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Banks and regulators join quantum-resistant crypto transfer pilot

August 24, 2026 Jackson Miller

Banks and financial regulators from Europe, the Middle East and Asia have joined a pilot testing quantum-resistant infrastructure for digital asset wallets and onchain transfers. The initiative, announced Monday by the Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and crypto custody provider Safeheron, marks one of the first cross-border efforts to prepare financial institutions for the arrival of […]

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MiCA’s next frontier: Why DeFi lending vaults are a regulatory puzzle for Brussels

August 23, 2026 Jackson Miller

The European Commission is reviewing whether crypto lending and borrowing should be brought under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, but the decentralized nature of many lending protocols is making it difficult to determine who — if anyone — should be regulated. On May 20, 2026, the Commission launched a targeted consultation seeking stakeholder […]

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MANTRA token sinks 18% to record low as blockchain halt triggers exchange suspensions

August 22, 2026 Jackson Miller

MANTRA’s native token plunged 18.5% from its 24-hour high to an all-time low on Thursday, shortly before MANTRA Chain stopped producing blocks and the team announced a precautionary halt over an unexplained incident. The network’s status page classified the event as a full outage, prompting several exchanges to suspend deposits and withdrawals for the token. […]

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Bitcoin.com adds UAE-regulated USDU stablecoin to self-custodial wallet

August 21, 2026 Jackson Miller

Bitcoin.com has integrated USDU, a US dollar-backed stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the UAE, into its self-custodial web and mobile wallet. The move expands access to the UAE’s first regulated foreign payment token, which until now has primarily been distributed through institutional channels. USDU’s regulatory standing and launch background USDU is issued by […]

Cybersecurity team monitors AI scam-baiting bots in Sydney office

Inside Apate: How 200,000 AI ‘victims’ are wasting scammers’ time and saving millions

August 20, 2026 Jackson Miller

Australian cybersecurity firm Apate is running a global operation that turns the tables on online fraudsters: a fleet of nearly 200,000 AI-powered personas that pose as gullible victims, waste scammers’ time, and extract actionable intelligence for banks, telcos, and crypto analytics firms. The company’s bots field hundreds of thousands of calls and chat conversations daily, […]

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FASB proposes new guidance on when stablecoins can be treated as cash equivalents

August 19, 2026 Jackson Miller

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has taken a significant step toward clarifying how US companies should account for stablecoins, proposing new guidance that would allow certain digital assets to be classified as cash equivalents under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In a proposal announced on Tuesday, the FASB said it would add illustrative examples […]

Harmony blockchain rollback after ONE token exploit

Harmony to roll back blockchain after ONE exploit, discarding 109,000 transactions

August 18, 2026 Jackson Miller

Harmony has confirmed plans to roll back its blockchain to Aug. 11 following an exploit that produced forged ONE tokens, a move that will discard more than 109,000 transactions confirmed after the network’s chosen checkpoint. The layer-1 network said validators will revert to blocks recorded at 11:25 pm UTC on Aug. 11, with new blocks […]

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Greenlane’s BERA Treasury Sheds 76% of Value in Q2, Regulatory Filing Shows

August 17, 2026 Jackson Miller

Greenlane Holdings, the Nasdaq-listed company that pivoted from cannabis accessories to a crypto-focused treasury, disclosed in a regulatory filing that its BERA token holdings ended the second quarter at just $16.4 million — a steep drop from the $70 million it originally paid for the assets. As of June 30, the company held 81.3 million […]

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Washington court orders Kalshi to halt sports, election, and politics prediction markets

August 16, 2026 Jackson Miller

A Washington state judge has ordered Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market platform, to stop offering a broad range of event contracts in the state, ruling that federal commodities law does not preempt Washington’s gambling statutes. The preliminary injunction, granted by King County Superior Court Judge John McHale, bars Kalshi from offering contracts tied to sports, […]

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Solana’s SIMD-0553 fee overhaul: Higher burn, resource-based pricing, and cheaper simple transactions

August 15, 2026 Jackson Miller

Solana is moving forward with a significant overhaul of its transaction fee structure, a change that would make resource-intensive operations more expensive while reducing costs for simpler transactions and increasing the amount of SOL burned. The proposal, known as Solana Improvement Document (SIMD-0553), entered the network’s onchain governance process in early August and cleared its […]