HashKey begins beta distribution of Hong Kong-regulated HKDAP stablecoin
HashKey has become an authorized distributor for Anchorpoint’s HKDAP, expanding institutional access as Hong Kong’s regulated stablecoin market takes shape.
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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.
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.
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.
Slovenia joins EU’s MiCA stablecoin register with first issuer
Slovenia entered the EU’s MiCA stablecoin register through electronic money institution Dinaro, as the update also added two new CASPs.
Bitcoin eyes $63K as US CPI relief sends September Fed rate pause odds to 60%
Bitcoin price action did not reflect relief in US CPI inflation numbers matching expectations amid a warning over $63,000 failing as support.
Kalshi launches sports and crypto perps data feed on DoubleZero
Kalshi launched access to its sports and crypto perpetual data feed through DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network to bolster institutional data access.
AKT Price Faces Key Test as Akash Homenode Enters Beta
AKT is consolidating around $0.522 after recovering from its March 2026 low near $0.291.
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.
Wintermute to pour $1B into AI, high-frequency trading amid TradFi expansion: Report
Wintermute will reportedly invest $1 billion in AI infrastructure and high-frequency trading as part of its expansion into traditional finance.
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…
Bitwise Cuts 14% of Staff as Crypto Slump Reaches ETF Issuers
Bitwise Asset Management has cut roughly 14% of its staff, taking the San Francisco firm to about 155 people from around 180, it confirmed to Bloomberg.
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.
Morning Minute: The CFTC Bails Out Kalshi in NY
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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…
El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment turns 5: ‘It was for us, not them’
Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, the experiment has fallen short of its original promises for locals, but it’s been great for Bitcoin’s global profile.
CRV Price Breakout Could Be Bigger Than the 34% Rally: Here’s What Comes Next
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Ondo Price Prediction: Can Rising RWA Adoption Push ONDO Toward $1?
Ondo Finance is quietly building its position in the fast-growing tokenized real-world asset market, even as the ONDO token continues to struggle far below its all-time high.
CFTC Invokes Emergency Powers to Keep Kalshi Trading Despite New York Suit
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has invoked its emergency authority to order Kalshi to carry on trading, acting on Tuesday after the exchange itself notified the agency of a market emergency.
Bank of England to test stablecoin, digital currency use in cross-border finance
The Bank of England (BOE) is testing how stablecoins and a digital pound can work together as central banks globally grapple with how the two payment mechanisms interact to modernize cross-border finance.
Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access
The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to aid Bitcoin and open-source developers in their cybersecurity efforts.
XRP Price Could Rally 100% If CLARITY Act Passes by October, Analyst Says
XRP just gave traders a scare and a signal in the same breath. The token briefly dipped below a dollar this week before snapping back almost immediately, a move one analyst says could mark a short-term bottom right as t…
Cardano (ADA) Price Flashes 3 Warning Signals—Is a Pullback Coming?
ADA remains bullish above $0.17, but weakening MACD momentum and bearish signals increase the probability of a near-term correction.
SEC Crypto Rules: 3 Possible Moves This Week as CLARITY Act Stalls
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says the SEC could move ahead with crypto rules even while the CLARITY Act remains stuck in Congress, potentially giving the industry a faster route toward regulatory clarity.