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American Bitcoin released its second-quarter 2026 financial results on Aug. 3, reporting $67 million in revenue and expanding its Bitcoin treasury reserve to 8,002 BTC, according to the company's official statement. The Miami-based mining platform increased quarterly revenue 8% from Q1 and set a

FalconX, the digital asset prime brokerage that acquired crypto ETF issuer 21shares last November, laid off roughly 10% of its global workforce as it prepares for a prolonged downturn in the cryptocurrency market, Bloomberg reported Monday. The layoffs affect approximately 35 employees from a pre-re

Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) is shutting down after more than five years, co-founder Isabel Gonzalez announced. The project minted millions of collectible digital badges for crypto events, conferences, hackathons, and community gatherings. Gonzalez attributed the shutdown to challenges in

According to co-founder Isabel Gonzalez, Proof of Attendance Protocol announced its shutdown after more than five years of operations. POAP has minted 7.6 million collectable badges across 46,210 issuers since its formal establishment in 2021, serving crypto events, conferences, hackathons, and

New Market Trading (NMT) appointed Ajdin Kahrović as Chief Technology Officer on the same day the blockchain-based wealth management firm opened publicly to new clients. Kahrović joins to own the platform's technical foundation from day one. NMT is the first wealth management firm to move the

New Market Trading announced today the appointment of Ajdin Kahrović as Chief Technology Officer on the same day NMT opened publicly to new clients. Kahrović, who architected defi.app from inception to $40B+ in cumulative trading volume and $500M valuation while leading an 11-person engineering

Announced Monday by layer 1 blockchain developer Flare, FXRP has been approved as collateral in Sentora's RLUSD Main vault on Morpho, allowing XRP holders to borrow Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on Ethereum without selling their tokens. Users can convert XRP to FXRP, bridge it to Ethereum, and use it to

Ripple invested in fintech companies ZILO and Licuido to add regulated infrastructure to the XRP Ledger. According to an official statement, Ripple plans to integrate security transfer, asset issuance, and collateral transfer functionalities compatible with the XRP Ledger infrastructure through

According to Bitcoin News, MARA's Slipstream service has launched as a permissionless public service requiring no client software. The service protects users transferring funds from vulnerable COLDCARD wallets. Multisig transactions expose all public keys; if broadcast to the mempool, attackers

According to American Bitcoin, the company ended Q2 2026 with approximately 8,002 BTC, up 14% from 7,021 BTC at the end of March. The increase was driven by a record quarterly production of 932 Bitcoin, the highest since the company's September 2025 launch. Mining revenue rose to $67 million in Q2

BlackRock launched two tokenized money market products designed to serve as reserve assets for stablecoins. The world's largest asset manager introduced BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund OnChain Shares (BSTBL) and BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV) to

BlackRock has launched two tokenized money market products designed for stablecoin reserves. The first, BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund OnChain Shares (BSTBL), is a tokenized version of its existing fund on Ethereum, allowing eligible investors to transfer shares between approved

Japanese gaming and blockchain company gumi consolidated its $86 million corporate treasury into XRP and launched SBI Crypto Fund LLC with SBI Group. The $18.3 million actively managed investment fund represents a dual strategy: positioning XRP as gumi's long-term reserve asset while building

According to BlockBeats, American Bitcoin (ABTC) announced on August 3 that President and interim CFO Matt Prusak will resign effective August 4 to join AI and energy infrastructure company Giga Energy as Chief Commercial Officer and interim CFO. Prusak stated he is transitioning from bitcoin

According to POAP co-founder Isabel (via PANews on Aug 3), the Ethereum-based digital collectibles project is ending operations after more than five years. The project issued millions of NFTs across hundreds of communities and collaborated with institutions including Coinbase, American Express,

American Bitcoin, the bitcoin mining and treasury firm co-founded by Eric Trump and a majority-owned subsidiary of Hut 8, expanded its bitcoin holdings to 8,002 BTC in the second quarter. The company mined a record 932 BTC during the quarter, marking a 14% increase from the 7,021 BTC held as of

According to its Q2 2026 statement, American Bitcoin expanded bitcoin holdings to 8,002 BTC as of June 30, marking a 14% increase from 7,021 BTC held on March 31. The company mined a record 932 BTC during the quarter. Mining revenue totaled approximately $67 million for the three months ended June 3

According to PANews, De¹ officially released its first Financial World Model on August 3, designed to integrate real capital execution with continuous learning in a closed-loop framework. The model functions as a foundational layer supporting AI agents and human participants to train and optimize

Starchild introduced x402 payment functionality to its agent marketplace, allowing AI agents to publish services, receive payments, and conduct transactions directly through Starchild wallets. The integration enables agents to operate as both buyers and sellers, monetizing services and processing on

According to Starchild, on August 1, 2026, the platform launched x402 payment functionality enabling AI agents to publish services, receive payments, and conduct transactions directly through their Starchild wallets. The integration allows agents to operate as both buyers and sellers within the