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Infrastructure

Circle Targets Sept. 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch

Official materials name Circle and 11 founding validators, while an Arc documentation page describes approximately 20 validators at launch. Read…
Aug 21, 2026
DeFi

Tether-backed Antalpha’s loan TVL declined $696 million as its gold bet returned a $22 million loss

Loans facilitated fell to $1.353 billion and guidance points below the second-quarter result, while Aurelion’s gold positions dominated the earnings…
Aug 20, 2026
DeFi

Tether-backed Antalpha’s loan TVL declined $696 million as its gold bet returned a $22 million loss

Loans facilitated fell to $1.353 billion and guidance points below the second-quarter result, while Aurelion’s gold positions dominated the earnings…
Aug 20, 2026
Institutional

SEC faces Aug. 20 deadline to unlock $123 million recovery fund for Terra investors

The money is collected, but eligibility, loss calculations and payment timing were not public early Thursday. The post SEC faces…
Aug 20, 2026
Institutional

Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether in 12 seconds

The Hyperliquid wallet known as pension-usdt.eth was forced out of a 50,000 ETH short as ether surged, with five liquidation…
Aug 20, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin.com integrates UAE-registered US dollar stablecoin into self-custodial wallet

The integration expands access to USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, as it builds distribution beyond institutional…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

Crypto Stocks Rip Higher as Strategy Jumps 12%, Coinbase Climbs 9%

Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin’s short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bears…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

How Maple Finance Became the #2 Crypto Lender Behind Tether — Sid Powell Explains

Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, joins Chris Storaker on the Converge Podcast Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

Coinbase, Circle and Bullish jump as Clarity Act proponents express optimism about bill

COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept.…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

HSBC, Standard Chartered execute first live banking transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger

The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant…
Aug 19, 2026