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13 stories for“state of crypto 2026”
Six months in, institutional Bitcoin holdings are near record highs even as ETF assets slip, and Wall Street forecasts for the rest of the year could not be more split.
Jun 18, 2026
A leading crypto market maker registered a US broker-dealer arm and a very large custodian moved towards institutional staking. Neither made headlines. Both change who is allowed to participate.
Aug 7, 2026
Stablecoins promise faster settlement and programmable money, but reserves, redemption, governance and operational resilience now matter more than hype.
Jul 28, 2026
The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets law became fully applicable on December 30, forcing every exchange and stablecoin issuer to operate under a real license.
Jan 8, 2025
On 11 August the CFTC used emergency powers to keep Kalshi running nationwide. A week earlier a Washington judge told it to block local users. Both cannot be right, and that is now the whole fight.
Aug 16, 2026
Six federal agencies were required to finalise the GENIUS Act rules by 18 July. They did not. The law still takes effect on 18 January 2027, which leaves issuers building to a rulebook that has not been written.
Aug 24, 2026
A joint classification named sixteen assets as digital commodities outside securities law. It resolved a long-running fight for those tokens and left the harder question completely open.
Aug 8, 2026
Bitcoin hit a record near $126,000, stablecoins topped $290 billion, and then Q4 delivered the sharpest reset in years. Here is what actually happened.
Jan 6, 2026
Staking and long-term holding have taken a large share of ether out of circulation. It is read as conviction. It is also a thinner market, and thin markets move faster in both directions.
Aug 17, 2026
August has closed red for bitcoin every year since 2022. This one is up about a quarter, spot ETFs took nearly two billion dollars in five sessions, and the price is back near eighty thousand. It peaked at a hundred and twenty six.
Aug 25, 2026
Circle becomes the first crypto financial services firm to take a Premier League club's front of shirt. Two months ago the Financial Conduct Authority warned clubs about exactly this kind of deal. The difference is that Circle is authorised.
Aug 29, 2026
Passkeys have reached an estimated five billion active credentials, but recovery, portability and inconsistent implementation still decide whether users trust them.
Jul 31, 2026
The metal reached about 4,607 dollars an ounce on Friday, its strongest week in months, on the same US debt news that moved bonds and bitcoin. It is still below January's record, and it has just overtaken forecasts that were revised down in early August.
Aug 22, 2026
