Victoria, Seychelles, July 10, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of its VVIP Futures Loss Coverage Program 2.0 from July 10 to July 30, 2026 (UTC), an upgraded initiative offering enhanced trading protection and a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool for futures users to share. The Loss Coverage Program
Former SWIFT Chief Innovation Officer Tom Zschach has rejected online claims that the global financial messaging network plans to integrate or support XRP. Summary Former SWIFT executive Tom Zschach rejected claims that the payment network plans to integrate XRP directly. SWIFT’s current blockchain project focuses on tokenized bank deposits and cross-border payment links between institutions.
tl;dr Kintsugi🍵 in progress At the start of November, the Kintsugi🍵 month-long Merge sprint began! Kintsugi specs and milestones/plans were released, and now client teams are deep into the sprint with an aim to launch a persistent testnet in the first week of December. Kintsugi specs incorporate all of the learnings and minor adjustments from
Bitcoin’s early March rally lost momentum with a brief break to $74,047, before reversing and sending price back toward the monthly open near $67,000. The move underscores how firmly the $62,500–$72,000 range continues to define market structure following February’s capitulation. On-chain and order-flow data suggest the market is stabilising rather than deteriorating. Realised losses have
Goldman Sachs has prohibited employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to the bank, elections, financial markets, macroeconomic data, and geopolitics as companies respond to growing insider trading risks on event-based platforms. Summary Goldman Sachs has barred employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to the bank, elections, financial markets, and geopolitical events. The move
Since 2019, we have supported UNICEF’s CryptoFund with recurring contributions, and we are excited about our most recent donation too. Today, I would like to share the story of our journey together, to recognize some of the achievements of our partnership, and to speak a bit more about what’s next. Why and how we started
Zcash has scheduled its Ironwood network upgrade for July 28, setting the activation date for the protocol change designed to close the Orchard shielded pool and help verify whether the previously disclosed vulnerability was ever exploited. Summary Zcash has scheduled the Ironwood network upgrade for July 28 to replace the Orchard shielded pool after the
Sony Bank has secured conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the US federal regulator that charters and supervises national banks, to establish a wholly owned US national trust bank subsidiary called Connectia Trust, with a $40M capitalization. The subsidiary’s mandate is to issue and manage a dollar-backed stablecoin, with
Ethereum’s transition to proof of stake — The Merge — is near: devnets are being stood up, specifications are being finalized and community outreach has begun in earnest. The Merge is designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end users, smart contracts and dapps. That said, there are some minor changes worth
The Ethereum Foundation has revealed that the biggest challenge in AI-assisted security research has become proving which reported vulnerabilities are genuine rather than finding potential bugs. Summary Ethereum Foundation says verifying AI bug reports is harder than generating them. AI agents found a real libp2p vulnerability, later disclosed as CVE-2026-34219. The Foundation says human validation
