FTX’s fifth creditor distribution began reaching accounts on July 31, although early reports showed that payments were not appearing for everyone at the same time.
Russia has formally expanded its regional cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, the Moscow Region and selected parts of Kursk, with the ban taking effect on August 15, 2026.
BNB Chain said on August 1 that it was pursuing legal action against a former employee accused of retaining control of a company-linked tutorial wallet and using it in connection with a new meme token.
Bitcoin opened August below a key support band, while Santiment recorded its most bearish Bitcoin commentary ratio since modern tracking began.
XRP held near $1.06 on August 1, with price still confined between $1.05 support and resistance near $1.11 as Binance open interest fell to a 15-month low.
HYPE slipped below $52.5 on August 1, keeping price inside its descending channel even after Hyperliquid moved permissionless HIP-4 deployments to testnet.
Bitcoin trades at $62,980, down 2.7% over 24 hours, having lost the support band it was defending only hours earlier.
Bitcoin and most major cryptocurrencies fell sharply on July 31 after a Reuters report said the U.S. Treasury had told banks to prepare for possible intervention in the yen market.
Bitcoin started on July 31 at $64,700, reached $65,340, and trades at $63,660 at the time of writing, down roughly $1,050 on the session.
Ethereum climbed to $1,930 on July 31 before reversing to $1,880, down 1.8% as resistance near the 100-day SMA held again.
The Bank of Japan held its policy rate at 1.0% on July 31, six weeks after raising borrowing costs in June.
Coinkite has warned Coldcard Mk3 owners that a weakness in how some devices generated seed phrases may have left their Bitcoin exposed.
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