Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. EX DeFi is attracting XRP holders seeking alternative income as regulatory optimism boosts interest in the digital asset. Summary Trump urges Congress to advance the CLARITY Act as Bitcoin tops $79,000 and XRP surges

ZK proving has begun competing with trillion-dollar AI data centers for the same GPUs, raising proof costs even as Cysic reports a 9% performance gain from improving hardware use. Summary Cysic says inefficient GPU use, rather than inadequate raw computing power, now drives proving costs. ZK workloads compete with AI for Nvidia GPUs despite relying

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. Besu discloses five CertiK-found flaws after patching them in version 26.7.1, released July 27. Summary Besu fixed

Ethena price extended its weekly gain to about 65% on Aug. 21, reaching $0.142 after a $1 billion lending deal with FalconX and bullish calls from Arthur Hayes fueled demand for ENA. Summary Ethena price gained about 65% in seven days and reached an intraday high near $0.145. A $1 billion FalconX facility will fund

Nomura-backed Laser Digital has become Japan’s first newly registered crypto asset exchange service provider in about four years, securing approval as the country prepares to move digital assets under a financial-instruments framework. Summary Laser Digital has become Japan’s first newly registered crypto asset exchange service provider in about four years. The Nomura-backed firm will initially

Binance has continued opening and verifying new European customer accounts more than seven weeks after the European Union’s July 1 MiCA licensing deadline, despite remaining absent from the bloc’s register of authorized crypto providers. Summary Binance is still opening and verifying some new EU accounts more than seven weeks after the July 1 MiCA deadline.

Tron founder Justin Sun secured a partial procedural victory in his lawsuit against World Liberty Financial on Aug. 20, according to his account of a California federal court hearing. Summary Justin Sun said his individual claims against World Liberty will remain before a federal court. World Liberty moved to compel arbitration and stay the California

The Royal Government of Bhutan has moved 490.87 Bitcoin worth about $32.74 million to fresh wallets over the past 24 hours, extending a series of large BTC transfers from state-linked addresses in 2026. Summary Bhutan transferred 490.87 BTC worth about $32.74 million to fresh wallets over the past day. The largest transaction involved 485 BTC

MANTRA Chain halted its network on Aug. 21 while investigating an unidentified incident, freezing transactions and preventing assets from moving across the RWA focused Layer 1 blockchain. Summary MANTRA Chain halted validators, public endpoints, bridges and managed relays while investigating an unidentified incident. The halt prevents transactions from processing, leaving assets currently unable to move

Coldcard has released firmware versions 5.6.1 and 1.5.1Q after a three-week security review, while warning that users with affected seed phrases must create new wallets and move their Bitcoin. Summary Firmware 5.6.1 covers Coldcard Mk4 and Mk5, while version 1.5.1Q applies to Q devices. New seed creation now requires key presses, dice rolls, or coin