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Domestic-currency stablecoins intended to curb reliance on dollar-backed tokens could instead make it easier for users to move funds into digital dollars, according to a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official.On Friday, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz said that once local and dollar stablecoins operate on the same blockchain infrastructure, users can convert between them through decentralized exchanges, liquidity pools or peer-to-peer swaps. In a speech at the University of Cape Town, Katz said the shift could move foreign exchange activity away from banks and currency dealers, reducing the friction that gives authorities tools to monitor and manage capital…

Lawsuit accuses North Korea and Lazarus Group of orchestrating the $1.5 billion theft, as court-ordered asset freeze supports recovery efforts and Bybit expands collaboration with law enforcement and industry partners to strengthen accountability for crypto-related cybercrime Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), its Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and the Lazarus Group, which U.S. authorities have identified as the DPRK-linked hacking group responsible for the February 2025 cyberattack. Bybit has also secured…

The Senate is going on recess. And the CLARITY Act isn’t going with it. Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed the vote on the crypto market structure bill won’t happen before August recess, pushing any real action to September at the earliest. Democratic opposition is the main sticking point — and without bipartisan buy-in, Republicans can’t clear the 60-vote threshold needed to beat a filibuster. That’s a hard wall, and right now nobody’s sure how to get over it. Thune said he wants the bill treated as a priority once the Senate comes back. He acknowledged the work put in…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire 250+ TradFi markets join Carbon’s 530+ crypto perpetuals & 150 24/7 RWAs in one venue. Wall Street depth at listing, stable overnight rates, and on-chain settlement. Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, today opened public trading on 250+ Carbon TradFi markets spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities. Each position is hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues, making Carbon the largest TradFi-native on-chain derivatives venue. Alongside 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 RWAs, total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in one account.  Carbon TradFi is Carbon’s own on-chain instrument. A…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed five new Ondo tokenized stock trading pairs on Spot, expanding user access to stocks spanning AI infrastructure, semiconductors, enterprise software and rare earth materials. The new pairs are AXTION/USDT (AXT Inc), AEHRON/USDT (Aehr Test Systems), APLDON/USDT (Applied Digital), USARON/USDT (USA Rare Earth) and SAPON/USDT (SAP SE). The pairs went live on Spot on August 6, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC), with deposits now open. Withdrawals will open on August 7, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC). Report data jointly published by MEXC and CoinGecko shows that demand…

Eightco treasury composition as of August 5, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $142M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $378 million Eightco recently participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for a potential future initial public offering Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco…

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire The former TON executive joins as Director of Strategic Partnerships to form the connections behind ChangeNOW’s next phase. Former TON executive Martin Masser joins ChangeNOW to build strategic partnerships, ecosystem relationships, and media momentum behind its next phase. Masser comes with experience across traditional banking, Web2 and Web3, including senior growth and business development roles within the TON space. At ChangeNOW, he will lead strategic relationships with blockchain networks, wallets, fintech companies, payment providers and other infrastructure partners. His appointment comes as ChangeNOW grows beyond standalone crypto services, transitioning to…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 5, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today unveiled MEXC 0808: Stock Season, the inaugural edition of its annual brand celebration centered on 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Early bird registration is now open, ahead of the main campaign launch on August 8, offering participants the opportunity to compete for a share of a $500,000 prize pool. The launch establishes MEXC 0808 as an annual brand milestone built around 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Zero fees are not limited to a single campaign period. They represent a value that MEXC continues to deliver…

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…