Grayscale has filed its fourth amended registration statement for the Grayscale Zcash Trust, advancing plans to move the existing investment vehicle from the over-the-counter market to NYSE Arca under the ticker ZCSH.The asset manager submitted Amendment No. 4 to its Form S-3 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18. The
What Is The CFTC Planning For Hyperliquid? President Donald Trump said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working on a path that could bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. under federal regulation, sending fresh attention toward one of the largest onchain perpetual futures platforms.Speaking Wednesday at a White House gathering of technology, crypto and financial industry
How Do Nexo’s Australian Crypto Credit Lines Work? Nexo Australia has launched crypto-backed credit lines for eligible clients after becoming a credit representative under Australia’s National Consumer Credit Protection Act, expanding access to borrowing against digital assets without requiring customers to sell their holdings.The product allows users to borrow Australian dollars or stablecoins while using
Why Is Ripple Prime Raising More Capital? Ripple has raised $275 million through an upsized private placement of senior unsecured notes as the crypto company puts more capital behind its expansion into institutional clearing, financing and prime brokerage services in the U.S.The notes were issued by Ripple Prime, the company’s non-bank prime brokerage business. Proceeds
How Did The MAYAChain Exploit Happen? Maya Protocol halted trading on its MAYAChain network after a series of software bugs created a false balance in a liquidity pool, allowing an attacker to extract nearly $1.7 million while triggering losses of about $10.9 million across the network’s pools.The attacker obtained roughly 20 BTC, worth about $1.4
Crypto exchange Bybit says its security systems prevented more than $700 million in potential user losses during the first half of 2026, highlighting the growing role of automated monitoring and artificial intelligence as exchanges contend with increasingly sophisticated attacks.According to a risk and security report released August 18, Bybit blocked more than 30,000 suspicious withdrawal
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has announced that he is “coming out of retirement” to lead Flop Labs, a new crypto project targeting the emerging economy of autonomous artificial-intelligence agents, with an unusual launch schedule that puts its token distribution ahead of the blockchain itself.Hayes announced the move on August 18, describing FLOP as a currency
U.S.-listed spot crypto exchange-traded funds extended their recovery on Tuesday, August 18, with Bitcoin and Ether products drawing a combined roughly $369 million in net inflows as institutional demand concentrated heavily in BlackRock and Fidelity products.Spot Bitcoin ETFs registered approximately $297.5 million in net inflows, according to data reported from Farside Investors. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin
BounceBit has launched Borobudur, a new onchain credit layer that allows holders of tokenized real-world assets and other yield-generating positions to borrow liquidity without selling their investments or paying conventional borrowing interest.Announced on August 19, Borobudur initially supports BENJI, the blockchain-based share token associated with Franklin Templeton’s tokenized U.S. government money-market fund, alongside other eligible
Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has agreed to invest 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash into Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, creating a U.S.-listed Bitcoin treasury platform that will operate under the name Superplanet, Inc.The companies announced the definitive agreement on August 18. The Bitcoin contribution was valued at approximately $132.1 million using Bitcoin’s Coinbase