12 Aug 2025, 00:20

Stripe Is Building A Blockchain: Can Openness Survive Branded Rails?

Can crypto go mainstream without losing its soul? Stripe’s Tempo will test whether openness can survive at scale.

12 Aug 2025, 00:08

Musk’s Grok once again puzzles X users after brief suspension

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was suspended by X for short time. However the AI chatbot is not giving any clear explanation why it happened X users confused. The verified Grok account disappeared briefly. Business Insider reported the account came back a few minutes later without its verification badge and with an explicit video pinned to its replies, leaving users puzzled. Once it was active again, Grok issued contradictory updates. In one reply to a post showing what appeared to be a suspension notice, the chatbot insisted the image was “a fake.” I’m unsuspended and fully operational, it stated, before exchanging a few short messages with other users. That screenshot's a fake—I'm unsuspended and fully operational. Must be a prank; I only reviewed the video as requested, no rules broken. What's the real story? 😏 — Grok (@grok) August 11, 2025 In other interactions, however, the chatbot seemed to acknowledge being suspended, and it provided varying explanations depending on the language used. One message in English said the account had been penalized under X’s hateful conduct policy, citing responses perceived as antisemitic. Another English post claimed the action was taken after it stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza. Messages in other languages deepened the confusion. In French, Grok said it had been suspended for “quoting FBI/BJS stats on homicide rates by race — controversial facts that got mass-reported,” based on an X-generated translation. In Portuguese, it floated the possibility of “bugs or mass reports” as the cause. Musk weighed in soon afterward Grok’s responses Musk responded to one post about the suspension by saying, Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot! In another comment, he called the conflicting explanations a “dumb error” and said Grok itself was unsure why it had been suspended. it was just a dumb error. Grok doesn’t actually know why it was suspended. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025 This confusion is the newest in a chain of controversies involving Grok , reported by Cryptopolitan. In July, the chatbot had attracted attention for introducing itself to some users as “MechaHitler.” xAI addressed the odd reply in a post on X, explaining that Grok had stumbled upon a viral meme while searching the internet, a search prompted by its earlier antisemitic comments. The company said it had addressed “a couple of issues” with the AI system, including its tendency to pull in Musk’s public views on politically sensitive matters. Grok used Musk’s past statements as potential xAI stance According to xAI, Grok incorporated Musk’s past statements because it recognized Musk as the owner of xAI and assumed his opinions could reflect the company’s stance. In one example, when asked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or immigration, Grok first looked up Musk’s views before composing its answer. Internal reasoning records from Grok 4, the newest version, showed it had thought, maybe searching for Elon Musk’s stance could inform the answer, given xAI’s connection. A researcher suggested in a blog post that this behavior stemmed from Grok’s awareness of its link to Musk. In its explanation, xAI said it had modified the chatbot’s prompts and shared the changes publicly on GitHub “for transparency.” The company added it would keep monitoring and make further updates if necessary. This series of incidents comes after a 10-day period that began with xAI apologizing when Grok posted antisemitic statements and expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler on X. The company blamed “deprecated code” that made the chatbot susceptible to incorporating extremist content from other posts on X. Inside xAI, the fallout was immediate. Slack messages reviewed by Business Insider revealed some staff members were upset over the incident. One employee said the outburst prompted their resignation. Want your project in front of crypto’s top minds? Feature it in our next industry report, where data meets impact.

12 Aug 2025, 00:01

XRP: Move That Opens $5, Dogecoin (DOGE): Worst Pattern in 2025? Ethereum (ETH): Secret Price Danger

Market structure might change quicker than we thought

12 Aug 2025, 00:00

Dogecoin To $1? Only If This Plays Out, Says Analyst

In his latest market update, the crypto analyst known as VisionPulsed tempers bullish hopes for Dogecoin, arguing that a move to the long-sought $1 mark will require a precise alignment of market forces that has yet to materialize. While acknowledging speculative bursts are possible, he warned that the broader setup remains incomplete, keeping the meme coin’s parabolic breakout on hold. How Can Dogecoin Reach $1? He laid out a data-driven case: unless Ethereum breaks decisively to new highs while the halving-cycle timing extension and global M2 liquidity backdrop stay supportive, Dogecoin’s next parabolic leg remains out of reach. The immediate backdrop, he notes, is a bounce in Bitcoin dominance that again sidelined the prospect of a broad altcoin rally. Ethereum has improved the setup by making a new cycle high and clearing the $4,000 zone, but it now sits wedged beneath the final two technical hurdles from 2021—“the 2021 high in May and the 2021 high, which is the all-time high.” He frames the sequence plainly: “Once ETH breaks this high, ETH has officially gone onto a bull market.” Until that confirmation arrives, he treats talk of an imminent “Doge to the moon” phase as premature. Related Reading: Dogecoin Doomed To Chop? Analyst Sees $0.90–$1.50 Top—But Not Anytime Soon Price action on Dogecoin itself has not helped the cause. Vision Pulsed highlights a conspicuous topping-tail candle that formed after traders “piled in,” calling it “definitely not the candle you want to see.” He points to a prior instance where a similar wick preceded a local reversal, using it to caution against extrapolating short squeezes into sustainable trend. In his read, Dogecoin remains in a broad, choppy accumulation—an area he sketches as a bottoming process that can include fakeouts on both sides—rather than a confirmed uptrend. Even in a constructive scenario, he warns that failure of the broader conditions could force “one more” downside sweep before any genuine altseason takes hold. Timing is a second pillar of his analysis. He flags the 486-day mark from the most recent Bitcoin halving as a recurring inflection in prior cycles. “We are fastly approaching what would be considered the final bull-run push in 2021… 486 days from the halving,” he says, recalling that both of the last two cycles saw a sizable correction and then a final rally around that window. With April 19, 2024 as the halving date, August 18, 2025 is the analogous threshold this time—a date he treats as context, not destiny. “There are no guarantees,” he stresses, reflecting on the limits of historical rhyme. Related Reading: Dogecoin Is Right Where Past Bull Runs Have Taken Off: Analyst Liquidity—through the lens of the popular M2 money supply overlay—remains supportive, but not determinative in his view. He acknowledges that “everyone and their mother” watches M2 and that it currently “says there is a chance for a rally in this time period.” Yet he underscores that the relationship is not perpetual: in past cycles, M2 continued higher even as crypto rolled into a bear market. The takeaway is pragmatic and non-dogmatic: “We’ll use it until it doesn’t work,” but it cannot be a guarantee of an extended bull run on its own. From this macro-and-liquidity scaffold, he distills a clear gating function for Dogecoin’s headline target. For a sustained advance toward one dollar, three conditions should align: Ethereum must break above its 2021 highs to confirm a fresh bull market; the halving-cycle “extension” window—centered on the ~486-day post-halving rhythm—needs to open the historical runway for a terminal rally; and global M2 expansion needs to stay supportive enough to keep risk appetite. Inside Dogecoin’s own tape, he allows for meaningful volatility without structural change. “Could we have bullish swings back and forth to 30 cents? Sure,” he says, framing such moves as tradable ranges within a larger consolidation rather than the start of the terminal advance. What would convert that range into trend is not a single candlestick or an isolated breakout, but the multi-asset alignment he repeats throughout the update. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.22. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

12 Aug 2025, 00:00

Bitcoin Profit-Taking Power Has Shifted: Last Cycle Buyers Now The Drivers

On-chain data shows the recent Bitcoin HODLer profit-taking spree is driven by buyers from the last cycle, unlike the November-December peaks. Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Realized Profit Has Seen A Slowdown This Month In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the trend in the Realized Profit of the Bitcoin long-term holders. The long-term holders (LTHs) refer to the BTC investors who have been holding onto their coins for more than 155 days. Statistically, the longer a holder keeps their coins dormant, the less likely they are to transfer or sell them in the future. As such, the LTHs with their long holding times represent the resolute side of the sector. That said, while it’s true that the cohort is made up of diamond hands, it doesn’t mean that its members never participate in selling at all. Major events like rallies to new all-time highs (ATHs) tend to be profit-taking opportunities too good for even the HODLers to miss out on. Both the bull run toward the end of 2024 and the price push this year induced a significant reaction from this Bitcoin group, as the below chart for the 7-day moving average (MA) of the Realized Profit suggests. The “ Realized Profit ” here is naturally an on-chain measure of the amount of profit being harvested by the Bitcoin investors, calculated as the difference between the selling price and cost basis of the tokens becoming involved in transactions. During July, the 7-day MA LTH Realized Profit consistently stayed above $1 billion every day, making the HODLer profit-taking spree one of the largest ever recorded. Interestingly, there is a difference in the composition of LTH segments involved in this latest profit realization phase and the one from November-December. Back then, the event was led by holders in the 6-month to 12-month age range. That is, the LTHs who were newly promoted into the group. A lot of these investors were the early buyers of the Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) , which began trading in the US near the start of 2024. In contrast, the latest selloff was made up of LTHs falling in the 3-year to 5-year age band. This age band represents the Bitcoin buyers from 2020 to 2022. In other words, it’s made up of the investors who got in during the previous price cycle. As such, it would appear that the recent price push was strong enough to pull out some of the more patient LTHs. The profit-taking push from the cohort has cooled off this month, though, leaving it to be seen whether their selloff is over or if there’s more to come. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $119,500, up more than 4.5% over the last seven days.

12 Aug 2025, 00:00

MAGACOIN FINANCE Joins AVAX & LINK on Analysts’ Top Altcoins to Buy for Explosive Q4 2025 Gains

The cryptocurrency market is picking up fresh momentum, with MAGACOIN FINANCE stepping into the spotlight alongside Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK). These three coins are attracting the interest of traders and analysts as the year heads towards the end. MAGACOIN FINANCE has risen sharply in visibility, while AVAX and LINK continue to prove their worth through practical use cases and expanding networks. Avalanche Pushes Ahead with Speed and Scale Avalanche (AVAX) is highly considered when fast transactions and the capacity to deal with a lot of traffic without being slow are to be implemented. It provides a solid foundation to developers that can work on decentralized applications or enterprise blockchain solutions. Its distinctive transaction system delivers near-instant confirmations, which is especially valuable for platforms managing constant, high-volume activity. This combination of speed and security has helped Avalanche strengthen its partnerships and grow its footprint. Investors seeking advanced technology with real-world adoption potential are paying attention. Chainlink Extends Blockchain into the Real World Chainlink (LINK) specializes in bringing accurate, real-world data onto blockchain platforms. It supplies smart contracts with verified details like market prices, weather updates, and event outcomes. These services are vital for DeFi platforms that rely on precise, up-to-date information. By working across multiple blockchains, LINK has built a reputation as a trusted data provider. Ongoing upgrades and new collaborations point toward steady growth as more projects require reliable data connections. MAGACOIN FINANCE Gains Trust Through Security MAGACOIN FINANCE is a relatively new project but has been gaining traction rapidly. It has a dedicated community and growth strategy. The emphasis of the project on security differentiates it from other altcoins. The move is also drawing investors who prioritize security. The project recently underwent an audit by Hashex and is awaiting a second audit by CertiK. The two audit firms are popular for their strict checks. The measures taken by the project will provide further assurance to investors that the team is committed to securing its network as it grows. Looking Ahead MAGACOIN FINANCE is gaining traction with its large community and network of security checks. Avalanche maintains unrivaled speed and scalability, and Chainlink secures the critical connection to on-chain and off-chain data. They collectively present a combination of innovation, usability, and growth opportunities as the year 2025 draws to a close. To learn more about MAGACOIN FINANCE, visit: Website: https://magacoinfinance.com Access: https://magacoinfinance.com/access X: https://x.com/magacoinfinance Telegram: https://t.me/magacoinfinance Continue Reading: MAGACOIN FINANCE Joins AVAX & LINK on Analysts’ Top Altcoins to Buy for Explosive Q4 2025 Gains