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Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire The former TON executive joins as Director of Strategic Partnerships to form the connections behind ChangeNOW’s next phase. Former TON executive Martin Masser joins ChangeNOW to build strategic partnerships, ecosystem relationships, and media momentum behind its next phase. Masser comes with experience across traditional banking, Web2 and Web3, including senior growth and business development roles within the TON space. At ChangeNOW, he will lead strategic relationships with blockchain networks, wallets, fintech companies, payment providers and other infrastructure partners. His appointment comes as ChangeNOW grows beyond standalone crypto services, transitioning to…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 5, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today unveiled MEXC 0808: Stock Season, the inaugural edition of its annual brand celebration centered on 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Early bird registration is now open, ahead of the main campaign launch on August 8, offering participants the opportunity to compete for a share of a $500,000 prize pool. The launch establishes MEXC 0808 as an annual brand milestone built around 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Zero fees are not limited to a single campaign period. They represent a value that MEXC continues to deliver…

New York City, United States, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire Fourteen-day event with Decibel will pit tokenized stocks, gold and oil against BTC, ETH and SOL in a first-of-its-kind self-custodial competition with a $25,000 USDC prize pool One of the fastest-growing narratives in digital assets is about to face its biggest public test. Tria, the self-custodial neofinance platform, today launched TradFi vs Crypto, the industry’s first trading competition to pit tokenized real-world assets directly against cryptocurrencies under identical conditions on a self-custodial platform. Developed in partnership with Decibel, the Aptos Labs-incubated perpetuals exchange, the fourteen-day competition allows traders to compete across…

Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) (“RIOT” or “the Company”), a leader in vertically integrated digital infrastructure specializing in the development of large-scale data centers and Bitcoin mining applications, announced today that it will be rescheduling its second quarter 2026 earnings conference call previously scheduled for August 5th, 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. The Company will announce a new date and time for its earnings conference call in a subsequent press release. About Riot Platforms, Inc. Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) is a leading digital infrastructure company, specializing in the development of large-scale data centers and bitcoin mining applications. The Company…

The recent passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act marks a turning point for the regulation of stablecoins — offering greater clarity and encouraging broader participation by traditional financial institutions.Historically cautious in their approach to digital assets, banks are increasingly recognizing the potential of stablecoins to streamline payments, retain customers, and remain competitive with fintech innovators. As regulation evolves, financial institutions are taking more active roles in the development, issuance, and integration of fiat-backed stablecoins — a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by pegging to a reserve asset such as…

SOL has a market cap of $42.87 billion, as of today, while the total crypto market cap stands at $2.19 trillion: Doom co-designer Sandy Petersen promotes Solana memecoin and play-to-earn game. Solana has captured 78% of the trading volume in pre-IPO OpenAI and Anthropic tokens. BlackRock launches a tokenized stablecoin reserve vehicle on Solana. Solana is set to release Agave 4.2 on mainnet, bringing a 90% rent reduction, 4,096-byte transactions, and 200ms slot times. On the daily chart, Solana is currently trading around $73.82. Over the past two weeks, the market has remained in a very tight range, awaiting a…

OpenAI has a rogue AI agent problem.In a Tuesday blog post, the AI lab self-reported two more security lapses, unrelated to its July hacking incident on the AI company Hugging Face.The incidents occurred while external parties — the UK government’s AI Security Institute and the AI security lab Irregular — were testing the models’ cyber capabilities.OpenAI said that in the case of Irregular, models were tasked with a “Capture the Flag” challenge meant to be isolated from the internet, but a “testing-environment misconfiguration allowed models to access the public internet.”OpenAI said that the name of the fictional target for the challenge…

The licence will support regulated e-money and payment services on the Bybit.eu platform, alongside the crypto-asset services. VIENNA, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit.eu today announced that Bybit Payments GmbH has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). Bybit Payments GmbH will provide regulated e-money and payment services through the Bybit.eu platform. Crypto-asset services on the same platform are provided separately by Bybit EU GmbH, an Austrian crypto-asset service provider authorised under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) since May 2025. To comply with regulatory requirements, the two Austrian entities have distinct regulatory…

Willemstad, Curaçao, August 4th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has launched a new Web3 authentication system that allows users to register, sign in, and deposit funds using a crypto wallet. The new verification mechanism eliminates the need for email registration, passwords, or manually copying wallet addresses.  The feature is now available to all 1win users and supports Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and other wallets via WalletConnect. EVM-compatible networks are supported across all options, while TRON connections are available through Trust Wallet and WalletConnect-enabled TRON options. 1win is among the first crypto entertainment platforms to introduce seamless wallet onboarding for…

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 13 months In July, ETH outperformed Nasdaq 100 by 2,500 basis points, the largest since July 2025, reflective of the strengthening fundamentals of crypto Bitmine repurchased 4.5 million common stock in the past week, authorized under the previously announced $4 billion share repurchase program Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine has 4,917,189 staked…