Crypto News in August 2026
275 articles, ordered by day, from the first of the month.
Saturday, 1 August 2026
Sunday, 2 August 2026
Monday, 3 August 2026
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Thursday, 6 August 2026
- Robinhood Built a Blockchain for Stocks. The Cat Memecoins Took It Over.
- $42 Million in Eight Days: Why ‘Decentralised’ Stopped Protecting Perp DEX Traders
- Bitcoin ETFs Are Buying Again: $626 Million in Three Days
- MiCA Register 2026: Only 21 of 329 Licences Are Real Exchanges
- Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin Holds $64K While Hyperliquid Doubles Year to Date
- X Is Building a Bank Without Crypto — and Now Its Product Chief Is Leaving
Friday, 7 August 2026
Saturday, 8 August 2026
Sunday, 9 August 2026
Monday, 10 August 2026
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
- Bitcoin as a Business Asset in Austria: Private Holding or Company Asset?
- Bitcoin Bought Before March 2021: Is the Sale Tax-Free in Austria?
- SEC Sets August 14 Vote to Launch Its First Major Crypto Rule
- Your Crypto Exchange Is Telling You to Withdraw: How to Spot Phishing After the MiCA Deadline
- How to Store a Seed Phrase Safely: What Steel, a Passphrase and Multisig Do for Your Wallet Backup
- Luno closes EU accounts: what customers should know now the 31 August deadline has passed
- How Many Bitcoins Does Donald Trump Own?
- Russia Clears Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for Public Trading: What It Means for Prices
- XRP Crashes Below $1: 5 Reasons Behind the Drop
- Perp DEX Explained: How Funding Rate, Liquidation and Taxes Work on Perpetual Futures
- Is Bitcoin a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Ethereum a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Germany's Crypto Holding Period Faces Abolition: What Petition 201716 and the Draft Bill Mean for Your Tax
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
- Staking Under MiCA: Which Providers Need a Licence and How Your Rewards Are Taxed
- Is Chainlink a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Avalanche a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Bitcoin Losses and Dividends in Austria: How the Tax Offset Works
- Is Polkadot a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Litecoin a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Crypto Prices Today: Only 2 of the Top 10 Coins Are Up in 2026
- Bitcoin's Quantum Problem: Why 6.7 Million Coins Could Be Frozen Forever
- Tokenized Stocks and Tax in Germany: When the One-Year Holding Period Applies and When the Flat Tax Bites
Thursday, 13 August 2026
- Revolut Delists USDT: Forced Conversion on August 31, 2026 Counts as a Sale
- Pump.fun Cleared $10 Million in a Week. The Token Unlock Went Unnoticed.
- SpaceX Stock Up 40% in 5 Days: SPCX Adds $530 Billion as Musk Bets the Company on AI
- Trezor Data Breach: First 13,689 Customers, Then Roughly 67,000 More Exposed
- Musk's Terafab Chip Plant in Texas: What the Construction Start Means for Crypto Investors
Friday, 14 August 2026
- Bitcoin Savings Plan and Tax: How the Holding Period, FIFO and the Exemption Limit Interact on Monthly Buys
- Crypto News Today: Washington Blinked and the Crypto Market Barely Moved
- Is Cardano a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is BNB a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Bitcoin From a Foreign Exchange to Austria: Which Tax Data You Need
- Is Dogecoin a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Germany's Crypto Holding Period: Two Tax Models Are on the Table, and €21,100 Separates Them
- Pi Network Protocol 26: Deadline Passed on August 11 – How Many Nodes Are Really Affected
Saturday, 15 August 2026
- Is Tron a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- SEC Cancels Its First Crypto Rulemaking Vote: Why Regulation Crypto Just Stalled
- MSCI Wants Bitcoin Giant Strategy Out: $2 Billion Is on the Line
- Crypto Prices Today: Oil Prices Cap the Bitcoin Rally as Chainlink Slips
- Crypto Exchange Shutting Down: What to Do Before the Deadline Passes
Sunday, 16 August 2026
- Crypto Credit Card Tax in Germany: Why Every Payment Is a Disposal
- Is Shiba Inu a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Crypto Weekly Recap: Bitcoin Slips Below $63,000 as CPI Relief Never Arrives
- Is Stellar a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Toncoin a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- XRP Price on the Edge of $1: Why the Next Bitcoin Drop Could Crash XRP to $0.80
- Swapping Bitcoin for Stablecoins: Does Austria Charge Tax?
Monday, 17 August 2026
- Robinhood Chain NFTs: How StonkBrokers Turned a JPEG Into a Brokerage Account
- Crypto News Today: White House Crypto Summit Collides With Collapsing CLARITY Act Odds
- Bitcoin Price Breaks $64,000: Is the Iran Truce Really the Reason?
- Bitpanda Football Tickets Giveaway for the 2026/27 Season: The Promotion Has Ended
- Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax in Austria: When Exchanges Withhold 27.5 Percent
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
- Bitcoin for gold: is the swap taxable in Austria?
- The most profitable crypto airdrops of the week – week 33
- Bitcoin Tax Reporting in Austria 2026: What Applies
- Bitcoin Treasury Stock at a Discount: How the mNAV Gap Arises
- Crypto News Today: The CLARITY Act Vote Nears and Bitcoin Holds Its Range
- Kraken Delisting: 56 Tokens Face Forced Liquidation, Two Withdrawal Deadlines Have Passed, the Third Ends November 6
- BaFin Warnings 2026: 24 Crypto Platform Series With 639 Domains, and How to Check Your Provider
- Citi Bitcoin Custody Confirmed for 2026: BTC Price Impact
- Binance Delisting on August 17: ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY and VIC Leave Spot Trading
- Crypto Credit Cards Compared: What Bitpanda, Crypto.com and Nexo State on Fees and Cashback
- Crypto Savings Plans Compared: What Bison, justTRADE and Kraken State on Fees, Minimum Instalment and Interval
- Two-Factor Authentication on a Crypto Exchange: Why SMS Is the Weakest Option
- Inheriting Crypto: How Your Heirs Actually Get Access, and Why the Seed Does Not Belong in a Will
- Sent Crypto to the Wrong Address: What Still Works and What Is Gone for Good
- YZY Token Unlock on August 16: 120.8 Million Tokens Leave the Lock-Up
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
- HTX on the EU Sanctions List: Transaction Ban Applies from August 23, 2026
- Crypto Tax Software Compared: What Blockpit, Divly, Waltio and Coinpanda Charge for One Tax Year
- Digital Euro and Stablecoins: Why the Bank of England Is Testing Both Forms of Money in a Single Payment
- Staking ETPs: Distribution, Accumulation and the Tax Question in Germany
- Tokenized Stocks: Why You Do Not Own a Share and Which Risk Hangs on the Issuer
- Crypto Exchange Deadlines in August: What Still Applies Now the Seven Cut-Off Dates to August 31 Have Passed
- Blockchain Rollback After an Exploit: What Happens to Your Tokens When a Chain Is Reset
- Sparkasse Crypto Trading: An Assessment of the Planned October Launch
- Privacy Coins and EU Anti-Money-Laundering Law: An Assessment of the Ban From July 2027
- The bitcoin.de Trading Halt: An Assessment of What the Standstill Means for Your Balance
- Who Regulates Crypto in the US? CFTC and SEC Compared
- Bitcoin Price Reclaims $64,000 as Wall Street Calls It an Accumulation Phase
- Tether Audit by KPMG: What the Unqualified Opinion Means for USDT in the EU
- Crypto Lending: Where the Interest Comes From and Which Risks You Carry
- LayerZero Unlock on August 20: How to Calculate ZRO's Monthly Dilution
- E-Evidence From August 18: Which User Data Investigators Can Request From Crypto Exchanges
- Bitcoin Price Rips to $69,749: Here Is the Next Target
- Ethereum Price Explodes 9.5% and Stops 1% Short of THE Level
- XRP Price Explodes 6.6%: Here Is the Next Target
- MiCA Register of Stablecoin Issuers: 23 Authorised Firms, 43 White Papers and Two Dead Links
- Ethereum upgrade after Glamsterdam: what is actually decided in Hegotá
- EU warning list for crypto providers: 167 entries, 165 of them from Italy, none from BaFin
- FDV and circulating supply: why freshly listed tokens collapse after the exchange debut
- Hyperliquid Price Explodes 22%: Here Is the Next Target
- Bitcoin Rally on August 19: $1.4 Billion in Shorts Liquidated – the Three Triggers and Your Playbook
Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Crypto Withdrawal Fees: What Moving Coins to Your Own Wallet Really Costs
- The Most Profitable Crypto Airdrops of the Week: Week 34
- VANRY Migration to Base: Why the Swap Window Closes Five Weeks Before the Binance Withdrawal Deadline
- Wallet Drainers: What You Really Approve When You Confirm, and How to Take It Back
- Wrapped Bitcoin in Austria: Is Converting BTC to WBTC Tax-Neutral?
- Crypto Exchange Delisting: What Happens to Your Tokens When Trading and Withdrawals Close
- Euro Trading Pairs at Crypto Exchanges: At Coinbase Exchange 34 of 399 Assets Have a Euro Order Book
- Hyperliquid Pushes Into the US: Pre-IPO Futures Filed With the SEC – and HYPE Runs Hot
- Crypto Exchange Self-Certification: No Answer by 1 January 2027 and Trading Stops
- Swap ICX for SODA: Two Deadlines Before the ICON Blockchain Shuts Down
- Ethereum Staking Queue: 2.23 Million ETH Wait Around 39 Days for Activation
- Coinbase International Exchange merges into Deribit: what happens to open positions and collateral
- Kraken Liquidates Rain (RAIN): What Holders Should Know Now the September 15 Withdrawal Deadline Has Passed
- Crypto Trading Bots: How They Work, What They Cost and When They Pay Off
- Compulsory Redemption of the Valour Crypto ETP: What Holders Should Know Now the September Deadlines Have Passed
- CFTC Advisory Committee Meets on August 20: 43 Members and 50 Minutes for Prediction Markets
- Bitcoin Across Multiple Wallets: How Austria Works Out the Acquisition Cost
- ACX Swap into Equity: What Holders Must Decide Before October 17
- MiCA Review: What the European Commission Could Change About the EU Crypto Rules
Friday, 21 August 2026
- Proof of Reserves Explained: How to Check an Exchange Attestation Yourself
- Bitfinex Delisting: What Holders of the 13 Tokens Should Know Now the August 31 Withdrawal Deadline Has Passed
- Euro Deposit to a Crypto Exchange Rejected: Why the Transfer Fails and What You Can Do
- Forced Sale on a Crypto Exchange: Which Moment Counts for the Holding Period and What You Must Document
- Checking a MiCAR White Paper: What the First Published MiCA Penalty Against Bitpanda Means for Investors
- Crypto ETF Approval in the US: Why the SEC Is Rewriting Its Rules for Staking and Altcoin Funds
- Crypto Exchange Insolvency: When Your Coins Can Be Segregated and When They Fall Into the Estate
- Bitcoin Price Above $75,000: 3 Reasons Why BTC Is Exploding
- Crypto Job Offers Using Your Own Bank Account: How the Money Mule Scheme Works and Why Money Laundering Starts With Negligence
- 24-Hour Trading on US Exchanges: What the SEC Roundtable Means for Tokenized Stocks
- Complaining About a Crypto Exchange: the Deadlines Article 71 MiCAR Sets and Why BaFin Will Not Decide Your Case
- Crypto Exchange Account Frozen: Why Nobody Tells You Why, and What Actually Helps
- Bitcoin With No Cost Basis: How Austria Taxes the Sale
- Writing Off a Total Crypto Loss: When the Tax Office Recognises Worthless Coins
- Crypto Withdrawals to Your Own Wallet: Why Exchanges Demand Proof of Address Ownership Above €1,000
- Wallet App Without BaFin Authorisation: When Holding Crypto-Assets Requires a Licence
- Ethereum Price Above $2,300: 3 Reasons Why ETH Is Leading This Rally
- Bitcoin Cash Explodes 29% In A Day: Why BCH Outperformed BTC?
- Restoring a Seed on Another Manufacturer's Wallet: What BIP39 Guarantees and What It Does Not
- Stablecoin as Cash: The Three Criteria to Check Your Balance Yourself
Saturday, 22 August 2026
- Binance Withdrawal Deadline September 9: What ALCX, ARDR, NFP and POND Holders Should Know Now It Has Passed
- Buying a Leveraged Bitcoin ETF: What Is Behind the 3x Products
- SafePal Data Breach: 39,798 Customers Exposed With Names, Addresses and Phone Numbers
- Setting Crypto Order Types Correctly: Market, Limit and Stop-Loss Compared
- Bitcoin Exit Tax in Austria: Which Value Counts?
- BaFin Warns Against NC Wallet and ncwallet.net: What Users of the Wallet App Must Check Now
- Bitcoin Fork: What Happens to Your Coins When the Chain Splits
- Maya Protocol Exploit: MAYAChain Is Halted, What to Check Now on Cross-Chain Swaps
- BNB Pasteur Hardfork of August 25, 2026: What Holders, Traders and Delegators Should Know Afterwards
- Binance Delists ICX, SCRT and STORJ: From August 21, One Door Closes After Another
- Solana Alpenglow: When the Upgrade Really Arrives and What Changes for Your Staking
- TON Bridge Shutdown on September 1: What Wrapped TON and j-Token Holders Should Know Now the Deadline Has Passed
- Stolen Crypto: Where You Actually File a Report and What Counts in the First Hours
- Optimism Re-Designates 546.9 Million OP from the Airdrop Allocation: What It Means for Your Tokens
- BitBox02: Firmware 9.26.5 Closes Three Security Vulnerabilities. What to Check Now
- Offsetting Bitcoin Losses Against Stock Gains in Austria
- Ethena USDe Yield: Where It Comes From and What the BaFin Wind-Down Means for You
- XRP Explodes 40 Percent in Seven Days: Now the $1.50 Mark Counts
- Transferring Delisted Tokens: 16 of 21 Kraken Assets Have No Fallback Exchange
Sunday, 23 August 2026
- Is PEPE a Good Buy at the Current Price?
- EU Transaction Ban From August 23: These 14 Crypto Platforms Are Blocked
- Glamsterdam Has a Date: Ethereum Forks Sepolia on September 28, 2026
- Crypto Exchange Closure: What Happens to Your Residual Balance and When the Fee Starts
- Secret Network Quadruples the SCRT Supply: What Holders Have to Check Now
- Withdrawal Hold and Minimum Amount: Why Your Balance Will Not Leave Before the Deadline
- OKX Delisting: What MAJOR and J Holders Should Know Now the August 26 Withdrawal Deadline Has Passed
- Zcash Vote on the Halving: What the August 24 Cut-Off Meant for ZEC Holders
- BitMEX Balance Four Days Before the Block: Four Futures Contracts Run Past the Closure Date
- Coldcard 5.6.1 Is Here: Why the Update Will Not Rescue Your Old Seed
- SEC Regulation Crypto Assets: When a Token Is No Longer a Security
- Address Poisoning: Why Seven of Forty Characters Were Enough to Divert $2 Million
- BitMart Before the Trading Halt: Which Coins Already Have Withdrawals Blocked
- Is Hyperliquid a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Coinbase Stock Jumps 11% in a Day: Why the Exchange Is the Biggest Winner of the SEC Pivot
- Top 5 Altcoins to Buy Right Now: The Coins That Still Have Not Caught Up
- MANTRA Chain Halt: The Network Is Back, the Exchange Withdrawal Is Still Frozen
- Operation ASTERIX: How a Fake Support Call Delivers a Counterfeit Wallet App
- BitMart Plans Restructuring Instead of Wind-Down: What Customers Should Know Now the August 26 Deadline Has Passed
- Blockchain Shut Down: What Happens to Your Coins and What to Check Now
- SAND Bridge Exploit at The Sandbox: Why Not to Trade SAND on Base and BNB Chain Now
- Buying Zcash Despite the EU Trading Ban: What Happens to Your ZEC From July 2027
- Term Finance Governance Exploit: Why Audited Code Does Not Protect Your DeFi Deposits
Monday, 24 August 2026
- Is Zcash a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Monero a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Bitcoin Cash a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Solana Price Above $103: What Is Driving the SOL Rally and Which Levels Matter Now
- Volksbank Crypto: Which Banks Already Offer Bitcoin in the VR App
- Selling XRP After a 53 Percent Week: What the Holding Period Costs
- LayerZero Drops 15 Chains From August 28: What Stargate Users Should Know Now the Deadline Has Passed
- The Most Profitable Crypto Airdrops of the Week: Week 35
- Dollar Hits Two-and-a-Half-Month Low, Gold Above $4,400, Bitcoin +8%: One Decision Moves All Three
- Crypto Tax: Why You Have to Secure Your Transaction History Before the Exchange Closes Your Account
- Bitcoin Savings Plan in Austria: How the Purchase Price Is Calculated
- Buying More Bitcoin at $77,000: Savings Plan or Lump Sum
- Ethereum Price Prediction: Is $3,000 the Next ETH Target?
- Phantom Wallet Ends Sui and Monad Support: What to Do Before the Deadlines
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
- Gifting Bitcoin in Austria: When You Must Report the Gift
- Bitcoin Price Cracks $80,000 Then Cools While Altcoins Push Higher
- Ledger Closes a Gap in the Ethereum App: When the Display Shows Something Other Than What You Sign
- bitcoin.de Stands Still: What the August 28 Shareholder Meeting Means for Your Balance
- Crypto Wallet Phishing by Letter: Why the QR Code From Your Postbox Wants Your Recovery Phrase
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
- Is Uniswap a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- BaFin Warning Over Identity Misuse: When a Crypto Platform Borrows a Real German Company's Name
- BitMEX Closed on September 23: The Deadlines That Applied and What Remains for Your Balance
- Coinbase Delisting on August 26: Ten Perpetual Futures Go, Open Positions Are Settled
- Selling Bitcoin at a Loss: Loss Offsetting in Austria
Thursday, 27 August 2026
- Revolut Launches the EURR Euro Stablecoin: Why Germany Is Not in the First Wave
- Is SUI a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Hedera a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Cronos a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is AAVE a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is Bittensor a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Is NEAR Protocol a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Crypto Gains 2026: Why the September 10 Advance Tax Payment Decides Your Interest Bill
- Dust Attack on Kraken: Why 12,000 Tiny Deposits Froze Customer Accounts
- Bitcoin Tax Return in Austria: When You Must File
- Hyperliquid Unlock on September 6: How Much HYPE Really Hits the Market
- A Securities Account at the Crypto Exchange: Why Capital Gains Tax and Anlage KAP Are on You
- Is Pump.fun a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- Top 5 Altcoins to Buy in September 2026: The Coins Bitcoin Left Behind
- Solana Is Outperforming Bitcoin: What the SOL/BTC Breakout Actually Shows
Friday, 28 August 2026
- Cardano Constitutional Committee: What ADA Holders Should Know Now the September 6 Deadline Has Passed
- Sending Crypto: Why the Wrong Network Costs You the Balance on 51 of the 100 Largest Crypto Assets
- Top 3 Reasons Why Crypto Prices Are Up Right Now
- Selling Bitcoin Privately: What Tax Applies in Austria
Saturday, 29 August 2026
- Zcash ETF: Why ZCSH Is Off Limits for EU Retail Investors
- EigenLayer Unlock: What Happens to 39.5 Million EIGEN on September 1
- XRP Price Prediction: XRP Ripped From $1 To $1.66 In Three Days, Here Is Where It Goes Next
- Is Canton a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- MemeCore Unlock on September 2, 2026: What Happens to Your M Tokens
- Is Aster a Good Buy at Current Prices?
- CLARITY Act Senate Vote of September 15: Failed 49 to 50, and What the Bill Would Have Done
Sunday, 30 August 2026
- Zilliqa Hard Fork on September 2, 2026: What Happens to Your ZIL in the Migration
- Ajna Exploit: $775,400 Drained and No Pause Button in the DeFi Lending Protocol
- Cosmos EVM Vulnerability: $5.72 Million From Six Blockchains and Why Three Chains Had to Halt
- Ethena Fee Switch: When the ENA Buyback Actually Starts
- Sushi Staking Yield: What the 3 September Cut to xSUSHI Buybacks Means for You
- Ethereum Price Prediction: Can ETH Blast Toward $2,750 Next?
- Bitcoin Price Correction: Why BTC Stalled Dead at $78,000 Again
- SpaceX Lockup: What the Release Dates Through December 8 Mean for Tokenized SPCX Stock
- Coinbase Halts STORJ and BADGER Trading on September 28: What Holders Must Check Now
- Core Lightning Security Vulnerability: What Node Operators Must Do Now
- Moonwell Exploit on Base: How a MAMO Oracle Manipulation Drained $8.7 Million From the Lending Market
- Crypto Cards: Where Your Card Balance Really Sits and What the August 28 Solana Exploit Reveals About It
Monday, 31 August 2026
- Cronos chain halt: how a Tectonic exploit emptied the chain's largest lending market
- Withdrawing VANRY from KuCoin: why the withdrawal deadline comes four days too late
- The Most Profitable Crypto Airdrops of the Week: Week 36
- Browser Extensions as Wallet Thieves: How a Sports App Became a Seed Phrase Collector
- Fake AML Checks for Crypto Wallets: How to Spot the Scam Sites
- Bitcoin Abroad: The Tax Duty Austrian Investors Carry Themselves
- Solana Staking Yield Falls: What the Vote Means for Your SOL Staking
- Cosmostation Wallet Shutdown on September 1: What Cosmos Wallet Users Should Know Now the Deadline Has Passed
- Mina Hard Fork on September 3, 2026: What Happens to Your MINA During the Network Halt
- More Markets Exploit: How a Liquid Staking Token and E-Mode Pulled $9.3 Million Out of a Lending Market
- Bitcoin Fork with BLAKE2b: What the September 1, 2026 Launch Means for Your Bitcoin
- Trust Wallet Drops 25 Networks: What Users Should Know After September 15
- Taxing Crypto Lending: Your Personal Rate Instead of Withholding Tax, and the Right Federal Fiscal Court Case Number
- Is Mantle a Good Buy at Current Prices?