August 6, 2026
Crypto

United Stables adopts Chainlink infrastructure as U stablecoin tops $1B supply

United Stables has adopted Chainlink as the official oracle and cross-chain infrastructure for its U stablecoin after the asset surpassed $1 billion in circulating supply and more than $2.5 billion in daily trading volume. Summary United Stables has adopted Chainlink as the official oracle and cross chain infrastructure for its U stablecoin after the asset

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Ethereum

Ethereum Foundation Grants Update – Wave IV

Greetings from the Ethereum Foundation Grants Team! As we go full steam ahead to Devcon 4, we’re back to announce Wave 4 of the Grants Program! Thank you to all the fantastic community members that have applied with creative ideas on how to bolster our ecosystem. We would not exist without the time and energy

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Jump On $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Bitcoin miner Hut 8’s shares rose Monday after the Toronto Stock Exchange- and Nasdaq-listed firm said it had signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center.  Hut 8 shares peaked as high as $106 a pop before dropping to around $101. They closed Monday up over 10%.  The deal will

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Crypto

Bank of Korea CBDC pilot skipped independent security audit, report says

South Korea’s first CBDC pilot has been conducted without any independent government security inspection, with participating banks relying mainly on their own pre-launch reviews before testing began. Summary South Korea’s first CBDC pilot proceeded without an independent government security inspection, with pre launch reviews relying partly on participating banks. Documents submitted by the Financial Supervisory

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Ethereum

Announcing Our dc⟠ıv Sponsors and Supporters!

Přátelé, Today, we’re excited to unveil our Devcon4 Sponsors. Each of this year’s six tiers of sponsorship is supporting the Foundation’s work in significant and impactful ways. We’re thrilled to involve many major and growing teams in Devcon, and to make the most of this opportunity to support the Foundation’s core mission. To this end,

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Bitcoin

Singaporean-Founded Paymonade Clears Europe’s New Crypto Regulations — When Roughly 90% of Europe’s Crypto Firms Fail

Damoon Technology (Europe) AG, trading as Paymonade, becomes one of just 280 firms authorised EEA-wide under MiCA as the bloc’s transitional period closes VADUZ, Liechtenstein and SINGAPORE, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Europe’s crypto industry is undergoing one of the most drastic regulatory consolidations any financial sector has faced in recent years. Before the European

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Crypto

Base, Coinbase near 1:1 tokenized stocks as Robinhood leads

Base founder Jesse Pollak said the Ethereum layer-2 network is working with Coinbase on a tokenized equities product backed 1:1 by underlying shares.  Summary Base and Coinbase now near 1:1-backed tokenized stocks designed to represent actual underlying equity ownership. Jesse Pollak says Robinhood Chain moved faster by placing tokenized equities directly in EVM markets. Coinbase’s

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Ethereum

How the Ethereum Foundation grants program makes decisions

Our goal on the grants team is to be faithful stewards of Ethereum community resources. As part of the Ethereum Foundation’s ongoing effort to diffuse power throughout our community, we give grants that we believe will return the highest impact on the Ethereum ecosystem over the long-term. What is the scope of EF grants? Open

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Crypto

Polymarket refers nearly 100 wallets amid $200M insider-trade concerns

Polymarket has referred nearly 100 suspicious crypto wallets to law enforcement as the prediction market platform expands its monitoring of possible insider trading. Summary Polymarket referred nearly 100 suspicious wallets to authorities as insider-trading concerns grew across prediction markets. Bloomberg analysis found about $200 million in flagged trades, concentrated heavily in geopolitical prediction markets. Recent

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Ethereum

Devcon4 Videos and Pictures Released!

We’re happy to announce that the presentation videos from Devcon4 are now available for viewing! As promised, we recorded sessions from the following rooms: Spectrum (Main Stage), Prism (Side Stage), Radiant Orchid (Breakout Room), and Ultra Violet (Breakout Room). This year you have two viewing options: SlidesLive and YouTube. SlidesLive SlidesLive allows you to view

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