Former Xero engineering executive Nigel Fernandes will lead Pepperstone’s push to own more of its technology as the business expands into crypto and new markets.  MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Melbourne-based Pepperstone, a global online trading and fintech provider serving clients in more than 160 countries, today announced the appointment of Nigel Fernandes as

MUTSAMUDU, Comoros, August 13, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its July TradFi trading data. Monthly trading volume in Stock and Index Futures increased by 64%, while the number of available instruments exceeded 285. Storage-related Futures volume rose by more than fivefold and accounted for nearly 20% of total

The discovery of a years-old vulnerability in Zcash’s shielded pool, found with the help of an Anthropic AI model just days before the company launched its most powerful version yet, points to a shift that could reshape crypto security. As AI makes it cheaper and faster to find flaws buried deep in complex systems, the

Tokyo-listed bitcoin BTC$63,878.12 holder Metaplanet isn’t dumping its bitcoin BTC$63,878.12 bags. Company CEO Simon Gerovich moved quickly to dismiss reports of a massive sale, clarifying that Wednesday’s large BTC transfer, flagged by blockchain trackers, was merely a “routine custody transfer” and not a liquidation. “We transferred 5,014 BTC between Metaplanet custodial addresses over the past

Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments in a deal worth up to $2.25 billion that will give the Wall Street giant another Bitcoin-related product for its portfolio, the banking giant announced Wednesday.  The deal will be in cash and equity, contingent on performance and service milestones, and will bring the Neos Bitcoin High

Equities spent the past two weeks setting all-time highs (ATH) while bitcoin met resistance at the same $65,000-65,500 region level six times. Between 5 and 10 August, the market printed six consecutive daily highs above $65,000 but bitcoin has not recorded a single daily close above that level since 26 July. The S&P 500 closed

In XRP news today, Andy Burnham’s name has started circulating alongside Ripple and XRP in connection with a UK Treasury blockchain initiative, but the underlying documents tell a much narrower story. HM Treasury’s Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy, published on gov.uk, lays out a multi-year plan to tokenize wholesale finance, remove paper share certificates, and

Like any regulated trading platform under authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, prediction markets firms try to encourage heavy traders and for firms to act as market makers in ways that can deepen participation and trading volume. But the CFTC is concerned about how they’re doing it, according to guidance issued on Wednesday. The

Bitcoin’s price has shown signs of stabilizing after a rough stretch, but even setting aside where prices go in the near term, asset manager Grayscale says adoption of the cryptocurrency over the medium and long run remains largely unchanged. The reason: continued, unsustainable growth in government debt as a factor that keeps inflation and currency-debasement

Ethereum logged 989,500 active addresses in 24h, a peak since March. Santiment reports a surge in active wallets while ETH stays near $1,870.  Robinhood Chain expansion fuels higher gas usage and app interactions. Ethereum logged 989,500 active addresses in 24 hours, its highest count since early March. The rapid growth in active addresses shows that