African financial company issues first $431 million digital bond
Africa Finance Corporation has raised 350 million Swiss francs or about $431 million, through its first digital bond, becoming the first African institution to issue such debt through a regulated exchange and central securities depository. Summary The five-year digital bond…
How AI Agents Are Deleting the Steep Web3 Tooling Curve
Key Takeaways Coinfello launched an AI agent using plain language to automate 1-prompt DeFi strategies. Minchi Park predicts AI agents will force dApps to focus on net yields rather than top UI designs. CEO jacobc.eth confirmed 2-step manual processes will…
This TradFi Signal Preceded Explosive Ethereum Rallies: Is ETH Next?
Can ETH finally overcome the $2,000 obstacle and head further north soon? The Russell 2000, an index tracking roughly 2,000 smaller publicly traded US companies that is generally viewed as one of Wall Street’s more risk-sensitive equity benchmarks, has…
Bithumb posts $15.7M Q2 loss as revenue falls 36%
Bithumb has reported a 21.8 billion won, or about $15.7 million, net loss for the second quarter of 2026 as revenue fell 35.8% from a year earlier. Summary Bithumb’s second-quarter revenue fell 35.8% to 86.3 billion won. The exchange swung…
SEC Cancels Open Meeting, Delaying Long-Awaited Regulation Crypto Proposal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abruptly canceled an open meeting where commissioners were expected to consider a long-anticipated proposal that could reshape how digital assets are issued and regulated in the United States. The agency announced late…
Swissquote Cuts Revenue Target as Crypto Income Plunges 66.2% – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Swissquote’s H1 2026 crypto income plummeted 66.2% to nearly $18M, driving a $6.5M valuation loss on SQX. The crypto slump dragged Swissquote shares down 12% as weak bitcoin trading hit retail digital assets. Swissquote lowered its 2026 revenue…
Morgan Stanley’s XRP Exposure Emerges as Price Struggles Near $1
Institutional XRP exposure remains steady despite the choppy price action. XRP has shed more than 10% over the past week as its struggle near $1 continues. This downward pressure has pushed the crypto asset’s yearly losses to almost 70%….
Trump’s World Liberty Financial delayed its Maldives resort token because of a war
The Iran conflict grounded flights, cratered Maldives tourism arrivals by double digits, and forced the Trump family’s crypto venture to shelve what was billed as the world’s first tokenized luxury hotel development. The episode exposes a structural question the real-world…
Ireland Rolls Out Anti-Money Laundering Strategy Targeting Crypto
Key Takeaways On Aug. 13, Simon Harris launched Ireland’s 5-priority anti-money laundering plan. New rules target crypto assets and higher-risk firms across 5 key areas. Next, Ireland will align with new EU laws to prepare for its 2026 FATF evaluation….
Bitcoin’s Bottom Has a Date: And It’s Closer Than You Think
Ever since bitcoin started to lose value rapidly and consistently in Q4 last year, the main question within the cryptocurrency community is how low it can go. The next one was: when and where it will bottom out. Analysts began…
