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Ripple CTO Emeritus Hints He Is Still Deeply Involved With XRP

AltcoinsAug 3

Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz hints he remains involved with $XRP in a recent X conversation, despite stepping away from day-to-day duties at Ripple. Schwartz revealed in late September 2025 that he will step down from his day-to-day activities as Ripple CTO at the end of the year. Ahead of the announcement, he spun up his own $XRP Ledger node to publish its output data while researching other use cases for $XRP. Now, the Ripple CTO emeritus's recent comments hint that his retirement does not imply abandoning $XRP. Schwartz responded to an X user who pointed to his recent observation…

Only 3 MiCA compliant stablecoins in the global top 50 — all Circle-linked

LegalAug 3

Only three stablecoins from the world’s top 50 currently meet the EU’s MiCA standards — and that gap between market reality and regulatory compliance is bigger than most people realize. According to Patrick Hansen, Circle’s Senior Director of EU Strategy and Policy, the EU stablecoin market has made measurable progress under MiCA, but the numbers reveal just how much of the global stablecoin ecosystem still operates outside Europe’s regulatory perimeter. Key takeaways The EU currently has about 35 regulated e-money tokens issued by 21 entities under MiCA. Among the world’s top 50 stablecoins, only $USDC, $USDG, and $EURC are MiCA-compliant.…

ISO Approves China-Led Blockchain as a Service Standard Initiative

BlockchainAug 3

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved a new project led by China to develop a global standard for Blockchain as a Service (BaaS), according to a report from China Central Television. The initiative will define technical requirements for infrastructure, network construction and operation, service management, smart contracts, and data interoperability and security. Germany, the UK, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, and Uganda have confirmed participation in the standard-setting process. What the BaaS Standard Will Cover BaaS allows enterprises to use blockchain technology without building and maintaining their own infrastructure, similar to how cloud services provide on-demand computing resources. The proposed…

Mexican billionaire with 70% of his investment portfolio in bitcoin says it's better than real estate

BitcoinAug 3

“For most people, the biggest investment, their nest egg, is their home equity. Find a way to transform that into some kind of bitcoin exposure to a larger or to a smaller degree,” he said. “So then you can bet on the asset of the house appreciating, the house asset appreciating, and the bitcoin asset appreciating.” Salinas points to bitcoin's long-term appreciation relative to real estate as evidence for his view. In January 2016, the price of bitcoin hovered around $400. A house in Central London sold for an average price of $1.6 million or 4,000 bitcoin. With home prices…

SEC filing shows viral $71 million XRP ETF claims are out by 1,000x

RegulationAug 3

Investment manager Brookstone Capital Management reported 12,380 shares of Volatility Shares' $XRP ETF with a fair value of $71,059 in its June 30 quarter-end holdings disclosure. Yet, social media is spreading a narrative of a massive $71 million position. Brookstone's June 30 information table filed with the SEC lists the Volatility Shares $XRP ETF under CUSIP 92864M780, with 12,380 shares and a reported value of 71,059. Under the SEC's current reporting rule, that means $71,059. X posts paired the share count with a rounded “$71M position.” Others repeated the $71 million interpretation just over an hour later. Since then, the…

Cardano Enters Dijkstra Era, Here Are Major Developments

AltcoinsAug 3

In a recent update, Intersect, a member-based organization in the Cardano ecosystem, pointed out that the last week has brought progress in protocol development, governance, community tooling, and technical delivery. With attention turning from the van Rossem to the Dijkstra era, a new parameter update action has opened for voting, the Constitutional Committee election is on-chain, and the Constitutional Amendment Portal has opened for community alpha testing. Intersect Weekly update #122 is out 🗞️ Inside: 🔹 Dijkstra era planning 🔹 New minPoolCost and Plutus memory action 🔹 Audited CC election results 🔹 CAP Portal alpha launch 🔹 Eryx ZK Bridge…

Banking Lobby CEO Talks Crypto Clarity Act as Senators Race To Pass Bill

LegalAug 3

The CEO of the American Bankers Association, Rob Nichols, has said that the banking lobby wants the Clarity Act to succeed — but small edits to the bill still need to be made. Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box show Wednesday, Nichols said that while there is a “lot of good” in the Clarity Act, the issue around stablecoins and local lending needs to be fixed. JUST IN: American Bankers Association CEO tells CNBC "There's a lot of good in the Clarity Act" "I do think that the crypto and the banking sectors can coexist. I think we can be the…

South Korea crypto app ban hits 29 exchanges — only OKX got back in

ExchangesAug 3

The South Korea crypto app ban claimed another brief casualty this week — and then gave one back. OKX’s Android app quietly disappeared from the Korean Google Play Store on July 24, only to reappear four days later on July 28, making it the first of the recently blocked overseas exchanges to recover access on the platform. The restoration, confirmed by Digital Asset at 8:00 a.m. local time, lets South Korean users once again install or update the OKX: Trade Bitcoin & Crypto app through Google Play. Key takeaways OKX’s app returned to South Korea’s Google Play Store on July…

Bitcoin – BTC’s $68mln long bet has this ONE problem

BitcoinAug 3

Since holding the $60k support a week ago, Bitcoin has shown some strength, with bullish pressure intensifying. The upside momentum pushed $BTC to $67k before a slight pullback. At press time, $BTC traded at $65,695, down 1.14% on the daily charts. Prior to this slip, the crypto had been on a strong upward trajectory, rising 7% on weekly charts. Despite the price slip, traders on the daily charts have remained bullish and strategically positioned for further gains. Bitcoin trader opens a $68 million long With Bitcoin [$BTC] showing relative strength, traders on the derivatives market have turned bullish. As a…

Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments

RegulationAug 3

"The name on the front of the wallet means far less than whose infrastructure clears the payment behind it," Torab Torabi, CEO of stablecoin infrastructure firm Movement Labs, told CoinDesk. Stripe has been active in expanding its provision for stablecoin infrastructure in recent years, first through the acquisition of Bridge for $1.1 billion in 2024 and, more recently, the introduction of its own blockchain network Tempo last year. It is also one of many major firms to join the stablecoin consortium Open USD last month. The digital dollar project, which also involves Coinbase (COIN), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V) and BlackRock…