August 4, 2026
Bitcoin

BNB Chain Unveils New Layer 1 for Agentic Trading, Targets 2027 Mainnet

BNB Chain plans a new Layer 1 blockchain for agentic trading with AI support, 100,000+ TPS, faster transactions, and a 2027 mainnet launch. BNB Chain has announced plans to build a new Layer 1 blockchain for agentic trading. The new network will work alongside the existing BNB Chain ecosystem. It’s designed for quicker transactions and

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Bitcoin Clears Sell Wall as STRC, Derivatives and ETFs Build Momentum

After printing through $80,000 on Monday, 4 May, Bitcoin has finally made its first sustained move above this key psychological barrier since 31 January, and the cleanest session of acceptance through the $78,000–$79,000 overhead supply wall. By Wednesday, 6 May, price has continued to surge to reach a multi-month high, approaching $83,000, supported by strong

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SOL Just Hired Twitter’s First-Ever CISO: Is This the Security Upgrade a Trillion Network Needs?

Solana News: The Solana Foundation has appointed Michael Coates, Twitter’s first-ever Chief Information Security Officer and a veteran of Mozilla and enterprise SaaS security, as its new CISO, a hire that signals the Foundation is treating security as a boardroom priority rather than an engineering footnote. Coates announced the move on X on July 7,

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After a four-year U.S. ban, Polymarket mounts a major comeback campaign

Polymarket, which began its return to the U.S. after a four-year ban with the acquisition of QCEX a year ago and the introduction of a mobile trading app in December, has started a campaign to persuade policymakers, regulators and potential users that it is trustworthy, Associated Press reported on Wednesday. According to AP, Polymarket is

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Bull Bitcoin Files Landmark Legal Challenge To Annul France’s DAC8 Crypto Data Surveillance Rules

Bull Bitcoin exchange, recently licensed under MiCA, is challenging the European directive in French courts that sets up a mass surveillance database, putting millions of crypto users at risk.  Bull Bitcoin, the world’s oldest Bitcoin-only and non-custodial exchange, recently licensed under MiCA by France’s financial markets regulator AMF, has filed a legal challenge before the

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Strategy Bitcoin Sale Leaves $1.25B Plan Intact.

Strategy’s $135M BTC sale was separate from its $1.25B monetization framework. The company sold 3,588 BTC to support preferred stock dividend obligations. VanEck says Strategy may retain more Bitcoin selling capacity than expected. VanEck says Strategy’s recent $135 million Bitcoin sale did not reduce its $1.25 billion BTC Monetization Program, keeping the full capacity available. 

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Strategy’s BTC Divestment Sparks Buying Not Exodus

Bitcoin’s largest corporate treasury accumulator, Strategy, announced its first major bitcoin sale over the last week. However, the market has taken it well. After reaching  a cycle low of $57,803 on 1 July, following a period of extended downtrend, BTC has started July positively, and in line with the views we expressed in Bitfinex Alpha,

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Strikes Across Hormuz Push BTC to $62,000 With $60K Floor at Risk

In Bitcoin news today, the BTC price is trading at $62,000 on Wednesday after failing to clear the $64,000 resistance level, with fresh US-Iran military exchanges delivering the immediate blow to risk appetite. The sell-off is not happening in a vacuum; it lands atop a shrinking stablecoin market, and institutional ETF flows are too thin

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XRP Ledger v3.2.0 rollout gains ground but trails version its replacing

The XRP Ledger’s newest server software, v3.2.0, designed to make the network cheaper to run, more stable, and more attractive for institutional use, is gaining adoption. However, it has yet to overtake the previous version (3.1.3) across the wider network, and the key security fixes that come with it remain in the voting process. Of

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Kraken Seeks Final Judgment After $22 Million Award Against Former Auditor

Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter a final judgment against its former auditor, Mazars USA, after an arbitrator awarded the firm $22 million.  The exchange disclosed the request on July 7 through an open letter from co-CEO Arjun Sethi and a series of

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