Crypto trader Ansem predicts Pump.fun (PUMP) could become one of the 10 largest cryptos by market capitalization within two years. Ansem said he plans to track the trade from the current cycle’s bottom through new all-time highs. Ansem Builds Bullish Case for PUMP Ansem’s latest forecast builds on his earlier PUMP purchase at $0.001675. He
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir10 Aug
The Bank of Japan’s latest policy meeting pointed to a possible acceleration in interest rate hikes, with at least three board members saying the central bank could raise rates faster than its current pace. The comments appeared in the BOJ’s summary of opinions from its July 30-31 meeting, released Monday, after policymakers kept the benchmark
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir10 Aug
The cryptocurrency market will welcome a wave of tokens worth more than $605.5 million in the second week of August 2026. Major projects, including YZY (YZY), Connex (CONX), and Arbitrum (ARB), will release previously locked supplies over the next seven days. These unlocks could increase short-term volatility and influence price movements. So, here’s a breakdown
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir10 Aug
A single cross-border laundering method has quietly become the backbone of South Korea’s crypto crime wave, accounting for $6.4 billion of the $7.1 billion in illegal crypto transactions recorded in the country since 2021. And despite knowing exactly how it works, police are struggling to stop it. The technique is called Hwanchigi. It exploits cryptocurrency
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
Coinsbuy reportedly suffered a $7.9 million crypto theft. Wallets linked to the crypto payments platform were drained across Ethereum (ETH) and Tron (TRX). Blockchain investigator Specter Analyst first highlighted the incident through Telegram. Coinsbuy Pauses Transfers After Reported Hack Specter Analyst said the attack occurred around 13:00 UTC. Coinsbuy temporarily paused deposits and withdrawals following
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir10 Aug
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Chinese AI startup Zhipu by nearly 72% on Thursday, sending the stock up and capping a five-day run where the company gained over 37%. The bank says China’s AI industry is leaving the price war era behind. Analyst Gary Yu and colleagues raised Zhipu’s Hong Kong target from
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
Gold (XAU) futures on Binance recorded one of their strongest trading days in four months on Friday. The surge followed a July jobs report that missed expectations. The move came alongside a broader gold rally, which ended a four-month losing streak. Investors appear to be returning to the precious metal after months of pressure. Weak
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir10 Aug
South Korea’s financial regulators wanted to calm a volatile stock market as they cracked down on leveraged ETFs. However, they have made it more chaotic instead. Crackdowns on leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which required retail investors to post higher cash deposits, did not cool speculation. Retail money rotated en masse
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
When Washington blocked China from buying advanced chips, the goal was to slow Beijing’s AI ambitions. It may have accelerated them instead. CXMT Corp, a memory chipmaker once dependent on foreign technology, debuted on Shanghai’s STAR Market last month and surged 466% in a single session. The stock eclipsed Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
The common view says open-weight AI is bad news for frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood argues the opposite. An open-weight AI model is one in which the creator releases the underlying parameters publicly. It allows anyone to download, run, and modify it on their own hardware without paying for access.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 AugAsian stocks edged higher Monday and the probability of a September US rate hike dropped sharply, giving global markets room to extend last week’s record run. The calm has one clear expiry date: Wednesday’s inflation report. Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s KOSPI added marginally as the new week began. The MSCI Asia-Pacific index outside Japan
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
Airbnb stock hit a four-year high on Friday, gaining 17% after its CEO made one of the clearest corporate arguments yet for what AI can actually deliver. Brian Chesky did not just claim AI mattered: he showed investors the number. Second-quarter revenue rose 17% to $3.61 billion, beating Wall Street’s estimate of around $3.57 billion,
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock10 Aug
Kraken is entering the final stage of its latest delisting cycle, giving holders of 21 tokens until August 27 at 14:00 UTC to withdraw their assets. Afterwards, the exchange begins automatically liquidating remaining balances into markets it warns may have limited or no liquidity. The scheduled delisting, first announced in May, affects assets that no
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth9 Aug
Top Wall Street analysts at Bank of America, JPMorgan and Oppenheimer have identified three AI stocks they believe remain well-positioned for further gains following strong quarterly earnings. Their bullish outlooks reflect expectations that AI investment will remain strong despite ongoing concerns about valuations and the sustainability of spending. 3 AI Stocks TipRanks’ Top Analysts Are
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth9 Aug
Dollar-backed stablecoins have taken over crypto payment cards. USDC (USDC) and Tether (USDT) together account for roughly 84% of card spending. The split reverses a market that was dominated by euro tokens less than two years ago. The shift coincided with a wave of new card programs and settlement chains. Over the same period, dollar
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir9 AugJapan’s exit from decades of ultra-low interest rates is beginning to expose the hidden costs of higher borrowing costs. The country’s four largest life insurers are now sitting on roughly $96 billion in unrealized losses on Japanese government bonds (JGBs). On their own, the losses are largely an accounting issue. However, they also highlight a
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth9 Aug
Wall Street keeps setting records, yet a growing chorus of institutional voices now names artificial intelligence (AI) itself as the biggest threat facing global markets. The S&P 500 sits at the center of that argument, and its concentration explains why. Why Fund Managers Now Fear AI Most A tail risk is a low-probability event with
BeInCrypto•Luis Blanco9 Aug
Berkshire Hathaway's Q2 filing points to $13.5 billion in unnamed stock buys. The Aug. 14 13F reveals Abel's targets.
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth9 Aug
European stock exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a month of positive net flows in July, their first since the US-Iran conflict began in late February, according to Bloomberg data. The return of capital signals renewed investor appetite for the region. A strong earnings season and easing oil prices have restored Europe’s appeal as a hedge against
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir9 Aug
Crypto mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached a record $9.66 billion in disclosed value in the first half of 2026, even as the number of announced deals fell 25% to 87. The finding comes from CryptoRank Research, which tracked 87 acquisition announcements between January and June. Disclosed value rose 223% from the second half of 2025,
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir9 Aug