Day: August 14, 2025

Ethereum ETF inflows jump $729m, surpass Bitcoin ETFs

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U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds tracking Ethereum have logged another day of strong inflows as institutional demand shows no signs of cooling. Summary Ethereum ETFs recorded $729 million in inflows on Aug. 13, surpassing Bitcoin ETFs by a wide margin. The numbers mark the second-largest single-day inflows for ETH ETFs since launch, behind the $1.02 billion record earlier this month. Corporate giants like SharpLink and BitMine remain bullish on ETH and are ramping up accumulation plans. Ethereum ETFs recorded $729 million in inflows in their latest trading session on August 13, according…

Bitcoin Showed The Path, Decentralized AI Must Ditch Rented Compute

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Opinion by: Ahmad Shadid, founder of O.xyz and co-founder of IO.ne Not a single week passes by without a new artificial intelligence startup coming out of stealth.ย  With a slick interface, clever prompts and an OpenAI key powering the back-end, these ventures often boast seed valuations that make even a veteran chip designer blush. Behind the gloss sits little more than โ€œprompt arbitrage.โ€ Most of todayโ€™s so-called โ€œAI companiesโ€ are just thin packaging layers without defensible technology.ย  The company pays a few cents to ask a proprietary model a question,…

Bitcoin Volatility Strikes as Hot PPI Data Spurs Dollar Rally

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Bitcoin experienced sharp volatility, dropping to $117,719 before recovering above $118,000, following a surprisingly hot U.S. inflation report. Bitcoin Tumbles Then Rebounds The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI), a key inflation indicator measuring wholesale goods prices, surged 0.9% for the month, significantly exceeding the forecasted 0.2% increase. This marked a sharp acceleration from the prior […] Original

Ripple CTO Backs XRPL Amid Price Controversy

Key Notes David Schwartz praised XRPLโ€™s low fees, public design, and growing tokenization. Repeated XRP transfers between exchanges indicating possible wash trading have surfaced. XRPL activity has dropped, with transactions down 38% and payments falling nearly 50% in a month. Rippleโ€™s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, expressed confidence in the XRP Ledgerโ€™s long-term role in global finance amid surfacing allegations of XRP XRP $3.10 24h volatility: 5.3% Market cap: $184.60 B Vol. 24h: $10.94 B price manipulation within the crypto community. Defending a 13-Year Track Record Schwartz described the XRP…

XRP Price Being Manipulated? XRPL Validator Shares Scathing Blockchain Findings

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure An XRPL validator operating under the name Grapedrop, or Grape, has published data that he claims shows patterns of trading activity manipulation capable of influencing the price of XRP. The data, which was first posted on the social media platform X, includes screenshots from the XRPL Console and examples of live transactions, forming what the validator described as a clear on-ledger footprint of unusually large and repetitive transfers between exchange addresses. Validator Alleges Wash Trading Patterns On…

Ethereum Still At Risk Of Being Overtaken By XRP? Analyst Walks Back Shocking Prediction

For much of late 2024 and early 2025, many in the crypto world believed XRP could overtake Ethereum in market capitalization. The belief grew after XRPโ€™s powerful rally late last year, which saw it outperform most major coins while Ethereum struggled to hold key price levels.ย  At the time, market analysts were confident the gap between the two would soon close. Now, one of the most vocal supporters of the flippening, a popular analyst known as Charting Guy, has reversed his position and says itโ€™s unlikely to happen anytime soon.…

Tronโ€™s Justin Sun Sues Bloomberg

Key Notes Justin Sun has accused Bloomberg of misleading the public by publishing incorrect information about his cryptocurrency holdings. He has also requested a temporary restraining order to prevent Bloomberg from publishing its findings. Sun thinks the outlet is planning to use the information for an โ€œunrelated Bloomberg articleโ€. . Tron TRX $0.36 24h volatility: 1.3% Market cap: $34.54 B Vol. 24h: $2.06 B founder Justin Sun has sued Bloomberg, accusing the outlet of publishing false information about his crypto holdings. The outlet reportedly listed assets Sun never owned while…

$NAT, $MOBY & Net Protocol | ๐Ÿš€ 3 Hidden Crypto Gems for 2025

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Vietnam Busts Multibillion-Dollar Paynet Coin Ponzi Scheme, 20 Arrested

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Vietnamese authorities have dismantled what they described as the countryโ€™s largest crypto fraud to date, arresting the ringleader and accomplices behind a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme built around the digital token Paynet Coin (PAYN). The Phu Tho Provincial Police said on Monday that the suspects lured thousands of victims in Vietnam and overseas into an illegal multilevel marketing (MLM) operation disguised as a crypto investment platform, according to a report by local media outlet Cรดng an Nhรขn dรขn. Using websites such as FMCPAY.com and AFF2024.com, the group promised investors monthly returns…

Ripple CTO Comments On Rising XRP Ledger Competition

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Ripple chief technology officer (CTO) David โ€œJoelKatzโ€ Schwartz used a late-Wednesday post on X to frame a surge of payments and stablecoin companies launching their own base-layer networks as validation of blockchainโ€™s role in financeโ€”and to…