August 12, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) has taken a significant step in leveraging its substantial Bitcoin reserves by committing 18,750 BTC as collateral for newly arranged credit facilities. This move, detailed in the company’s recent quarterly SEC filing, secures substantial incremental capital aimed at advancing its strategic… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK digital bank Zopa has teamed up with Hive to provide a path for homeowners to finance solar and other green home upgrades. According to a statement from Zopa, customers may now apply for a Zopa-based loan on the Hive website. Zopa notes that the… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zama has expanded access to its native digital asset by integrating the $ZAMA token directly into the Revolut platform. This development allows the fintech giant’s extensive customer base to purchase, hold, and trade the token through the familiar Revolut app interface. The $ZAMA token underpins… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 9:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mews Financial Services B.V. has been approved to operate as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). By receiving approval, Mews will be able to offer multiple bank-like services to its customers. The approval covers the European Economic Area (EEA) Mews is… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erebor Bank, a Columbus, Ohio-based digital bank that targets high-net-worth individuals and startups, may soon receive a $1.5 billion investment, according to reports. The anticipated round would place the bank’s pre-money valuation is expected to be $8 billion. The funding is reportedly about 2X the… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a significant security breach affecting the open-source Bitcoin payment platform, members of the BTCPay Server community have stepped forward with a substantial incentive aimed at reclaiming lost assets. Supporters of the project have pledged a recovery bounty structured as 10 percent of any funds… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) has reported a significant milestone for its blockchain-powered financing technology. In July 2026, the company’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform handled a total of $8.0 trillion in repurchase agreement activity. This equated to an average of $365 billion processed each trading day,… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has experienced a series of high-level exits from its safety and ethics ranks in a short span of time. Chloé Bakalar, who served as the company’s head of ethics, stepped down less than twelve months after she arrived. Her departure follows those of Johannes… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital (NASDAQ:NCL), an early entrant in the securities crowdfunding sector, has been charged with fraud. According to a report by Reuters, the Securities and Exchange ​Commission has filed charges in Boston Federal Court alleging that NetCapital improperly recorded $14 million in revenue from consulting by… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Canada will soon launch its Real-Time Rail (RTR), a national payments system that enables 24/7, instantaneous transfers and payments. Industry participants are currently testing the system, which carries data while incorporating anti-fraud controls. The legal framework kicks off on August 24th, with a system launch… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Drata co-founder and CEO Adam Markowitz sees Artificial Intelligence’s rapid adoption creating an unprecedented trust gap that his company is perfectly positioned to solve. Drata empowers security teams to automate compliance, manage risk, and win with trust. Markowitz said trust is a scarce resource that… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury has shared information on employee contributions to the new Trump Accounts. These accounts were authorized by the current administration as a path to providing access to the benefits of holding equities and the proven appreciation of these assets over… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Flight-tracking company FlightAware has filed a lawsuit against prediction-markets operator Kalshi, alleging the platform improperly leveraged its proprietary information and brand to support wagering on flight cancellations. The complaint, submitted August 10, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) rose after hours following news of a substantial long-term agreement for data center capacity tied to artificial intelligence workloads. Currently, Riot is up by over 15% in pre-market trading. The Bitcoin mining firm, which has been expanding into high-performance… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) head of digital assets has pointed to a quiet but notable improvement in investor attitudes toward Bitcoin, alongside early indications that the cryptocurrency is beginning to trade more independently of traditional equity markets. Speaking in a recent interview, Robert Mitchnick observed that sentiment… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has rejected an application from Amsterdam-based digital bank Bunq to establish a new national bank in the United States. In a decision letter dated August 4, 2026, and made public shortly thereafter, the regulator determined that… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 6:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has secured a regulatory milestone for its French subsidiary, Revolut Bank S.A., by obtaining authorization to operate as a bank. The approval followed a review conducted by France’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution and the European Central Bank. The Fintech already counts… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger’s reference server software, xrpld version 3.3.0, is now available. This release packages several proposed protocol amendments focused on privacy, operational efficiency, and support for institutional use of Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs), the ledger’s standard for tokenized financial instruments such as funds and bonds…. Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Saturday, nodes enforcing the BIP-110 rules diverged from Bitcoin’s primary blockchain at height 961,632. Those nodes began treating any block that failed to include the required version-bit signaling as invalid. When a non-signaling block was produced and accepted by the rest of the network,… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the payments and financial technology firm co-founded by tech entrepreneur and bilionaire Jack Dorsey, has grown its long-term Bitcoin holdings to 9,117 BTC as of June 30, 2026. The update appears in the company’s quarterly report filed with the US Securities… Read More