Month: August 2026

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin faces $80,000 test as thinner weekend liquidity looms

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 21, 2026

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan’s first crypto approval in four years

Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin tops $77,000 as best week since 2023 pulls altcoins along for the ride

BTC has gained 24% since Monday and reached the level implied by its inverse head-and-shoulders…

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Technology

I worked at OpenAI. Here’s how tech companies can prepare for a slowdown | Miles Brundage

I understand the pressure on AI companies to rush forward. But employees are right to…

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Technology

Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York

Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in north Ockendon will be incompatible with UK net zero…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Treasury’s latest measure isn’t QE or YCC. Still, bitcoin is skyrocketing. Here’s why.

The rally in hard assets isn’t necessarily about what the Treasury is doing, but what…

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Technology

Cut cost of loans for solar panels on UK homes, ministers urged

Report says ‘solar bonds’ could fund wider access to clean energy, reducing household bills Solar…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Strategy sits on $1.4 billion profit on bitcoin holdings as price surges

Strategy’s common stock rose 10% in Friday pre-market trading to $120, the highest level in…

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Technology

Why dodgy doors are the latest casualty of the UK heatwaves

Sticking or unlockable doors are yet another problem caused by the hot summer, but winter…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Live updates: BTC tops $76,000; bitcoin, ether ETFs pull in $800 million

Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million,…

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