Crypto payment card spending has jumped 2.5 times from a year earlier to reach $759 million in July, supported by nearly 9 million purchases settled mainly through dollar-backed stablecoins. A16z crypto reported the figures using data from Paymentscan, which tracks…
Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy LCN Capital Partners for up to $410 million, adding about $3 billion in commercial real estate assets to its investment management business. Goldman Sachs said in an Aug. 18 announcement that the transaction will…
Metaplanet has agreed to invest 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, securing a 95.7% stake and creating a U.S. Bitcoin treasury company called Superplanet. According to a joint company announcement published on Aug. 18, the proposed…
Toyota Finance has opened applications for a ¥1 billion ($6.76 million) tokenized bond that pays 1.72% annually and can be bought through Toyota Wallet without opening a securities account. Toyota Financial Services, Toyota Finance, SMBC Group and BOOSTRY said Tuesday…
MoonPay has added Cash App Pay as a payment method for cryptocurrency purchases, giving eligible U.S. customers a way to fund MoonPay transactions directly from their Cash App balances. MoonPay said Tuesday that Cash App Pay is now available through…
Bitway token extended its seven-day gain beyond 100% on Aug. 18, trading near $0.37 as reward campaigns drew demand, but overbought conditions and concentrated liquidation levels raised the risk of a sharp reversal. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the BTW…
Rising XRP short positions and declining whale deposits are fueling market caution as holders explore cloud mining platforms such as UE Crypto for alternative returns. Short positions against XRP on Binance continue to increase, while whale deposits on the exchange…
Ethereum price traded near $1,905 on Aug. 18 as tightening daily and 4-hour ranges placed the $1,920 resistance level at the center of its next major move. Ethereum price tightens inside a symmetrical triangle According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum…
Forget short-term price charts – Washington’s digital asset framework is the legal authorization that conservative wealth managers have been waiting for before they can put trillions to work. Everyone seems to be watching the CLARITY Act for the same thing.…
Bitcoin price rose 1.7% to around $64,200 on Aug. 18 as ETF inflows supported the rebound, but rising leverage left the recovery exposed to a pullback. The rebound from the $62,600 area improved short-term momentum, although the daily chart continues…
In an interview with crypto.news, Selva Ozelli speaks with TEXITcoin founder Richard W. Wisher about the Proof-of-Work network, its Texas mining operations and how merge mining allows TXC to be mined alongside Litecoin and Dogecoin. The discussion also covers regulation…
Whitechain is relaunching as a distribution-first Ethereum Layer 2 focused on helping web3 projects overcome user acquisition and distribution challenges. Whitechain blockchain platform is relaunching as a distribution-first Ethereum Layer 2 designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing…
Decentrawood is positioning DEOD at the intersection of AI and web3, with a new exchange reveal, Task AI Agent, and DEOD DAO launches planned for August 23–24. Every crypto bull market has its biggest winners. In past cycles, meme coins,…
The Blockchain Association has backed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to repeal two market rules adopted in 2005, arguing that their removal could make it easier for tokenized securities to trade on public blockchains. The Blockchain Association said…
Crypto exchange Kraken has launched trading in more than 7,000 U.S.-listed stocks for eligible customers across the European Economic Area, placing traditional shares alongside more than 700 tokenized xStocks and over 600 crypto assets in the same account. The Block…
BitBox has released a firmware update fixing two severe vulnerabilities that could have exposed hardware wallet users to malicious firmware or caused Bitcoin to be locked to an unintended address. BitBox said in a security disclosure on Monday that the…
HTX denied initiating unusual small transfers linked to labeled exchange wallets as it investigates their source and reported account restrictions.
Jim Chanos called Strategy and Bitcoin an $80 billion arbitrage opportunity, although current market values show a much narrower premium.
Three feature gated upgrades began activating on Solana mainnet the week of August 17. A 90% rent reduction, 3.3 fold larger transactions, and staged slot time cuts from 400ms toward 200ms mark Solana's biggest infrastructure shift since Firedancer reached mainnet.
Open USD launched with 140 partners including Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock. Standard Chartered began rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin. World Liberty Financial got a bank charter to issue its own. The competition has moved from who can mint a token to who controls the rails it travels on.