Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ME News reports that, as of August 7 (UTC+8), according to CoinFound’s cryptocurrency-related stock data, Intchains Group Limited (NASDAQ: ICG) is currently trading at $0.77, down 10.47% from today’s opening price of $0.86. (Source: CoinFound)

TL;DRSolana processed more than 1 billion non-vote transactions last week, setting a record despite weak cryptocurrency prices and uncertain market sentiment across its network.Memecoin trading generated 28% of weekly DEX volume, while application revenue rose 32% from April lows to reach $23.9 mill

DeepSeek is back at the fundraising table. The Hangzhou-based AI startup has resumed its second external funding round, targeting roughly $8 billion at a valuation approaching 500 billion yuan, or about $74 billion. Hong Kong-based Monolith Management is in active talks to join the round.For context

Figma, the collaborative design platform that went public in July 2025, disclosed approximately $91 million in Bitcoin exposure through exchange-traded funds during its Q2 2025 earnings call. The figure is part of a broader $1.6 billion liquidity position that includes cash, marketable securities, a

Ripple Treasury integrates Moody’s risk analytics while enterprise blockchain infrastructure continues expanding across institutional finance.Mastercard advances stablecoin payments through BVNK as financial firms connect traditional and digital payment infrastructure.Blockchain networks continue se

Token unlock seasons are rarely frictionless, and Optimism’s Year 5 supply schedule is no exception. The Foundation’s annual budget update projects that 342.9 million OP tokens will enter circulation between May 2026 and April 2027, expanding the liquid supply to 2.504 billion OP—roughly 58.3% of th

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she wants federal crypto rules — but not the CLARITY Act as written. Warren, a longtime critic of crypto industry excesses, told reporters the U.S. needs a clear regulatory framework for digital assets. But she rejected the CLARITY Act in its current form, arguing it leav

The Ethereum Foundation is recruiting a protocol security researcher who will combine AI, fuzz testing and hands-on audits to hunt for vulnerabilities across Ethereum’s core infrastructure. Role and responsibilities - The new hire will join the Foundation’s Protocol Security team and probe weakness

The US Treasury is set to repurchase up to $4 billion in nominal coupon securities on August 6, with the operation window running from 1:40 to 2:00 p.m. ET and settlement expected the following day. The targeted securities are those maturing between September 15, 2026, and July 31, 2028.What Treasur

According to Goldman Sachs, AI-related debt issuance reached $489 billion by mid-2026, with hyperscalers, meaning companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, accounting for roughly 40% of that total.Over the past five years, these firms collectively added approximately $350 billion

Here’s a problem that’s only going to get worse: AI agents are increasingly managing money on behalf of humans, and nobody has a great answer for what happens when an agent goes rogue. Chance, a verification harness built for exactly this scenario, is now live on Starknet, where it checks agent-prop

Key PointSentora is curating a Morpho lending vault that takes PYUSD deposits against mWIN collateral. Midas issued mWIN on Aug. 5 and said Wellington Management runs the actively managed credit strategy behind the token. The vault held 9,647,369 PYUSD against a 10 million PYUSD cap at 17:45 UTC on

For the first time in Google DeepMind’s history, no one outside the United States oversees the company’s AI development. Demis Hassabis, the London-based co-founder who built DeepMind into one of the world’s most influential AI labs, stepped down from daily operations on August 5, 2026, marking the

XRP Ledger continues expanding through enterprise projects as REAL Token prepares for its Biconomy Exchange trading debut.Japan remains an important XRP Ledger market with continued support from major financial and technology companies.REAL Token’s Biconomy listing could broaden market access while

Key PointColdcard generated some seeds through MicroPython’s Yasmarang software PRNG instead of the hardware entropy source. On some models, the effective entropy collapsed to around 40 bits. The flaw shipped in March 2021 and stayed in publicly readable firmware for more than five years. Galaxy Res