The Jury’s Journey To The Roman Storm Verdict

A 12-person jury, including a member who celebrated her 90th birthday, deliberated this week in the complex case of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. They convicted Storm on one count of running an unlicensed money transmitting business, while remaining unable to reach a decision on other charges. According to court documents released on Thursday…

Ether Short Wipeout Amid $4K Reclaim Led To Eric Trump Smiling

Ether saw the largest short position wipeout of the day across all crypto assets on Friday as its price surpassed $4,000, with some analysts saying it could be setting the stage for a short squeeze. The rally led to Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, taking a jab at bearish traders. $4.1K is…

Harvard Reports $116M Stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF in Latest Filing

Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university’s $50 billion endowment, disclosed a $116 million position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in its latest quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The stake, reported in a Form 13-F on Friday covering holdings as of June 30, 2025, represents one of the largest…

Blockchain AI Cannibalizes Decentralized AI

Opinion by: Samuele Marro, PhD student in machine learning at the University of Oxford The Web3 AI space has fallen into a trap. Somewhere along the way, “decentralized AI” became synonymous with “blockchain AI.” This false equivalency actively harms innovation.  Excellent decentralized AI projects contort themselves into blockchain frameworks, not because it makes technical sense,…

Price predictions 8/8: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, XLM, SUI

Bitcoin could challenge the $120,000 to $123,218 resistance zone but crossing it may be a tough ask for the bulls. Source link

What Happened In Crypto Today

Today in crypto, Ukraine’s parliament plans to conduct the first reading of a crypto regulation. In the US, an executive order enabling 401(k) retirement plans to invest in cryptocurrencies has drawn cautious optimism. Meanwhile, Ripple and the SEC have officially concluded their years-long legal dispute. Ukraine to weigh bill regulating crypto market in late August…

What Happened In Crypto Today

Today in crypto, Ukraine’s parliament plans to conduct the first reading of a crypto regulation. In the US, an executive order enabling 401(k) retirement plans to invest in cryptocurrencies has drawn cautious optimism. Meanwhile, Ripple and the SEC have officially concluded their years-long legal dispute. Ukraine to weigh bill regulating crypto market in late August…

Bitcoin Options Imply Under 3% Chance of $200K BTC price by December

Key takeaways: Diagonal and butterfly spreads benefit from BTC near $160,000. $200,000 year-end call options imply less than 3% chance of profit. Bitcoin (BTC) traders are gearing up for the year-end $8.8 billion options expiry, scheduled for Dec. 26 at 8:00 am UTC. More than $1 billion in Bitcoin options would become active if the…

How Google Gemini Helps Crypto Traders Filter Signals From Noise

Key takeaways: Gemini is now used by crypto traders to monitor market catalysts and breaking news in real time. The Gemini Pro version’s longer context window and web access boost its usefulness for macro and sentiment tracking. It lacks native support for charts, portfolios or backtesting; traders still need external tools. Gemini is a powerful…

Donors Announce Roman Storm Legal Donations in Response to Possible Retrial

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s legal defense fund is seeing an influx of donations as the software creator’s defense team preps for a possible retrial on charges of money laundering and sanctions violations. The Ethereum Foundation on Thursday said it will match up to $500,000 in donations to Storm’s defense fund. Source: Ethereum The jury…