HM Revenue and Customs has issued more than 81,000 warning letters to UK crypto holders suspected of having unpaid tax liabilities.

While tokenized fund issuance has expanded significantly, industry experts argue that the next phase of growth depends on enabling these assets to function as active onchain collateral.

A review of the week's top financial and crypto news, featuring U.S. Treasury buyback plans, a major bitcoin short squeeze, regulatory developments for prediction markets, and capitulation indicators.

An examination of Bitcoin's price action and liquidation trends around Federal Open Market Committee meetings in 2026 highlights the ongoing impact of macroeconomic conditions.

An AI security firm publicly disclosed a flaw in the Ledger Ethereum app, prompting a dispute as Ledger's CTO argued the issue had already been patched quietly and called the publication fear-mongering.

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor has renewed his thesis on Bitcoin as digital energy, while market pricing pushed the company's treasury holdings above their total acquisition cost.

Macro catalysts and a 22% bitcoin jump propelled the global cryptocurrency market cap to $2.74 trillion in mid-August, driven by a U.S. Treasury bond buyback announcement and supportive White House discussions.

The altcoin market capitalization surged by over $215 billion between August 19 and August 22, pushing the Total2 metric back above $1 trillion.

US-listed crypto exchange-traded funds outside Bitcoin and Ethereum attracted nearly $90 million last week as XRP, Solana, Chainlink, and Hyperliquid saw significant price gains and extended inflow streaks.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan outlines three common mistakes crypto investors make, warning that current market metrics may obscure the industry's broader future potential.