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pcaversaccio (known as "pc"), is a prominent security researcher in the Ethereum ecosystem. His addition brings the foundation's board to four members.

One analyst predicts that BTC could rocket to $150K by early-2027, but first it may crash below $40K in October this year.

"We were a scrappy startup," Delo said of BitMEX back in 2016, when it launched the first perpetual future. "We thought, ‘Just get it out there. If it was any good, the market would show us.’"

BNY is launching a blockchain-based transfer agency platform as the bank expands its digital asset infrastructure and moves core financial records onchain. BNY, one of the world’s largest custodian banks, is taking a major step toward blockchain-based financial infrastructure by moving fund ownership records onchain. The New York-based institution will launch a blockchain-based version of its transfer agency business, which manages fund ownership records and investor transactions, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. “We think of BNY as modernizing a function that sits behind every single fund transaction by bringing the books and records on-chain,” Carolyn Weinberg, BNY’s chief product and innovation officer, reportedly said. Read more

Roughly 5% of the funds in the retired Orchard pool have gone through the turnstile. The rest sit in a pool that can no longer take deposits.

The Cardano Foundation announced a partnership with Reef Data eG on July 28, backed by Hamburger Volksbank, ARIC, VALIO, and Disruptive Elements. Reef plans to pool members' personal data, license it to businesses, and pay royalties back to contributors. Cardano's Reeve system sits at the accounting layer, recording payment flows and royalty distributions, and the […] The post New Cardano partnership promises to monetize your private data, but payouts likely start at just $1.25 a year appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto’s fundamentals have never been stronger, yet degens keep chasing hot new narratives. Behavioral finance may explain why get rich quick stories continue to beat substance. “Investments change fast; human nature and human aspirations stay constant.” That’s how Meir Statman, behavioral finance pioneer, professor of finance at Santa Clara University and author of A Wealth of Well-Being, explains one of investing’s oldest puzzles. And it may be why every crypto cycle so far has been about chasing the next hot narrative rather than fundamentals, whether it’s DeFi, meme coins or decentralized compute. In an industry that has spent years maturing into an ecosystem of institutional investors, revenue-generating protocols and real-world use cases, investor attention still gravitates toward the next shiny thing that can offer the promise of outsized returns. Read more

Can ETH collapse to $900 before entering a new bull run?

As perpetuals enter regulated markets, critics warn they import systemic risk. But the risk comes from venue design — leverage limits, margin rules, index construction, and default handling — not the contract itself, argues Chris Tyrer, President of Bullish Exchange.

Russia's FSB charged Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism on July 29, issued an arrest warrant, and sent GRAM sliding 12% on the week. The post Russia Charges Against Pavel Durov Push GRAM Down as Founder Risk Deepens appeared first on Cryptonews.

The nation abolished strict third-party verification requirements, clearing the pathway for the crypto industry to take hold.

Elon Musk Grok AI predicts a major re-rating for SpaceX, and this price prediction leans entirely on execution catching up to hype. Flight 14, targeted for August 2026, is expected to deliver the first stable orbital insertion plus a ship tower catch, the milestone that finally proves the vehicle works the way the whole valuation […] The post Elon Musk Grok AI Just Predicts This Shocking SpaceX Stock Prediction for 2027 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Wedson found that realized capital is increasingly concentrated among long-term holders while short-term speculative participation remains relatively low.

Bitcoin miners are redirecting billions of dollars and scarce power capacity toward artificial intelligence as BTC’s downturn pushes mining profitability close to historic lows. Data from CryptoSlate shows Bitcoin trading around $64,000, nearly 50% below its October peak, while elevated network competition and weak transaction fees continue to squeeze miner revenue. Those pressures have made […] The post Bitcoin miners pour billions into AI – but the pivot could leave them regretting it within a year appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The world’s largest custodian will keep its existing system while adding a digital ownership record for tokenized funds.

1inch's Aqua protocol exits developer preview with a custody-preserving registry model, 13 EVM networks, and a 10M 1INCH incentive program to attract liquidity providers. The post Registry Model, 13 Chains: How 1inch Aqua Tackles DeFi’s Fragmented Liquidity appeared first on Cryptonews.

Plus markets are mixed ahead of FOMC; new Wall St. giants are backing the Clarity Act; and Zcash officially launched its Ironwood upgrade

The service is limited to eligible UAE residents and bookings are priced and settled in dirhams. Emirates, the Dubai-based flagship carrier, has launched Crypto.com Pay on its website and app, enabling eligible United Arab Emirates residents make flight bookings with cryptocurrencies, the airline said Tuesday. Mobile users are sent to the Crypto.com app to authorize payment from their wallet, while desktop customers scan a QR code at checkout, the companies said in an announcement. Emirates settles in UAE dirhams rather than holding crypto, with Crypto.com handling the conversion. The move “reflects the rapidly evolving preferences of a younger, digitally fluent generation who manage their money and plan their journeys primarily from their phones,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ deputy president and chief commercial officer. Neither company indicated whether they would expand the Emirates service beyond eligible UAE residents. Read more

The figure is seven times that of the $11.4 billion in reported losses, a rate drawn from a 2017 survey on how rarely fraud is reported.

ADA trades at $0.1636 with $0.20 resistance in focus. Analyst argues Cardano's design philosophy is being adopted industry-wide — but does narrative convergence translate to price action? The post Cardano Price Prediction: Has Hoskinson’s Vision Become Crypto’s New Roadmap? appeared first on Cryptonews.