$BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activated its Pasteur hard fork on Tuesday, closing bridge verification and validator authorization gaps while introducing a new route intended to fit more transactions into each block. In a Tuesday post, $BNB Chain confirmed that Pasteur was live on the BSC mainnet. The team said the upgrade strengthens the network’s bridge,
Coinbase has chosen Chainlink to offer price infrastructure for its tokenized stocks, thus allowing shares of companies like Apple and NVIDIA to move around freely in decentralized lending and trading marketplaces. The agreement is of particular importance for crypto users outside the US, as it allows them to take advantage of blockchain-based versions of US
US Debt Creates a Costly Feedback Loop Rising federal interest costs could intensify financial-market pressure without an economic downturn or new emergency, Devere Group CEO Nigel Green warned on Aug. 24. He argued that borrowing required to finance existing interest expenses creates larger future obligations as older, lower-cost debt matures and is refinanced at higher
FalconX Bravo wants US regulators to treat cash-settled perpetuals tied to a single security or a narrow-based security index as security-based swaps under SEC rules when they fall outside the joint SEC-CFTC security-futures framework. The filing expressly includes comparable contracts offered through DeFi protocols. The firm submitted its proposal to the Securities and Exchange Commission
US equity markets moving toward 23-hour, five-day trading still leave 53 hours each week without a national quotation, creating a pricing gap for continuous markets. Pyth covers more than 220 US equities on a 24/5 basis, while Hyperliquid uses discovery bounds and Pyth constructed indices to support weekend pricing. HIP-3 markets have exceeded $540 billion
India is the world’s largest country in terms of crypto usage. Yet, as per BitcoinTreasuries, the Indian government currently has zero disclosed Bitcoin holdings. This large difference between strong private adoption and zero sovereign holdings raises an important concern about the country’s approach to Bitcoin. However, private crypto adoption and government ownership are not necessarily
CleanCore Solutions has largely shifted its focus from a Dogecoin ($DOGE)-oriented treasury strategy to artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to SEC filings, the company sold nearly all of its approximately 463 million $DOGE tokens on July 20 for about $33.4 million. The proceeds from the Dogecoin sale were used to fund CleanCore’s AI data center investments,
Strategy, the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin holder, did not make any purchases this week, as has been the case for some time. The company, which has been making headlines in recent weeks with its $BTC sales, currently holds 840,447 $BTC. The Week of Rise Was Wasted! According to a statement by Strategy founder Michael
Bitcoin traders are turning their attention to Jackson Hole, where Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to deliver his first keynote as Fed Chair later this week. The 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium runs from August 27 to August 29, with this year’s theme centered on “Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy.”
Bitcoin closed above $77,000 after clearing $71,000, with roughly $3 billion in crypto shorts liquidated while futures open interest continued rising. US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted about $1.92 billion during the week, but weak onchain transfer activity leaves questions about how durable the rally is. Bitfinex sees $73,500 as key support, while Strategy’s next filing,