Crypto payments barely register among euro area merchants, ECB finds
Crypto acceptance was just 0.2% online and remained below 1% at physical points of sale, while mobile payments gained ground.
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Gemini Reports $107.7M Q2 Loss as Revenue Rises 37%
Crypto exchange Gemini reported a $107.7 million net loss in Q2 2026, marking its fourth consecutive quarterly loss. Revenue rose 37% year over year to $45.5 million, helped by growth in services, credit card and stakin…
SEC Crypto Rules Delayed: What It Means for XRP, HBAR and XLM
The SECâs expected crypto rules has been pushed back, adding another twist to the U.S. regulatory picture for digital assets. The agency canceled its August 14 meeting, which was expected to consider a proposal for a …
Fidelity Moves to Add Staking Rewards to Its Ethereum ETF
Fidelity is preparing to turn its Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) into a yield-generating investment product. The firm has filed an amended registration statement with the U.S. SEC seeking permission to stake up to 100% o…
Why Bitcoin Failed to Rally After CPI & PPI—Will the Correction Extend to $60,000?
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Evernorth Amends Nasdaq Terms to Reflect XRP Treasury Value
Evernorth Holdings has amended its planned Nasdaq listing terms to better reflect the value of its XRP treasury. The company will replace the previous $2.36 XRP reference price with XRP’s volume-weighted average price c…
SEC cancels key crypto regulatory meeting
The SEC canceled a meeting on proposed crypto offering rules after the Senate left for recess without voting on the CLARITY Act.
Bitcoin Falls 49% From Peak, But Miners Show No Sign of Capitulation
Bitcoin (BTC) has lost nearly half its value from its October 2025 peak, but the networkâs mining power has declined much less sharply. According to Bitcoin analyst Axel Adler Jr., miners are facing tighter economics …
SEC Delays Tokenization Exemption as CLARITY Act Talks Take Priority
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Figure reports $4.3B in loan marketplace volume as profit nearly triples
Figure expects consumer loan marketplace volume to range from $4.8 billion to $5.2 billion in the third quarter.
Bullish Signals Defy the ‘Bitcoin and Crypto Is Dead’ Narrative
The Bitcoin and crypto is âdead, over and finishedâ narrative is once again trending on social media platforms, just like in previous market bottom phases.
'Bitcoin Is Burning': Red Team Turns to Chinese AI to Find Flaws
The Bitcoin Red Team is using Chinese AI models to search nearly the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem for security flaws, according to pseudonymous developer and Red Team lead Calle.
U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to further delay its anticipated "innovation exemption" designed to accelerate tokenized securities trading after concerns emerged from both the White House and Wall S…
SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was on the verge of revealing its first major rulemaking effort in the digital assets sphere, having been set to propose its "Regulation Crypto," but the agency cancelled the …
City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting
The city’s complaint over gambling laws and deceptive trade practices included Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as partners with prediction market platform Kalshi.
Anthropic's AI Agents Started a Virtual War. The Chat Logs Are Unhinged
Anthropic's own AI agents turned on each other and proved they like to go rogue—again.
Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
The Ethereum Foundation is moving away from the Poseidon hash function in its planned post-quantum architecture, according to researcher Justin Drake.
Google and OpenAI Debut Super Fast AI Models—Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Out, But GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Is Invite-Only
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on Thursday, a low-cost coding-and-agents model now generally available.
Anthropic Is Quietly Watermarking Every Claude AI Output. Builders Are Already Trying to Break It
Anthropic has begun embedding an imperceptible watermark in all text its newest Claude models generate. The change took effect for models launched in the EU on August 2, 2026, and Anthropic says it will apply worldwide.
Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea
More than a year after being indicted on fraud charges related to his activities at crypto company Delio, Jeong Sang-ho faces prison time in South Korea.
Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion
KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.
Tether Silences Critics With Historic KPMG Full Audit; Here Are the Results
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Solana Can Be the 'Everything Chain' as Crypto Apps Go Mainstream: 6th Man Ventures Co-Founder
Solana could bring hundreds of millions of people into crypto without most of them realizing they are using a blockchain, investor Mike Dudas said on a recent episode of Decrypt's Fomo Hour podcast.
Tether Claims 'Largest Inaugural Financial Audit' as KPMG Signs Off on 2025 Statements
Tether said Thursday that Big Four accounting firm KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion—industry jargon for the best possible result—-on the 2025 financial statements of Tether International, the company behind the …