₿ Bitcoin was built to make the Fed irrelevant
So why can a few words from its chair wipe billions from BTC’s market cap? 🏦📉
The surprising answer: Bitcoin largely ignored monetary policy before 2020. Then everything changed.
Now, a 1-basis-point hawkish surprise can push BTC down 0.25%—but ETF flows and global demand may finally be breaking the link. 🔗⚡️
Full analysis and experts comments 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/fed-interest-rates-impact-bitcoin-price/
So why can a few words from its chair wipe billions from BTC’s market cap? 🏦📉
The surprising answer: Bitcoin largely ignored monetary policy before 2020. Then everything changed.
Now, a 1-basis-point hawkish surprise can push BTC down 0.25%—but ETF flows and global demand may finally be breaking the link. 🔗⚡️
Full analysis and experts comments 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/fed-interest-rates-impact-bitcoin-price/
We asked 4 AI models where #Bitcoin ends August. Their targets ranged from $50,000 to almost $100,000. 🤖
ChatGPT: $60,500 base case (55% probability), needs to clear $68,500-$70,000 to break the downtrend.
Gemini: no fixed target, watching $65,300-$65,500 resistance.
Claude: skeptical of forecasts generally, sees a realistic $60,000-$74,000 range.
Grok: most bullish, citing external models averaging near $80,500.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ai-bitcoin-price-prediction-august-2026/
ChatGPT: $60,500 base case (55% probability), needs to clear $68,500-$70,000 to break the downtrend.
Gemini: no fixed target, watching $65,300-$65,500 resistance.
Claude: skeptical of forecasts generally, sees a realistic $60,000-$74,000 range.
Grok: most bullish, citing external models averaging near $80,500.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ai-bitcoin-price-prediction-august-2026/
1 million calls and emails have flooded senators' offices backing the #CLARITY Act, per Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer.
Senators Tillis and Gallego have reportedly finalized a new bipartisan ethics compromise, though the text isn't public yet and still needs White House sign-off. One insider expects it modeled on the Laken Riley Act, letting state AGs sue the DOJ but not the president directly.
Senator Lummis says the bill already includes 100+ Democrat-driven compromises. Seven days remain before August recess.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/clarity-act-passing-7-days-ethics-deal-1m-calls-emails-fuel-optimism/
Senators Tillis and Gallego have reportedly finalized a new bipartisan ethics compromise, though the text isn't public yet and still needs White House sign-off. One insider expects it modeled on the Laken Riley Act, letting state AGs sue the DOJ but not the president directly.
Senator Lummis says the bill already includes 100+ Democrat-driven compromises. Seven days remain before August recess.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/clarity-act-passing-7-days-ethics-deal-1m-calls-emails-fuel-optimism/
"The fix isn't fighting stablecoins. It's building stablecoins designed for banking."
Patrick Gerhart, President of Telcoin Digital Asset Bank, tells CCN why he believes community banks, regulated infrastructure, and compliance will drive the next phase of digital asset adoption.
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/patrick-gerhart-community-banks-stablecoins/
Patrick Gerhart, President of Telcoin Digital Asset Bank, tells CCN why he believes community banks, regulated infrastructure, and compliance will drive the next phase of digital asset adoption.
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/patrick-gerhart-community-banks-stablecoins/
BlackRock clients pulled ~$60M from its Bitcoin fund and bought $20M+ of ETH in one week. Bitcoin bulls, don't panic yet. 📊
BlackRock's crypto wallets still hold $47B in Bitcoin vs $5.55B in ETH, still overwhelmingly BTC-dominant. But the 10-day picture flipped further: Ethereum funds pulled $113.8M while Bitcoin lost $27.6M over the same stretch.
Standard Chartered still targets $4,000 ETH by year-end, $40,000 by 2030. Citi's far more skeptical: just $2,240.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-price-4000-blackrock-bitcoin-eth-coin-bureau-bullish-shift/
BlackRock's crypto wallets still hold $47B in Bitcoin vs $5.55B in ETH, still overwhelmingly BTC-dominant. But the 10-day picture flipped further: Ethereum funds pulled $113.8M while Bitcoin lost $27.6M over the same stretch.
Standard Chartered still targets $4,000 ETH by year-end, $40,000 by 2030. Citi's far more skeptical: just $2,240.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-price-4000-blackrock-bitcoin-eth-coin-bureau-bullish-shift/
The Bank of Italy ran 200 real USDC transfers across 10 corridors. The blockchain part was never the expensive bit. 🏦
Total costs ranged from 0.3% (Italy→Argentina) to nearly 9% (the reverse route). The real cost driver: converting fiat into USDC and back again, not the onchain transfer itself. Where both countries had instant payment systems, transfers cleared in under 20 minutes; where they didn't, it took up to 2 business days.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bank-of-italy-200-usdc-transfer-test-stablecoin-remittance-costs/
Total costs ranged from 0.3% (Italy→Argentina) to nearly 9% (the reverse route). The real cost driver: converting fiat into USDC and back again, not the onchain transfer itself. Where both countries had instant payment systems, transfers cleared in under 20 minutes; where they didn't, it took up to 2 business days.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bank-of-italy-200-usdc-transfer-test-stablecoin-remittance-costs/
Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP on Aug 1, but 700M went straight back into escrow, so only ~300M actually hit the open market. 🔓
SBI Holdings reaffirmed its Ripple bet during earnings, citing a $41.2B valuation. Meanwhile the price debate is extreme: one Motley Fool contributor sees XRP collapsing to $0.18 (repeating its post-2018 crash), while a technical analyst's older Fib-extension call points as high as $152.
At $1.08 today, that's a gap of nearly 850x between the two scenarios.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-bearish-warnings-ripple-1b-sbi-support/
SBI Holdings reaffirmed its Ripple bet during earnings, citing a $41.2B valuation. Meanwhile the price debate is extreme: one Motley Fool contributor sees XRP collapsing to $0.18 (repeating its post-2018 crash), while a technical analyst's older Fib-extension call points as high as $152.
At $1.08 today, that's a gap of nearly 850x between the two scenarios.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-bearish-warnings-ripple-1b-sbi-support/
Bitcoin is down 27.3% year-to-date, trading near $63,586. The bull case: exchange-held BTC sits at just 5.6% of supply, the lowest since 2018, and roughly 844,000 BTC has accumulated in the $60K-$70K range.
The bear case: short-term holders are underwater, active addresses are down 31% from last August, and Glassnode's own cycle indicator just hit its coldest reading since the FTX collapse. A sustained reclaim of $72K-$75K would confirm a real bottom. Current odds: 60% stabilization, 40% further decline toward $50K-$58K.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-falls-27-percent-2026-bottom-in-or-btc-slide-50000/
The bear case: short-term holders are underwater, active addresses are down 31% from last August, and Glassnode's own cycle indicator just hit its coldest reading since the FTX collapse. A sustained reclaim of $72K-$75K would confirm a real bottom. Current odds: 60% stabilization, 40% further decline toward $50K-$58K.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-falls-27-percent-2026-bottom-in-or-btc-slide-50000/
Two French crypto investors were kidnapped and held for 52 hours in London, prosecutors say, after allegedly showcasing their wealth on social media.
The men were reportedly burned, assaulted, and given almost no food during captivity, with attackers demanding crypto as ransom. One victim transferred approximately $30,000 to secure release. Several defendants have since been convicted of blackmail and false imprisonment; the alleged organizer remains at large.
France recorded a sharp rise in similar "wrench attacks" throughout 2026.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/french-crypto-millionaires-kidnapped-london-30k-extortion/
The men were reportedly burned, assaulted, and given almost no food during captivity, with attackers demanding crypto as ransom. One victim transferred approximately $30,000 to secure release. Several defendants have since been convicted of blackmail and false imprisonment; the alleged organizer remains at large.
France recorded a sharp rise in similar "wrench attacks" throughout 2026.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/french-crypto-millionaires-kidnapped-london-30k-extortion/
Ethereum beat the Nasdaq 100 by 25 percentage points in July, its widest monthly edge since July 2025. Tom Lee wants you to notice a pattern. 📈
Every time ETH has outperformed Bitcoin in a given month since 2025 (3 times total), BitMine's stock has then outperformed ETH over the following two months, all 3 times. July marked outperformance #4.
BitMine now holds 5.8M ETH, 4.8% of total supply, worth ~$10.9B. Lee's own biggest ETH scenarios ($12K-$62K) still depend on a much bigger BTC dominance shift than one good month proves.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-beat-nasdaq-100-btc-july-tom-lee/
Every time ETH has outperformed Bitcoin in a given month since 2025 (3 times total), BitMine's stock has then outperformed ETH over the following two months, all 3 times. July marked outperformance #4.
BitMine now holds 5.8M ETH, 4.8% of total supply, worth ~$10.9B. Lee's own biggest ETH scenarios ($12K-$62K) still depend on a much bigger BTC dominance shift than one good month proves.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-beat-nasdaq-100-btc-july-tom-lee/
Polymarket traders now give the CLARITY Act just a 27% chance of becoming law in 2026, down from ~80% in February. XRP sits at $1.08. 📉
Getting to $5, a target Motley Fool's William Ebiefung floated for 2030, now requires a 363% gain. CCN asked 3 AI models: ChatGPT puts $5 in its bullish case ($5-$8), Gemini calls it a "realistic base-to-bullish target," Claude is most cautious, placing $5 at the low end of its bullish scenario, not its base case ($1.50-$3.50).
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-5-clarity-act-2026-passage-odds-crash-27-ai-models/
Getting to $5, a target Motley Fool's William Ebiefung floated for 2030, now requires a 363% gain. CCN asked 3 AI models: ChatGPT puts $5 in its bullish case ($5-$8), Gemini calls it a "realistic base-to-bullish target," Claude is most cautious, placing $5 at the low end of its bullish scenario, not its base case ($1.50-$3.50).
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-5-clarity-act-2026-passage-odds-crash-27-ai-models/