US Banks Join Forces to Build a Blockchain of Their Own
The BankChain Alliance aims to give smaller financial institutions access to tokenized deposits and blockchain payments through a shared network targeted for 2027.
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Bitcoin Wallets Dormant for Over a Decade Move $40M in One Week
Six wallets that slept through Bitcoin's entire boom woke up between Aug. 16 and Aug. 26, moving tens of millions in BTC.
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Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
Solana Treasury Firm Invites Investors to Look 'Beyond the Price of SOL'
Nasdaq-listed SOL treasury company DeFi Development Corp launched a free network dashboard on Wednesday. Its pitch: judge Solana on more than just price.
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Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
Chainalysis estimates $457B in taxable crypto activity, says CARF misses most
The blockchain analytics firm said just 14% of the onchain activity it identified is covered by the OECD’s international crypto tax-reporting framework.
Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
'The Government Doesn't Own Our Data': Prosecuted GrapheneOS User
Samuel Tunick, facing five years over a wiped phone, said he was secretly placed on a watch list as a suspected terrorist.
Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
Crypto CEO Faces US Extradition Over Alleged $20 Million Token Scheme
Manpreet Kohli, accused of making $20 million from an alleged scheme to manipulate the Saitama token, is a step closer to facing trial in Boston.
Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
SEC sends crypto custody rule overhaul to White House for review
The securities regulator’s crypto custody overhaul could clarify how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets for clients as the proposal moves through review.
Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
Tokenized Deposits Could Drain $700 Billion From Bank Lending, Dallas Fed Warns
A shift toward faster, more rate-sensitive deposits could push banks into safer assets, constrain lending, and raise borrowing costs, Dallas Fed researchers said.
Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky: Survey
A new survey finds broad skepticism toward crypto in workplace retirement plans as US policymakers move to expand access to alternative assets.
Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
Bitcoin dips below $78K as stocks, gold fall on higher US PCE Inflation data
Bitcoin stayed away from challenging $80,000 after July US PCE inflation data came in slightly higher than anticipated, pressuring gold and risk assets.
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Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
XRP Leads Crypto Pullback as Leverage Unwind Tests Rally
XRP led losses among the 10 biggest cryptocurrencies today. The charts show the real test for its rally is only getting started.
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Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
Shinhan and Visa team up to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements in South Korea
Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models.
CoinDesk · Aug 26, 2026
Ethereum Devs Propose Deposit Contract Overhaul to Quantum-Proof Staking
The proposal would let validator keys grow to 8,192 bytes and adds a switch that permanently retires today's BLS signatures.
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Decrypt · Aug 26, 2026
Protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution to solve scaling bottlenecks
CTDG Dev Hub participant’s protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution, allowing network nodes to reach agreement on blocks before transaction execution completes.
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Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
Crypto Long & Short: Tokenized equities: the model underneath the trade
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the question that matters most. Two tokens can trade under the same ticker while granting entirely different rights, and the structure underneath, whether it conveys real ownership or a synthetic claim, determines the risks and protections a holder actually has.
CoinDesk · Aug 26, 2026
Crypto Long & Short: Where DeFi yield really comes from (and why it broke this spring)
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the question that matters most. Two tokens can trade under the same ticker while granting entirely different rights, and the structure underneath, whether it conveys real ownership or a synthetic claim, determines the risks and protections a holder actually has.
CoinDesk · Aug 26, 2026
SEC’s proposed crypto rules probably won’t spark new ICO boom
The SEC’s ‘regulation crypto assets’ proposals could create early-round FOMO. But some tokens may still fall into the no-man’s land between security and non-security.
Cointelegraph · Aug 26, 2026
Ethereum developers propose first step to protect ETH staking from quantum attacks
A draft proposal would allow validators to deposit with quantum-resistant keys, then permanently stop accepting the format the network runs on today.
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CoinDesk · Aug 26, 2026