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Nearly Half Of Executives Cut AI Agents As The Bill Came Due, KPMG Finds (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Getty ImagesA statistic lit up social media. Nearly half of executives have delayed or scaled back AI agent deployments after costs exceeded benefits, according to KPMG. Prediction market Polymarket amplified the number alongside its market putting the odds of an AI bubble burst by year end at roughly fifteen percent. Start with where the number comes from. It is drawn from KPMG’s Global AI Pulse for the second quarter of 2026, a survey of 2,145 senior leaders across 20 countries at organizations…

London, UK, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire CT3 has announced the start of comprehensive preparations for the future listing of the CT3GB token. The company has begun scaling its data storage infrastructure, building financial and infrastructure reserves, and preparing its own tokenized economy, in which CT3GB will become the platform’s primary settlement asset. At the same time, the transition to a new data storage architecture based on specialized smart contracts is underway, while an independent audit of the entire core smart contract infrastructure will be conducted ahead of the listing. Over the past several months, CT3 has significantly expanded the capabilities…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire Deposits Are Open for hBTC, the Vault Token for Hilbert Group’s BTC Basis+ Strategy Syntetika, a tokenization hub for regulated investment strategies, opened deposits today for its first strategy: BTC Basis+, managed by the publicly traded Hilbert Group. Syntetika makes investment strategies that run inside regulated funds accessible directly from a wallet. Each fund operates with independent custody, and each cycle its net asset value is attested by an independent third party. That attested NAV is the price at which vault tokens are issued and redeemed. BTC Basis+ is a Bitcoin…

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 14 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 3.0 million common stock in the past week, and has repurchased over 19 million shares cumulatively since July 2026 under its 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…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, served as the official sponsor of Yohani’s live concerts held on August 7 and 8 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ahead of the main concert, MEXC also hosted “MEXC Connect: Summer Musical Afternoon Tea” on August 8 at Jetwing Colombo Seven, bringing together 80 key opinion leaders, influencers, and VIP guests for an intimate pre-concert gathering. The collaboration marked a milestone in MEXC’s presence in Sri Lanka, bringing together music, culture, and community in a shared celebration. The afternoon tea featured an indoor buffet setting with round tables, live acoustic…

Crypto casino offers are often compared by the largest number in the advert: the match percentage, the maximum bonus or the number of free spins. That is a useful starting point, but it does not reveal how much value a player can realistically use or withdraw. Minimum deposits, wagering rules, expiry periods, game contribution and maximum-win limits can materially change the outcome. A sensible comparison therefore starts with the complete terms rather than the promotional headline. Explore the full platform at Luckiest A 200% match means the casino adds two units of bonus funds for each unit deposited, up to…

Fintech focused venture capital has varied in focus over the years, but payments infrastructure is clearly in focus now.gettyThe half-year funding data is out, and it describes a venture market that has made up its mind. Global fintech funding reached $28.6 billion in the first half of 2026, up 23% from a year earlier, while deal count fell 26% to 1,605. Dollars up, deals down: the checks got bigger and fewer, which is what conviction looks like on a spreadsheet. Look at where the big checks went and the conviction has one theme. Ant International raised $1.2 billion for cross-border…

TL;DR Traditional SWIFT payments rely on a chain of banks and pre-funded accounts, which can add cost, opaque exchange-rate markups, and multi-day delays to international transfers. Stablecoins offer a blockchain-based alternative where the on-chain transfer can confirm within seconds, operate around the clock, and may reduce certain costs. In practice, though, businesses still have to fund accounts, convert between local currency and stablecoins, clear compliance checks, manage custody, and off-ramp at the other end. Confirmed blockchain transactions generally cannot be unilaterally recalled by the sender. Whether stablecoins turn out faster or cheaper depends on the corridor, provider, currency conversion, and…

Lawsuit accuses North Korea and Lazarus Group of orchestrating the $1.5 billion theft, as court-ordered asset freeze supports recovery efforts and Bybit expands collaboration with law enforcement and industry partners to strengthen accountability for crypto-related cybercrime Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), its Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and the Lazarus Group, which U.S. authorities have identified as the DPRK-linked hacking group responsible for the February 2025 cyberattack. Bybit has also secured…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire 250+ TradFi markets join Carbon’s 530+ crypto perpetuals & 150 24/7 RWAs in one venue. Wall Street depth at listing, stable overnight rates, and on-chain settlement. Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, today opened public trading on 250+ Carbon TradFi markets spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities. Each position is hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues, making Carbon the largest TradFi-native on-chain derivatives venue. Alongside 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 RWAs, total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in one account.  Carbon TradFi is Carbon’s own on-chain instrument. A…