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The exploit caused the neobank’s AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.

A new survey suggests some of bitcoin’s most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers.

Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500-institution network gives it the power to absorb the technology instead.

AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet.

When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who’s holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks close to 20%, argues Katana’s Matthew Fisher.

Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy’s data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 2026 on pace for under half of last year’s total.

An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, while Bitcoin and Ethereum published their own migration plans this week.

This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to settle the matter.

Solana’s first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with Kraken and Galaxy-linked validators switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.

The deal to buy NYDIG IF Holdings comprises $7 million in cash and around $35.5 million in stock, as well as the $15 earnout.

Warsh’s highly anticipated remarks at the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium Friday morning leaned hawkish, prompting traders to quickly raise bets on a September rate hike.

But every month without settled rules quietly rewards the walled garden, writes Matter Labs’ Vassilis Tziokas

The issuer of the $4 billion USDe token said it expects real-world asset perpetuals to eclipse crypto derivatives in its backing within 12 to 24 months.

The Japanese financial giant is acquiring a 20% stake in the Indonesian online brokerage to build a cross-border, blockchain-based settlement network.

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 28, 2026

Financials were not disclosed, though reports from earlier this year suggested Chelsea was targeting 65 million pounds a year ($88.3 million) for the sponsorship berth.

Cryptocurrency platform Bullish is extending a $100 million debt facility to USD.AI to finance GPU-backed loans for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

BTC briefly touched $81,455 overnight, its highest since May 15 as Nasdaq futures slipped and gold extended gains heading into the weekend.

Following a deal with Shinhan Financial, the global payments giant is widening its footprint in Asia’s major crypto hub through South Korea’s largest exchange.

The activity, appearing to spread sanctioned funds to trigger account restrictions, occurred between Aug. 17 and Aug. 24.

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.