A federal appeals court has issued its mandate affirming Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence and $11 billion forfeiture order. Second Circuit closes Bankman-Fried appeal The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit filed its mandate on Aug.…
FTX founder SBF’s 25-year sentence formally upheld
New York, August 5, 2026 — MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, today announced the integration of the TRON network with MoonPay’s Trade infrastructure, enabling users to complete transactions on TRON without holding TRX to pay network fees. The TRON network is governed by TRON […]
MoonPay Brings Gasless Transactions to TRON, Simplifying Stablecoin Payments
JPYC Inc., the company operating Japan’s first fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, has extended its Series B funding round, pushing total investment to roughly 6 billion yen, or about $38 million. Logistics Giant Backs Japan’s Yen Stablecoin Bet The latest check, according to JPYC’s capital raise announcement, includes about 1 billion yen, or $6.3 million, from […]
JPYC Raises $38M as Yen Stablecoin Rolls out to Truck Drivers
MyTrade founder Liu Zhou was fined $10,000 after admitting that his crypto market-making platform used bots to conduct wash trades for dozens of tokens. MyTrade founder receives $10,000 fine A federal court in Boston ordered Liu Zhou, the founder and…
MyTrade founder fined $10K over crypto wash trading
Ethereum Foundation is recruiting a protocol security researcher to use artificial intelligence, fuzz testing, and manual audits to find vulnerabilities across Ethereum’s core infrastructure. Ethereum security role covers the full protocol According to the job posting, the researcher will join…
Ethereum Foundation opens role for AI security researcher
Grayscale added BNB to its Smart Contract Fund during its second-quarter review, giving the token a larger weighting than ether and solana. The asset manager also reduced exposure to Uniswap and NEAR across two other diversified crypto products. Grayscale Uses Q2 Review to Reweight 3 Crypto Funds Grayscale Investments has added BNB to its Smart […]
Grayscale Gives BNB 30.6% in Smart Contract Fund, Tops Ether and Solana
Three circuit judges disputed the former FTX CEO’s claims that the defunct crypto exchange’s investors could have been made whole and wouldn’t have experienced any losses.
US appellate court mandate affirms Sam Bankman-Fried conviction
Key Takeaways: On September 16th, Circle will go-live with the initial validators, such as BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC and Standard Chartered, on the public mainnet of Arc. Before its public launch, Arc already had over 100 institutional and ecosystem builders working on developing on Arc. Arc integrates both institutional-level infrastructure and an open blockchain for tok
Circle’s Arc Launches with 11 Finance Giants and 100+ Builders
Key Takeaways: Mysten Labs Co-founder and CTO Sam Blackshear has exited to join Anthropic to work on defensive AI security research. Blackshear will remain an advisor to Mysten Labs and continue supporting the Sui ecosystem and the upcoming Move Foundation. Mysten CEO Evan Cheng will take over the company’s technical vision while Sui development continues under existing leadership
Mysten CTO Exits for Anthropic in AI Security Shift That Could Redefine Sui’s Next Chapter
Key Takeaways HYPE ETFs attracted $293.93 million from May 15 through June 26 before demand weakened. Three consecutive weekly outflows removed $30.62 million through July 31, although the funds remained approximately $278 million net positive. JPMorgan says regulated perpetual futures could weaken Hyperliquid’s appeal among compliance-sensitive institutions. Any decline in excha
JPMorgan Flags Pressure on Hyperliquid as HYPE ETF Flows Stall
The South Carolina lawmaker who heads the Senate Banking Committee said that the majority leader still had time to put the crypto bill on the agenda despite the narrow voting window.
US Senate will vote on CLARITY crypto bill ‘without any question’ this week: Tim Scott
Strategy’s founder, Michael Saylor, says artificial intelligence (AI) helped Strategy design a financial product that unlocked roughly $15 billion in capital, a milestone he argues demonstrates how AI is changing business just as profoundly as bitcoin changed digital ownership. Speaking with Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast, the Strategy executive chairman described […
Strategy’s Saylor Claims ChatGPT Fueled $15B Financial Breakthrough
New analysis finds AI infrastructure contracts are becoming larger and more profitable, but investors now demand stronger execution before rewarding bitcoin mining stocks.
Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot loses Wall Street’s wow factor
Bitcoin price action stayed compressed in an ongoing divergence from stocks and gold while US PMI data sparked fresh talk of “stagflation.”