In July, trading volume for perpetual futures on centralized crypto exchanges fell to $4 trillion, marking the lowest level since December 2023, according to CryptoRank data. CEX Futures Volume Falls to Its Lowest Level Since December 2023 CEX futures volume fell to $4.0T in July 2026, a 31-month low. The recovery that ran from April […]
On August 6, SpaceX and Tesla said the Terafab chip plant will be built in Grimes County, Texas, and announced an initial $16.8 billion investment. Elon Musk, who leads both companies, announced the decision. Terafab Texas will be the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far. And it will be stunningly beautiful. pic.twitter.com/4NweOqTL7y […]
Russian online marketplaces report rising sales of hardware crypto wallets: in Q2, the number of devices sold on the M.Video platform increased by 107% versus January–March. On Wildberries, demand in the first six months rose 84% year over year, RIA Novosti wrote. According to M.Video, category turnover grew 92%. Of the total, about 40% accounted […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) researcher Daniel Simon presented a new quantum algorithm that could significantly speed up solving some of the mathematical problems underpinning post-quantum cryptography. He says the algorithm’s runtime grows as a power of the problem size rather than exponentially. If confirmed, the result could change views on the resistance of certain problems […]
Developers of the Ether.fi protocol have removed the restaking function from weETH and transferred it to a separate liquidity token, weETHs, based on Symbiotic. We’ve officially taken all restaking exposure away from weETH weETH is now a pure liquid staking token (LST) All restaking has moved to weETHs, our liquid restaking token powered by @symbioticfi […]
Scientists at Stanford University have used artificial intelligence to design entire viral genomes for the first time. The AI-designed viruses successfully replicated in laboratory conditions, according to a study published in Science. Researchers employed generative models Evo1 and Evo2, trained on the genetic codes of viruses, bacteria, plants, and humans. The technology functions similarly to […]
On August 5, Uniswap Labs unveiled a platform for issuing and trading meme tokens on Robinhood Chain. Each launch concludes with the creation of a liquidity pool on Uniswap v4. Say hello to @TradePools, a new launchpad on Robinhood Chain Launch and trade now on https://t.co/9fqa8AnC7U pic.twitter.com/2u38Mlve5h — Uniswap (@Uniswap) August 5, 2026 The Pools.trade […]
Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has dropped to 36%, but the market hasn’t become safer—cheap options could accelerate price movements. Analysts highlighted this in a conversation with CoinDesk. Adam Hymes, head of asset management at Tesseract Group, stated that low volatility makes opening positions cheaper. If the market approaches a level with a high concentration of […]
Over 22 months, Greek cybersecurity specialist Vangelis Stikas found signs of intrusions by North Korea-linked hackers into the systems of 1,640 organizations across 57 countries, WIRED reported. He estimated that in 700–800 cases the attacks led to serious infrastructure compromise. Among the potentially affected organizations, Stikas named Coinbase, Uniswap Labs, Boston Children’s Hospital, Japan’s AEON […]
From April to June 2026, the volume of RWA on lending platforms and decentralized exchanges reached $7.4 billion, up from $2.3 billion a year earlier. The figures come from a joint report by CoinShares and Token Terminal. Over the past 365 days, real-world assets (RWAs) have moved beyond tokenisation into increasingly active onchain markets. Together […]
