August 18, 2026 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, experienced substantial drops in overall revenue during the first half of 2026. These results highlight the ongoing pressure from a prolonged downturn in Bitcoin and the wider digital asset market, which has sharply reduced trading activity… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), chaired by Tom Lee, has expanded its Ethereum holdings to approximately 4.8% of the network’s circulating supply after another weekly purchase. The company reported acquiring an additional 9,926 ETH during the week ending around mid-August 2026. This brought its total… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Harmony Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain known for its sharded architecture, has announced plans to reverse its network to a state preceding a significant security breach. The decision follows the discovery of an unauthorized minting event that created trillions of forged ONE tokens, the project’s native… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance protocol Compound has secured formal approval for a substantial two-year development allocation aimed at accelerating its shift toward institutional participants. The Compound decentralized autonomous organization endorsed a $52 million program—the largest funding commitment in the protocol’s history—to develop infrastructure that supports on-chain credit… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance reportedly provided personal and transaction details belonging to one of its clients to Russian law enforcement agencies. The information later formed part of the evidence in a terrorism-financing case linked to donations supporting Ukrainian causes. This occurred well after the exchange publicly declared it… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), the firm long associated with large-scale Bitcoin accumulation under Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, is placing greater emphasis on building liquidity and supporting its preferred stock offerings rather than prioritizing buybacks of its common shares. During the company’s Q2 2026 investor Q&A session on… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has recently pushed back against ongoing criticism from parts of the crypto community after the company completed its first full independent financial audit. In comments made shortly after the results were disclosed, Ardoino said persistent skepticism from detractors does not concern… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 12:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New agentic AI services from TransFi, OSL Group and Ionic highlight this week’s fintech product release and partnership announcements. TransFi launches JARVIS, an AI-powered compliance intelligence platform JARVIS consolidates customer and transaction data from across its internal systems and third-party providers into a single, risk-based… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The tokenized equities sector continues to expand as one of the more active areas within real-world assets, with platforms such as Ondo Finance, Binance’s bStocks, and xStocks accounting for the majority of current trading and investment activity. Recent data show the category’s share of the… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese manufacturers of humanoid robots have solidified a commanding position in the global market, with shipments in the first half of 2026 underscoring the scale of their lead over American competitors. Industry data indicates that firms based in China accounted for more than 97 percent… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe has reportedly reached an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence-focused startup, for more than $7 billion. The development, first detailed by Bloomberg citing individuals familiar with the discussions, positions the payments company more firmly within the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure space. OpenRouter, established… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an individual and three entities they controlled for selling pre-IPO shares at significant markups that were not disclosed. According to an SEC release, Andrew Spaventa and The Spaventa Group LLC, TSG Capital Advisors LLC, and TSG Alpha Partners… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Plaid, an open banking/open finance enabler, has announced a partnership with Personetics in a move designed to provide “Open Finance Intelligence” to the banking sector. Plaid supports many Fintechs and established financial services platforms, streamlining applications like KYC, payments, and more. The company currently works… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s development community is now actively defining the contents of its next major network upgrade, Hegotá, which is scheduled for delivery in 2027. According to Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter, developers currently have 66 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) under consideration. Over the coming series of… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The full implementation of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework has strengthened the ability of national regulators to restrict access by non-EU crypto trading platforms. Under the rules that reached complete application across the bloc, any entity offering crypto-asset services to customers based in… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Three publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies—CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK), BitFuFu (NASDAQ: FUFU), and Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN) — each posted lower production in July 2026 than in the previous month. The declines mark the group’s second consecutive monthly drop, even as Bitcoin’s price staged a partial recovery after a sharp sell-off in June. Operational… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 6:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hackers have been capitalizing on a critical flaw in Apple’s built-in remote desktop tool to seize control of internet-facing Mac computers and turn them into cryptocurrency mining machines. The Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre has confirmed active abuse of the issue, with attackers installing software… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 5:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SafePal, a provider of hardware and software cryptocurrency wallets, has publicly disclosed a security incident in which unauthorized parties gained access to personal and contact details belonging to roughly 40,000 customers. The company revealed the event on August 16, 2026, explaining that the exposure stemmed… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 1:00 am By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is proposing an equity investment of up to $25 million in Jumia Technologies AG, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform and the first African technology company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The proposed project aims to accelerate Jumia’s growth… Read More