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Aave, Sky float partnership to bridge DeFi, TradFi

The plan would create markets for DAI-replacement USDS on Aave.

Bitcoin ‘new’ investor spike echoes 2019 BTC price peak — Analysis

Bitcoin investors who bought in at the March highs have been fighting choppy BTC price action ever since.

Are there ‘too many’ blockchains for gaming? Sui’s randomness feature: Web3 Gamer

Too many blockchains and less funding for the industry? Plus, Sui’s randomness feature for gaming developers: Web3 Gamer

Telegram games and Hamster Kombat will catalyze Web3 adoption: Animoca’s Yat Siu

Hamster Kombat is preparing to launch the “largest airdrop in the history of crypto,” which could bring even more mainstream attention to the viral Web3 mobile game. 

Cardano down 75% vs. Bitcoin 2 years after Charles Hoskinson questions BTC longevity

After breaking below a lifetime support level, ADA's price versus Bitcoin could drop by another 25% in the coming months.

Riot Platforms urges Bitfarms board changes ahead of crucial October meeting

Riot Platforms urges further changes to Bitfarms’ board, proposing two independent directors ahead of a special meeting in October.

Solana Foundation defends decentralization amid patch coordination claims

Solana Foundation’s Dan Albert highlighted the network’s distributed block-producing nodes, arguing that coordinating a patch does not mean centralization.

Crypto platform resumes UK registrations after 10-month FCA compliance pause

The crypto lending platform took the 10-month pause to realign its onboarding process with the FCA's guidelines oriented towards investor protection.

South Korea joins global crackdown on Telegram, cites deepfakes

South Korea has joined the growing list of global jurisdictions launching probes against Telegram over illicit content dissemination.

Justin Sun implements 100% onchain buyback for SunPump

Justin Sun’s SunPump community abandons LP token burning in favor of a more transparent onchain buyback and burn process.

Ripple to add smart contracts to XRP Ledger

The move aims to attract developers and expand XRP Ledger's capabilities, bringing new use cases to its ecosystem.

August sees 215% rise in crypto phishing, $55M lost in single attack

The majority of the stolen funds are accounted for by a major phishing incident that cost an unfortunate user $55 million.

Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus goes online — and it really is colossal

Elon Musk’s xAI has launched Colossus — now the most powerful AI training system — setting a new benchmark in the AI race with a 100,000 H100 training cluster that will soon double in size.

Bitcoin price nearly hits $60K but traders still see bearish September

Bitcoin’s early comeback may last just one week as the ninth month of the year also portends problems for gold.

Binance CEO calls Gambaryan’s treatment ‘inhuman’ as disturbing new video emerges

Gambaryan’s next hearing is set for Sept. 4, where the judge will consider the executive’s latest motion for bail.

Vitalik Buterin says AI prediction markets can make X Community Notes faster

Buterin said that the biggest criticism of X’s Community Notes is that they do not appear fast enough. 

New zero-KYC proposal aims to secure P2P crypto transactions

A Reddit user’s draft proposal aims to prevent MitM scams in P2P cryptocurrency markets by securing transactions without KYC.

50% of Telegram tap-to-earn gamers are crypto noobs — Blum CEO

Telegram tap-to-earn games have “finally” brought the mass adoption to crypto the industry has waited for, says Blum founder and CEO Gleb Kostarev.

WazirX hacker moves $6M in crypto to Tornado Cash

A wallet address associated with the WazirX hacker has transferred $6.5 million worth of stolen ETH to Tornado Cash as the exchange opens up withdrawals to users ahead of time. 

Arthur Hayes explains why Fed rate cuts aren't helping Bitcoin

The flow of money has gone from treasury bills into higher-yielding reverse repos, according to the former BitMEX boss. 

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