The speed of the move caught a heavily bearish market off guard. More than $4 billion in short crypto positions were liquidated, creating a powerful wave of forced buying as traders rushed to close losing bets. Bitcoin is sitting at $78,800, source: Brave New Coin This was not simply another leveraged crypto squeeze, however. Institutional…
VICTORIA, Seychelles, 20th August 2026, Chainwire VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets,…
By late trading, Bitcoin was changing hands around $69,200, up approximately 7% over 24 hours after starting the session near $64,000. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token jumped 11% following Trump’s comments, while roughly $1.4 billion in bearish crypto positions were liquidated within four hours. Bitcoin is up 7% overnight, Source: Brave New Coin The immediate takeaway is…
Milton, Georgia, 11th August 2026, Chainwire Milton, Georgia, August 11th, 2026, Chainwire Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to offer more payment options without adding operational complexity. ForumPay, a crypto payment infrastructure company, enables merchants to accept crypto payments across online, in-store, and in-app channels, with instant conversion and next-day settlement. ForumPay has recently announced…
Chicago, USA, 7th August 2026, Chainwire Chicago, USA, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire CAMS-certified compliance leader to strengthen the money services business’s BSA/AML, sanctions, and virtual-asset compliance program across its digital asset and payments platform. Crypto Dispensers, a U.S.-based, FinCEN-registered money services business (MSB) operated by Virtual Assets, Inc., today announced the appointment of Mohamed Abdel…
Hong Kong, China, August 6th, 2026, Chainwire Mixin Safe, a multisignature self-custody product developed by Mixin, enables users to manage their Owner Key with a hardware wallet and combines MPC and timelock mechanisms in a layered security architecture. Mixin highlighted how the recently disclosed COLDCARD random number generation issue has renewed industry attention on the…
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 30th July 2026, Chainwire Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, July 30th, 2026, Chainwire Hardware wallets were once primarily designed to keep private keys offline and secure.. Now, expectations have changed. People who manage their own crypto still want secure cold storage, but they also want to swap assets…
Toronto, Canada, 23rd July 2026, Chainwire Toronto, Canada, July 23rd, 2026, Chainwire CoinRabbit and GoMining have published a report on Bitcoin mining profitability, showing why managing mined Bitcoin is becoming as important as producing it. The report highlights how the post-halving environment is redefining success in mining, with operators relying on stronger treasury management, capital…
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 22nd, 2026, Chainwire New builders and 25+ partners can now begin testing the much-anticipated Bitcoin infrastructure ahead of mainnet, powered by Sui’s high-performance network and Hashi’s novel security mechanism, the Guardian Layer. Sui, where money moves as freely as messages, today announced that Hashi testnet has officially launched, giving builders,…
Metaplanet Unit Secures ¥9.66B Financing As Bitcoin Treasury Plan Expands Metaplanet’s Bitcoin strategy is expanding again, this time through a financing agreement tied to its subsidiary Bitcoin Japan. The company said Bitcoin Japan signed an agreement with EVO Fund for financing of up to ¥9.66 billion, or roughly $59.5 million. The structure includes zero-coupon convertible…