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Fnality has named former Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunliffe to chair its UK board as the blockchain settlement company develops euro and US dollar payment systems. The company said Thursday that Jochen Metzger, a former Deutsche Bundesbank director general for payments and settlement systems, had joined its European subsidiary’s supervisory board and was expected to chair it. Ron Berndsen, a former senior official at the Dutch central bank, also joined the board. Fnality’s sterling payment system launched in 2023 and is regulated by the Bank of England. It enables market participants to settle obligations using central bank money…

The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has gained strong momentum in recent days and climbed above $66,000. In this context, $BTC has returned to its highest level in over a month, and whether the uptrend will continue seems to depend on breaking through a critical resistance level very close by. At this point, Bitfinex analysts stated in their weekly report that the key resistance area that will determine whether the uptrend can continue is around $68,000. Analysts say this level is critical for $BTC, as it roughly corresponds to the average purchase price of Bitcoin bought by investors over the last five…

Komainu has introduced custody support for YLDS, a yield-bearing security from Figure Certificate Company. This development comes as institutional demand for yield-bearing digital assets rises, highlighting a shift towards regulatory clarity in the crypto space. The integration aims to enhance operational efficiency through on-chain settlement, making YLDS an attractive option for institutional investors. More details can be found in the announcement tweet. What Went Down Amidst a backdrop of mixed signals in the crypto market, Komainu’s announcement stands out. The firm now offers institutional-grade custody for YLDS, which is fully backed by U.S. Treasury securities, thereby providing a secure investment…

Ontology, a decentralized AI data infrastructure project, has announced a scheduled mainnet upgrade to version 3.1.2, set to take effect at block height 20,800,000, which is expected to occur at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Aug. 21. The upgrade introduces four Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) features aimed at improving smart contract efficiency and easing the migration of Ethereum-based code. Key EVM Features Added The upgrade will incorporate four opcodes and concepts from the latest Ethereum environment into Ontology’s EVM: PUSH0, BASEFEE, MCOPY, and transient storage. These features are part of Ethereum’s ongoing development, particularly the Shanghai and Cancun upgrades, and are…

Kraken is pulling 21 cryptocurrencies from trading. Trading and deposits end on September 11, 2026 at 14:00 UTC, withdrawals remain possible until December 10, 2026 at 15:00 UTC, and whatever is still sitting in the account after that the exchange sells itself between December 14 and 18. Anyone holding one of these tokens therefore has two windows: a short one for selling and a long one for withdrawing. On September 3 we looked into where a withdrawal could actually lead. The result is the real reason for this article: at none of the three European venues we checked can any…

Solana made headlines as it recorded its highest number of daily token launches, with over 263,000 new tokens created on its network. This remarkable achievement, highlighted by the CryptoTwitter commentator @SolanaFloor, underscores the growing momentum and interest in Solana’s ecosystem. As more tokens are launched, it could potentially attract developers and projects seeking a robust platform for their innovations. The Latest Solana’s recent surge in daily token launches signals a turning point in its ecosystem. The blockchain has managed to carve out a significant niche, processing a record number of tokens as interest in altcoins rises. The broader crypto market…

Bitcoin trades at $65,937 on July 22, pulling back after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the CLARITY Act a one-yard line situation and sent $BTC above $67,000 and Coinbase up 12.6% in a single session. Six straight days of ETF inflows and a monthly chart signal that preceded the 2019 and 2022 bottoms are keeping bulls firmly in control of the narrative. $BTC Price Today: Pressing Against Resistance That Has Capped Every Rally Since June $BTC 1D Price Action (Source: TradingView) Bitcoin at $65,937 is sitting immediately below a horizontal resistance band between $66,000 and $67,000 that has rejected every…

The tokenized ETF sector is making significant strides, now boasting a combined market cap of $624 million across 14 issuers. This growth, highlighted by a recent tweet from @tokenterminal, underscores the increasing interest in tokenized investment products. With Ondo Finance controlling 52.8% of the market, the implications for both traditional and crypto investors are substantial. The Story So Far The emergence of tokenized ETFs represents a pivotal shift in investment strategies, enabling 24/7 trading and on-chain efficiencies. Ondo Finance stands out as a leader in this market, offering a range of on-chain products. Following Ondo, Binance bStocks and xStocks also…

Terra Classic’s burn tax removes a percentage of every on-chain $LUNC transaction from circulation forever, but with roughly 5.5 trillion tokens still outstanding, the mechanism is reducing supply too slowly to move the price on its own. On August 2, 2026, the community raised that tax to 1.5% through governance proposal #12223, the biggest change to $LUNC’s tokenomics in over a year. Whether that increase actually works depends on math the community itself keeps running into: burning millions of tokens a day barely dents a trillion-token supply. What Is The $LUNC Burn Tax? Terra Classic, the chain that survived the…

Digital bank SoFi (SOFI) and Kraken are plugging into each other’s financial plumbing with a deal that gives the crypto exchange access to SoFi’s banking and dollar settlement rails while bringing Kraken’s trading infrastructure to SoFi’s customers. Payward, Kraken’s parent company, will join the SoFi Exchange Network, dubbed SEN, allowing Kraken’s institutional clients to move U.S. dollars and manage liquidity around the clock instead of waiting for traditional banking hours, according to a Thursday press release shared with CoinDesk. Kraken also lists SoFiUSD, SoFi’s bank-issued stablecoin, while SoFi will use Kraken Prime as an additional source of liquidity for crypto…