Virtu and Tradeweb Complete First Onchain Repo Trade Using Marshall Islands Digital Bond
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Aave V4 Deposits Hit $806M After 30% Weekly Surge, But V3 Still Dominates at $31B
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UK Government Grants Bank of England Formal Duty to Back Stablecoin Innovation
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YZi Labs Backs TermMax to Build On-Chain Bond Market Infrastructure
RQD* Clearing Raises $74M to Build Infrastructure for Tokenized Markets
Charles Schwab to Add SOL, AVAX, and LINK to Crypto Trading Platform
240 UK Taxpayers Each Cleared $1.3M From Crypto in Fiscal 2025
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ChatGPT Work Lets AI Sign Into Your Accounts and Operate Alone
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NVIDIA Posts Record $96.2B in Q2 Revenue, Guides to $108B for Q3
UK Government Grants Bank of England Formal Duty to Back Stablecoin Innovation
Ledger and OneKey Clash Over Ethereum App Flaw Credit
Aave V4 Deposits Hit $806M After 30% Weekly Surge, But V3 Still Dominates at $31B
T1 Energy Stock Jumps 9% After Norway Approves Giga Arctic Data Center Rezoning
RQD* Clearing Raises $74M to Build Infrastructure for Tokenized Markets
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ChatGPT Work Lets AI Sign Into Your Accounts and Operate Alone
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, allowing AI to log into user accounts and operate autonomously across sessions. While the company claims the model never sees passwords, security researchers warn that persistent session tokens create significant vulnerabilities and compliance challenges for...
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Sparrow Wallet pushed version 2.5.4 on August 27 with AI-assisted security fixes. Developer Craig Raw confirmed the automated review produced most fixes, with none appearing likely to put users' funds at risk.
NVIDIA Posts Record $96.2B in Q2 Revenue, Guides to $108B for Q3
NVIDIA posted record Q2 revenue of $96.2 billion, doubling year-over-year results, with 75% gross margins. The chipmaker guided to $108 billion for Q3 and disclosed $366 billion in future customer commitments, underscoring sustained demand for AI infrastructure.
Ledger and OneKey Clash Over Ethereum App Flaw Credit
OneKey's Anzen security team demonstrated a vulnerability in Ledger's Ethereum app that could allow signing transactions different from what is displayed. Ledger claims the flaw was already patched before OneKey's public announcement, sparking a dispute over discovery credit and responsible...
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UK Government Grants Bank of England Formal Duty to Back Stablecoin Innovation
The UK government announced it will grant the Bank of England a new secondary statutory objective to support innovation in digital payments and stablecoins. Legislation is due before the House of Lords in September 2026, marking a formal regulatory shift toward digital money.
240 UK Taxpayers Each Cleared $1.3M From Crypto in Fiscal 2025
At least 240 UK residents reported more than $1.3 million each in cryptocurrency gains during fiscal year 2025, marking a significant shift in how deeply digital assets have penetrated high-net-worth wealth portfolios in Britain.
Bithumb Wins First-Instance Rulings to Recover Proceeds From $40B Fat-Finger Error
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Virtu and Tradeweb Complete First Onchain Repo Trade Using Marshall Islands Digital Bond
Virtu Financial and Tradeweb have executed what appears to be the first onchain repurchase agreement using a sovereign digital bond as collateral, completing the full transaction cycle in under 10 minutes on the Canton Network.
Aave V4 Deposits Hit $806M After 30% Weekly Surge, But V3 Still Dominates at $31B
Aave V4 deposits surged to $806 million following a 30% weekly gain, with EtherFi Cash accumulating $257 million as the second-largest market. The growth occurred without major external catalysts, suggesting organic adoption as V4 enters early scaling phase.
YZi Labs Backs TermMax to Build On-Chain Bond Market Infrastructure
YZi Labs has invested in TermMax, a fixed-rate lending protocol by Term Structure Labs, and selected it for its EASY Residency Season 3 program. The move signals institutional interest in bringing traditional fixed-income instruments onto blockchain networks.
Coinbase and Better Launch Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages to US Market
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Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
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