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Pakistan has opened its crypto licensing portal and given existing firms until Sept. 5, 2026 to file for approval or shut down, marking a hard shift from legal gray zone to regulated market. The rules cover exchanges, custody, lending, derivatives and more — with real teeth this time.
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Michael Saylor says Bitcoin passes his “Bernard Arnault test” because wealthy buyers are likely to still want it years from now. He points to Bitcoin’s fixed supply and long-term appeal, while the real test remains whether demand, adoption, and trust actually hold up.
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Bitcoin’s late-August surge wasn’t just crypto hype — it was fueled by U.S. debt stress, Treasury bond-market support, heavy spot ETF inflows, and a brutal short squeeze. The rally looks less like a meme and more like a macro warning shot.
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South Korea is racing to advance its Digital Asset Framework Act, with stablecoins at the center of a policy showdown over who gets to issue and supervise them. The broader push also targets exchanges, disclosures, and cross-border crypto rules as Seoul tries to keep pace with global regulators.
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RWA deposits quietly surged to $7.4 billion as Ethereum kept its grip on DeFi’s most useful niche, even while broader lending and DEX activity cooled. The message is simple: speculation is fading, but tokenized assets are increasingly finding real utility in lending, trading, and collateral markets.
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Germany is pulling further ahead in Europe’s MiCA rollout, with six more cooperative banks joining the crypto register and bringing the country to 79 authorized providers. The shift signals crypto’s growing place inside mainstream banking — regulated, practical, and a little less wild.
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Solana is hovering near $95 after a 26% rally fueled by governance votes, $4B in tokenized assets, and an SEC crypto proposal that could reshape fundraising rules. But momentum is fading, and SOL still has to prove this isn’t just another fast, fragile crypto pop.
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Upbit is bringing Lighter’s LIT token to its KRW market on Aug. 24, a listing that could draw South Korean retail demand and sharp volatility. With launch controls, Ethereum-only transfers, and a DeFi derivatives angle, this one has both upside and chaos written all over it.
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Ehrmann family shareholders are increasing their stake in Artmarket.com as the company doubles down on an AI-first strategy for Artprice. Management says the buying signals confidence, not a takeover move, while the bigger question is whether its huge data archive can become a real AI edge.
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A Cleveland Fed working paper finds Bitcoin’s past gains can nudge households toward crypto ownership and later buying, with beliefs about returns and risk mattering more than demographics. It’s a data-backed look at the price-to-adoption feedback loop markets have long suspected.
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