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XRP rebounds 32% from $1 as ETF money pours in and whales reposition

XRP is on course for its strongest monthly gain in more than a year after recovering from below $1, even as a fresh pullback and heavy whale activity test the durability of the rally.　　Related Asset XRP #5 XRP · $1.39 24-hour change: down 5.10% 24H Down 5.10% 7D Up 36.60% 30D Up 26.53%　　CryptoSlates data shows the token trading near $1.40 as of press time, down about 5% over the past 24 hours, after climbing as high as $1.70 during last weeks broader crypto market surge.　　This price performance contrasts with the fact that XRP is on track for a roughly 32% gain in August, per CryptoRanks data. This would mark its best monthly performance since July 2025, when it advanced about 35%.　　The recovery has been accompanied by stronger demand for US spot exchange-traded funds and rising stablecoin activity on the XRP Ledger.　　Large holders, however, have also moved billions of XRP through Binance in recent weeks, creating competing signals over whether whales are accumulating or preparing to sell into the rebound.　　ETF inflows accelerate even as XRP retreats　　Institutional demand has continued after the initial price breakout, with US spot XRP ETFs recording about $23.87 million in net inflows on Aug. 25.　　The haul was

08-26Industry

GTA 6 Is Nearly There,' Rockstar Says After a Week of Leaks

Rockstar Games broke its silence on the GTA 6 leaks on Wednesday, calling the past week heartbreaking for its team. The studio said the November 19 release date still stands.　　The message lands one day before a Netflix extended look that aims to reset the story. Take-Two Interactive stock closed at $232.93 on Tuesday, down 0.24%.　　Rockstar Apologizes as GTA 6 Leaks Spoil the Reveal　　The studio opened with an apology instead of a defense. Rockstar told players it never wanted them to see the game this way, and it thanked fans who sent messages of support.　　More telling, however, was a parenthetical aside about development progress.　　“We are very sorry that everything has taken as long as it has … from getting the game finished (nearly there!) to sharing more details and official gameplay.”　　That line is the clearest status update Rockstar has offered since the delay. Meanwhile, the studio admitted that spoilers may now dull the experience it designed.　　Rockstar also flagged a second slip. The extended look took longer to get ready than the team wanted, a rare hint at internal timing pressure.　　The leaks began on Aug. 18 and never let up. Clips showed protagonist Jason shooting hoops, flying a plane and triggering a

08-26Industry

Quantum-Safe Crypto Pilot Launches on NEAR

Banks test quantum-safe digital asset wallets and transfers on NEARs testnet.MPC technology supports ML-DSA-65 signatures for post-quantum transaction security.Regulators assess governance, resilience and cross-border interoperability risks.　　Banks and regulators have launched a cross-regional pilot testing quantum-safe infrastructure for digital asset wallets and transfers on the NEAR testnet. The initiative aims to assess post-quantum cryptography, operational resilience, governance, and cross-border interoperability before quantum computing creates practical risks for existing financial systems.　　Banks Test Post-Quantum Digital Asset Transfers　　The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) launched the pilot with Safeheron as its technology partner. Bison Bank and DK Bank will test wallet generation and on-chain transfers through a shared application environment. Regulators from Abu Dhabi, Bhutan, and Malta will initially observe the technical work.　　The pilot uses a multi-party computation (MPC) protocol supporting ML-DSA-65, a signature standard established under NISTs FIPS 204 framework. MPC lets multiple parties sign transactions without reconstructing a complete private key in one location.　　Testing will take place on the quantum-resistant NEAR testnet rather than the public network.　　Therefore, the exercise does not indicate that current quantum computers can compromise NEAR, participating banks, or customer assets. Instead, it provides a controlled environment for testing future security standards.　　Chia Hock Lai, chairman of RFI, said, “No single bank,

08-26Industry

It's Nvidia Day: Watch the biggest company on earth report earning live at the bell

13:00　　Nvidia needs more than another beat as Wall Street raises the bar ahead of earnings　　Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) heads into Wednesdays after-hours report with a problem most companies would happily take: it has performed so well that simply delivering another strong quarter is no longer enough.　　Despite clearing or beating Wall Street‘s key markers of earnings, sales, and guidance for the past four quarters in a row, shares of the world’s biggest company ended down the next day after each report.　　The one and only weakness of this run was the second quarter from last year, where Nvidias forecast met the consensus estimates rather than topping them.　　That pattern of results has changed how analysts perceive the forecasts of the firm. To put it simply, a positive-looking estimate can fall short despite being favorable if Wall Street believes the actual number will be even better in the end.　　That task is even harder to perform because Nvidia is responsible for a large portion of the AI investment boom all over the globe right now. The firm is not only the leading provider of the needed hardware but plays an increasing financial role in the whole ecosystem as well.　　For the second quarter, analysts tracked by FactSet

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Tokenized deposits could raise borrowing costs, Fed economists warn

Tokenized deposits could reduce U.S. banks capacity to hold long-term interest-rate exposure by $700 billion under one modeled scenario, according to research published Aug. 25 by Dallas Fed economists Rosie Levy and Srini Ramaswamy.　　SummaryDallas economists estimate 10% greater rate sensitivity could reduce banks duration capacity by $700 billion.A 10% shorter deposit life could reduce maturity transformation capacity by approximately $580 billion systemwide.The estimates measure ten-year equivalent interest-rate exposure, not deposits predicted to leave banking institutions directly.Tokenization may let depositors and AI agents move funds instantly toward banks offering higher yields.Banks could respond with higher deposit rates, larger liquidity buffers or additional wholesale debt issuance.　　The figure does not represent $700 billion of deposits expected to leave banks or an equivalent guaranteed decline in lending. It measures a possible reduction in banks duration risk appetite, expressed as the equivalent exposure to ten-year Treasury securities.　　The authors also stated that their views should not be attributed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.　　You might also like:　　What is a tokenized deposit？ Bank money goes on-chain　　Tokenized deposits could make bank funding less stable　　Tokenized deposits are ordinary commercial bank deposits represented on a blockchain or another distributed ledger. They can support automated

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Supply absorption ‘key question’ as Bitcoin fails to reclaim $80K: Analysis

Bitcoin ($BTC) remains sensitive to sell-side pressure at $80,000, even as investors broadly avoid mass profit-taking.　　Key points:Bitcoin investors unrealized profit and loss crosses above zero for all cohorts, apparently slowing price momentum.Long-term holders see a spike in profitability to 1.48, while short-term holders still account for the majority of in-profit coins moving onchain.The Coinbase premium fails to return to positive territory at -0.015, underscoring lackluster US demand.　　Older Bitcoin investors reactivate around 14-week highs　　Data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant reveals that older coins in particular moved onchain as $BTC/USD gained more than 25% over the past week.　　The spent output profit ratio (SOPR), which is the ratio of the current value of recently spent UTXOs to their value at creation, ticked up to 1.48 on Aug. 22, indicating increased onchain activity involving in-profit coins.　　Bitcoin LTH-SOPR. Source: CryptoQuant　　As price consolidated around $79,500, the so-called SOPR ratio, which divides the SOPR of short-term holders (STH) by that of long-term holders (LTHs), hit 1.4, its highest reading since July 25. STH and LTH refer to wallets that hold $BTC without selling for up to six months (STH) or longer than six months (LTH).　　“This suggests long-term holders were realizing profits at a higher relative rate than

08-26Exchange

Shipyard winds down IPFS work after Protocol Labs ends funding

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) maintainer Shipyard will wind down its engineering, maintenance and infrastructure operations on Sept. 30 after Protocol Labs declined to renew its funding.　　The funding loss will leave projects including Kubo, Helia, Boxo, Rainbow, IPFS Desktop and IPFS Companion without dedicated maintainers, Shipyard said in a Monday blog post.　　IPFS is an open-source protocol for storing and sharing data across peer-to-peer networks. Protocol Labs is a research and development organization that created IPFS and Filecoin, a blockchain network designed to incentivize decentralized data storage.　　The engineering collective will cease operating public infrastructure, including ipfs.io, dweb.link, delegated-ipfs.dev and the IPFS bootstrap nodes. Protocol Labs owns the associated domains and infrastructure and will determine their future, according to Shipyard.　　IPFS itself is not shutting down, but Shipyards wind-down removes dedicated stewardship from many popular implementations and services unless other maintainers take them over.　　Protocol Labs engineering and research lead Molly Mackinlay said in an online forum discussion that IPFS would shift to “lighter-weight stewardship” through IPFS Foundation grants to individual maintainers. She added that development would continue on decentralized public infrastructure.　　Shipyard was established in 2024 as an independent collective of longtime IPFS developers who previously worked at Protocol Labs.　　Related: BNB Chain activates Pasteur hard

08-26Industry

Supply absorption ‘key question’ as Bitcoin fails to reclaim $80K: Analysis

Bitcoin (BTC) remains sensitive to sell-side pressure at $80,000, even as investors broadly avoid mass profit-taking.　　Key points:Bitcoin investors unrealized profit and loss crosses above zero for all cohorts, apparently slowing price momentum.Long-term holders see a spike in profitability to 1.48, while short-term holders still account for the majority of in-profit coins moving onchain.The Coinbase premium fails to return to positive territory at -0.015, underscoring lackluster US demand.　　Older Bitcoin investors reactivate around 14-week highs　　Data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant reveals that older coins in particular moved onchain as BTC/USD gained more than 25% over the past week.　　The spent output profit ratio (SOPR), which is the ratio of the current value of recently spent UTXOs to their value at creation, ticked up to 1.48 on Aug. 22, indicating increased onchain activity involving in-profit coins.　　Bitcoin LTH-SOPR. Source: CryptoQuant　　As price consolidated around $79,500, the so-called SOPR ratio, which divides the SOPR of short-term holders (STH) by that of long-term holders (LTHs), hit 1.4, its highest reading since July 25. STH and LTH refer to wallets that hold BTC without selling for up to six months (STH) or longer than six months (LTH).　　“This suggests long-term holders were realizing profits at a higher relative rate than

08-26Industry

Moonwell has a $1.8M liquidity hole and its latest plan allocates $0 to fix it

Decentralized lending protocol Moonwell has proposed no cbETH repayment in its latest reserve round, even as the Base market for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH carries a $1.77 million net shortfall.　　The allocation, published by risk service provider Anthias Labs on Aug. 24, would leave 2.8095 cbETH of listed reserves unused months after a February oracle error created the bad debt.　　Moonwells live Base markets API showed the imbalance was still present at 11:28 UTC on Aug. 25. It reported $1.93 million supplied and $1.94 million borrowed, with negative $8,223.63 liquidity and 100.43% utilization in its cbETH market calculation.　　Infographic showing Moonwell cbETH reserves, borrowed liquidity, an $8,223 liquidity deficit, and the gap between bad-debt cleanup and supplier recovery.　　One non-liquidated supplier said a 1.05 cbETH position with no borrowing or liquidation history showed about 0.0000000001 cbETH available to withdraw. A second participant reported a similar problem on Aug. 25, although the two complaints cannot establish how many suppliers were affected.　　What the reserve plan says, and what it does not explain　　Anthias Labs said reserve repayments would stay within each mToken market. When reserves are insufficient, the plan would allocate them pro rata among eligible borrowers, omit actions at or below $1,000, and cap repayments at

08-26Exchange

Apple Stock Analysis Near $310: Neutral Momentum Tests Bulls

Apple Stock (AAPL) is trading in a tight, indecisive band just above $309, pausing after a pullback from its 52-week high. The last session closed at $309.90, ranging between $308.21 and $313.58. Price sits at the intersection of the 20-day and 50-day EMAs, $311.69 and $309.44.　　AAPL — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.Key takeawaysApple stock closed at $309.90, ranging between $308.21 and $313.58 in a neutral consolidation above $309.The 200-day EMA at $282.87keeps the longer-term uptrend structurally intact.Daily RSI14 reads 47.82, while the daily MACD histogram sits at -0.15, signaling fading downside momentum.The hourly MACD histogram has widened to -0.21, showing short-term selling pressure that has not exhausted.Daily support at $307.55and resistance at $312.92frame the near-term battleground.　　Apple Stock Daily Chart: Uptrend Intact but Momentum Cooling　　The daily chart keeps Apple stock in a longer-term uptrend, but short-term momentum is cooling. The 200-day EMA sits far below current price at $282.87. Therefore, the broader trend that has carried Apple stock higher over the past year remains structurally intact.　　Momentum and volatility are neutral　　However, the short-term momentum picture is far less convincing. Daily RSI14 reads 47.82, a neutral reading. It shows neither overbought excess nor oversold panic, just a market pausing.　　The MACD adds

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