Crypto News
Circle Q2: USDC float grows as reserve yield thins
Circle’s Q2 2026 print shows $701M revenue and reserve income with $73.3B USDC in circulation, while reserve yield compression capped income growth at 5%.
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EF funds WEBCAT to verify Ethereum wallet front ends
Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security grant backs Freedom of the Press Foundation’s WEBCAT so wallets can verify that browser code matches published manifests, not just HTTPS.
Blockchain News
Circle Arc: BlackRock to Visa join founding validators
Circle named BlackRock, Visa, DTCC, Mastercard and peers as Arc founding validators ahead of a September 16, 2026 public mainnet, with BUIDL and DTCC tokenization still on the…
Blockchain News
Wells Fargo tokenized deposits join the bank rails race
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits this fall for select corporate USD-GBP flows, keeping commercial bank money on-chain as banks push back against stablecoin settlement rails.
Blockchain News
Mastercard closes BVNK: stablecoin rails go institutional
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on Aug. 3, 2026. The desk's read: treat the close as a rails story, not a finished volume story,…
Blockchain News
BlackRock BRSRV: tokenized cash for stablecoin reserves
BlackRock launched BRSRV and BSTBL OnChain Shares for stablecoin reserve managers under GENIUS. SEC prospectus details, Solana and Ethereum rails, and our falsifiable adoption claim.
Bitcoin News
Strategy sells 1,638 BTC to fund dividends, STRC
Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for about $104.7 million in the week through August 2, using proceeds for preferred dividends and STRC buybacks while the USD Reserve rose to…
Crypto News
Bitget exits Japan: venue risk before 2027 rules
Bitget is ending services for Japan residents on a staged calendar through Dec. 31, 2026. Our read: this is venue compliance under Japan’s new financial-instrument rules, not a…
Bitcoin News
Coldcard weak seeds: Bitcoin cold storage under fire
Coinkite’s Coldcard advisories and Block’s engineering write-up detail a seed RNG failure while Galaxy-tracked sweeps near 1,367 BTC. Mira Chen on what cold storage still means.
Bitcoin News
SEC stays Nasdaq bitcoin options after CME challenge
The SEC granted CME's petition to review Nasdaq PHLX bitcoin index options. The May staff approval stays frozen, with public statements due August 24, 2026.