Aug 13, 20264m 23s
Solana Validator Outage Knocks 102 of 699 Nodes Offline
A Solana validator outage disrupted 102 of 699 nodes on August 13, 2026, but the network kept producing blocks and never halted. Here's what happened.
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Aug 13, 20264 min
Securitize Hits Record $4.3B Tokenized AUM, But Posts $21.7M Loss
Securitize's Q2 2026 report shows record $4.3B in average tokenized AUM and 147% higher transaction volume, yet revenue fell 5% and net loss hit $21.7M.
Aug 13, 20264m 33s
JPMorgan, Goldman Lead 40-Firm Wall Street Tokenized Asset Trial
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Invesco and Citadel Securities joined nearly 40 firms testing tokenized assets on blockchain in a live Wall Street trial, per Bloomberg.
Aug 13, 20265m 40s
Russia's $58K Retail Crypto Cap Is Per Broker, Not a Yearly Ceiling
Russia's proposed $58,000 retail crypto limit applies per broker, not as a blanket annual cap, a distinction that reshapes how much residents can legally trade.
Aug 13, 20264m 33s
Bullish Posts ~$87M Revenue, Up Over 50% Year on Year
Bullish ($BLSH) reported quarterly revenue tracking near $87M before the open on August 13, up more than 50% from a year earlier as institutional derivatives volume climbs.
Aug 12, 20263m 31s
Crypto.com Puts U.S. Tokenized Stocks and ETFs in Its EEA App
Crypto.com now offers U.S. tokenized stocks and ETFs to European Economic Area users in-app, placing equities exposure next to card balances and crypto.
Aug 12, 20263m 14s
KuCoin Pay Teams With DCSPay to Push Stablecoin Spending Into Stores
KuCoin Pay has partnered with DCSPay to let users spend stablecoins via QR at online and offline merchants, with 24/7 settlement across 190+ countries.
Aug 12, 20264m 12s
Strategy Publishes a Public Bitcoin Credit Model for Its $53B Stack
Michael Saylor's Strategy released a public Bitcoin credit model showing credit spreads, undercollateralization risk and BTC floor prices across its $53B position.
Aug 12, 20264m 30s
Amundi Lifts MicroStrategy Stake 148% in Bitcoin Proxy Bet
Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with $2.9T under management, raised its MicroStrategy holdings 148% to 1.32M shares, a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin.
Aug 12, 20264m 30s
Brazil's Largest Private Bank Itau Pilots Tokenized Bonds
Itau, Latin America's biggest private bank, joined an ANBIMA-led pilot with OpenAssets to tokenize fixed-income securities on public blockchain rails in Brazil.