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Pixudi narrows blockchain integrations to Neo, SKALE as NeoPod hosts fifth AMA

BlockchainAug 10

Alex Scoresby, founder and CEO of Kapcrew Gaming, the studio behind the multi-chain board game Pixudi, recently participated in NeoPod’s fifth community AMA. During the wide-ranging conversation, Scoresby revealed that Neo N3 and SKALE are now the only two blockchain integrations still active for Pixudi, down from roughly ten. The AMA, hosted on NeoPod’s Discord server, covered Pixudi’s development history, its use of NeoFS for decentralized storage, the game’s free-to-play philosophy, and plans for an expanded multiverse of game boards. The game and its builder Kapcrew Gaming has built products and campaigns that have reached more than 30 million users…

Bitcoin Slips to 15th in Global Market Cap Rankings as Tech Stocks Lead

BitcoinAug 10

Bitcoin fell to 15th place among global assets as technology stocks and new listings dominated the market-cap leaderboard. CompaniesMarketCap data placed the asset below Samsung, Meta, Tesla, Saudi Aramco, and SpaceX. The move came as BTC traded around $63,500, with a market value of about $1.275 trillion. The ranking showed a clear shift in investor focus toward AI, chips, and large public listings. Bitcoin Falls Behind Tech Giants in Global Asset Rankings Gold remained the largest global asset with a market value above $29 trillion, far ahead of every company and cryptocurrency. NVIDIA ranked second at about $4.96 trillion, while…

Can $152M in whale buying keep ETH above $1.9K?

EthereumAug 10

Ethereum [$ETH] recovered from $1,820 last week and traded inside an ascending channel throughout August. At press time, $ETH traded near $1,923, up 1.01% over 24 hours. Renewed whale activity supported the recovery. Are Ethereum whales buying $ETH? Onchain Lens reported that two whales accumulated 80,000 $ETH worth $152 million. One whale withdrew 30,000 $ETH, worth $57.21 million, from Coinbase Prime. The whale later distributed the tokens across three new wallets. Source: Onchain Lens Another whale acquired 50,000 $ETH, worth $95.73 million, from a Fidelity-linked wallet. That wallet later moved 36,530 $ETH, worth $69.94 million, to a new address. Meanwhile,…

Big Win for XRP Ledger as Mastercard Payment Standard Goes Live

AltcoinsAug 10

Agent payments on the $XRP Ledger now support Mastercard's Verifiable Intent standard, according to a recent X post by t54.ai, an AI infrastructure company building an agentic economy on the XRPL. The x402 facilitator went live on the $XRP Ledger in February 2026, allowing AI agents to pay for services using $XRP and RLUSD with no need for an API key or accounts. According to t54.ai, developers can prove through the x402 Facilitator who authorized a payment, under what limits, and for which purchase, and Trustline screens it before settlement. They can also attach a Mastercard-aligned Verifiable Intent (VI) to…

Stolen Bitcoin at Center of Kidnapping Plot, 3 Face 20 Years

LegalAug 10

Grand Jury Returns Second Superseding Indictment in New Haven U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced Aug. 4 that a grand jury in New Haven had charged three St. Louis men with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. Sedric Louis, 32, John Davis, 34, and Martel Williams, 27, each face up to 20 years in prison under the Hobbs Act charge. Prosecutors allege that the men who organized the scheme brought in the trio to do the work on the ground, forcing their way into a Connecticut home, threatening the person inside, and compelling him…

Venus Protocol Expands BNB Chain Lending with Tokenized RWAs

BlockchainAug 10

Venus, the leading lending protocol on the $BNB Chain, is pleased to announce the expansion of decentralized lending by bringing higher-quality tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral on $BNB Chain. The core purpose of this strategic initiative is to expand on-chain lending on $BNB Chain. The future of lending isn't more assets. It's better collateral. Venus is bringing new forms of collateral onto @BNBCHAIN ： 🏛️ Institutional custody access 📈 Tokenized equities 🪙 Tokenized gold Different assets One lending market. That's how on-chain credit expands.… pic.twitter.com/u1NmpqmCUD — Venus Protocol (@VenusProtocol) August 6, 2026 $BNB Chain is a decentralized, high-performance blockchain…

It’s Facing Millions of Dollars in Losses

EthereumAug 10

An Ethereum ($ETH) whale that had been largely inactive for about three years has become active again. According to on-chain data, the address in question transferred millions of dollars worth of $ETH to the Kraken exchange, and it was calculated that if the transaction had been made for selling purposes, the investor could have realized a loss of approximately $6 million. The address 0x7C5…77b86 withdrew a total of 23,834.17 $ETH between February 15 and March 21, 2022, at an average price of $2,723.2. At that time, the total value of these Ethereums was approximately $64.9 million. The investor subsequently staked…

These 10 altcoins are still worth $12B after a 97% collapse – but do users pay enough to them keep running?

AltcoinsAug 10

Ten once-prominent cryptocurrency networks now carry a combined market value of $12.06 billion, trading an average of 97.13% below their all-time highs. A recent report by Taurex noted that recovery needs across the group range from roughly 21.5x for Avalanche, the largest of the ten at $2.91 billion, to roughly 323x for Internet Computer, which sits furthest from its peak at 99.7% below. Blockchains fund security, developer grants and network growth through token issuance, validator rewards and treasury spending, models that work best when prices climb, and newly minted tokens still carry real dollar value. At this scale of drawdown,…

BNB Chain Achieves ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 Certifications in Security and Privacy Push

BlockchainAug 10

$BNB Chain, the blockchain ecosystem developed by cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has announced that it has obtained ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications. The certifications, awarded following an assessment by the British Standards Institution (BSI), underscore the network’s commitment to robust information security and privacy management practices. What the Certifications Mean ISO 27001 is an internationally recognized standard for information security management systems (ISMS), providing a systematic framework for managing sensitive company information and ensuring data security. ISO 27701, on the other hand, extends these controls to privacy information management, helping organizations comply with data protection regulations like GDPR. For $BNB…

Strategy Stock MSTR Offers Bitcoin Exposure At 18% Discount

BitcoinAug 10

I’ve been vocal about accumulating Bitcoin aggressively at current levels. Now I’m starting to look seriously at Strategy too. The same kind of confluence that flagged Bitcoin as a sizeable accumulation opportunity is appearing on MSTR, and in some cases, the readings are even more extreme. This week at a glance: The RSI has only been lower on a handful of occasions since Strategy adopted a Bitcoin standard. The Mayer Multiple for MSTR has just reached the lower percentiles. The $BTC vs MSTR ratio is close to entering a zone that has historically preceded sustained MSTR outperformance. At the previous…