Catapult Trade Names Its Backers as Total Raised Reaches $6.6 Million Ahead of $PULT TGE
KuCoin Ventures, Oddiyana Ventures, and Venture Vault VC are among the investors behind Catapult Trade, the company confirmed following the close of its fourth funding round. Summary Catapult Trade says four funding rounds raised $6.6 million before its planned PULT…
BTC Recovers Swiftly and Eyes $79K Again, XMR Surges Above $500: Market Watch
In contrast to XMR, POL, PUMP, RAIN, and TRUMP have plunged hard over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin began the new business week with a dip below $77,000 as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East escalated amid new attacks,…
Ireland Bans Crypto From New State Investment Scheme
Key Takeaways Minister Simon Harris barred crypto from Ireland’s new investment scheme to shield $197B in deposit savings. The decision widens the regulatory gap between traditional EU equities, at 7.5% adoption, and digital assets. Ireland will mandate strict wallet verification…
Zcash private transactions could fall below 200ms
Zakura released an open-source cryptography toolkit on Aug. 29 that it says can reduce the time required to construct some private Zcash transactions from more than three seconds to below 200 milliseconds. Summary Zakura Common cuts transaction construction from over…
BSP Won’t Defend ₱60 Target as Philippine Peso Hits Historic Low Past ₱62
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not draw down its foreign currency reserves to artificially defend a ₱60 exchange…
$75M in Assets Reportedly Affected
Tectonic’s assets plunged from about $121 million to $3 million after an exploit targeted its thinly traded TONIC token. Cronos halted its blockchain on Sunday after an exploit hit Tectonic, which happens to be its largest lending protocol. Experts…
Tether CEO Slams BIS Over Tokenized Bank Deposit Push
Key Takeaways Tether’s CEO defended stablecoins after the BIS claimed tokenized deposits are better fiat substitutes. Ardoino argued stablecoins are safer because they are fully backed, exposing bank fractional reserves. The dispute highlights bank fears that the CLARITY ACT could…
Polygon fixes validator security flaws with Austin and Kyoto forks
Polygon Labs has patched several security flaws across its proof-of-stake network through two coordinated hard forks, including a vulnerability that could have forced the full validator set to perform costly processing from a single crafted transaction. Summary Polygon patched several…
Coinfest Asia 2026 Recap: Indonesia’s $28 Billion Onchain Vision, Stablecoins, and the AI Shift
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Southeast Asia’s largest crypto gathering felt less like a speculative trade show and more like an active regulatory workshop for…
Will Bitcoin Bounce or Dump? All Eyes Are on This Week’s Major Economic Events
Another busy economic week is ahead of us as investors are trying to predict what the Fed will do next. Bitcoin ends August and enters September under renewed pressure, but geopolitics won’t be the only factor traders need to…
