Month: August 2026
All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’
Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on…
Crypto campaign fund Fairshake faces $2 million setback in Florida primaries
In a race that drew criticism to crypto’s leading political action committee for featuring fake…
Bitcoin surges above $68,000, liquidating $1.4 billion shorts as Treasury buybacks boost risk appetite
BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled…
Bitcoin nears key technical breakout that could propel prices to $76,000
Bitcoin is close to forming a pattern that analysts say could signal prices rising to…
Coinbase, Circle and Bullish jump as Clarity Act proponents express optimism about bill
COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key…
Roblox commits to privacy overhaul after eSafety discovers adults can contact children via gaming platform
Regulator says verifiable safety measures are ‘critical’ to the online service’s viability Follow our Australia…
AI could supercharge crypto but there’s a catch, Fidelity Digital Assets says
AI agents could boost crypto activity, but much of the value may bypass blockchains and…
Crypto Long & Short: Where DeFi yield really comes from (and why it broke this spring)
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Solstice Finance’s David Plisek argues that most of…
HSBC, Standard Chartered execute first live banking transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger
The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in…
Cantor opens Kalshi prediction markets to thousands of institutional clients
The investment bank will help its roughly 3,000 institutional clients execute large block trades in…