Markets
Global cryptocurrency trading activity surged in August, with spot volumes on centralized exchanges reaching $1.86 trillion — the strongest monthly level since January, according to data. The figure represents a 5% increase from July’s $1.77 trillion and signals a rebound in market activity after several quieter months. Binance
Finance
A technical glitch in Paradigm’s Ethereum execution client, Reth, briefly disrupted operations for some nodes this week, highlighting the challenges of maintaining blockchain infrastructure. The issue, confirmed by Paradigm’s chief technology officer Georgios Konstantopoulos, occurred at block 2327426 and affected Reth versions 1.6.0 and 1.4.
Markets
Ripple’s XRP is entering September under heavy selling pressure, with the token stuck in a descending parallel channel since early August. Despite multiple attempts to break higher, sentiment remains firmly bearish — and on-chain data suggests traders aren’t done selling yet. XRP Stuck in a Downtrend A descending parallel
Markets
The PUMP token surged more than 10% on Tuesday after meme-coin launchpad Pump.fun announced a major ecosystem overhaul dubbed “Project Ascend.” The update aims to fix the platform’s rocky creator fee model and attract fresh talent to its growing network. A low-viewer pump fun steamer can make more
AI
A Major AI Deal for the Public Sector Millions of federal employees in the United States will soon gain access to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant—at no extra cost. The move comes under a sweeping agreement between Microsoft and the US General Services Administration (GSA), designed to modernize government
What Is Somnia? Somnia is a new Layer 1 blockchain built to handle real-time, large-scale applications like gaming, social platforms, and metaverse environments. Where most blockchains struggle with throughput, Somnia claims it can process more than 1 million transactions per second (TPS) in testing—spread across 100 distributed nodes. The
Finance
The Trump family’s cryptocurrency portfolio swelled on paper this week after the official debut of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token, adding nearly $5 billion in theoretical value overnight. World Liberty Financial - Where DeFi Meets TradFiBridging legacy finance and the open economy with purpose-built, on-chain products.World Liberty
Politics
The Trump family’s cryptocurrency fortune swelled on paper this week after the debut of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token, a decentralized finance venture backed by former U.S. President Donald Trump. WLFI began public trading on September 1, 2025, marking the first time investors could freely buy and
Cryptocurrency
The first-ever Dogecoin corporate treasury has arrived on Wall Street — and it’s already facing a major credibility test. CleanCore Solutions (NYSE: CCS), once a little-known eco-friendly cleaning products company, saw its shares collapse by nearly 50% in a single day after announcing a dramatic pivot: abandoning its traditional business
Markets
The British pound is bracing for a turbulent week as traders shift their focus to a series of high-stakes U.S. economic reports, capped by Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) release. After regaining some ground against the U.S. dollar last week, the GBP/USD pair remains stuck in a
Regulation
South Korea has committed to joining a global effort to improve oversight of cryptocurrency transactions, agreeing to share data with up to 48 countries under the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). The initiative is designed to boost tax transparency and curb cross-border evasion in the fast-growing digital asset market.
AI
For all the advances in AI-generated video, one thing has often been missing: sound that feels real. Tencent’s Hunyuan lab believes it has found the answer with Hunyuan Video-Foley, a new model designed to generate lifelike audio that syncs seamlessly with on-screen action. HunyuanVideo-Foley: Multimodal Diffusion with Representation Alignment