Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Praises Justin Sun, Doubts CLARITY Act Passage
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XRP News: Why One Analyst Calls XRP ‘Gold With Internet Speed’
XRP was built to solve a problem gold never could, according to Vet, a contributor to the XRP Ledger Foundation, an XRP Ledger dUNL validator, and co-founder of XRP Café. In a recent interview, he laid out why he belie…
Securitize falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
Securitize (SECZ) shares plunged 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the tokenization firm fell short of Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations in its first earnings report since going public last month.
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades V4 Pro: Claude Fable Is Only 5% Better at 4,500% the Price
DeepSeek shipped the finished version of its flagship on Wednesday with no blog post and no announcement. The tell was a table cell: the model version listed for “deepseek-v4-pro” on the API pricing page now reads DeepS…
SimpleSwap Review 2026: Is SimpleSwap Legit and Safe?
SimpleSwap is a self-custodial multi-source swap aggregator that handles the complexity of wallet-to-wallet crypto exchanges. Instead of comparing rates across multiple exchanges or building swap routes manually, you ge…
Goldman Sachs' $2.25B NEOS Deal Hands It Ready-Made Bitcoin Income ETF Business
Goldman Sachs is buying its way into crypto income funds, striking a deal worth up to $2.25 billion to acquire NEOS Investments, the ETF specialist behind one of the market's largest Bitcoin covered-call products.
SpaceXAI Wants Grok Bot to Do Your Job—But It Needs Access to Your Accounts
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI is joining the race to build AI agents that can navigate software and complete work for users.
After Coldcard Was Hacked, $15 Billion in Bitcoin Moved to Safety
Casa CEO Nick Neuman says the mass Bitcoin migration after the $130M Coldcard exploit proves distributed self-custody is Bitcoin's immune system—not its vulnerability.
Goldman Sachs to acquire ETF manager NEOS in $2.25B deal
The deal would add NEOS’ $30 billion ETF business, including Bitcoin- and Ether-linked income funds, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day
AI is making it faster and easier to find serious security flaws. Now, a researcher says he used publicly available models to find vulnerabilities in the video chat platform Zoom and build a working attack in less than …
Kraken adds S&P 500 to funded trading program, commodities to follow
Kraken’s funded trading program adds round-the-clock exposure to the US equity benchmark as it builds out its multi-asset offering.
Hawaii crypto ATM ban to take effect on Oct. 1
Hawaii will join Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana in becoming the fourth US state to completely ban the use of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks in response to scams.
NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets
Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing practices.
Bitwise cuts 14% of staff while still expecting growth
Crypto companies from including Coinbase, BitGo, Robinhood, Polygon and Pump.fun have announced workforce reductions this year, citing a variety of reasons, including shifting to AI and market forces.
Bank of England tests stablecoin, digital pound interoperability in cross-border payments
The Digital Pound Lab is testing a cross-border trade finance flow combining stablecoin payments with simulated digital pound settlement.
Zcash Shielded Transactions Top 3.29M as Price Holds Firm
Zcash shielded transactions surpassed 3.29M across Sapling and Orchard, with about 2.87M remaining after spam filtering.
Crypto-Backed Loans, Explained: How to Unlock Cash Without Selling Your Bitcoin
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Wintermute plans $1 billion AI push beyond crypto: Bloomberg
Crypto market maker Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion in high-frequency trading and artificial intelligence data-center infrastructure over five years as it expands into stocks, commodities and foreign exchang…
Kalshi Adds Real-Time Market Data Feed Through DoubleZero
Kalshi is distributing its real-time order book data through DoubleZero Edge, allowing trading firms to access the prediction market’s live data over DoubleZero’s fiber network, the companies announced Wednesday.
Why Bitcoin Barely Moved Even as US Inflation Cools to 3.4%
U.S. inflation in July slowed as expected, and markets—including Bitcoin—took it in stride.
CRV Price Breakout Could Be Bigger Than the 34% Rally: Here’s What Comes Next
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Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout
Goldman Sachs is acquiring NEOS Investments, the firm behind BTCI, a $1.1 billion bitcoin synthetic exchange-traded fund (ETF) that yields roughly 27%, according to a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg.
U.S. CPI Comes In at 3.4%, Matching Forecast
U.S. inflation eased in July, with consumer prices rising 3.4% year over year, matching the 3.4% forecast and slowing from 3.5% previously. Consumer prices rose 0.1% month over month, also in line with expectations. Cor…
XRP Bridge Drained After Software Treats Fake Deposits as Real
An attacker drained nearly 200,000 XRP, worth around $202,000, from an XRP Ledger bridge on August 9 by exploiting a flaw in its deposit-detection software, the project said.