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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) added 12 companies to its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) register in its fourth update since the July 1 transitional deadline. Published on July 31, the update brings the total number of authorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) listed under MiCA to 321. The latest additions include three German cooperative banks: Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen. The list also includes two companies in Spain — Basque Pay and Fintech Payments — and four in France — Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets. Twelve CASPs added in…

Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting the use of Mastercard Crypto Credential, the card network’s verification system for digital asset transactions, in cross-border stablecoin payments, the companies said Wednesday. The pilot targets a bottleneck in stablecoin payment networks: every new counterparty relationship triggers a fresh round of compliance verification, so verification work grows with each provider added. Crypto Credential is meant to supply standardized assurance signals that other participants can plug into their own approval and risk processes instead of re-running checks. “One of the biggest friction points for stablecoin payment operators isn’t the payments. It’s that compliance doesn’t scale the…

The leading crypto asset by market cap, bitcoin ($BTC), reached climbed over the $126,000 mark in early October before entering a prolonged decline. By August, it was trading mostly between $63,000 and $65,400, leaving buyers near the peak with heavy losses but producing a bear market that remains unusually shallow by bitcoin’s historical standards. Previous major downturns have routinely erased more than 75% to 80% of bitcoin’s value from the all-time high (ATH). To many veterans, this bear market still feels like a nothingburger. War and Oil Fail to Crack Bitcoin Few assets have had an easy macroeconomic backdrop in…

Ether.fi, one of the leading crypto neobanks, announced its Summer release, the next generation of its fintech product. The expansion will bring tools for savings, earning, trading, borrowing, and seamless spending, aiming to replace traditional banking services. The Summer release will use the capabilities of decentralized systems, going beyond the possibilities of traditional finance and not just replicating its services. The latest Ether.fi release will tap the latest trends in on-chain trading, to include tokenized stocks, metals, and the most active crypto assets. The user-facing app will integrate Aave, allowing users to lend their assets and borrow against their portfolio…

Ethereum price fell 2.4% from $1,918 to an intraday low of $1,872 as traders sold the initial U.S. inflation reaction, leaving $ETH below $1,900 and testing a key daily support zone. Ethereum price action today According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded near $1,879 at the time of writing after falling from an intraday high around $1,918 to $1,872. The decline erased the token’s initial response to the latest U.S. Consumer Price Index report and returned $ETH below the psychological $1,900 level. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that headline inflation rose 0.1% month over month and…

Nearly seven in ten Russians surveyed could not identify a practical reason to use cryptocurrency, even as the country prepares to open a regulated market for digital assets. A Rambler&Co survey published by TASS on Aug. 4 found that 69% of respondents saw no personal use case for crypto following legalization. Only 8% mentioned paying for foreign purchases, while 6% selected long-term investment and savings diversification. Another 4% cited business transfers and transactions. The findings arrived as President Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s new federal law “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights” on Aug. 4. The law creates regulated channels for…

Crypto venture capital firm Selini Capital has initiated the unstaking of 504,000 $HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $31.7 million, according to data shared by Markets Alpha on X. The move follows the firm’s decision to close the Dreamcash market, a perpetual futures market it deployed on Hyperliquid’s HVM using the HIP-3 protocol. Background of the Unstaking Request The address involved, beginning with 0xffa8, was originally used to deploy the Dreamcash market under the HIP-3 framework. HIP-3 is a system on Hyperliquid’s HyperVM (HVM) that enables any user to create perpetual futures markets. Selini Capital had staked the $HYPE tokens as…

Taiwan’s financial regulator plans to require crypto platforms to transmit customer information on all domestic platform-to-platform transfers starting in October. On Tuesday, the Financial Supervisory Commission said its proposed amendments would apply the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Travel Rule regardless of value. Transfers exceeding 30,000 New Taiwan dollars (about $930) would trigger additional data requirements, including an individual sender’s date of birth and residential address, or a corporate sender’s official identification number and registered address. Receiving VASPs would also be required to compare beneficiary information supplied by the originating platform with their own records. The FSC plans to extend…

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, announced it will delist six trading pairs to improve market health and concentrate liquidity in a smaller number of trading pairs. No further details were shared regarding the reasons for the delisting. According to an announcement by Coinbase Markets, trading on the LSETH-ETH, $MINA-EUR, $GRT-GBP, $MASK-GBP, $CHZ-$USDT, and $CRO-$USDT trading pairs will cease on August 6, 2026. Related News Jim Cramer Announced That He Will Sell All of His Bitcoin The exchange announced that the assets in question will continue to be supported, but the specified trading pairs will no longer be…

Riot Platforms, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners, sold 4,300 $BTC during the second quarter to help fund operations and its expanding data center business, according to the company’s latest earnings report. What Riot Still Holds Despite the sale, Riot still holds a substantial Bitcoin treasury. Riot still holds 11,380 $BTC, worth close to $666 million at the June 30 price, based on Bitcoin’s closing price of $58,527 that day. Of that total, 5,821 $BTC is currently pledged as collateral. The company ended the quarter with more than $1.2 billion in total liquid assets, including $548.9 million in…