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Next Technology Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTT) will turn every 100 shares into one at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 10, 2026. Nasdaq trading is expected to open on a split-adjusted basis that morning. The Aug. 5 filing projects the outstanding count will fall from approximately 147,296,192 shares to approximately 1,472,962. This is the company’s second reverse split in less than 11 months. Its 1-for-200 action took effect on Sept. 16, 2025, cutting approximately 566.3 million shares to a later audited count of 2,862,556. The contemporaneous filing projected 2,831,326 shares. An interim quarterly report later listed 2,865,730. The filings leave those…

Curve Finance, a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, announced the completion of a security audit for its Llamalend V2 lending system in the first half of this year, marking a significant step in the protocol’s core development and cross-chain expansion. The audit, conducted by ChainSecurity, a well-known blockchain security firm, was completed before the system’s initial deployment on Optimism, with contracts later deployed on the Ethereum mainnet on Aug. 13. Llamalend V2: Key Features and Enhancements Llamalend V2 introduces several notable upgrades over its predecessor. The system now supports the use of LP tokens and PT (Principal Tokens) as collateral,…

Jito, the largest liquid-staking protocol on Solana, recently put forward a governance proposal that would commit its entire share of fees from JTX, its new trading platform, to buying $JTO tokens on the open market and permanently destroying them. The plan, filed as JIP-38, only works if JTX becomes popular and generates a lot of trading fees. While the buyback program would create demand for $JTO tokens, the burn mechanism would also reduce the total number of $JTO tokens in existence. What’s the new proposal for $JTO tokens? Nick Almond, Head of Governance at the Jito Foundation, wrote a proposal…

Kraken is running a staggered delisting process that ends with the exchange selling on your behalf: any balance not withdrawn by the relevant cut-off date is liquidated automatically. A count of the official notices in Kraken’s support pages shows 56 cryptocurrencies affected across three cycles running in parallel. The next hard deadline falls on August 27, 2026 at 14:00 UTC. From that point, 21 of these tokens can no longer be withdrawn from Kraken. Whatever remains in the account is sold by the exchange itself between September 1 and September 5, and the same notice warns that this may produce…

The Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected. All eyes are now on Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s press conference, scheduled for 9:00 PM (2:30 PM ET). Here’s Bitcoin’s reaction after the interest rate decision: New Fed chairman Kevin Warsh, like his predecessor Jerome Powell, has repeatedly emphasized the importance of controlling inflation. Some investors believe Warsh has taken a tougher stance on inflation than expected. Related News FED Interest Rate Decision is Imminent! Former Senior FED Advisor Reveals His Prediction for Today! While interest rate cuts were expected during Warsh’s tenure as FED Chair, appointed by Trump, market expectations…

Ripple has burned another 10 million $RLUSD tokens, extending a series of treasury supply reductions that have steadily reduced the circulating supply of its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. According to blockchain data shared by the Ripple Stablecoin Tracker, 10 million $RLUSD were sent to a null address from the $RLUSD Treasury on Tuesday. This means that the token got removed from circulation. The latest burn follows a string of nearly identical treasury operations over the past week. The tracker reported 10 million $RLUSD burns on July 13, July 10 (twice), July 9, July 8, July 7, and July 6. The most…

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Germany’s one-year rule is the best-known crypto tax rule in Europe: hold a coin for more than twelve months, sell it, owe nothing. Since the German cabinet’s 2027 budget decision, one sentence has appeared in almost every report about its future: crypto gains will be taxed like stock gains. That sentence is wrong twice over, and both errors can be checked against documents anyone can download. It is wrong first because, as of 12 August…

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced a major revision of its Portfolio Margin platform parameters. The key change is a twofold increase in the maximum leverage available for $XRP and Ripple’s U.S. dollar stablecoin, Ripple USD ($RLUSD), from 5x to 10x. The new limits will take effect this Friday, Aug. 21, at 6:00 a.m. UTC, while the technical work required to update the system is expected to take approximately 30 minutes. Update on the leverage for selected assets under portfolio margin, Source: Binance The increase to 10x officially puts $XRP and Ripple USD on an equal footing with…

The Federal Reserve kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 3.50–3.75 percent at its July monetary policy meeting. The decision was made with a 9-3 vote, with three Fed officials voting for an interest rate increase, indicating a strengthening demand for tighter monetary policy within the bank. Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari, and Lorie Logan, who opposed the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision, opted for a 25 basis point increase in the policy rate. While there were no significant changes to the policy statement compared to the June text, the fact that the three members called for an interest rate…

$NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: nEAR governance voted to scrap developer gas rebates. That gives readers something concrete to work with, rather than another vague sentiment update. TL;DR $NEAR governance voted to scrap developer gas rebates. The change affects developers who relied on protocol gas distributions. It raises a broader question about how chains should reward app…