…

Grayscale has filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a spot Dogecoin ETF. The ETF would trade under the ticker “GDOG” on NYSE Arca. Summary Grayscale files S-1 with SEC to launch spot Dogecoin ETF under ticker GDOG Coinbase Custody will safeguard DOGE holdings, with passive ETF structure DOGE trades at $0.23, showing no rally despite rising meme coin ETF filings The filing renames the current Grayscale Dogecoin Trust to the new Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF. It will also allow investors to gain Dogecoin (DOGE) exposure without directly owning tokens. The ETF proposal…

The U.S.-based exchange-traded funds are once again on a winning streak, strengthening market confidence in Ethereum ETF inflows and the asset’s price trajectory. Summary U.S. Ethereum ETF inflows recorded $639.6 million in inflows on August 14, marking their eighth consecutive day of inflows. Total inflows over the past eight days have reached about $3.7 billion, signaling strong institutional demand. Market expectations for ETH to hit $5,000 are high, with Polymarket bettors placing the probability at 55%. Ethereum ETF inflows recorded another day of inflows on August 14, pulling a combined $639.6 million according to data from SoSoValue. BlackRock made up…

Hyperliquid ’s bullish market structure remains intact, with price consolidating just below its $49.86 all-time high. Strong support at $42.24 and rising volume signal the potential for a breakout into price discovery. Summary Price consolidating below $49.86 all-time high with strong bullish structure. $42.24 major support flipped from resistance, holding as a demand zone. Sustained bullish volume increases breakout probability into price discovery. Hyperliquid (hype) has shown remarkable resilience, maintaining its bullish momentum with a series of higher highs and higher lows. Price action recently approached its all-time high, slightly front-running the $49.86 level, and now sits above a critical…

Solayer launched SVM Bridge, an interoperability protocol to connect Solana and the Solana Virtual Machine. Summary Solayer unveils SVM Bridge to boost interoperability in the Solana ecosystem SVM Bridge will connect Solana with InfiniSVM and other SVM chains. Network boasts low latency, security, and efficient asset bridging Solana (SOL) ecosystem’s interoperability could soon get a boost. On Friday, August 15, Solayer, the company behind InfiniSVM, announced the launch of SVM Bridge. The bridge will serve as an interoperability solution for networks using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). The bridge will connect the Solana network with InfiniSVM and other SVM chains.…

Spark crypto price continued its downward trend as sentiment in the cryptocurrency industry weakened.  Summary Spark token price continued its strong downtrend on Friday.  The SPK staking inflows continued and hit 137 million. Whales and smart money investors have continued to accumulate. Spark (SPK) token fell to $0.082, its lowest level since July 29 and 55% below its highest point in July. Its market capitalization has dropped from a peak of $188 million to $127 million.  Whales are buying SPK as staking inflows surge Spark’s price declined amid ongoing weakness in the crypto industry, with the combined market cap of…

The Federal Reserve has announced that it will terminate a supervisory program that focused increased bank scrutiny on cryptocurrencies. Summary The Federal Reserve Board is terminating its novel activities supervision program. Fed says its reverting to its standard supervision process for cryptocurrencies. U.S. banking regulators have issued clarifications on banks and crypto activities amid a shift in approach to crypto and stablecoins. The Federal Reserve said in a press release that it will be sunsetting its novel activities supervision program, with this seeing the banking regulator revert to its standard supervisory processes of the crypto sector. In terminating the 2023…

DeFi Development Corp. is expanding its Solana holdings with the latest 110,000 SOL purchase. Summary DeFi Development Corp. has increased its Solana treasury holdings to $273M Lastest acquisition amounted to 110,000 SOL, worth about $22 million The company’s Solana per share metric rose 9% DeFi Dev Corp is rapidly accumulating Solana (SOL) as its treasury asset. On Friday, August 15, DeFi Development Corp. announced the purchase of another 110,000 SOL, worth about $22 million. The latest acquisition put its holdings at 1,420,173 SOL, currently valued at around $273 million. As a result, the firm’s key metric, Solana per share, rose…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink nominated as interim co-chair of World Economic Forum board Summary Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, became interim chair of the World Economic Forum board Formerly a Bitcoin skeptic, Fink has been the driving force behind Wall Street’s crypto adoption WEF founder, Klaus Schwab, recently resigned amid reorganization Bitcoin (BTC) may soon be getting a seat at one of the most influential finance forums in the world. On Friday, August 15, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, was appointed interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum board. Fink will share the role with André Hoffmann, vice chairman of…

A $130 million ETH purchase puts BitMine further ahead of its corporate rivals, but the influx lands just as Ethereum’s staking entry lines hit multi-day highs, squeezing validator activation timelines. Now, the question isn’t just who’s buying, it’s who can even move their coins anymore. Summary BitMine purchased $130 million in ETH, increasing its corporate holdings to 1.15M ETH. Ethereum validator queues hit multi-day highs, delaying staking entry and exit timelines. Meanwhile, South Korean retail investors are shifting from Tesla and tech stocks into BitMine and other crypto-related equities. On August 15, a wallet tagged as belonging to BitMine received…