Blockchain has gone even more ridiculous than usual over the past week, with headlines focused on Trump-themed memecoins and the Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun. PLUS: Ethereum developers tee up revamp of the EVM programming environment.Source
Bitcoin’s price remained flat around $59,000, while its swift decline from $61,000 earlier today happened before the transaction.Source
The Latin American country’s agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.Source
The company plans to reach $16 million by the end of a second closing.Source
Users can deposit their wBTC to get swBTC in return, with yield expected to start flowing from mid-September – as part of a blockchain “restaking” scheme ultimately designed to secure protocols in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem.Source
The broker upgraded the bitcoin miner’s shares to buy from sell and raised its price target on the stock to $13.50 from $7.50.Source
Render climbs 3.3% while Solana adds 3.0%, helping drive the index upward.Source
Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s shock removal from office by a court on Wednesday may not impact crypto rules in the nation, even if some policy implementations may be affected, experts told CoinDesk.Source
The large funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.Source