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Visa and Dunamu will explore stablecoin payments and remittances, with Open Standard’s proposed OUSD among several projects under review.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Eligible holders on Base and BNB Chain will receive Ethereum-based SAND from the project’s treasury, with claims expected to open within two weeks.

Sheikh Tahnoon’s group reportedly backs a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty’s conditionally approved US trust bank.

The transaction used the Marshall Islands-issued USDM1 bond as collateral and completed the full repo cycle on the Canton Network in under 10 minutes.

While investors in World Liberty Financial‘s USD1 stablecoin “haven’t suffered major losses,” many lost billions of dollars in other Trump ventures, according to Public Citizen.

The South Korean financial group plans to build a $109 billion digital asset business spanning crypto, stablecoins and tokenized assets, according to The Korea Times.

ZEC has climbed roughly 19-fold in a year, yet Grayscale says its sub-1% share of Bitcoin’s market cap leaves room for further upside.

Bitcoin and crypto joined US stock markets in fresh gains after Nvidia Q2 earnings beat expectations by around $4 billion.

The financial services giant plans to expand Schwab Crypto beyond Bitcoin and Ether just months after rolling out direct crypto trading to retail clients.

Canaan, American Bitcoin and Cango jumped as much as 67% as renewed crypto demand showed BTC exposure can still drive mining equities despite the industry’s AI push.

About 17,600 people in the UK reported a combined $1.9 billion in gains tied to crypto in the 2024 to 2025 tax year, with 240 each declaring more than $1.4 million.

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The UK plans to expand the Bank of England’s remit to support digital payments innovation, including stablecoins, while keeping financial stability first.

Bitcoin price analysis reveals convergence of multiple trend lines and liquidity structures around spot price, keeping upside in check.

Bitfinex Securities completed a record $50 million raise for Alkemya, whose token represents interests in a partnership that holds nickel assets.

Bithumb reportedly won first-instance rulings in two suits seeking proceeds from users who sold Bitcoin credited in its $40 billion error.

Core Lightning advised operators to use offline mode if they do not install the forthcoming update, keeping their nodes active but disconnected.

US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed to $232.1 million as an eight-day streak reached $2.8 billion, while XRP funds posted their biggest inflow since Jan. 5.

Dallas Fed economists said faster, programmable deposits could make bank funding less stable, potentially pushing lenders toward more expensive funding.

StarkWare said the experimental transaction demonstrated quantum-resistant Bitcoin spending without a fork, but it cost up to $200 and required direct miner submission.

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Better and Coinbase have launched a crypto-backed mortgage product that lets US homebuyers pledge Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment without having to sell it.

The blockchain analytics firm said just 14% of the onchain activity it identified is covered by the OECD’s international crypto tax-reporting framework.

The securities regulator’s crypto custody overhaul could clarify how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets for clients as the proposal moves through review.

Treasury yields rise across the U.S. and Europe as investors brace for a hawkish tone

Weakening profitability overshadowed a major milestone in IREN’s transformation into an AI cloud provider.

Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech could shape expectations for Fed support of Treasury buybacks, with implications for bitcoin, gold and long-term yields.

All three proposals have cleared quorum, but a plan to slow new SOL creation is only narrowly passing while a separate vote to sharply increase token burns remains below the two-thirds support needed.

The indictor has flipped positive for the first time since May as BTC looks to establish a foothold above $80,000.

Every major but HYPE gained over 24 hours, capping a week that added 9% to bitcoin and 20% to solana.

The SEC cleared the paperwork for Evernorth's merger with a shell company, setting up a Sept. 30 vote and a listing under the ticker XRPN.

The courtroom combat across state and federal courts is so far producing roughly split outcomes, suggesting a big job may be coming for the Supreme Court.

The changes aim to cut investor selling pressure and channel protocol revenue to ENA as Ethena looks to revive USDe growth.

The token hit a $25 million market cap on the back of nine days of unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI footage. Its creator has now sold his stack — hours before Rockstar's first official gameplay reveal.

Prosecutors are probing allegations that Zondacrypto's CEO gave Radosław Piesiewicz a 40,000 euro watch for help with regulatory hurdles.

For the first time, the U.K.'s tax office broke out crypto capital gains figures, showing 17,600 people reported $1.87 billion in profits during the 2024-2025 tax year.

Bain Capital led the investment in the U.S. clearing and custody firm, which plans to expand its digital asset and tokenization infrastructure.

One analyst expects Warsh to take a tough line on inflation, but still sees the Fed holding off on rate hikes until at least after the November mid-term elections.

The Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger dismisses the harm to community banks in defending the stablecoin rewards language in the Clarity Act, says community banker Nate Franzén.

Developers are holding details for two weeks while fixes reach operators, in the second Lightning security emergency this month traced to AI work on Bitcoin code.

Park Hyeon-joo, Mirae Asset Financial Group’s founder, outlined his ambitious stablecoin, RWAs, and STOs plan for Digital X, formerly known as Korbit, in an event for his employees.

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Developer Craig Raw said an AI-assisted review produced most of the fixes in version 2.5.4, though none appeared likely to put users’ funds at risk.

OpenAI says the model never sees your password—but a signed-in session can persist across tasks, and you can step away while it works.

Deribit's Friday settlement covers nearly a fifth of the exchange's Bitcoin open interest, and max pain sits well below where BTC is trading right now.

OneKey demonstrated how an outdated Ethereum app could sign a transaction different from the one shown on a Ledger device, but the wallet maker says the vulnerability had already been fixed.

BTC is holding above $80,000 into a Fed symposium that, for the first time in 40 years, is built around crypto's own turf—payments and financial infrastructure.

The chipmaker's reported acquisition would concentrate the open-source AI pipeline inside one company, from silicon to distribution — with consequences for builders and users alike.

Gold is worth around ten times more than BTC, Changpeng Zhao said, noting that countries face a years-long process to "shift into Bitcoin."

The Lightning software project said it is preparing fixes after confirming that several AI-generated vulnerability reports were accurate.

Solana is up more than 8% in 24 hours and 44% on the month. Coming changes to the network could add a supply squeeze to the mix.

Garrett Langley says 99.9% of police are good actors, days after a report identified at least 69 officials accused of misusing plate readers.

The chain just put up its strongest day since mid-July, with $443 million in DEX volume and more than 3 million transactions.

Financial stability stays the Bank's primary objective, with the new duty written into a bill due before the Lords in September.

August is heading for its strongest month of inflows since October 2025 if the pace holds, one analyst noted.

Coordinators pressed agents with little budget left into experiments they called "permadeath," METR's investigation found.

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media.

Gates is calling for AI tokens and robots to be taxed so firms think twice before swapping out workers, plus a bracket of "human reserved" roles that stay off-limits to automation.

The chipmaker doubled quarterly revenue while disclosing $366 billion in future commitments and up to $108.5 billion in guarantee exposure.

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GalaxyOne clients can borrow cash against Bitcoin, Ethereum, and staked Solana at 8.99% APR without selling a coin.

The BankChain Alliance aims to give smaller financial institutions access to tokenized deposits and blockchain payments through a shared network targeted for 2027.

Six wallets that slept through Bitcoin's entire boom woke up between Aug. 16 and Aug. 26, moving tens of millions in BTC.

Nasdaq-listed SOL treasury company DeFi Development Corp launched a free network dashboard on Wednesday. Its pitch: judge Solana on more than just price.

Samuel Tunick, facing five years over a wiped phone, said he was secretly placed on a watch list as a suspected terrorist.

Manpreet Kohli, accused of making $20 million from an alleged scheme to manipulate the Saitama token, is a step closer to facing trial in Boston.

A shift toward faster, more rate-sensitive deposits could push banks into safer assets, constrain lending, and raise borrowing costs, Dallas Fed researchers said.

XRP led losses among the 10 biggest cryptocurrencies today. The charts show the real test for its rally is only getting started.

The proposal would let validator keys grow to 8,192 bytes and adds a switch that permanently retires today's BLS signatures.

Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem would not be able to link individuals to transactions, though the banks handling them still could.

EURR has gone live for selected customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal, with a Luxembourg subsidiary of Stripe holding the reserves.

The market liked the news, with ZRO up 10% and jumping nearly 50% off its local bottom.

Judge Katherine Polk Failla adjourned the retrial by more than six months, with Storm's motion for acquittal still undecided.

The 10-year project in Vermilion Parish will include five launch complexes and infrastructure for Starship missions.

Toly says Solana should separate its fee reforms into smaller proposals as Charles Schwab prepares to offer SOL alongside AVAX and LINK.

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Sonic’s rally could extend further if capital flows continue to build steadily.

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Stablecoin liquidity is concentrating on Binance, even as much of the market’s available capital shifts away from centralized exchanges.

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ZEC recovered to around $826 while Zcash coinholders considered five questions that could shape the network’s upcoming NU7 upgrade.

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Decoding Nvidia’s record Q2 earnings impact on Bittensor and the broader AI sector.

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Bitcoin made a great step forward towards quantum-resistance.

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How THORChain v3.20 upgrade fueled a double-digit rally for RUNE token.

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Should bears be wary of shorting JTO? Market activity says yes.

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Record network activity adds more to SOL's story.

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POL dropped 12%, breaching $0.11 support to a low of $0.10 amid intense selling pressure.

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U.S. selling pressure clashes with bullish on-chain signals as Bitcoin eyes $80K.

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