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New York City, United States, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire Fourteen-day event with Decibel will pit tokenized stocks, gold and oil against BTC, ETH and SOL in a first-of-its-kind self-custodial competition with a $25,000 USDC prize pool One of the fastest-growing narratives in digital assets is about to face its biggest public test. Tria, the self-custodial neofinance platform, today launched TradFi vs Crypto, the industry’s first trading competition to pit tokenized real-world assets directly against cryptocurrencies under identical conditions on a self-custodial platform. Developed in partnership with Decibel, the Aptos Labs-incubated perpetuals exchange, the fourteen-day competition allows traders to compete across…

Validators would still be paid the same way for doing the same work, and they keep all the transaction fees and tips they earn from building blocks. Only the newly created ETH gets burned. The deduction from validator rewards arrives slowly, phasing in over 18 months, with about six months before that while the upgrade ships, so roughly two years to adjust.The current curve never switches off. The proposed one hits zero at 50%. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)Six researchers signed the proposal, including Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation. It landed days before the deadline for smaller changes to be considered for…

For years, bitcoin BTC$64,196.50 trounced stocks and most other assets, and supporters pointed to the outperformance as proof the largest cryptocurrency was also the best store of value. Now, one chart suggests that edge may be fading.That chart is the S&P 500-to-bitcoin ratio, which measures how much bitcoin it takes to buy the index. Today it takes roughly 0.12 BTC, down from more than 300 BTC in 2012. The ratio has generally dropped since BTC’s inception in 2010, with the 200-week simple moving average, a barometer of long-term trend, acting as a ceiling. There were brief instances of stocks outperforming…

Cloudflare introduced programmable Wallets for AI agents and said payment features using stablecoins will launch in a future update.

The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan.

Rongchai Wang Aug 04, 2026 19:20 Paxos’ OCC charter positions the firm as a federally supervised national trust bank, enhancing stablecoin issuance and compliance under U.S. federal oversight. Paxos Trust Company, a leading blockchain infrastructure firm, has officially transitioned into a federally supervised national trust bank under the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The conversion, finalized on December 12, 2025, positions Paxos to issue and manage stablecoins like PayPal USD (PYUSD) and Pax Gold (PAXG) within a unified federal framework. This move comes as the U.S. regulatory environment for digital assets evolves under the GENIUS Act, set…

A former FBI supervisory special agent has been charged with stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from digital wallets tied to an active counterintelligence investigation, in a case that underscores the risks of insider abuse as law enforcement agencies increasingly rely on digital assets in national security probes.Patrick Steven Yaroch, who previously held a top-secret security clearance and served in the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, allegedly exploited his privileged access to internal systems to transfer cryptocurrency from wallets under FBI monitoring into accounts he personally controlled. Authorities arrested Yaroch on July 31 after he allegedly confessed, with court documents unsealed on…

All three sides are reportedly close to securing a major deal that would divide inbound and outbound traffic. Bitcoin’s price recovery from the dip to $62,200 continues, as the asset has added two grand and now sits confidently above $64,000. It appears that the market is pricing in the latest positive development on the Middle East uncertainty. A report from Axios from earlier this morning indicated that the US, Iran, and Oman are “closing in on an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.” Moreover, it added that President Trump wants the confirmation to be announced today. The report…

The licence will support regulated e-money and payment services on the Bybit.eu platform, alongside the crypto-asset services. VIENNA, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit.eu today announced that Bybit Payments GmbH has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). Bybit Payments GmbH will provide regulated e-money and payment services through the Bybit.eu platform. Crypto-asset services on the same platform are provided separately by Bybit EU GmbH, an Austrian crypto-asset service provider authorised under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) since May 2025. To comply with regulatory requirements, the two Austrian entities have distinct regulatory…

Willemstad, Curaçao, August 4th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has launched a new Web3 authentication system that allows users to register, sign in, and deposit funds using a crypto wallet. The new verification mechanism eliminates the need for email registration, passwords, or manually copying wallet addresses.  The feature is now available to all 1win users and supports Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and other wallets via WalletConnect. EVM-compatible networks are supported across all options, while TRON connections are available through Trust Wallet and WalletConnect-enabled TRON options. 1win is among the first crypto entertainment platforms to introduce seamless wallet onboarding for…