August 6, 2026 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stepped up its exposure to two high-profile growth companies on Wednesday, purchasing approximately $17.3 million of Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) shares and nearly $20 million of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) stock. The moves, detailed in the firm’s official daily trade disclosures, came… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has moved closer to the $65,000 level in recent sessions, trading in the mid-to-high $64,000 range as of early August 2026. The cryptocurrency has shown resilience after earlier consolidation in the low $60,000s, with intermittent advances testing the psychologically important $65,000 BTC price threshold… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 5:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokyo-based JPYC Inc., the issuer of Japan’s regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, has completed an extension of its Series B funding round, bringing the cumulative total raised in the series to roughly 6 billion yen (about $38 million). The company disclosed the development in an official announcement,… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tribal gaming regulators and members of Congress are pressing for specific language in the pending CLARITY Act to prevent prediction markets from offering sports and casino-style contracts outside existing state and tribal oversight. The call came during a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs roundtable held… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 12:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent joint proof-of-concept between Partior and OpenAssets has shown that digital assets, regulated stablecoins, and commercial bank tokenized deposits can complete simultaneous, risk-free settlement. The exercise points to a practical route for continuous, always-on atomic clearing that uses tokenized deposits as the central settlement… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uniswap, one of the largest decentralized exchanges by trading volume, has broadened its services beyond swaps and liquidity provision by introducing Earn. This new product enables traders and investors to generate passive returns on idle digital assets without leaving the Uniswap interface. Available in both… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) has rolled out a new product called Stablecard, developed together with the stablecoin infrastructure firm Rain. The offering pairs a digital wallet holding the company’s own dollar-linked token, USDPT, with a Visa secured credit card. The goal is to let people… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is set to take over IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) controlling interest in a long-running technology joint venture with UniCredit, marking a significant shift in how one of Europe’s major banking groups manages its digital infrastructure. The move forms part of a broader, multi-year partnership… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Triodos Bank and Ethex continue advancing the United Kingdom’s direct impact investment landscape by connecting everyday investors with projects that deliver measurable social and environmental benefits. In the UK, direct impact investing allows individuals to place capital straight into specific organisations or initiatives rather than… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

STS Digital, a Bermuda-regulated principal trading firm focused on digital asset derivatives, has expanded institutional access by integrating its options and spot trading capabilities with Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset infrastructure. This collaboration enables professional clients to access STS Digital’s deep liquidity and… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nik Storansky, CEO and co-founder of top digital bank Revolut, allegedly skipped out on paying a broker’s fee for a megayacht. This is according to a report by WSJ.com, which states that a yacht broker, Cecil Wright & Partners, is suing Storansky for avoiding a… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three men from St. Louis, Missouri, are facing federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to seize Bitcoin through a planned residential break-in in Connecticut nearly two years earlier. US Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced that Sedric Louis, 32,… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

A UK AI Security Institute (IASI) report shares that an AI test using various agents ended up in19 unsanctioned actions against real people and organizations. The models tested are not publicly available. The report was published yesterday and involved a test last month. IASI says… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency project Scandic Coin (SNC) has issued a formal public demand for answers from the exchange BitMart regarding three long-pending withdrawal requests that remain unresolved. The requests, submitted from an approved institutional account, involve substantial amounts of USDT and SNC tokens that have stayed in… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate is scheduled to go into recess at the end of business this Friday, leaving only a couple of days for the CLARITY Act to reach a floor vote. While a growing number of Americans hold crypto and there is an obvious need to… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET), the internet infrastructure platform that just about everyone in the world uses, says it has integrated artificial intelligence (AI) agents, digital wallets, and the ability to use stablecoins. Cloudflare Wallets will enable agentic commerce in a secure environment. Cloudflare Wallets and Cloudflare.pay aim… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

In a challenging market for the world’s most popular crypto, Xapo Bank reports that its clients are buying more Bitcoin. According to a note from the bank, data from Q2 2026 (79%) shows an increase in the amount of Bitcoin held in accounts during the… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the US Senate approaches its summer recess, attention remains fixed on the fate of the CLARITY Act, a major piece of digital asset market structure legislation. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has offered a measured perspective: while passage would represent the ideal outcome… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is preparing to introduce tokenized deposits for its corporate and commercial customers later this year, marking another major bank’s move into blockchain technology for payments and settlements. The initiative aims to modernize how businesses handle funds while remaining firmly within the… Read More