Author: NBTC

David Schwartz, Ripple’s CTO emeritus, has warned that government rules around AI safety and copyright could give authorities unprecedented control over political and social speech. His argument centers on who gets to decide what AI systems can create, know, and discuss. Two Legal Fights, One Argument Schwartz laid out the case in a reply thread on X that started almost by accident. On August 18, he quote-posted a Change.org UK campaign asking the British government to limit how much coverage any one person can receive in the press, a petition launched after 249 articles covered sociology professor Jason Arday in…

Finding the next 10x crypto requires more than selecting the cheapest token. Hyperliquid generates decentralized derivatives volume, Chainlink connects financial systems, $NEAR supports user-owned AI, and Ethereum benefits from institutional scarcity. MemeToro completes the list through an earlier AI memecoin platform, although every 10x target remains speculative and carries a different level of risk. Hyperliquid Turns Trading Into Revenue Hyperliquid is one of the strongest candidates because its perpetual decentralized exchange has processed $45 billion in monthly volume. Unlike tokens supported mainly by forecasts, $HYPE sits inside a platform with measurable trading activity. As more users leave centralized exchanges for…

Postquant Labs announces the upcoming launch of QuipSwap, a bridgeless protocol designed for secure cross-chain asset swaps. Postquant Labs, the developer behind quantum computing protocol quip.network, has announced the imminent public launch of QuipSwap, its Bridgeless Swap Protocol. QuickSwap is aimed at addressing the dual challenges of cross-chain security vulnerabilities and the looming threat to current cryptographic standards posed by its own quantum computing network. The protocol represents the first solution to enable trustless cross-chain transactions without bridges, oracles, or wrapped assets, components that have historically been the primary vectors for billions of dollars in losses from hacks and exploits.…

Chainlink has introduced price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base, giving DeFi protocols the data needed to assess NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc as collateral. Chainlink feeds support tokenized stock collateral Chainlink said in an Aug. 26 X announcement that its Data Feeds allow DeFi protocols to integrate Coinbase Tokenized Stocks as collateral, extending their use beyond holding and secondary-market trading. Chainlink is enabling DeFi protocols to securely integrate @Coinbase Tokenized Stocks as collateral on @base, transforming standalone tokens into fully composable building blocks.https://t.co/tSI55AEE8k — Chainlink (@chainlink) August 26, 2026 The first supported assets represent Nvidia, Meta, Apple,…

REX-Osprey’s $XRP ETF held 40.25% of its assets in the CoinShares Physical $XRP ETP on Aug. 24, routing $22.87 million of a $56.68 million portfolio through another listed product. That structure means $XRP ETF fees and trading costs can stack up across two listed products. The same holdings snapshot reported 59.74% as $XRP, with 4.7 million XRPR shares outstanding, a $12.09 net asset value and a $12.06 closing price. That split is not evidence that the CoinShares position lacks $XRP backing. CoinShares says its product is 100% physically backed. Nor should XRPR’s $XRP line be read as proof that the…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined President Donald Trump, SEC Chair Paul Atkins, CFTC Chair Michael Selig, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and other crypto industry leaders at the White House, where the focus was on clearer crypto rules, U.S. innovation and the next steps for the CLARITY Act. The meeting came as $XRP was recovering from the $1 area, with the fresh regulatory movement helping improve sentiment around the token. Brad Garlinghouse: “Crypto Isn’t a Fringe Industry” Garlinghouse mentioned the growing size of the U.S. crypto market, saying 67 million Americans now hold crypto, or nearly one in four people. He…

Payment channels similar to Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning are coming to Cardano (ADA) by means of a new state channel architecture dubbed Cardano Lightning. Currently in pre-production deployment, the system was presented in detail during an August 24 Cardano Community livestream featuring PolyCrypto software engineer Ilja von Hoessle. At its core, Cardano Lightning consists of bidirectional payment channels that allow two parties to send and receive payments directly. More precisely, either party can close a channel at any time, without putting the other party’s funds at risk. “Bitcoin itself is slow, but it’s secure. What you’d ideally like to do is…

Aave began onboarding early users to its mobile app on iOS on Wednesday, moving its consumer savings product into early access while Android and web users remain on a waitlist. Aave founder Stani Kulechov said Ghost Passes let users invite friends to skip the waitlist. The announcement marks a phased opening rather than the software’s first appearance in Apple’s store. The App Store already listed the Aave app and showed a recent version update before Wednesday’s onboarding announcement. Deposits, Yield and Withdrawals Aave’s current product page describes the mobile product as a savings app and emphasizes depositing, earning and withdrawing.…

IOG Product Manager Carlos Lopez De Lara has reminded Cardano’s DReps and SPOs about an upcoming governance deadline that could affect the network’s ability to approve key protocol changes. The initiative centers on voting for four newly elected Constitutional Committee members before the September 1 deadline. According to Lopez De Lara, the vote is particularly important because Cardano needs a fully seated Constitutional Committee to approve an upcoming Constitution Update linked to the network’s planned Leios scalability upgrade. He warned that failing to seat enough committee members could create a governance bottleneck. As a result, Cardano could be unable to…

President Donald Trump has called on Congress to approve a “fair” version of the CLARITY Act as the crypto market structure bill approaches a 60-vote test in the Senate. President Donald Trump said during an Aug. 19 White House event that Congress needed to “take the next step” by passing legislation that sets federal rules for the U.S. digital asset market. Joined by executives from Coinbase, Gemini, Ripple, Chainlink Labs, and other technology companies, Trump called for a “fair version” of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The request pointed to negotiations over provisions that have kept the bill from…