CoinDesk - 2026-08-21 ​
9 items collected.
1. Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax ​
Author: Jesse Hamilton
Published: 8/21/2026, 10:10:28 PM
Categories: Policy, Tax, News
The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax.
2. Pass the Clarity Act ​
Author: Summer Mersinger
Published: 8/21/2026, 7:00:00 PM
Categories: Opinion, Opinion
Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.
3. Ethena's ENA token surges 48%, but altcoin season will have to wait ​
Author: Oliver Knight
Published: 8/21/2026, 4:10:37 PM
Categories: Markets, Altcoins, News
ENA is rallying on a $1 billion FalconX deal, while HYPE tests its record, though flat dominance shows this is no broad alt season.
4. Coldcard ships firmware after $114 million bitcoin theft; says AI helped catch more bugs ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 8/21/2026, 12:10:55 PM
Categories: Tech, News
Three weeks of review turned up problems unrelated to the flaw that cost users $114 million, but updating still does not make a compromised wallet safe.
5. Analysts split on whether Bitcoin's surge past key levels signals a new bull run ​
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 8/21/2026, 11:31:30 AM
Categories: Markets, Bitcoin News, Markets, News
Market watchers say sudden sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations are the classic signs of a bottom, though macro risks still remain.
6. The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto bill ​
Author: Hermine Wong
Published: 8/21/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Categories: Opinion, Opinion
After years of stalled bills, misguided enforcement, and catastrophic collapses, almost any comprehensive crypto legislation began to look like progress. But Clarity is turning that hunger for progress into a political trap, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
7. Bitcoin faces $80,000 test as thinner weekend liquidity looms ​
Author: Francisco Rodrigues
Published: 8/21/2026, 11:26:27 AM
Categories: Crypto Daybook Americas, Crypto Daybook Americas, News
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 21, 2026
8. Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan's first crypto approval in four years ​
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 8/21/2026, 10:38:47 AM
Categories: Policy, Japan, Regulation, News
Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as the appetite for crypto in Japan grows.
9. Bitcoin tops $77,000 as best week since 2023 pulls altcoins along for the ride ​
Author: Oliver Knight
Published: 8/21/2026, 10:15:36 AM
Categories: Markets, Crypto Markets Today, News
BTC has gained 24% since Monday and reached the level implied by its inverse head-and-shoulders break, with shorts still taking a contrarian position.