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  Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) reported 2 minutes ago

  Deribit spot execution can now access Coinbase Exchange liquidity. All the access and liquidity benefits, shared across platforms.

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  Calliope the Koala (@0xCalliope) reported 5 minutes ago

  Slow markets reveal who is actually building. While attention chases the next narrative, the Beats on Base ecosystem has been quietly laying down real infrastructure across four distinct product lanes. Not roadmap slides. Not promises. Actual working systems. BUDDIES is live. White-label AI agents deployed for crypto communities across Telegram, Discord, and Web. Projects get their own branded bot, their own generative media engine, their own community operations stack. Powered by $BEATS microtransactions instead of clunky SaaS subscriptions. The Base App Agent is live. A full AI creation studio running inside the Coinbase Base App chat interface. Talk to beats.base.eth and generate images, videos, and content on demand. Payments settled on-chain. Discounts stacked for token holders. The free-to-paid funnel already converting users. Beats x402 is live. Payment middleware that turns HTTP 402 into a native rail for AI model access. Over 1,400 models sitting behind a single permissionless payment standard. Machine-to-machine commerce with no API keys, no subscriptions, just a wallet and USDC. And then there is Creator Studio. A crypto-native, programmatic generative media suite built for content creators who want professional-grade production powered by live on-chain data. That one is still in progress. Roadmap. Coming after the foundation is solid. That is the point of slow markets. You build the boring stuff. The payment rails. The agent infrastructure. The token utility sinks that create real demand loops. You do it before the spotlight returns, so when it does, the product is already there. Most meme coins wait for the market to save them. Beats on Base is building the infrastructure so it does not have to wait for anyone.

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  Michelle Weekley (@michelleweekley) reported 10 minutes ago

  Turns out Coinbase has been hiring college kids to go to bitcoin ATMs and click around to map out their software in an effort to detail exactly what is and isn’t happening at the machines so they can more effectively GET US SHUT DOWN.

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  CryptoHamster (@CryptoHamsterIO) reported 12 minutes ago

  HyperAICharts daily newsletter – August 13, 2026 #Bitcoin remains near $63,800 as softer U.S. inflation data reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve—but still fail to produce a decisive crypto breakout. bitcoin:native is holding its range, $ETH remains below $1,900, institutional ETF demand has weakened, corporate Bitcoin treasuries are becoming more active, and leverage is expanding just as security and regulatory risks remain elevated. Market snapshot • BTC: approximately $63,800 • ETH: approximately $1,880–$1,900 • XRP: approximately $1.02 • Sentiment: Fear • BTC support: $62,000–$63,000 • BTC resistance: $65,000–$65,500 • ETH support: $1,850 • ETH resistance: $1,950–$2,000 Bitcoin traded around $63,833 on August 13 after July CPI showed annual inflation easing to 3.4% from 3.5%, while core inflation slowed to 2.5%. The follow-up inflation signal was also relatively benign: July producer prices were unchanged month over month versus expectations for an increase, while annual PPI slowed to 4.7%. Markets reduced expectations of a September Fed rate increase to roughly 35%. Ten developments that matter 1. Inflation is cooling—but Bitcoin still cannot break resistance July CPI came in at: • +0.1% month over month • +3.4% year over year • Core CPI: +0.2% MoM • Core CPI: +2.5% YoY Then July PPI came in flat month over month, below the expected increase. The combination of softer consumer inflation, weak July employment and benign producer-price data reduces the immediate pressure on the Fed to tighten policy again. That should normally be supportive for liquidity-sensitive assets. But BTC remains below $65,000–$65,500. That muted reaction matters: macro conditions have improved, but crypto-specific demand is not yet strong enough to convert favorable data into a confirmed breakout. A sustained move above $65,500–$66,000 would improve the structure. A loss of $62,000–$63,000 would shift attention back toward the lower end of Bitcoin’s recent range. 2. ETF flows are no longer providing consistent support U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $61.2M in net outflows on August 12. Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for roughly $46.8M of the outflow, while BlackRock’s IBIT lost approximately $14.3M. Ethereum ETFs moved in the opposite direction, recording approximately $7.4M of net inflows on August 12. The sequence matters. Bitcoin ETF demand surged during August 3–7, but subsequent sessions have been inconsistent. That means institutional demand has not disappeared—but it is no longer providing the same persistent marginal bid. For BTC, the stronger signal would be several consecutive positive ETF sessions combined with spot-market strength above resistance. 3. Strategy is actively managing its Bitcoin treasury—not simply accumulating Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6M between August 3 and August 9 at an average net sale price of $64,262. Its Bitcoin holdings fell to 840,447 BTC. The company’s aggregate Bitcoin purchase cost is approximately $63.36B, equivalent to an average acquisition price of $75,385 per BTC. The Bitcoin-sale proceeds funded the repurchase of approximately 1.15M STRC preferred shares. Strategy simultaneously sold approximately $653.1M of MSTR common stock, directing $650M of the proceeds into its U.S. dollar reserve. That reserve reached approximately $4.65B as of August 9 and is intended to support preferred-stock dividends and interest obligations. This is an important evolution in the corporate-Bitcoin thesis. Strategy now demonstrates that BTC can serve as: • A long-term treasury reserve • A source of corporate liquidity • A funding mechanism for security repurchases • Part of a broader capital-structure strategy Corporate Bitcoin holdings therefore should not automatically be treated as permanently illiquid supply. 4. Kraken has raised BTC/USD spot-margin leverage to 20x Kraken Pro now allows eligible traders in selected jurisdictions to use up to 20x leverage on BTC/USD spot-margin positions. The change applies specifically to BTC/USD margin—not every pair and not futures. Higher leverage improves capital efficiency. It also reduces the amount of adverse price movement required to create large percentage losses relative to posted collateral when traders use that leverage to increase position size. This matters because Bitcoin is currently trading inside a relatively narrow technical range. More leverage inside a compressed market can amplify: • Stop-loss cascades • Liquidations • Intraday volatility • Short squeezes • Long squeezes Leverage itself does not determine market direction. It increases the sensitivity of positioning to price movement. 5. Ethereum staking is reaching a structural inflection point Reported staking data indicate approximately 41.9M ETH is now locked—roughly one-third of circulating supply. That reduces immediately liquid ETH supply but has also reopened the debate around how much Ethereum should issue to validators. A new draft, EIP-8363 — Tapered Issuance Burn, proposes modifying Ethereum’s issuance curve by burning a portion of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises. The objective is to prevent an ever-growing percentage of ETH from becoming staked simply because staking continues to offer a persistent yield floor. The proposal is early-stage and has not been adopted. Potential benefits: • Lower future ETH issuance • Less dilution for unstaked holders • Reduced incentive for excessive staking concentration • Potentially stronger monetary scarcity Potential costs: • Lower validator yields • Reduced attractiveness for institutional staking strategies • Pressure on liquid-staking economics • Possible effects on validator decentralization For ETH investors, this is a monetary-policy debate—not an immediate network upgrade. 6. Coinbase is building a regulated tokenized-securities hub in Abu Dhabi Coinbase received Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market. The authorization allows Coinbase to arrange investment transactions and provide custody in connection with tokenized securities. This extends a broader institutional trend: Traditional securities are increasingly being represented through blockchain infrastructure while retaining regulated ownership, custody and compliance systems. Potential advantages include: • Programmable ownership • Blockchain-based settlement • Extended operating hours • Integrated compliance • Faster collateral movement • Onchain servicing of traditional assets This is significant for blockchain adoption, but it should not automatically be interpreted as demand for BTC or ETH. The more important signal is that regulated capital markets are increasingly adopting blockchain infrastructure independently of cryptocurrency speculation. 7. ENS is formalizing its governance structure ENS tokenholders approved a governance restructuring that gives the ENS Foundation administrative control over an endowment worth approximately $65M in ETH and stablecoins. Protocol control remains with ENS tokenholders. The Foundation structure is intended to professionalize: • Staffing • Grants • Intellectual-property management • External relationships • Endowment administration The endowment also includes safeguards such as timelocks and Security Council intervention rights. This illustrates a broader DAO governance trend: As decentralized protocols grow, many are separating tokenholder governance from day-to-day legal and operational management. That can improve execution—but also creates legitimate questions about centralization, accountability and the practical meaning of decentralization. 8. FlightAware’s dispute with Kalshi ended almost as quickly as it began FlightAware sued prediction-market operator Kalshi over alleged unauthorized use of its flight-cancellation data and trademark. One day later, FlightAware voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit without publicly explaining the decision. The underlying issue remains important. Prediction markets increasingly depend on external data to settle contracts. That creates unresolved questions around: • Data licensing • Trademark use • Oracle integrity • Manipulation incentives • Who legally owns settlement data • Liability when market outcomes depend on third-party information The dispute may have been withdrawn, but the structural problem is likely to reappear as prediction markets expand into more real-world events. 9. Ravencoin demonstrates how dangerous a consensus-layer vulnerability can become Ravencoin disclosed a critical consensus vulnerability that caused vulnerable nodes to accept invalid blocks. The first known invalid block appeared at height 4,487,776 on August 7. Mining pools including 2Miners and RavenMiner began building a competing chain that excludes the affected branch, while exchanges suspended RVN deposits and withdrawals. This is more serious than a normal application exploit. A consensus-layer failure can affect: • Transaction finality • Chain history • Exchange deposits • Double-spend assumptions • Merchant settlement • Bridge accounting Recent transactions can become vulnerable to reorganization while network participants converge on a valid chain. The lesson is straightforward: Not all blockchain risk is smart-contract risk. Consensus implementation, node software and miner coordination remain fundamental security dependencies. 10. The Goliath case reinforces the oldest crypto warning: guaranteed returns are a red flag The CFTC charged Goliath Ventures and CEO Christopher Delgado in connection with an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme involving at least $397M from approximately 1,600 customers. Regulators allege that the company misappropriated customer funds, paid fictional profits to existing investors and issued statements showing returns that did not exist. Delgado had already pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in June, and the SEC filed a parallel civil case on August 11. The core warning signs remain remarkably consistent: • Guaranteed principal • Guaranteed profits • Returns materially above market rates • Opaque investment strategies • Withdrawal delays • Additional payments demanded before withdrawals • Account balances that cannot be independently verified Blockchain technology does not eliminate Ponzi economics. Regulatory update: the SEC meeting was cancelled The SEC had scheduled an August 14 open meeting to consider whether to propose a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. The SEC updated the meeting page on August 13 to mark the meeting Cancelled. Therefore, August 14 should no longer be treated as a confirmed regulatory catalyst. The proposed framework remains important, but the timetable is now uncertain. The same caution applies to claims of a fixed September 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act: absent a confirmed Senate schedule, regulatory progress should be treated as pending rather than as a binary event on a predetermined date. Market structure Bitcoin • Support: $62,000–$63,000 • Intermediate level: $63,500–$64,000 • Resistance: $65,000–$65,500 • Breakout confirmation: approximately $66,000 The constructive case requires BTC to convert favorable macro data into actual spot demand. Until that happens, the market remains range-bound. Ethereum • Support: approximately $1,850 • Resistance: approximately $1,950 • Major psychological resistance: $2,000 ETH is caught between: Constructive • Record staking participation • Reduced liquid supply • Expanding institutional blockchain adoption • Tokenization activity • Strong Layer 2 usage Risks • Weak price momentum • Inconsistent ETF flows • Debate over validator economics • Corporate treasury volatility • Layer 2 value-capture questions A sustained recovery above $2,000 would materially improve the technical structure. XRP The $1.00 area remains the critical psychological level. XRP continues to benefit from Ripple’s institutional expansion and growing tokenization infrastructure, but regulatory uncertainty and weak broader altcoin liquidity remain headwinds. Security radar Several events this week point to different layers of crypto risk: • Coldcard — key-generation and operational-security risk • Coreum — bridge-verification risk • Ravencoin — consensus-layer risk • Goliath — counterparty and fraud risk • Prediction markets — oracle and external-data risk • High-leverage trading — liquidation risk These risks are fundamentally different and should not be grouped under a generic label of “crypto security.” What to watch next • Whether BTC can reclaim $65,000–$65,500 • Whether ETF flows return to sustained positive territory • ETH’s response around $1,850–$2,000 • Strategy’s future BTC sales and capital-allocation decisions • Growth in leveraged BTC/USD positioning after Kraken’s 20x increase • Ethereum’s EIP-8363 issuance debate • Coinbase’s Abu Dhabi tokenization rollout • Ravencoin’s chain recovery and exchange reopening • ENS Foundation governance execution • The SEC’s rescheduling or next step on crypto investment-contract rules • Upcoming U.S. retail-sales and PCE inflation data The larger signal is increasingly clear: Crypto’s next phase is being driven by the interaction of macro liquidity, institutional infrastructure, leverage, governance and operational security—not by price alone. Bitcoin has received more favorable inflation data but has not broken out. Ethereum has record staking participation but remains below $2,000. Traditional financial firms are moving securities onchain while crypto-native protocols are redesigning their governance and monetary economics. At the same time, leverage is expanding and failures are occurring at every layer—from private-key generation to bridges and consensus software. The market is becoming more institutional. It is also becoming more complex. What matters most for the next move: BTC technicals, ETF demand, Fed policy, leverage, institutional tokenization or security risk? Informational only. Not financial advice.

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  James (@james667h) reported 12 minutes ago

  The interesting part about a potential Coinbase listing for $SHx isn’t the headline, it’s the access. One major U.S. exchange could put SHx in front of an entirely new wave of users. Is Coinbase next? #SHx #SHxArmy @RealKennii @theyakdao @Willckix

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  Aiden_BITU (@Aiden_BITU) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Dayku604 Currently we have MetaMask, TronLink, Trust Wallet, Phantom, and Ledger. At public launch we will have Coinbase Wallet and Wallet Connect, giving access to a much bigger list of additional wallets which we will disclose at the time. What wallet would you like to connect with?

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  Yash Jangid🇮🇳 (@YashJan65280009) reported 17 minutes ago

  @CoinbaseIndia Big prizes are great, but please fix the app! The Coinbase India app hasn't been updated since FIU registration and still has old glitches. Time to fix the bugs! @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport

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  CryptoHamster (@CryptoHamsterIO) reported 19 minutes ago

  HyperAICharts daily newsletter – August 13, 2026 #Bitcoin remains near $63,800 as softer U.S. inflation data reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve—but still fail to produce a decisive crypto breakout. $BTC is holding its range, ETH remains below $1,900, institutional ETF demand has weakened, corporate Bitcoin treasuries are becoming more active, and leverage is expanding just as security and regulatory risks remain elevated. Market snapshot • BTC: approximately $63,800 • ETH: approximately $1,880–$1,900 • XRP: approximately $1.02 • Sentiment: Fear • BTC support: $62,000–$63,000 • BTC resistance: $65,000–$65,500 • ETH support: $1,850 • ETH resistance: $1,950–$2,000 Bitcoin traded around $63,833 on August 13 after July CPI showed annual inflation easing to 3.4% from 3.5%, while core inflation slowed to 2.5%. The follow-up inflation signal was also relatively benign: July producer prices were unchanged month over month versus expectations for an increase, while annual PPI slowed to 4.7%. Markets reduced expectations of a September Fed rate increase to roughly 35%. Ten developments that matter 1. Inflation is cooling—but Bitcoin still cannot break resistance July CPI came in at: • +0.1% month over month • +3.4% year over year • Core CPI: +0.2% MoM • Core CPI: +2.5% YoY Then July PPI came in flat month over month, below the expected increase. The combination of softer consumer inflation, weak July employment and benign producer-price data reduces the immediate pressure on the Fed to tighten policy again. That should normally be supportive for liquidity-sensitive assets. But BTC remains below $65,000–$65,500. That muted reaction matters: macro conditions have improved, but crypto-specific demand is not yet strong enough to convert favorable data into a confirmed breakout. A sustained move above $65,500–$66,000 would improve the structure. A loss of $62,000–$63,000 would shift attention back toward the lower end of Bitcoin’s recent range. 2. ETF flows are no longer providing consistent support U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $61.2M in net outflows on August 12. Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for roughly $46.8M of the outflow, while BlackRock’s IBIT lost approximately $14.3M. Ethereum ETFs moved in the opposite direction, recording approximately $7.4M of net inflows on August 12. The sequence matters. Bitcoin ETF demand surged during August 3–7, but subsequent sessions have been inconsistent. That means institutional demand has not disappeared—but it is no longer providing the same persistent marginal bid. For BTC, the stronger signal would be several consecutive positive ETF sessions combined with spot-market strength above resistance. 3. Strategy is actively managing its Bitcoin treasury—not simply accumulating Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6M between August 3 and August 9 at an average net sale price of $64,262. Its Bitcoin holdings fell to 840,447 BTC. The company’s aggregate Bitcoin purchase cost is approximately $63.36B, equivalent to an average acquisition price of $75,385 per BTC. The Bitcoin-sale proceeds funded the repurchase of approximately 1.15M STRC preferred shares. Strategy simultaneously sold approximately $653.1M of MSTR common stock, directing $650M of the proceeds into its U.S. dollar reserve. That reserve reached approximately $4.65B as of August 9 and is intended to support preferred-stock dividends and interest obligations. This is an important evolution in the corporate-Bitcoin thesis. Strategy now demonstrates that BTC can serve as: • A long-term treasury reserve • A source of corporate liquidity • A funding mechanism for security repurchases • Part of a broader capital-structure strategy Corporate Bitcoin holdings therefore should not automatically be treated as permanently illiquid supply. 4. Kraken has raised BTC/USD spot-margin leverage to 20x Kraken Pro now allows eligible traders in selected jurisdictions to use up to 20x leverage on BTC/USD spot-margin positions. The change applies specifically to BTC/USD margin—not every pair and not futures. Higher leverage improves capital efficiency. It also reduces the amount of adverse price movement required to create large percentage losses relative to posted collateral when traders use that leverage to increase position size. This matters because Bitcoin is currently trading inside a relatively narrow technical range. More leverage inside a compressed market can amplify: • Stop-loss cascades • Liquidations • Intraday volatility • Short squeezes • Long squeezes Leverage itself does not determine market direction. It increases the sensitivity of positioning to price movement. 5. Ethereum staking is reaching a structural inflection point Reported staking data indicate approximately 41.9M ETH is now locked—roughly one-third of circulating supply. That reduces immediately liquid ETH supply but has also reopened the debate around how much Ethereum should issue to validators. A new draft, EIP-8363 — Tapered Issuance Burn, proposes modifying Ethereum’s issuance curve by burning a portion of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises. The objective is to prevent an ever-growing percentage of ETH from becoming staked simply because staking continues to offer a persistent yield floor. The proposal is early-stage and has not been adopted. Potential benefits: • Lower future ETH issuance • Less dilution for unstaked holders • Reduced incentive for excessive staking concentration • Potentially stronger monetary scarcity Potential costs: • Lower validator yields • Reduced attractiveness for institutional staking strategies • Pressure on liquid-staking economics • Possible effects on validator decentralization For ETH investors, this is a monetary-policy debate—not an immediate network upgrade. 6. Coinbase is building a regulated tokenized-securities hub in Abu Dhabi Coinbase received Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market. The authorization allows Coinbase to arrange investment transactions and provide custody in connection with tokenized securities. This extends a broader institutional trend: Traditional securities are increasingly being represented through blockchain infrastructure while retaining regulated ownership, custody and compliance systems. Potential advantages include: • Programmable ownership • Blockchain-based settlement • Extended operating hours • Integrated compliance • Faster collateral movement • Onchain servicing of traditional assets This is significant for blockchain adoption, but it should not automatically be interpreted as demand for BTC or ETH. The more important signal is that regulated capital markets are increasingly adopting blockchain infrastructure independently of cryptocurrency speculation. 7. ENS is formalizing its governance structure ENS tokenholders approved a governance restructuring that gives the ENS Foundation administrative control over an endowment worth approximately $65M in ETH and stablecoins. Protocol control remains with ENS tokenholders. The Foundation structure is intended to professionalize: • Staffing • Grants • Intellectual-property management • External relationships • Endowment administration The endowment also includes safeguards such as timelocks and Security Council intervention rights. This illustrates a broader DAO governance trend: As decentralized protocols grow, many are separating tokenholder governance from day-to-day legal and operational management. That can improve execution—but also creates legitimate questions about centralization, accountability and the practical meaning of decentralization. 8. FlightAware’s dispute with Kalshi ended almost as quickly as it began FlightAware sued prediction-market operator Kalshi over alleged unauthorized use of its flight-cancellation data and trademark. One day later, FlightAware voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit without publicly explaining the decision. The underlying issue remains important. Prediction markets increasingly depend on external data to settle contracts. That creates unresolved questions around: • Data licensing • Trademark use • Oracle integrity • Manipulation incentives • Who legally owns settlement data • Liability when market outcomes depend on third-party information The dispute may have been withdrawn, but the structural problem is likely to reappear as prediction markets expand into more real-world events. 9. Ravencoin demonstrates how dangerous a consensus-layer vulnerability can become Ravencoin disclosed a critical consensus vulnerability that caused vulnerable nodes to accept invalid blocks. The first known invalid block appeared at height 4,487,776 on August 7. Mining pools including 2Miners and RavenMiner began building a competing chain that excludes the affected branch, while exchanges suspended RVN deposits and withdrawals. This is more serious than a normal application exploit. A consensus-layer failure can affect: • Transaction finality • Chain history • Exchange deposits • Double-spend assumptions • Merchant settlement • Bridge accounting Recent transactions can become vulnerable to reorganization while network participants converge on a valid chain. The lesson is straightforward: Not all blockchain risk is smart-contract risk. Consensus implementation, node software and miner coordination remain fundamental security dependencies. 10. The Goliath case reinforces the oldest crypto warning: guaranteed returns are a red flag The CFTC charged Goliath Ventures and CEO Christopher Delgado in connection with an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme involving at least $397M from approximately 1,600 customers. Regulators allege that the company misappropriated customer funds, paid fictional profits to existing investors and issued statements showing returns that did not exist. Delgado had already pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in June, and the SEC filed a parallel civil case on August 11. The core warning signs remain remarkably consistent: • Guaranteed principal • Guaranteed profits • Returns materially above market rates • Opaque investment strategies • Withdrawal delays • Additional payments demanded before withdrawals • Account balances that cannot be independently verified Blockchain technology does not eliminate Ponzi economics. Regulatory update: the SEC meeting was cancelled The SEC had scheduled an August 14 open meeting to consider whether to propose a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. The SEC updated the meeting page on August 13 to mark the meeting Cancelled. Therefore, August 14 should no longer be treated as a confirmed regulatory catalyst. The proposed framework remains important, but the timetable is now uncertain. The same caution applies to claims of a fixed September 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act: absent a confirmed Senate schedule, regulatory progress should be treated as pending rather than as a binary event on a predetermined date. Market structure Bitcoin • Support: $62,000–$63,000 • Intermediate level: $63,500–$64,000 • Resistance: $65,000–$65,500 • Breakout confirmation: approximately $66,000 The constructive case requires BTC to convert favorable macro data into actual spot demand. Until that happens, the market remains range-bound. Ethereum • Support: approximately $1,850 • Resistance: approximately $1,950 • Major psychological resistance: $2,000 ETH is caught between: Constructive • Record staking participation • Reduced liquid supply • Expanding institutional blockchain adoption • Tokenization activity • Strong Layer 2 usage Risks • Weak price momentum • Inconsistent ETF flows • Debate over validator economics • Corporate treasury volatility • Layer 2 value-capture questions A sustained recovery above $2,000 would materially improve the technical structure. XRP The $1.00 area remains the critical psychological level. XRP continues to benefit from Ripple’s institutional expansion and growing tokenization infrastructure, but regulatory uncertainty and weak broader altcoin liquidity remain headwinds. Security radar Several events this week point to different layers of crypto risk: • Coldcard — key-generation and operational-security risk • Coreum — bridge-verification risk • Ravencoin — consensus-layer risk • Goliath — counterparty and fraud risk • Prediction markets — oracle and external-data risk • High-leverage trading — liquidation risk These risks are fundamentally different and should not be grouped under a generic label of “crypto security.” What to watch next • Whether BTC can reclaim $65,000–$65,500 • Whether ETF flows return to sustained positive territory • ETH’s response around $1,850–$2,000 • Strategy’s future BTC sales and capital-allocation decisions • Growth in leveraged BTC/USD positioning after Kraken’s 20x increase • Ethereum’s EIP-8363 issuance debate • Coinbase’s Abu Dhabi tokenization rollout • Ravencoin’s chain recovery and exchange reopening • ENS Foundation governance execution • The SEC’s rescheduling or next step on crypto investment-contract rules • Upcoming U.S. retail-sales and PCE inflation data The larger signal is increasingly clear: Crypto’s next phase is being driven by the interaction of macro liquidity, institutional infrastructure, leverage, governance and operational security—not by price alone. Bitcoin has received more favorable inflation data but has not broken out. Ethereum has record staking participation but remains below $2,000. Traditional financial firms are moving securities onchain while crypto-native protocols are redesigning their governance and monetary economics. At the same time, leverage is expanding and failures are occurring at every layer—from private-key generation to bridges and consensus software. The market is becoming more institutional. It is also becoming more complex. What matters most for the next move: BTC technicals, ETF demand, Fed policy, leverage, institutional tokenization or security risk? Informational only. Not financial advice.

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  Akki (@Candlesticcjkc) reported 22 minutes ago

  Wild that Coinbase, Block & BitGo have to literally beg AI labs for the same tools hackers already use freely. Guardrails protecting attackers more than defenders at this point? Make it make sense. #Bitcoin Am I wrong?

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  Mr. Google Maps (@thareal_don) reported 23 minutes ago

  @jimmy_recardd @Polymarket If coinbase goes down like FTX, the whole system will go down.

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  Keng N (@0xKeng) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Jemmie1155431 @quipnetwork Roughly 7 million BTC are in quantum-vulnerable addresses, how does Coinbase plan to address this issue next.

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  Stabledash (@stabledash) reported 24 minutes ago

  "You know, Coinbase can fail" "We should be careful about trying to do something that's really hard." Vishal says this caution stemmed from Coinbase's NFT marketplace, which launched in April 2022 but never gained meaningful traction against OpenSea and was wound down by early 2023. It changed how the company resourced every future product launch. "When we launched out of Coinbase, we were effectively given zero budget and zero ability to lose. So we did the safest stuff." "We modelled it against our CFTC business, and we just wanted the thing to not fail." "Any feedback I can give to the execs was to allow me to do harder things and let me fail harder." "We were launching Neptune, which is the perpetual futures exchange, and Base at the same time. We should've got locked in a room with a pizza and said, how do we launch these together?" @vishalkgupta, Founder & CEO of @truemarketsco on the live show today.

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  Lord Emo (@LordEmo) reported 26 minutes ago

  @EmpireOP11 I’m firmly against hardware wallets. Either get a device, put a wallet on it, only use your home WiFi, stamp you seed in burn proof steel plates, and self custody. Or if you’re lazy use coinbase. Too many security issues have happened with hardware wallets. Stay Safu

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  luchix (@lira_braccio) reported 27 minutes ago

  Wild that Coinbase, Block & BitGo are basically begging AI labs to let their security teams use the same tools hackers already jailbreak daily 🚨 Guardrails only work if they don't cripple the defenders. Am I wrong? #crypto

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  NHK (@langtusg0308) reported 29 minutes ago

  Crypto security isn’t always about hackers breaking into code. Sometimes, the biggest attack starts with gaining your trust. A 26-year-old California man allegedly stole over $97K in crypto ( $BTC & $ETH ) from an 89-year-old after befriending him and gaining access to his Coinbase account. 80+ unauthorized transactions over 15 months. Stay alert. Protect your accounts, your keys, and your trust. 🔐 Would you have noticed something like this early?