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Bitcoin just pulled off its biggest weekly surge in three years climbing from below 65000 to nearly 80000 in under 48 hours 🖤.
Explosive jumps like this often trigger profit taking especially after long sideways stretches.

BTC has pulled back a bit from that three month peak yet holds steady near 77000. One stubborn bear still predicts a deeper drop is coming though 🌙.

Lookonchain spotted this trader opening another massive 40x short on 300 BTC worth over 23 million right now 🦇. The anonymous short seller has been relentless.

Since the rally kicked off and altcoins followed the bear has tried shorting BTC and ETH fourteen times straight without success. Losses have already topped 4.50 million after just five days of failed bets 🔮.

The Bear Strikes Again 🕸️

This bear is back for his 15th short! Over the past 5 days he has shorted $BTC and $ETH 14 times losing every single time for a total loss of $4.56M. Now he’s opened a 40x short on 300 $BTC ($23.13M). Can he finally win one? Wallet:…

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 24 2026

The persistence feels almost sinister yet these shorts keep getting wrecked 🩸. On chain data keeps exposing the pattern for everyone to see 💀.

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HMRC has ramped up its watch on UK crypto holders this financial year with serious intent 🖤

Crypto Darlings Under HMRC Watch 💀

The tax authority reportedly sent more than 81,000 warning letters to those it suspects may have unpaid tax according to reports from the BBC after reviewing a freedom of information request. The number is nearly three times higher than the 27,714 letters sent last year. HMRC believes a large share of the unpaid tax relates to gains made during the crypto bull run between 2022 and 2025 believes.
The tax authority has reminded recipients that obligations can arise when crypto is sold given away exchanged or used to make purchases. Failure to pay can result in penalties of up to 100% of the tax owed in addition to interest while offshore transfers potentially carry greater consequences 🌙.

Offshore Crackdowns Looming for DeFi Crew 🕸️

The crackdown is also set to become broader as HMRC prepares to receive new powers in 2027. Offshore firms will be required to hand over customer information to the UK tax authority which estimates the measure could raise £315 million or $430 million by 2030. Neela Chauhan a partner at accounting firm UHY Hacker Young told the BBC that many traders are young and have had little previous experience dealing with HMRC. She said some operate on the assumption that the agency has limited visibility into their crypto activity 🦇.
Chauhan also said authorities suspect many investors of evading tax and suggested that identifying unpaid liabilities among wealthy holders could become considerably easier once the new powers take effect.

Banking Blocks Hitting DeFi Access 🎀

While HMRC is tightening oversight banking access is becoming a serious concern for the industry. Earlier this month Parliament’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group asked the chief executives of major UK banks to explain how they deal with cryptocurrency businesses asked.
Labour MP Gurinder Singh Josan and Lord Vaizey of Didcot sent the letter after hearing repeated complaints from firms unable to open bank accounts alongside reports of restrictions on payments. The group asked banks about their policies transaction limits reasons behind those decisions and whether the country’s incoming crypto rules could change their approach 🕷️.
The MPs accepted that banks must tackle financial crime and protect customers but asserted that firms should be judged on their individual risk rather than simply being part of the sector. Vaizey called the banking problems an unnecessary piece of friction. Research from the UK Cryptoasset Business Council found that banks were blocking or delaying around 40% of attempted transfers to digital asset exchanges found.

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Crypto investors might be sleeping on where this wild industry is really going next says Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan who spotted three sneaky mistakes lurking in the market right now.

Overlooking Crypto’s Shadowy Expansion 🖤

In a fresh post Hougan noted that folks judge crypto’s path by today’s market size big names and current vibes but things shift so fast those views get stale quick. His first take hits that investors sleep on how far crypto apps could stretch. Uniswap started as a crypto trading spot yet Hougan pointed out it shouldn’t just get sized against the $2 trillion pool as stocks bonds real estate and more assets slide onto chains the playground for stuff like Uniswap could balloon way bigger. Stock markets hit about $150 trillion and bonds around $350 trillion so diving in there means a chance up to 100x bigger than plain crypto. He added this goes for plays like Hyperliquid Aave and Chainlink too often seen as just crypto toys 🌙.

TradFi Giants Getting Outpaced 💀

Next mistake thinks old-school finance giants will crush crypto natives. Hougan eyed PayPal’s stablecoin drop in 2023 where despite the hype PYUSD grabs just 1% of the stablecoin scene while Tether and Circle hold 88% here. Fidelity’s custody launch in 2019 did okay but Coinbase snagged the top US spot and even CME plus Bakkt backed by big players didn’t rule derivatives or such markets. Crypto natives win by moving swift focusing hard on defi and already owning users plus trust in the space 🕸️.

Volume Surging Way Beyond 100x 🌑

Last slip uses today’s trade counts to guess blockchain loads but tokenized stocks could run 24/7 instead of market hours while AI agents watch portfolios and trade solo. US stocks trade 33 hours weekly versus 168 in nonstop mode. That alone might not hit 5x but Hougan sees round the clock plus AI pushing stock trades 10x higher or even imagining 50x or 100x 🔮. Payments could explode too from AI agents far past now and though fees might dip the scale of growth should more than cover it 🦇. Bitwise’s guy isn’t alone calling AI a crypto spark as Binance founder CZ noted back in June that AI agents might lean on blockchain payments since TradFi often needs human checks and isn’t built for autonomous code. He figures agentic trading and payments pop up in months with AI stuff boosting chain volumes instead of fighting crypto 🩸.

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The winds have changed in the cryptocurrency markets and this is particularly evident in the exchange-traded funds tracking several assets such as Ripple’s native token 🖤. Although they were mostly in the green the spot XRP ETFs struggled for months with little to no actual demand especially in August. However this changed for the better last week.

XRP ETFs Hit Local High 🕸️

Monday began on a similar dull note for the funds as SoSoValue shows $0.00 in actual flows. This continued a painful streak that began at the start of the month in which seven out of the 11 trading days saw no action. However investors returned on August 18 pouring $5.81 million into the funds. This was the biggest daily net inflow for the month. Interestingly the ETFs gained just $2.35 million on Wednesday which was the day everything changed in the crypto markets. As reported extensively the US Treasury Department announced a major monetary pivot while Trump hosted a Crypto Summit in the White House which were considered the main catalysts for the price revival. Perhaps that is why XRP was a little late to the party but more on that in the second paragraph. The inflows picked up the pace on Thursday at $13.24 million and on Friday at $18.38 million the single-best day since May 14. Overall the ETFs gained $39.78 million last week which was the most since the one that ended on May 15. The cumulative total net inflows hit a new all-time high of $1.55 billion while Bitwise’s XRP fund extended its lead as the largest of the bunch. It holds $542.69 million in cumulative net inflows followed by Canary Capital’s XRPC ($468.12 million) and Franklin’s XRPZ ($434.16 million).

XRP Price Pump 🌙

Although XRP didn’t quite explode alongside BTC and many other alts on Wednesday once it did it blew the roof off the place. After successfully defending the $1.00 support the asset went on a wild run that pushed it to $1.70 by Saturday morning. This meant that it had skyrocketed by 70% in less than 72 hours. However it was rejected there and pushed south hard to $1.42. The bulls stepped up once again and helped it recover a lot of ground as XRP currently trades at just over $1.50. Nevertheless analysts are convinced that the token has to reclaim the $1.65-$1.70 resistance before it can change the broader trend 🦇. The dark allure of DeFi flows keeps luring me back into these charts like a midnight ritual 🌸.

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