The final implementation of all MiCA provisions has created a regulatory sandbox that leaves Europe disconnected from major stablecoin providers. Circle’s Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Patrick Hansen, stressed that a review is necessary to make the framework more competitive and globally aligned. MiCA’s Current Implementation Leaves EU Users ‘Unprotected or Cut Off’ While […]

Flutter Entertainment will route every sports and novelty contract on Fanduel Predicts to Crypto.com’s exchange, leaving CME Group with only the financial markets on a venture CME majority-owns. The move comes three weeks after CME’s chief executive told analysts that many sports prediction markets amount to gambling. Flutter booked $6 million in market-making revenue in […]

A player in Bitonto, near Bari, matched all five MillionDay numbers on July 31 for a $1.15 million (€1 million) prize, then threw the ticket out after misreading the receipt. Public waste company SANB stopped the compactor before it reached landfill and found the slip intact at 5:30 a.m. four days later. A Two-Word Receipt […]

A single bitcoin miner solved block height 960804 on Aug. 2, 2026, at 02:11 UTC, earning the full block reward of about 3.1569 BTC, worth roughly $200,000 at the time. The payout went to a bitcoin address tied to CKPool, a solo mining service that lets people point their equipment at shared infrastructure without running […]

Bitcoin briefly approached $65,000 on Thursday, holding support above $64,500 despite intraday pullbacks to $64,144 and bringing its gains since Aug. 1 to roughly 3%. Market Momentum and Intraday Volatility Bitcoin nearly reached $65,000 on Thursday as the cryptocurrency’s gradual rise, albeit a slower one since the start of the month, showed no signs of […]

Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits for corporate clients this fall, starting with US dollar-to-pound transactions. The move has won support from blockchain infrastructure advocates, while critics argue that banks are using distributed ledgers where conventional databases may work better. Cosmos Labs Backs Wells Fargo’s 24/7 Blockchain Payment Push Wells Fargo is preparing to move […]

Grayscale added BNB to its Smart Contract Fund during its second-quarter review, giving the token a larger weighting than ether and solana. The asset manager also reduced exposure to Uniswap and NEAR across two other diversified crypto products. Grayscale Uses Q2 Review to Reweight 3 Crypto Funds Grayscale Investments has added BNB to its Smart […]

JPYC Inc., the company operating Japan’s first fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, has extended its Series B funding round, pushing total investment to roughly 6 billion yen, or about $38 million. Logistics Giant Backs Japan’s Yen Stablecoin Bet The latest check, according to JPYC’s capital raise announcement, includes about 1 billion yen, or $6.3 million, from […]

New York, August 5, 2026 — MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, today announced the integration of the TRON network with MoonPay’s Trade infrastructure, enabling users to complete transactions on TRON without holding TRX to pay network fees. The TRON network is governed by TRON […]

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $244.42 million on Wednesday, extending their inflow streak to three sessions. Ether funds added $60.86 million, while HYPE ETFs ended a prolonged run of withdrawals with a modest gain. Bitcoin ETFs Add $244M as Streak Hits 3 Days Money continued to move into the largest crypto funds at a brisk […]

Strategy’s founder, Michael Saylor, says artificial intelligence (AI) helped Strategy design a financial product that unlocked roughly $15 billion in capital, a milestone he argues demonstrates how AI is changing business just as profoundly as bitcoin changed digital ownership. Speaking with Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast, the Strategy executive chairman described […]

Criminals stole more than $30 million from cryptocurrency holders through violence in the first half of 2026, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported on Thursday, putting the year on pace to break 2025’s record of $58 million. The crimes fall under a category security researchers call “wrench attacks.” The term comes from an old internet joke […]

Coinbase has begun offering nearly 4,000 U.S. stocks to eligible U.K. users, combining equities and crypto in a single app. The service includes fractional shares, zero commissions and funding through pounds or USDC. Coinbase Opens 24/5 US Stock Trading to Eligible UK Users Coinbase is expanding beyond digital assets in the United Kingdom, rolling out […]

Singapore, Singapore, August 6th, 2026, Chainwire. 25,000 attendees, 500 exhibitors, 300 speakers and 1,000 side events will bring the global crypto industry to Singapore this October. TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto event, returns to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 7–8 October, bringing together 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries. The first […]

Bitcoin is closing in on a possible chain split after block 961,632 as BIP-110 backers prepare to enforce rules that barely register across the network’s computing power. BIP-110 Faces Its Moment of Truth At block 961,289 on Thursday morning, Bitcoin sat roughly 343 blocks from BIP-110’s mandatory signaling phase. The bip110.org/monitor dashboard showed just 41 […]

Canadian Bitcoin holders account for 25% of all attributable losses in the Coldcard wallet exploit. Total stolen assets reach $116 million while Galaxy Research traced the attack to a March 2021 firmware update. Geographic Distribution of Losses Canadian bitcoin holders have emerged as the single largest demographic affected by the ongoing Coldcard hardware wallet exploit, […]

World Chain is launching full block access lists on its mainnet, making it the “first” production layer-2 network to stream EIP-7928 data every 200 milliseconds inside flashblocks. Tackling the Decentralization Dilemma World Chain says it will introduce full block access lists on Aug. 17, becoming the “first” production layer‑2 (L2) network to stream EIP‑7928 access‑list […]

A federal judge granted Utah summary judgment Tuesday, holding that the Commodity Exchange Act does not preempt the state’s anti-gambling laws as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts. The exchange says it will appeal to the Tenth Circuit, which would bring prediction-market appeals into seven of the 13 federal circuits. Shelby Finds Multiple Readings of […]

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics built a laser-produced plasma EUV light-source platform that hit 3.42% conversion efficiency in a March 2025 paper, a key step toward domestic advanced-chip manufacturing. EUV remains the choke point for sub-7nm production, and ASML has been barred from selling its most […]

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin payments company BVNK, adding onchain settlement and wallet infrastructure to its global network. The deal positions the card giant to connect fiat currencies, stablecoins and tokenized deposits through one payments layer.   Mastercard to Link Stablecoins to 17B Global Payment Network Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK, […]

Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, says the ELIZAOS token is finished after a class-action settlement exhausted the project’s treasury, marking the end of one of the largest AI-agent cryptocurrency stories of the past two years. Shaw Walters Draws a Line Under the Token In a lengthy Aug. 4 post on X, Walters declared, “The […]

American and British regulators are expanding cooperation on crypto, tokenization, payments, artificial intelligence, and financial resilience. The initiative connects new regulatory frameworks with plans to reduce cross-border friction and modernize two major financial markets. Regulators Expand Their Transatlantic Digital Asset Agenda The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a joint statement on Aug. 4 summarizing […]

Strategy reiterated its ambition to become the world’s largest company by market capitalization, outlining a capital strategy built on bitcoin, digital credit, and equity. The approach is designed to expand its balance sheet and create long-term shareholder value. Bitcoin Holdings Anchor Strategy’s Corporate Ambition Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) reiterated its ambition to become the world’s […]

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis says the Senate will vote on the CLARITY Act before lawmakers begin their August recess. The bill would divide federal crypto oversight while addressing ethics, enforcement, consumer protection, and market certainty. Lummis Sees Vote Nearing After 11 Months of Negotiations U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), chair of the Senate digital assets […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents will increasingly need verifiable proof of who they represent, what they may access and how far their authority extends as they begin spending money, sharing data and completing transactions for users, according to Moca Network CEO Kenneth Shek. Agents Move From Answering to Acting Kenneth Shek is the Project Lead of […]