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Circle has launched Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), a 1:1 BTC-backed token that brings native Bitcoin onto programmable networks with segregated custody and verifiable onchain reserve data.
On September 10, 2026, the MultiversX network switches over to the Supernova hard fork. For you as an EGLD holder, the most important answer is a reassuring one: if your coins sit in your own
Four months after FIP.16 won 98.06% support, Flare is beginning to demonstrate whether an L1 can replace inflation-led incentives with economics tied to actual network activity. Crypto govern
The crypto market never seems to run out of new stories. Established names like BNB continue making headlines through their growing ecosystem, while Monero keeps attracting attention with its
Kraken has introduced Fixed Rate Rewards, a new addition to its Kraken Earn platform that lets eligible clients lock in a fixed yield of up to 6% APY on cash and stablecoin balances. Announce
What if the next major crypto opportunity starts gaining attention just as the market enters another wave of speculation? September is bringing a fresh sense of urgency to the crypto market a
A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper tests the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as a proof-of-concept for verifying official statistics on-chain, recording cryptographic fingerprints of
Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest retail investment platform, has opened crypto ETN trading to eligible investors, adding Bitcoin and Ethereum-linked exchange-traded notes to a platform u
If you hold your own Bitcoin, the most important question in the quantum debate is not a question about the future. It is one you can answer today on a block explorer: has your address ever r
Web3 has never really had a technology problem. It has had a usability problem. There are now thousands of tokens, multiple chains, decentralized exchanges, bridges, wallets and protocols, bu
Bitcoin heads into the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16 policy decision as the key macro test for crypto's rate-sensitive assets, with core inflation cooling to 3% reshaping the backdrop for how tr
Standard Chartered extended its deliverable Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) spot trading to institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates on September 3, becoming the first Global Systemica
