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Taxes, exchanges and regulation: interview with NKCBFR head Aleksei Semeniuk, head of NKCBFR , spoke to Incrypted about planned rules for Ukraine’s crypto market and regulatory responsibilities. Scope of regulation and institutional roles Semeniuk outlined which agencies may participate and how resp…

Live discussion on Bitcoin eCash hard fork with Paul Sztorc A live discussion with Paul Sztorc will focus on the upcoming Bitcoin eCash hard fork and implications for holders and developers. Event details The stream is scheduled for 03.08.2026 at 18:00 (Kyiv) and will be held in English for particip…

Anthropic AI Finds HAWK Vulnerability in Sixty Hours Anthropic's closed Claude Mythos Preview model identified a mathematical weakness in the HAWK candidate within 60 hours . Discovery details The model analysed a test implementation of HAWK, a contender for a post-quantum digital signature standard…

Ethereum Institutional raises funding and unites over 100 partners Ethereum Institutional, a nonprofit promoting Ethereum to banks, funds and other institutional investors, announced it closed a seed round and assembled a coalition. Funding and backers According to the organization, the initial fund…

US Banks Call to Prohibit Yield on Stablecoins Major U.S. banks asked the Senate to amend the CLARITY Act and ban any form of compensation for holding stablecoins. Banks' request to the Senate The banks urged amendments to the CLARITY Act to explicitly prohibit interest, bonuses, cashback and other …

Fifteen Years of Crypto: What Comes Next Nikita and Svyatoslav Konenkov recorded an extended podcast discussing the future of crypto and the emergence of a new financial system. Podcast overview The hosts frame the first fifteen years of crypto as an experimental period that prepares society to tran…

1inch launches Aqua, shared liquidity layer for DeFi 1inch announced the public launch of Aqua , a non‑custodial protocol that enables a single wallet balance to serve multiple liquidity positions without locking assets. Protocol purpose and mechanics Aqua is designed to let users allocate the same …

Federal Reserve at a Crossroads Ahead of Rate Decision The Federal Reserve will announce its policy decision on 29.07.2026 , with market pricing and analysts divided before the meeting. Decision and market odds Futures on the CME show a 33.7% probability of a 0.25% rate increase at the meeting on 29…

Generation Z becomes main driver of TradFi on Binance A Binance study indicates Generation Z now accounts for nearly half of the platform's TradFi product users globally as of early 2026. Young investors demonstrate high financial literacy and conservative trading patterns compared with older cohort…

StripChain builds native liquidity engine for intent protocols StripChain launched a public testnet proposing a vertical architecture to address limitations of current intent protocols in token routing. Background Intent protocols aimed to let users express desired outcomes while networks determined…

Top Polymarket Trader Reportedly Holds $21M Profit An account known as SwissTony reportedly accumulated $21 M in profit trading on Polymarket , according to public activity, and display consistent sports-only positions. Account activity and strategy Blockchain records show the wallet posts many smal…

Russian regulators engage crypto market builders on rules Founders of SkyCapital outlined how regulators are shifting from prohibition to rulemaking for cryptocurrency activity in Russia. Why the regulator changed approach Participants explained that a complete ban proved impractical, and policymake…

Major Firms Form Consortium to Secure Bitcoin Leading industry participants announced the launch of the Bitcoin Security Consortium to coordinate research on network resilience. Participants and scope The new consortium includes BlackRock , Coinbase , Fidelity Digital Assets , Strategy, ARK Invest ,…

Unknown Sender Transfers About $5,000 to Nakamoto Wallets Analysts at Arkham observed a sequence of Bitcoin transfers routed to addresses linked to the creator known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Transfers detected According to Arkham, the funds arrived through the Revolut service, and the sender employed st…

Samsung unveils next-generation foldables focused on AI Samsung introduced a new generation of foldable smartphones that emphasize on-device artificial intelligence and expanded payment functionality. Flagship device and AI capabilities The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is presented as the thinnest Fold in t…

Bullet expands invites as platform readies beta exit Bullet, an early Solana project built largely by the Zeta Markets team, expanded invite capacity to accommodate growing interest. The initial allocation of 25 invites was claimed quickly, prompting an increase to 60 total and leaving 35 remaining.…

Open-source AI skills and tools for creators and marketers A curated list of open-source AI skills and repositories for content creators, marketers and teams looking to automate routine tasks. Content and social These tools monitor accounts and topics, extract timely posts to reply to, and generate …

Major Bitcoin Fork Scheduled for August: eCash Launch On 21 August users holding Bitcoin in non-custodial wallets will be eligible to receive an equal amount of eCash ( ECX ) tokens. Fork mechanics The upcoming network split will create a new chain distributing ECX at a one-to-one ratio to Bitcoin h…

Bitcoin Fork to Airdrop eCash Tokens to BTC Holders On 21 August at approximately block ~964,000 , a planned fork will create a new chain named eCash and distribute $ECX one for one to existing $BTC holders. Origin and initiator The fork was initiated by developer Paul Sztorc after years of attempts…

Viral Raccoon Inspires Memecoin Surge and Trading Case A raccoon named Jimothy from Seattle, diagnosed with a rare spinal deformity, became viral on social media and inspired a memecoin launch. From viral post to token launch Within days the animal’s story attracted widespread attention and prompted…