Blockchain & Digital Assets

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

August 5, 2026 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Candidates supported by the cryptocurrency industry’s political action committee network advanced through key party primaries in Michigan and Washington on Tuesday, according to results reported by the Associated Press. Affiliates of Fairshake provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in independent expenditures to several of the… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 4:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of Ethereum researchers has put forward a draft proposal designed to reshape the network’s staking economics by progressively destroying a share of the rewards paid to validators. Known as the Tapered Issuance Burn and provisionally designated EIP-8361, the idea aims to remove the… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pump.fun, the Solana-based platform that allows users to quickly launch meme coins, has come under scrutiny following reports that it terminated employees just weeks or months before their company token grants were set to begin unlocking. An investigation by Sandmark, drawing on internal documents, emails,… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 1:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) is preparing to restructure the share structure of its flagship spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund through a one-for-three reverse share split. The adjustment, approved by the fund’s sponsor, is scheduled to take effect in early October and aims to recalibrate the product’s trading dynamics… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bahrain-based fintech Infinios has launched operational stablecoin settlement services in partnership with Mastercard (NYSE:MA), reportedly becoming the first issuer in the Kingdom of Bahrain to do so. The move enables the use of regulated stable digital currencies for settlement processes and positions Bahrain more strongly as… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 9:24 pm By Stephanie Vaughan  |  

Everyone in DeFi is talking about the “Earn” Wars. Robinhood, Coinbase, Revolut, and Kraken are competing for retail balances. Protocols like Aave, Morpho, and Ethena are competing to be the borrowing strategy. Vault providers are competing to package it, and strategists like Steakhouse, Gauntlet, Sentora,… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Dubai-based cryptocurrency platform with ties to Iranian interests has been reported to have transferred substantial digital assets to Binance, raising questions about potential efforts to circumvent international financial restrictions. According to a detailed investigation, the unlicensed exchange known as Shelbit, operated by Iranian expatriate… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orbs, a decentralized Layer-3 infrastructure project focused on advanced on-chain trading and DeFi capabilities, has opened its first formal community governance proposal, known as OIP-9. The proposal seeks community approval to formally create the Orbs DAO and define its starting governance structure, marking a key… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Banca d’Italia has published a report on digital currency asking the question: Are Stablecoins Efficient for Remittances? The goal was to determine if stablecoins provided an improvement over more traditional payments and transfers regarding cost and speed. The paper reviews transfers of $200 in… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, on August 3rd, CNBC host Jim Cramer declared he would sell all his Bitcoin (BTC) holdings due to fears about Quantum computing. On July 31st, Cramer interviewed Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, who stated that Quantum computing would eventually be able to break into… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) has achieved an important regulatory milestone in Britain. Its local subsidiary, Robinhood U.K. Ltd, was added to the Financial Conduct Authority’s register of cryptoasset firms effective 31 July 2026. This registration under the existing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules allows… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s cryptocurrency platform Bithumb has outlined a multi-year plan to go public, targeting completion of its initial public offering in 2028. The exchange shared details of this roadmap in an official customer notice on August 3, 2026, emphasizing that the process is designed to… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) expands its Ethereum position to nearly 4.8% of supply, with combined holdings valued at $11.3 billion.Bitmine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded firm focused on building a substantial digital asset treasury centered on Ethereum, has reported further growth in its ETH… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 5:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused treasury company Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) has started actively monitoring the cryptocurrency’s 200-week moving average, according to a recent announcement from its founder and executive chairman. The firm now displays this metric along with the premium of Bitcoin’s current price relative to that average on its… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Tether has released its second-quarter 2026 financial figures, highlighting steady operational results and strategic adjustments to its reserve portfolio. The company, known for issuing the USDT stablecoin, recorded approximately $1.5 billion in net operating profit for the three months ending June 30,… Read More