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The bank's move marks a milestone for regulated stablecoin distribution in Hong Kong's financial sector. Standard Chartered has taken on the role of first bank distributor for HKDAP, a stable
US authorities have moved against Iran's crypto sector, tying the enforcement action to more than $100 million in oil-linked payments allegedly routed through digital assets, in a step that s
Hash rate is a count of how many cryptographic hash attempts a piece of mining hardware, or the whole Bitcoin network, can perform each second, according to Minar.cc’s glossary. Difficulty ad
Bitmine Immersion Technologies ($BMNR) shares rose around 6% intraday on August 24 as the company's latest weekly treasury update confirmed its position as the world's largest Ethereum holder
Cash Cat ($CASHCAT), the dominant memecoin on Robinhood Chain, has surged 108% over the past seven days and posted a new all-time high of $0.2288, per TradingView data. The token added anothe
A step-by-step push toward quantum resistance @NEARProtocol has published a post-quantum roadmap targeting quantum-resistant validator consensus by late 2027. Developer Near One describes the
Tokenized equities land on Base @Coinbase has officially launched tokenized stocks on @base, giving users around the world the ability to trade U.S. equities onchain, 24 hours a day, seven da
XRP maintained its position above $1.51 on Tuesday morning, mirroring a strong uptrend in the broader cryptocurrency market. The token outperformed its year-to-date low of $0.9885, supported
Key Takeaways Lee sees no need to sell BitMine’s core ETH holdings. Staking rewards could be sold after the 5% target. Lee said BitMine was about 97% of the way there. More than 5 million ETH
Key Takeaways On August 25, Cosmos Labs issued an emergency directive for all affected Cosmos EVM-based chains to immediately halt validator operations due to an ongoing security breach. A to
Johannesburg, South Africa, August 25th, 2026, Chainwire VALR, Africa’s leading crypto exchange and infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of Borrow, a new product that enables use
Key Highlights Coinbase debuts tokenized equities on the Base network, featuring Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet as initial offerings Trading access is limited to qualified international in
