[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, September 4th, 2026]

CoinRabbit has been named Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 by International Business Magazine, highlighting a lending product that has issued more than $1.45 billion in loans since 2020.

About the International Business Magazine Award

The International Business Magazine Awards recognize companies and executives making a significant impact across global industries. The selection process combines public nominations with jury review, with nominees assessed on their work, progress, and contribution to their respective industries.

For CoinRabbit, the award comes at an important stage in the company’s development. It is moving beyond borrowing against crypto and building a broader ecosystem for managing digital-asset capital.

Why CoinRabbit Was Named the Best Crypto Lending Platform

The Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award recognizes the work CoinRabbit has put into its ecosystem. The platform provides borrowers with fast access to liquidity and confidence that their funds remain secure. CoinRabbit maintains a clear no-rehypothecation policy, giving clients greater certainty that their collateral is not being reused or lent out elsewhere.

That focus on a predictable borrowing experience has remained central as CoinRabbit has expanded the product. There is no traditional credit check because crypto collateral does the underwriting, and the lending process takes about 10 minutes whether a client is borrowing a few hundred dollars or managing a six-figure position.

The award jury also highlighted CoinRabbit’s Private Program as a high-touch approach for clients with significant balances. Designed for portfolios of $500,000 and above, it offers a more personalized way to manage assets around each client’s financial goals, liquidity needs, and timing. As part of CoinRabbit’s broader digital-asset ecosystem, the program gives clients a more private banking-style experience.

Capital Preservation at the Core

CoinRabbit is expanding into capital management, but lending remains at the core of the business. By giving clients access to liquidity without a need to sell their crypto, it helps preserve capital and keep assets invested for the long term.

Walter Barrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at CoinRabbit, commented:

“We’ve spent years building and refining the product, and it’s rewarding to see that work recognized. At the same time, CoinRabbit is becoming more than just a lending platform. With the Private Program, we’re bringing a private credit approach to managing crypto. Clients can work directly with a success manager to find the right strategy for their needs, with a more tailored way to build crypto capital. We also continue to improve the core lending product, keeping it simple. For us, the goal is to make both sides of the business stronger as we grow.”

As CoinRabbit evolves, capital preservation remains a central idea behind the company’s products and services.

About CoinRabbit

CoinRabbit is a crypto asset management platform built for long-term capital preservation. It provides flexible liquidity management across multiple environments. Instant payments and lending, yield and trading products, and also the Private Program are available from a single platform. Since 2020, CoinRabbit has maintained a 100% capital reserve model, ensuring that client assets are fully reserved and never rehypothecated.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Chicago, United States, September 4th, 2026]

Liquid Mercury today announced that ACQUA1, LLC completed the initial closing of its MERC exchange offering on September 1, 2026.

ACQUA1 is a Liquid Mercury subsidiary that operates Liquid Mercury’s Lab Company program, licensing Liquid Mercury technology to companies primarily tokenizing real-world assets and receiving fees plus a minority equity stake in return. Liquid Mercury is the majority holder and Manager.

“Over the past 18 months, dozens of companies have approached Liquid Mercury seeking to tokenize their assets,” said Tony Saliba, CEO and founder of Liquid Mercury. “Many assumed they would need to raise capital and build this infrastructure from scratch. Licensing Mercury RWA lets them launch on systems that were already live and proven, at a fraction of the time and cost. ACQUA1 token holders now own a slice of the business that earns equity, plus fees from the companies in the Lab Company program.”

Verified accredited investors subscribed by exchanging MERC for non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1 at the initial conversion rate of 10 MERC per unit. Under its operating agreement, ACQUA1 must burn 100% of the MERC it receives at each closing within five business days and may not transfer, trade, lend, stake, pledge, or otherwise deploy it.

On September 2, all 563,230,000 MERC received at the initial closing were burned via a transfer to the dead address, as the offering documents require.

Initial Closing Highlights

• Initial closing: September 1, 2026
• MERC burned: 563,230,000
• Transferred to the dead address September 2, 2026
• Units issued: 56,323,000
• Non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D
• 10 MERC per unit
• Evidenced on-chain by ACQUA1-C tokens
• ACQUA1-C tokens convert one-for-one into ACQUA1 tokens upon issuance
• Remaining closings: On or about October 30 and December 31, 2026
• ACQUA1 may skip or terminate at its discretion
• The conversion rate at subsequent closings may differ

Verification Links

Burn transaction

ACQUA1-C contract

Verified accredited investors can request full terms at acqua1.liquidmercury.com/contact.

About Liquid Mercury

Liquid Mercury powers professional crypto trading and digital asset marketplaces. The company delivers institutional-grade infrastructure, access to deep liquidity, and best-in-class trading tools and workflow automation across its Pro, OTC, and RWA platforms. Through Mercury RWA, Liquid Mercury is extending that infrastructure into tokenized real-world assets, with $MERC serving as the access and platform layer token. For more information, visit www.liquidmercury.com.

Investor Notice

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC and the ACQUA1 tokens representing them are offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, solely to verified accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and solely pursuant to ACQUA1’s confidential private placement memorandum, as supplemented, and definitive subscription documents, which contain important information, including risk factors. ACQUA1 tokens are restricted securities, are subject to transfer restrictions under ACQUA1’s operating agreement and may remain illiquid indefinitely; investors should not assume that Rule 144 will be available. Statements regarding future revenues, valuations, portfolio performance, and subsequent closings are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties; actual results may differ materially. The MERC contract has no burn function; tokens are removed from circulation by transferring to the dead address. Supply outstanding excluding the dead address is 5,436,770,000 MERC, as of the date of publication.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, California, United States, September 4th, 2026]

Digital collectibles platform MEMONS has officially launched its service. MEMONS is a digital collectibles platform where users can obtain digital cards of various rarity levels by opening Capsules, collect them, and trade them with other users through the Marketplace.

Unlike conventional collectible services that end once an item is acquired, MEMONS connects Capsule Opening, Collection, and Marketplace functions within a single platform. This creates a continuous ecosystem in which collecting and trading continue even after cards are obtained.

MEMONS combines the concepts of collecting, scarcity, and trading—widely used across the global collectible card, loot box, gacha, and digital asset markets—within a digital environment.

Recently, Web3 projects have increasingly expanded beyond token- and community-centered models into services where users can actively participate, including IP, gaming, digital content, and marketplaces.

In line with this trend, MEMONS is expanding into a digital collectibles platform that can connect various IPs and Web3 projects, beginning with APEPE.

About MEMONS

MEMONS is a digital collectibles platform that brings Capsule Opening, Collection, and Marketplace experiences together within a single ecosystem. Users can obtain digital cards of varying rarity levels, build their own collections, and trade cards with other users through the Marketplace.

Incubated within the APEPE ecosystem, MEMONS is designed as a scalable platform capable of supporting various IPs, characters, and Web3 communities. APEPE serves as its founding IP and core ecosystem partner.

Website: https://memons.io

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[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, September 3rd, 2026]

DWF Labs, an established, market-tested investor and market maker built to strengthen digital asset market infrastructure at scale, today announced an expansion of its global regulatory footprint with a group entity granted Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulatory approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC).

Granted under the BVI’s Virtual Assets Service Providers Act 2022, the approval authorizes DWF Labs as a registered VASP, to provide the exchange of one or more forms of virtual assets, as well as to participate in, and provide financial services related to an issuer’s offer and/or sale of a virtual asset.

The approval enables institutional clients access to DWF Labs’ integrated OTC trading and market making capabilities, including spot trading across thousands of digital assets and stablecoins, through a regulated BVI entity. It also strengthens the company’s ability to deliver investment, incubation and ecosystem development services to support token issuers and digital asset projects on a global scale.

The BVI has established itself as a leading jurisdiction for decentralized ledger deployments and structured real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The territory now represents nearly 10% of the global tokenization US treasuries market, with $1.5 billion in distributed value. BVI-domiciled entities also facilitate more than $1.2 billion in active, circulating stablecoins – figures underpinned by more than 24,700 stablecoin asset holders and weekly transfer volumes of $694.1 million. These figures (Source: rwa.xyz treasuries and stablecoins) reflect the strength of both the regulatory and market infrastructure DWF Labs is now positioned to operate within.

Heng Lee, Managing Director and Partner at DWF Labs said, “The Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) is a key step in responsibly expanding and delivering DWF Labs’ regulated digital asset services to international institutional clients.”

“As the digital asset market and industry continue to mature, and adoption increases, this addition to our regulatory framework will enable us to deliver a broader range of solutions, products, and services, while reinforcing our focus upon transparency and governance.”

DWF Labs will continue to expand its regulatory footprint across key global markets, supporting its international growth strategy and commitment to operating within robust regulatory frameworks.

About DWF Labs

Established in 2022, DWF Labs is an investor and market maker, focused on giving builders the capital, liquidity, expertise, and partnerships needed to take ideas from concept to scale. DWF Labs is among the world’s largest high-frequency digital asset trading organizations, active on more than 80 centralized and decentralized exchanges. The firm supports over 20% of CoinMarketCap’s Top 100 projects and 35% of its Top 1,000, and has worked with more than 1,000 blockchain companies across Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, DeFi, gaming, AI, payments, infrastructure, and tokenization.

The firm’s work is organized across four business lines: Liquidity (institutional market making and liquidity provision), Investment and Incubation (strategic capital and token advisory for emerging projects), Ecosystem Development (go-to-market support), and OTC and Structured Markets (tailored trading solutions for institutions, funds, and protocol treasuries). DWF Labs also founded and incubated Falcon Finance, a synthetic dollar and universal collateralization protocol.

DWF Labs operates a globally distributed team on a 24/7/365 basis.

For more information, visit www.dwf-labs.com, or follow DWF Labs on X, LinkedIn, and Telegram.

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[PRESS RELEASE – HONG KONG, HONG KONG, September 2nd, 2026]

New suite of standalone products gives institutions principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure 

Today, Liminal, a provider of institutional digital asset wallet and key-management infrastructure, announced the launch of Liminal Prime, an enterprise software suite designed to provide stablecoin liquidity connectivity. It is built exclusively to enable locally licensed exchanges, financial institutions, payment providers, fintechs, market makers, corporate treasuries and OTC trading desks to access principal-to-principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure. Liminal’s technology is delivered strictly as a tech infrastructure solution to authorised entities responsible for their own local regulatory compliance.

As cross-border payments, tokenized assets and enterprise blockchain applications move from pilot projects into production deployments, financial institutions increasingly need trading and liquidity infrastructure designed to integrate with the governance and compliance controls institutions have already established. Liminal Prime has been built to address that gap precisely.

For many institutions, secure wallet infrastructure is no longer the primary challenge. As digital asset operations mature, attention is shifting toward trading, liquidity access, and operational efficiency. Liminal Prime has been developed to address this next phase of institutional adoption.

This launch marks the next phase of Liminal’s evolution as an institutional partner, expanding its core wallet and key-management offering with OTC and liquidity connectivity. Each product operates as an independent module, licensed and deployed separately, giving institutions the flexibility to adopt what fits their operational and regulatory requirements, without displacing existing infrastructure

Liminal Prime is built by the team behind Liminal’s institutional wallet infrastructure and key-management infrastructure, which has processed more than US$100 billion in on-chain transactions across more than 20 blockchain networks for institutions in over 12 countries.

The products have been shaped by direct engagement with the licensed exchanges, payment companies, financial institutions and digital asset businesses that form Liminal’s client base. What those clients identified consistently was a common operational gap: institutional-grade trading and liquidity access that works within, not alongside, their existing governance and compliance frameworks.

“What we keep hearing from institutions, across markets, is that the wallet question is largely settled. The conversation has moved on. They are now asking how they actually operationalise digital assets at scale — how they trade, how they manage liquidity, and how they do all of that without introducing new counterparty risk or compliance gaps. Liminal Prime is built to close that gap. We have the relationships and the trust already in place. This is a natural next step.” Rajesh Sabari, Chief Commercial Officer, Liminal 

Liminal Prime comprises three products, each addressing a distinct institutional operating requirement:

White-Glove OTC supports high-value, complex, and time-sensitive block trades through a dedicated dealing desk. A desk reaches Liminal directly, gets a price, and confirms the trade; no automated flow, a human on the other end for every transaction. Where regulatory frameworks permit, Liminal acts as principal counterparty for its own account on every trade, buying and selling digital assets. Designed for licensed institutions where transaction size, confidentiality and tailored workflow requirements are paramount.

Electronic OTC (eOTC) provides GUI and API-driven access to streaming and firm quotes for organisations managing recurring, high- frequency digital asset transaction flows at scale. A GUI and API connection enables automated, always-on pricing; a web platform provides a self-serve, screen-based experience for systematic dealing without a manual conversation for every trade. Subject to applicable local licensing, Liminal acts as principal counterparty for its own account.

Bridge is a technology platform that gives institutions a single screen or API to request quotes from, and trade directly with, liquidity providers they have separately onboarded with and been approved by. Liminal is not the counterparty to the trade, does not operate an exchange, brokerage or trading venue, and takes no custody of assets. Liminal’s role is limited to routing quote requests, displaying prices and supporting communication between the two parties; the trade and its settlement happen directly between the institution and its chosen liquidity provider, off-platform, under their own bilateral agreement.

Across all three products, Liminal Prime delivers configurable reporting, audit-ready workflows and integration with Liminal’s wallet and key-management infrastructure. The products support multiple blockchain networks and major digital asset pairs, providing the transparency, governance and operational controls that institutions require.

“The time for discussing institutional digital assets in theory is over. Institutions now need practical solutions that can be deployed against real treasury, payment and liquidity requirements. Whether you are managing stablecoin flows, entering a new market or looking for more efficient execution, bring us the challenge. Liminal Prime is ready to help you put into action.” Clarence Leong, Senior Manager – Institutional Markets, Liminal

Liminal Prime is the first step in a broader infrastructure strategy. As institutional participation in digital asset markets deepens across tokenization, cross-border payment infrastructure and enterprise treasury management, Liminal will continue building out its product offering. The company’s objective is to serve as a trusted infrastructure partner for licensed institutions at every stage of their digital asset operations, from wallet and key-management infrastructure to OTC and liquidity connectivity solutions.

Important Notice 

White-Glove OTC and Electronic OTC (eOTC) are restricted and unavailable to entities operating or residing in the UAE, India, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as any jurisdiction where local laws prohibit their use. Bridge is available subject to local regulatory requirements. Note: Users are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all local regulations before attempting to access any of our services.

Communication Notice: The following Important Notice is an integral part of this release and must be reproduced in full wherever this release, or any substantial portion of it, is published or reproduced. 

About Liminal Prime 

Liminal Prime is a suite of institutional OTC and liquidity connectivity products comprising three distinct offerings: White-Glove OTC, Electronic OTC and Bridge. Where regulatory frameworks permit, White-Glove OTC and eOTC are principal-to-principal dealing products in which Liminal acts as counterparty for its own account. Bridge is a technology platform through which institutions can request quotes from, and trade directly with, approved and licensed liquidity providers of their choosing; the legal trade is formed and settled bilaterally between the institution and its chosen LP under their own agreements. Each product is operated and assessed independently and is designed to complement existing institutional infrastructure. Institutions may adopt individual products independently, based on their operational and regulatory requirements.

About Liminal 

Liminal is an institutional digital asset infrastructure provider offering enterprise-grade wallet infrastructure, key management and governance solutions for exchanges, financial institutions, fintech companies, digital asset businesses and enterprises. Liminal has processed over US$100 billion in on-chain transaction volume across more than 20 blockchain networks for institutions in over 12 countries.

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[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 1st, 2026]

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards.

The campaign builds on AOS-2, Aster’s earlier expansion of its Aster Open Standards (AOS) framework from spot markets to perpetuals.

Leonard, CEO at Aster, said: “AOS-2 is turning Aster from a decentralized perp exchange into an open infrastructure layer where anyone can launch and operate their own perpetual markets on top of Aster Chain. The first USD1 RWA perpetuals show that model is already working.”

AOS-2: A Published Standard for Perpetual Listings

AOS-2 is Aster’s standardized, onchain framework for initiating perpetual market listings, enabling projects to propose new markets through a transparent and automated process.

Applicants stake 1 million $ASTER, locked for four years with no early exit, before the proposal goes to an onchain validator vote. If approved, Aster’s risk team configures the market and the perpetual can go live as early as T+1; if rejected, the stake is returned in full.

Listing access runs on published onchain rules, while leverage and other trading parameters stay under Aster’s risk controls, letting Aster bring new markets to traders faster without giving up risk management.

USD1 RWA Boost Phase 1: 125M $WLFI + 6.25M USD1 in Rewards

The campaign runs from August 31 through December 31, 2026, covering SPCX/USD1, CL/USD1, XAU/USD1, SNDK/USD1, SKHYNIX/USD1, and MU/USD1.

Users earn Trading Points through taker volume on eligible USD1 pairs, which determine their share of the USD1 reward pool, while Open Interest (OI) Points are earned by holding eligible positions and determine their share of the $WLFI reward pool. Traders using Single Asset Mode with USD1 as collateral receive a 2x boost on OI Points. Rewards are calculated across weekly epochs and distributed the following week.

“When real-world assets trade onchain, the settlement asset matters as much as the market itself. Perpetuals on gold, energy, and equities, all denominated in USD1, give traders one dollar instrument across every one of these markets, and that is what stablecoins were built to do. We are supporting these markets because this is where onchain market structure is heading, and Phase 1 is only the start,” said Zach Witkoff, Co-Founder and CEO at World Liberty Financial.

Building the Frontier of Onchain Trading

AOS-2 gives Aster a repeatable, onchain path for bringing new markets to the platform, and the first USD1 RWA perpetual listings show that path is already at work. Paired with the ecosystem support from Aster and WLFI, the launch turns a new listing framework into real trading activity from day one.

As more real-world and crypto-native assets move onchain, Aster aims to become a leading venue for bringing new asset markets onchain. The map gets bigger from here.

About Aster

Aster is a privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, with unique features like Hidden Orders to protect user trading activity. It pioneers the frontier of on-chain trading through perpetual futures, spots, and earn products for top-trending assets, including RWAs, memes, and core crypto markets. It is powered by Aster Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain built to power the future of decentralized finance.

Users can learn more about Aster on the official website or follow Aster on X.

*Disclaimer: Eligible pairs, reward parameters, and campaign rules are subject to change during the campaign. Please refer to the official campaign page for the latest eligible pair list and campaign details. Trading cryptocurrencies and leveraged products involves significant risk and may result in the loss of capital. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment or financial advice.

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[PRESS RELEASE – London, London, September 1st, 2026]

ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING

Alkemya Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (“Alkemya”), the sponsor, is pleased to announce that Alkemya Metacore SCSp has secured USD 50 million in a pre-launch capital raise for its precision industrial nickel wire business backed by Class 1 nickel wire. It is announcing the sale of additional ALKN tokens in a new tranche (the “Token”) at USD 1.0 per Token.

The offer, which is being arranged by Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, will take place on Bitfinex Securities. The offer is available to institutional and professional investors and will close on 15 October 2026.

The Tokens are issued by Alkemya Metacore SCSp (“Alkemya Metacore”), a special limited partnership based in Luxembourg, which is registered as an Issuer with CNAD (National Commission of Digital Assets) in El Salvador.

Alkemya Metacore is a Luxembourg-based investment and operating platform focused on the industrial development, commercialisation, and financial structuring of high-technology metals. It owns approximately 7 million metres of 99.99% ultra-pure nickel wire with 0.025 mm diameter, which has been independently verified and valued at approximately USD 1.64 billion. The asset is held in institutional custody in Lugano, Switzerland.

Alkemya will use part of the initial capital raise and further funds raised in additional tranches to invest working capital in Alkemya Metacore to finance its commercialisation strategy of transforming its ultra-pure wire into engineered mesh products tailored to high-growth applications across seven sectors: EMI shielding, aerospace and defence, marine and desalination, power and industrials, semiconductors, green hydrogen and rare/precious metals recovery.

The successful capital raise, before secondary market listing, represents a major milestone for the offering and demonstrates confidence in the underlying exposure to high-purity nickel and the structure of the issue. The Token affords investors a combination of an asset-backed investment and a thematic play on energy transition and electronic security technologies.

The listing on Bitfinex Securities of the Token will enable Alkemya to leverage tokenisation to access a wider pool of global investors and be part of a regulated, 24/7 trading venue.

The Tokens aim to provide long-term investment value linked to real-world applications and technology.

Cash distributions will be governed by a strict waterfall that first returns investor capital in full, cumulative distributions equal to a 6% per annum compound interest calculated annually (i.e., the preferred return) on the investor capital at any time outstanding, from the date of payment of the same up to the date of final repayment of the invested capital and an additional 80/20 profit split with a carry partner in favour of Token holders from the commercial business.

Carlo Guido Della Peruta, Manager of the General Partner of Alkemya Metacore, commented: “Securing this initial investment is a significant milestone for Alkemya and validates both the quality of our asset and the strength of our commercialisation strategy. We chose to list on Bitfinex Securities because tokenisation offers us access to a genuinely global investor base within a regulated framework, and because it reflects the innovative approach we are taking across all aspects of our business. This raise will allow us to begin transforming our nickel wire asset into high-value engineered products serving some of the fastest-growing sectors in the global economy, and we look forward to welcoming further investors as the listing progresses.”

Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, commented: “Bitfinex Securities exists to connect exciting investment opportunities with a broader and deeper investor base, giving more people access to investments that were previously out of reach and giving businesses access to a wider pool of capital. Alkemya Metacore will represent yet another example of how we’re using blockchain technology to bring previously inaccessible asset classes to market within stringent regulatory guardrails, and Alkemya’s initial $50 million capital raise is a sign of appetite for this exciting opportunity.”

Arvinder Sood, CEO and Director at Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, said: “Hanover Square Capital is delighted to announce this transaction in collaboration with Bitfinex Securities and its successful pre-launch close of USD 50 million investment, which not only underscores the evolving direction of global capital markets but also establishes a compelling foundation for a groundbreaking transaction with the launch of ALKN tokens. This milestone reflects a broader structural shift in how financial assets are created, accessed, and exchanged, as traditional frameworks increasingly converge with digital innovation. By embracing tokenised equity, the transaction highlights a more efficient, transparent, and accessible model for capital formation, one that is better aligned with the demands of modern investors and issuers alike, with the capacity to trade on a peer-to-peer basis.

Hanover Square Capital believes that this transaction not only validates that trajectory but also signals the growing importance of blockchain-enabled solutions in redefining how assets are issued, managed, and traded on a global scale.”

Bitfinex Securities provides a regulated venue for the issuance and trading of tokenised securities, combining blockchain technology with regulated market access for issuers and eligible investors.

The offering was advised by the following law firms: CMS DeBacker in Luxembourg (as regards Luxembourg law aspects), Dentons El Salvador (as regards El Salvador law aspects), Foley and Lardner in the US (as regards US law aspects), and CNPLaw LLP in Singapore (as regards Singapore law aspects). Winston Taylor acted for Bitfinex Securities. The Edison Group advised on investor relations and issued a pre-IPO research note. The ALKN tokens will be available for trading across three regulated exchanges: Bitfinex Securities, AGX (operated by LabyrinthX Technologies Pte Ltd, a company in the Hydra X group) and Archax Ltd. HydraX Digital Assets Pte. Ltd. is the custodian and distribution partner in Asia, with Archax playing a similar role in the UK. Scytale, the technology firm, is providing onboarding technology services for compliance to Alkemya Metacore under Luxembourg and EU law.

About Hanover

Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd (“HSC”) is an independent, regulated advisory firm headquartered in London, comprising a small team of highly experienced finance professionals. The firm provides strategic advice across a broad range of areas, including energy transition and climate-related solutions, public and private debt and equity placements, bank financing, and both project and commodity finance, alongside advisory services on financial investments. HSC brings deep sector expertise spanning environment-related projects, infrastructure development, next-generation technologies with applications to electromagnetic shielding and efficient green energy production, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and the global energy transition.

As a member of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), the firm is closely aligned with leading sustainability practices. Its client base is global, encompassing large and mid-cap corporations, government and state agencies, selected institutional investors, and professional investors. HSC is further supported by its connected company, Hanover Square Investments Pte. Ltd, based in Singapore.

About Bitfinex Securities

Bitfinex Securities provides a regulated platform for the issuance, listing and trading of tokenised securities. Licensed in El Salvador and Kazakhstan, Bitfinex Securities gives issuers and eligible investors access to digital securities markets within established regulatory frameworks.

The platform supports capital raising and secondary market trading for tokenised securities, including real-world asset-linked opportunities. By combining market infrastructure, technology and regulatory oversight, Bitfinex Securities aims to make capital formation more efficient, transparent and accessible for issuers and investors.

Media Contact:

Richard Morgan Evans

rmorganevans@sapiencecomms.co.uk

Jonathan Batchelor

jbatchelor@sapiencecomms.co.uk

Sapience Communications

+44 (0) 203 841 7610

Disclaimer:

No offering is being made in the European Union or the European Economic Area, and no retail investors within the meaning of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) will be admitted as purchasers of the ALKN Tokens. The ALKN Tokens are also exempt from the obligation to publish a prospectus for offers to the public under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended (the “Prospectus Regulation”), as the offering will only be addressed to qualified investors in the EEA/EU. The offering is limited to institutional investors in Singapore. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any of the ALKN Tokens in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. These securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the securities laws of any U.S. state or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction outside El Salvador, nor is such registration contemplated. The ALKN Tokens will only be offered and sold outside the United States (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) in offshore transactions pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S and in accordance with any other applicable securities laws where such offers and sales are made. The ALKN Tokens have not been and will not be offered or sold within the United States.

Forward-Looking Statements: Information outlined in this news release may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made as of the date of this document, and Alkemya Metacore and Alkemya disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities legislation. Although management believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Notice: None of Bitfinex Securities, Archax Ltd or the Hydra X group accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Since this offering is not targeting US investors as it is made under Regulation S and similarly it is not targeting EU retail investors under the EU Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) or non-institutional investors in Singapore, this announcement is not intended for US investors, retail investors in the EU or non-institutional investors in Singapore. US investors, EU retail investors and non-institutional investors in Singapore are considered prohibited investors under the ALKN Token offering.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Garabito, Costa Rica, September 1st, 2026]

Frogbet, a new cryptocurrency casino and sportsbook, has officially launched at frogbet.com, debuting a catalog of 70 original games developed entirely in-house alongside more than 7,000 titles from providers including Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming and BGaming.

Every Frogbet original is provably fair, allowing players to cryptographically verify the outcome of any bet at any time. The proprietary catalog spans in-house slots, eight blackjack variants, poker, and a full range of instant games including Mines, Dice, Plinko, Crash, Limbo and Keno — none of which areavailable on any other platform. According to the team, Frogbet’s proprietary slots are the first original games in the industry to ship with built-in bonus buys, letting players purchase direct entry into feature rounds.

The originals suite is built around a high-volume betting engine. Players can place up to 100,000 instant bets in a single click, with all rounds settled immediately, and a built-in strategy builder lets players define their own rules and automate their play hands-free.

“Original games are usually a side menu at crypto casinos — at Frogbet they are the product. We built all 70 games ourselves, made every one of them verifiable, and then built the tools serious players actually want: bonus buys on originals, six-figure batch betting, and a strategy builder. And when you win, the money is in your wallet in seconds, not days, ” said a Frogbet spokesperson.

Withdrawals are processed instantly, 24 hours a day, with payouts typically reaching players’ wallets within seconds of the request. The platform is fully crypto-native, supporting deposits and withdrawals in more than 50 cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, USDT and SOL, and pairs the casino with a complete sportsbook offering live in-play betting.

New players receive a 150% deposit match plus 100 free spins on their first deposit. Ongoing promotions at launch include a $10,000 Weekly Race, a $500 Daily Raffle and a Weekly Jackpot Lottery. Frogbet’s six-tier VIP program runs from Bronze to Elite with weekly cashback of up to 25%, and rakeback that accrues on every bet and can be claimed every 15 minutes.

Through the platform’sVIP Transfer program, players who hold VIP status at another casino can wager $500, share their current level with support via live chat, and be upgraded to the matching Frogbet tier instantly.

“The crypto gambling audience has become the most sophisticated betting audience in the world. They check the seeds, they hunt bonus buys, they automate strategies. Frogbet is built for exactly that player,” the spokesperson added.

Frogbet’s originals lobby, sportsbook and full game catalog are live now at frogbet.com.

About FrogbetZ

Frogbet is a crypto-native online casino and sportsbook offering 70 provably fair original games built in-house, more than 7,000 titles from leading providers, a full sports betting product, and instant cryptocurrency withdrawals, 24/7. Frogbet is intended for players aged 18 and over. Players are encouraged to gamble responsibly. Learn more at frogbet.com, or follow Frogbet on X at x.com/frogbetcom and on Telegram at t.me/frogbetcom.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Washington, United States, August 28th, 2026]

As prediction-market volume hits record highs and regulators circle, identically worded midterm questions are trading several points apart depending on the venue. Predictions.io now tracks 9,700+ markets across Kalshi, Polymarket and Manifold in one place – with free fee and odds calculators so traders can see what a price actually costs them.

Prediction markets have never been bigger, or more contested. Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US together posted a record $50.59 billion in combined volume in July, with Kalshi accounting for roughly 74.5% of the total. In the same month, New York City opened a probe into both leading venues, a Washington judge ordered Kalshi to halt most wagers in the state, and the CFTC began an internal review of so-called “mention markets.”

Amid that scrutiny, a simpler question has gone largely unexamined: when two venues list the same question, do they agree on the answer?

Often, they do not. On identically worded midterm markets tracked by Predictions.io, “Blue tsunami in 2026?” was priced at 44.5% on Polymarket and 36.0% on Kalshi. “Blue wave in 2026?” showed 82.5% against 74.0%. Both gaps are 8.5 percentage points — on questions whose wording is identical on the two venues. Across a sample of directly comparable binary markets live on more than one venue, the median gap was more than four points, and nearly half of the pairs differed by five points or more. (Prices as of 05:08 UTC on 28 August 2026; both venues’ live prices are shown side by side on Predictions.io.)

Those gaps matter to anyone quoting a single number. A market priced at 44.5% on one venue and 36.0% on another does not have one “market-implied probability” – it has two, and which one gets cited is arbitrary unless the reader is told both.

“A single venue’s price is a data point. The spread between venues is the information. When the two biggest markets in the world disagree by seven points on the same sentence, that disagreement is the story – and nobody who runs one of those markets is in a position to report it.” said spokesperson of Predictions.io

Predictions.io aggregates markets from Kalshi, Polymarket and Manifold, matching equivalent questions across venues so the same event can be compared directly. The platform currently tracks more than 9,700 event pages across 23 categories including US politics, economics, crypto, sport and geopolitics.

Alongside the comparison pages, Predictions.io publishes two free tools:

● Fee Calculator — enter any trade and see the fee, total outlay and effective all-in price on each venue, including Kalshi’s 0.07 × P × (1−P) taker formula and maker discount against Polymarket’s zero-fee standard markets.

https://predictions.io/tools/fee-calculator

● Odds Converter — convert American, decimal and fractional odds into implied probability and prediction-market prices, and see the vig-free line.

https://predictions.io/tools/odds-converter

A direct venue comparison is available at https://predictions.io/compare/polymarket-vs-kalshi, and live midterms markets at https://predictions.io/lobby/us-politics.

Predictions.io operates no market and takes no position in any contract. It is a data and comparison service, not an exchange, broker or investment adviser.

About Predictions.io

Predictions.io is an independent aggregator of prediction markets, bringing prices from Kalshi, Polymarket and Manifold into a single view so the same question can be compared across venues. It publishes free tools for traders and journalists, including a cross-venue fee calculator and odds converter.

Users can learn more about Predictions.io here: https://predictions.io/

Predictions.io socials: https://bio.site/predictions.io

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 27th, 2026]

TermMax, a fixed-rate lending protocol built by Term Structure Labs, announced on August 26 that it has received a strategic investment from YZi Labs. Terms were not disclosed.

TermMax was selected for YZi Labs’ EASY Residency Season 3 and has raised more than $8 million to date. Its earlier backers include Cumberland DRW — which led the 2023 seed round — HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital and MZ Web3 Fund.

The protocol has been live on mainnet since April 2025 and now runs across 10 EVM-compatible chains, with 60 fixed-rate markets, 40 strategy vaults, tens of millions of dollars in total value locked and more than 1.5 million registered wallets. Keyrock, Hardcore Labs, Edge Capital and Origami serve as Curators, managing strategy vaults on the protocol. The $TMX token completed its TGE on August 25.

The investor’s own public position points to the gap this investment is meant to fill. In an August 14 post describing what it wants to see built, YZi Labs wrote that tokenized blue-chip equities have reached meaningful volume, but that the financial application layer around them — credit, collateral management, risk transfer and structured products — remains underdeveloped, and that options and other risk-transfer products in particular remain conspicuously absent.

YZi Labs placed this investment precisely where that gap sits.

“When I left banking, there were a few hundred billion dollars of assets sitting on-chain without a single directly observable interest rate curve between them. In traditional markets, that would be unheard of. That is what made me decide to build this infrastructure on-chain.” – Jerry Li, Co-founder and CEO, TermMax.

Tokenized equities are the fastest-growing asset class on-chain, now at $2.48 billion, with holder count up 165% in 30 days.

TermMax integrated Ondo Global Markets in January 2026 to launch the first fixed-rate borrowing market to accept tokenized U.S. equities as collateral, then added Binance’s bStock. In August it went live on Robinhood Chain, where QQQ, SPY and NVDA can be posted against USDG.

But financing is only half of what tokenized equities need. Nearly all of this year’s tokenized-equity infrastructure has gone into perpetual futures, and almost none into options.

TermMax Alpha is where that changes: physical delivery options, with no liquidation before expiry. The conversion price is fixed when the position is opened, and the position is settled by physical delivery at expiry. A directionally correct position therefore cannot be knocked out by a few minutes of volatile trading in thin liquidity — the failure mode that makes perpetuals unsuitable at the illiquid end of tokenized equities.

This no-liquidation design rests on a choice running through the whole protocol: when liquidation does happen, it settles by physical delivery, with collateral delivered directly to the lender rather than sold into the market. The usual assumption — that collateral can be sold at fair value on demand — holds for ETH and fails for a tokenized equity with a few million dollars of depth.

On the institutional side, TermPrime completed its first live trade on Canton Network at the end of June and has since grown its counterparty network to nine institutions.

TermMax runs an early validator node on Canton, and TermPrime is ready to support lending business for institutions there through open markets.

TermMax holds a DeFiSafety Process Quality Review score of 93%, matching Aave V3.

“What we set out to do is not to teach traditional institutions DeFi. It is to let DeFi grow into something professional enough to genuinely serve finance.” – Jerry Li, Co-founder and CEO, TermMax.

What TermMax wants to be is not another lending protocol, but the on-chain interest rate curve itself.

About TermMax

TermMax is a fixed-rate, fixed-term borrowing and lending marketplace built by Term Structure Labs, live on mainnet since April 2025 and deployed across 10 EVM-compatible chains, where it runs 60 fixed-rate markets and 40 strategy vaults. The protocol splits debt into three tradable tokens: FT (principal), XT (interest and option value) and GT (an ERC-721 receipt for leveraged positions). Professional Curators set target APR ranges across isolated markets and manage strategy vaults, and liquidations settle by physical delivery of collateral. Co-founder and CEO Jerry Li has 25 years in global financial markets and served as Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, running fixed income and FX for Greater China.

Website: https://ts.finance/

About YZi Labs

YZi Labs manages over $10 billion in assets globally. Our investment philosophy emphasizes impact first — we believe that meaningful returns will naturally follow. We invest in ventures at every stage, prioritizing those with solid fundamentals in Web3, AI, and biotech. YZi Labs’ portfolio covers over 300 projects from over 25 countries across six continents. Some notable portfolios include Trust Wallet, CoinMarketCap, Polygon, Injective, Ethena, SafePal Wallet, Better Payment Network, Aster, XAI, and more. More than 65 of YZi Labs’ portfolio companies have gone through our incubation program, EASY Residency. For more information, follow YZi Labs on X (@yzilabs).

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 27th, 2026]

Two days at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, on October 7-8, alongside TOKEN2049, with product reveals, leading voices in AI, and a live attempt at a sustained TPS record.

The Sui community worldwide is invited to Sui Basecamp 2026, held October 7-8 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore alongside TOKEN2049. This year’s program centers on the agentic economy: instant settlement, autonomous payments, private transactions, stable digital dollars, and post-quantum security.

Sui Basecamp is the Sui ecosystem’s flagship annual gathering, bringing together the people building, investing in, and shaping what comes next on Sui. Over two days, founders, builders, developers, investors, traders, and industry leaders come together for product reveals, technical deep dives, hands-on demos, and direct conversations with the people pushing the technology forward. Top-tier speakers from inside and outside the Sui ecosystem will provide a peek into what’s coming next and offer a direct look at the infrastructure carrying finance onchain.

This year, one conversation will loom especially large: the rise of the agentic economy. The next $5 trillion in transactions won’t be human. Agentic finance needs rails that settle instantly, prove ownership and authorization, and keep transaction details private by default.

Hear From the Builders of the Agentic Future

What happens when you put a macro legend, the architects of Sui, an AI pioneer, a gaming visionary, and builders of the autonomous economy on the same stage? That’s just the beginning of the Sui Basecamp lineup:

• Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision, has spent his career mapping where capital moves next, and was early to the shift from traditional macro into digital assets.
• Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, is part of the team that came out of Meta’s Diem project that went on to build Sui and the infrastructure for the autonomous economy.
• Kostas Chalkias, Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer at Mysten Labs, works on the cryptographic foundations autonomous systems depend on, including Sui’s push toward post-quantum security. He also will lead the Main Stage speed test.
• Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CEO of Fenris Creations and formerly CEO of CCP Games, spent more than two decades running one of software’s longest-lived player-driven economies. He is bringing that experience onchain through EVE Frontier.
• Alex Mourfarek, Director of Inception at Google DeepMind, works at the intersection of frontier AI research and entrepreneurship, helping turn breakthrough ideas into ambitious new AI ventures.
• Jen Zhu Scott, Co-Founder and CEO of Power Dynamics, is building the cooling and energy storage infrastructure that AI relies on to scale.
• Brian Quintenez, Director of Sui Holdings Group and a former commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is an expert on public policy and regulatory frameworks in crypto.
• Richard Socher, Co-Founder and CEO of Recursive and You.com, builds at the front edge of AI research and the evolution of intelligent software.

Explore the full Sui Basecamp 2026 speaker roster here, with more names to be added over the coming weeks.

A Live Record Attempt on the Main Stage

On October 7, live on the Main Stage, Mysten Labs Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias will push Sui to its absolute limit in a public, real-time speed test. The target is to break Sui’s standing record of 6,086,766 transactions per second (TPS), recorded earlier this year on July 4th.

Participate live from Marina Bay Sands or anywhere in the world: submit your TPS prediction to compete for first (10,000 SUI), second (5,000 SUI), and third-place (1,000 SUI) rewards. Details will be announced by @SuiNetwork on X.

High throughput shows how much room the network has under real load, which is exactly what an economy of agents will demand. The test is built to mirror those conditions. AI agents and users will transact across games, payments, and chat using programmable tunnels, producing the velocity expected when software transacts continuously and at machine speed.

To ensure total transparency, web3 security leader CertiK will serve as the independent auditor for the attempt. Every transaction will be logged in a cryptographic transcript for post-test verification and formal reconfirmation, providing proof that can be mathematically audited rather than simply observed.

Following the attempt, attendees are invited to join a celebration on-site.

Get Hands-On at Sui Basecamp

Sui Basecamp isn’t just about what happens on stage. In the AI Builder Lab, get hands-on with the latest AI tools, join sessions led by teams building at the intersection of AI and Sui, and learn how to build AI-powered applications and agents yourself. Then head to the Trading Arena to watch your favorite traders go head-to-head live on Hudi where you can watch their moves in real time. Whether you’re here to build,or try something new, Sui Basecamp is designed for active participation.

Sui Basecamp Brings Builders and Capital Together

Sui Basecamp is designed around what happens when the people building on Sui occupy the same space. This year, the people building the agentic financial stack across protocols, wallets, payments, data infrastructure, AI systems, institutions, and applications are converging on the same set of problems. Sui Basecamp puts them in one room for two days.

If you’re building at the intersection of technology and finance, investing in the machine to machine future, or trying to understand where the next generation of economic activity is headed, this is the room to be in.

“Economic activity is shifting from people clicking checkout buttons to agents transacting on their behalf, continuously and at machine speed,” said Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui. “That only works when intent, authorization, and settlement can each be proven onchain. Sui Basecamp is the one place where every layer of that stack is in the same room, so you leave understanding the whole picture instead of one piece of it.”

Sui Basecamp 2026 is sponsored by AlphaFi, EVE Frontier, and Walrus at the Diamond level, ONE Championship at Platinum, Slush at Gold, RedotPay at Silver, and Scallop, Anyflo, Merkle Science, and Sentio at Bronze.

How to Register

A standard pass covers both days, including all presentations, programming, workshops, expo areas, and official opening and evening events.

Lock in the discounted rate at luma.com/SuiBasecamp2026 and join us in Singapore on October 7-8. Build with us.

About Sui

Sui, where money moves as freely as messages, is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain built for scalable finance and global payments. Founded by the core team behind Meta’s stablecoin initiative and powered by an object-centric model, Sui makes assets, permissions, and user data programmable and ownable. Sui’s primitives offer builders everything they need to create high-performance payments and financial applications, including instant agentic payments. Learn more at sui.io. Learn more about Sui Basecamp at sui.io/basecamp.

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[PRESS RELEASE – VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES, August 27th, 2026]

Independent research published by digital-asset analytics firm Block Scholes measured order-book depth, spreads, and slippage across four tokenized real-world-asset (RWA) perpetual futures contracts listed on Bitget’s Universal Exchange (UEX) platform, finding that resting liquidity on the exchange’s Nvidia-tracking contract reached roughly three-quarters of the depth available on Bitget’s own BTC/USDT spot market by mid-May 2026.

The study, published by Block Scholes on June 15, 2026, examined four USDT-margined perpetual contracts that track the price of traditional assets — gold (XAU-USDT), the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY-USDT), Nvidia stock (NVDA-USDT), and the Invesco QQQ Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ-USDT). These are derivative contracts that give traders synthetic price exposure to the underlying asset; they do not confer equity ownership, dividends, or voting rights in the referenced companies or funds.

Using order-book snapshots roughly one hour into the U.S. equity session on May 18, 2026, Block Scholes recorded top-of-book spreads of approximately 0.02 basis points on the gold contract, 0.14 basis points on both the SPY and QQQ contracts, and 0.44 basis points on the NVDA contract — meaning less than half a basis point separated the best bid and best ask on three of the four instruments at that point in time. By comparison, the same contracts had quoted noticeably wider spreads three minutes after the U.S. market opened that day, with SPY’s spread narrowing from 1.76 basis points to 0.14 basis points within the hour.

Slippage on larger simulated orders followed a similar pattern of improvement as the session progressed. A modeled $100,000 market buy order on the SPY contract cost 14.88 basis points of slippage at the open, narrowing to 10.66 basis points an hour later; a $500,000 order improved from 46.07 to 24.90 basis points over the same window, according to the report.

Depth held up outside standard trading hours, with some seasonal thinning

Because RWA perpetuals trade continuously while their underlying assets do not, Block Scholes separately measured how liquidity behaves outside the referenced markets’ regular hours. Trading volume on the contracts fell substantially on weekends — by 65 to 90 percent compared with weekday levels, varying by contract — but median bid-ask spreads stayed close to their weekday levels across the full week sampled, at roughly 0.02 basis points for gold, 0.8 for QQQ, 1.0 for NVDA, and 1.3 for SPY.

Spreads widened briefly, then recovered, during acute market stress

The report also examined how the four contracts behaved around the February 28, 2026 announcement of U.S. strikes against Iran. Spreads widened across all four contracts in the immediate aftermath — for example, NVDA’s spread rose from a baseline near 0.6 basis points to a peak of 3.4 — but Block Scholes found the widening was brief, with NVDA’s spread back near its pre-announcement level within minutes and QQQ’s within the hour. Order-book depth thinned more visibly than spreads did on the day of the announcement — QQQ’s resting depth within 1% of the mid-price fell to roughly $109,000 from a typical Saturday median of about $191,000 — but Block Scholes recorded depth returning to that typical range within a week.

Methodology

Block Scholes calculated bid-ask spread as the gap between the best bid and best ask divided by the mid-price, and modeled slippage by walking the visible order book for market orders of specified sizes, using a combination of Bitget’s public API and historical order-book data covering September 2025 through May 2026. The firm’s methodology note states that depth figures reflect visible resting liquidity at a point in time or over a sample period, not guaranteed executable liquidity, and that slippage estimates exclude trading fees, funding payments, and hidden or replenished liquidity.

The full report, including supporting charts and the complete data tables referenced above, is available on Block Scholes’ research site.

About Bitget

Bitget is a global cryptocurrency exchange operating as a Universal Exchange (UEX), offering crypto, tokenized stocks, gold, and other asset classes within a single account. Bitget has published monthly proof-of-reserves disclosures since December 2022.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Berlin, Germany, August 26th, 2026]

TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions.

TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with new tools for users looking to rent TRON Energy, manage transaction costs and access network resources without maintaining large amounts of staked TRX.

The platform now operates as a two-sided marketplace where both buyers and sellers can create orders for TRON Energy and Bandwidth.

Understanding TRON Energy Usage

TRON uses Energy and Bandwidth as its primary network resources. Energy is required for smart-contract computation, including USDT TRC-20 transfers.

When a wallet does not have sufficient Energy, TRX may be consumed to cover the resources required by the transaction. This has created demand for users and businesses to rent Energy instead.

By receiving temporary Energy delegated from another account, users can perform eligible TRON transactions without maintaining enough staked TRX for their maximum resource requirements.

For businesses processing frequent TRC-20 transactions, choosing to rent TRON Energy can therefore provide another way to manage network costs and reduce USDT fees.

A Two-Sided Marketplace for Energy

Unlike platforms where rental conditions are determined entirely by the provider, TronBid allows both sides of the market to create orders.

Buyers can create BUY orders specifying the amount of Energy required, rental duration and price they are willing to pay.

Sellers can create SELL offers with their own amount, price and rental period. Buyers can purchase all or part of these offers directly.

For example, if a seller offers 600,000 Energy, one buyer can rent 350,000 Energy, leaving the remaining amount available for other buyers.

Creating a SELL offer does not reserve the seller’s Energy. If resources become unavailable because they are being used elsewhere, recurring offers can automatically pause and become active again when sufficient Energy returns.

This allows sellers to participate in the TronBid marketplace while continuing to manage their resources elsewhere.

Rent Energy Without Waiting for the Marketplace

For users who need resources immediately, TronBid also provides Quick Rent with predefined Energy packages and short rental periods.

Energy can be delivered directly to any specified TRON address, even when payment is made from another wallet.

TronBid has also introduced Flash Recharge, an alternative designed for wallets that already maintain their own Energy capacity but need to manage consumed resources.

Energy and Bandwidth Trading

TronBid’s marketplace supports both Energy and Bandwidth, allowing holders of staked TRX to monetize the network resources their stake generates.

This creates two sides of the ecosystem: users who need to rent TRON Energy or Bandwidth and resource owners looking to make unused capacity available to the market.

By allowing both buyers and sellers to determine their own terms, TronBid aims to create more transparent price discovery based on actual supply and demand.

B2B API to Reduce USDT Fees at Scale

TronBid also provides a B2B Quick Rent API for exchanges, payment processors, wallets, OTC services and other businesses processing frequent TRON transactions.

Businesses can maintain a prepaid balance and automatically request Energy for specified TRON addresses before executing transactions.

Instead of manually renting resources for every transfer, companies can integrate Energy rental directly into their transaction infrastructure.

For businesses handling large numbers of USDT TRC-20 transfers, this can make it easier to rent Energy automatically and manage the network-resource component of transaction costs.

TronBid Becomes a TRON SR Partner

Alongside the expansion of its marketplace, TronBid has become a TRON Super Representative Partner, adding the project to TRON’s delegated proof-of-stake governance ecosystem.

The development strengthens TronBid’s connection with the underlying TRON ecosystem while the platform continues building infrastructure around Energy and Bandwidth.

About TronBid

TronBid is a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON Energy and Bandwidth. Buyers can rent TRON Energy, create BUY orders or purchase existing seller offers, while resource owners can create SELL offers with their own prices and rental periods.

The platform also provides Quick Rent, Flash Recharge, and a B2B API for businesses looking to automate Energy rental and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions.

More information: https://tronbid.com

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[PRESS RELEASE – Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, August 26th, 2026]

CoinMarketCap has obtained a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation report, following an independent examination of the controls protecting the systems behind its market data. CoinMarketCap also completed the SOC 1 Type 1 examination. Both reports add to the international certifications the company already holds for information security and privacy management.

SOC 2 is the assessment most often requested by enterprise buyers evaluating a technology vendor. Conducted in accordance with AICPA attestation standards, CoinMarketCap’s SOC 2 Type 1 report assesses the design and implementation of controls against the applicable Trust Services Criteria for Security. The SOC 1 Type 1 report covers controls relevant to internal control over financial reporting. Type 1 reports reflect controls as at a specified date rather than over a period of time, and both are available to partners and clients on request.

The reports add to the dual ISO certification CoinMarketCap obtained in June 2026. The company is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for information security management under certificate IS 838849, and to ISO/IEC 27701:2019 for privacy information management under certificate PM 838852, both independently assessed and awarded by the British Standards Institution. The certifications are maintained through a three-year cycle with annual surveillance audits, and both remain active.

The scope of the assessments spans the parts of the business that handle user and market information. That includes price tracking, market data, and the APIs that serve it; the cloud systems and operational processes underneath them; account management and the handling of personally identifiable information; and the CoinMarketCap applications on iOS and Android.

The distinction the company is drawing is between security that is asserted and security that has been examined. CoinMarketCap sits upstream of a large amount of crypto infrastructure, with its data feeding wallets, trading interfaces, research tools, and increasingly AI agents that query it programmatically. Buyers in that position rarely take a vendor at its word. Procurement teams, compliance functions, and institutional counterparties work from recognized frameworks and independent reports, and ISO certifications and SOC attestation reports are the credentials those teams already know how to read.

The privacy side of the program is covered by ISO/IEC 27701, an extension of ISO 27001 that governs how personal data is collected, processed, and protected, and which is designed to align with GDPR and other applicable global privacy regulations. For a platform with users across a wide range of jurisdictions, that alignment matters as much as the security controls themselves.

“Millions of people use CoinMarketCap to make decisions about their money,” said Rush, CEO of CoinMarketCap. “Trust in that data should be demonstrated rather than claimed. Independent assessors have examined how we run security and privacy, and documented it in a form our partners and clients can review.”

CoinMarketCap continues to expand its developer and enterprise business, including its market data APIs and agent-facing products. Compliance credentials are increasingly a prerequisite in those conversations rather than a differentiator, particularly for institutional clients whose own obligations require them to evidence the controls of the vendors they depend on. CoinMarketCap intends to maintain and extend its assessment program over time.

About CoinMarketCap

CoinMarketCap stands as the Home Of Crypto. With over 1 billion monthly page views and 53 million tracked cryptocurrencies, CoinMarketCap drives the industry forward by organizing and delivering comprehensive crypto intelligence. Major media outlets including Forbes, Bloomberg, CNBC, and The Wall Street Journal rely on CoinMarketCap as their primary source for crypto data.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, August 21st, 2026]

Finassets.io, a crypto payment gateway for businesses, has added USDC (SOL) to its Back Office, giving merchants a cost-effective network for stablecoin payments.

Solana is among the fastest, lowest-cost networks for settling USDC today, and Finassets, a B2B crypto payment infrastructure provider, has added support for USDC Solana (SOL) payments across its platform. Merchants can now accept and process USDC (SOL) alongside 70+ other supported cryptocurrencies, using the same Back Office, payment button, checkout, and API already in place.

Solana already carries billions in USDC

Solana holds the second-largest share of circulating USDC after Ethereum, at roughly $6.7 billion of Circle’s total supply, on a network built for higher throughput than most alternatives. Solana’s mainnet has also run without an outage for more than two years.

Built for stablecoin payments across multiple assets

USDT and USDC already run across multiple networks in the Finassets Back Office, and USDC (SOL) extends that setup rather than adding a separate product. With Auto-Convert, incoming crypto is converted to a stablecoin as soon as the payment arrives, with the rate fixed at that moment, protecting merchants from price changes.

Network choice still affects the two numbers that matter most to a merchant, what a transfer costs and how long it takes to confirm. Solana comes out faster and cheaper than Ethereum on both, which makes it one of the most cost-effective networks for settling USDC right now.

*Fees rise during congestion, and have historically pushed Ethereum transfer costs well above $100.

No new integration required for existing merchants

Merchants already using Finassets can enable USDC (SOL) directly in the Back Office, through the same payment button, checkout, and API already connected. Those onboarding now choose one of two integration methods:

1. Payment button. Installs on a website or online store with no backend development; customers pay directly from a Solana wallet.
2. API integration. Generates a unique Solana wallet address per transaction and tracks transaction details, including destination and confirmation, via webhook.

Both paths include sandbox access and step-by-step setup documentation for testing before go-live.

“USDC on Solana is one of the most efficient stablecoin payment options available today. It combines a widely used dollar stablecoin with one of the fastest and lowest-cost networks. We added it to give merchants a faster, more cost-effective way to move USDC, especially when they’re processing payments at scale.” said Vitalijs F., CEO of Finassets.

USDC (SOL) uses the same Finassets infrastructure

Once enabled, USDC (SOL) follows the same operational rules as every other asset Finassets supports.

• Transaction status and history tracked per asset in the Back Office
• Deposits typically credited within about 30 seconds of network confirmation
• Security runs at the same standard across every asset: MPC-based wallet technology, two-factor authentication, role-based access control, and IP whitelisting.

USDC (SOL) support is available to eligible merchants in selected international markets, subject to Finassets programme terms, verification, and applicable compliance requirements.

Register and enable USDC on Solana payments for your business: https://www.finassets.io/en/account/register/

About Finassets

Finassets is a low-fee crypto payment gateway for iGaming and eCommerce. It’s a payment infrastructure covering a crypto payment button, crypto checkout, crypto invoicing, crypto mass payouts, B2B crypto exchange, and crypto payment API integration. Merchants can accept 70+ cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins like USDT and USDC across multiple networks. Fees start from 0.40% down to 0.20% as volume grows, with no hidden fees and full visibility into every transaction.

Founded in 2021, Finassets is a Panama-registered B2B crypto payment infrastructure provider supporting cross-border and crypto-driven businesses across eligible markets.

Website: https://www.finassets.io/

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[PRESS RELEASE – Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026]

Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services.

Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum.

Less than one percent of the world’s assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries, and wrapped assets. Building on top of them is still harder than it should be. A fintech going onchain usually signs with multiple vendors, one for wallets, another for scalability solutions (including rollups and proving systems), then spends months wiring them together and keeping them in sync. There is no standard way to ship a financial product on Ethereum yet.

Aligned was built to fix that. It’s built in close collaboration with LambdaClass, a company behind key contributions across the Ethereum ecosystem, including work on Starknet, zkSync, Polygon Miden, and EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer), as well as Ethrex (the execution client which powers Aligned’s Rollup-as-a-Service) and lambdaworks, a cryptography library written in Rust. By integrating with Aligned, users can access wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services through a single stack.

Aligned ships the stack one piece at a time:

• Proof Aggregation Service: live on mainnet alpha. Batching the proofs a rollup generates so verification stays cheap as Ethereum scales.
• Wallet-as-a-Service: MVP already launched. Users sign in with Google or Face ID and get a real Ethereum wallet, with no seed phrases, extensions, or gas fees.
• Rollup-as-a-Service, the LambdaVM, and the interoperability protocol: in development. The LambdaVM is Aligned’s RISC-V zkVM (zero-knowledge virtual machine), built in collaboration with LambdaClass and 3MI Labs. Each ships as it’s ready.

The world’s assets are moving onto Ethereum, and Aligned is creating the stack that makes it easy to build on. In the future, $ALIGN will be available as an option to pay for the services across that stack, from Proof Aggregation to Wallet-as-a-Service. As more teams build on Aligned, it will be the asset they use to pay for that usage. It is a utility token. It is not equity, a share, or a claim on revenue or dividends, and it does not promise a yield or a price.

$ALIGN has a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens, with about 16% circulating at launch. The full allocation and the Genesis airdrop are laid out in the ALIGN tokenomics. The airdrop was distributed across several waves spanning developers and researchers, the Discord and Galxe communities, distinguished contributors to Ethereum and ZK such as Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT, and ZK Podcast, and holders of ecosystem tokens including Starknet, Mina, zkSync, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and EigenCloud.

Aligned is committed to Ethereum by choice, focusing all of its efforts on it. Through the rest of the year, the team plans to ship the remaining pieces of the stack and grow the number of products built on it. The longer-term goal is to make building a financial product on Ethereum a single decision, not a systems-integration project.

Check eligibility and follow the launch at community.alignedlayer.com. To hear more, read the ALIGN tokenomics at blog.alignedlayer.com and follow @alignedlayer.

About Aligned

Aligned builds the tools that turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend. It gives fintechs, institutions, and enterprises one integration for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services, so they can build real financial products on Ethereum instead of assembling a stack from separate vendors. Users can learn more at alignedlayer.com.

*$ALIGN is the native asset of the Aligned ecosystem, built on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token and also available on Base, with a fixed total supply of 10 billion and an initial circulating supply equal to approximately 16% of the total token supply. It will be used across the Aligned stack. $ALIGN is not equity, a share, or a claim on revenue or dividends. This announcement is informational only and is not financial advice. Do your own research.

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[PRESS RELEASE – VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026]

Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets, finance, technology, and trading. Attendees can meet the BYDFi team at Booth A1 throughout the two-day event.

Coinfest Asia 2026 Returns for Its Fifth Edition

Coinfest Asia 2026 marks the fifth annual edition of the event, spanning five beach clubs at Melasti Beach as one integrated venue. With more than 150 CEOs and industry leaders expected across the two-day event, the program combines conference sessions, product discovery, networking, and community experiences within the beachfront setting.

The 2026 agenda is organized into three intent-based tracks: Institutional, Builders, and Traders. Together, they cover digital asset adoption, stablecoins, tokenization, regulation, AI, blockchain infrastructure, product development, market narratives, and trading strategy. Asia Go-To-Market Sessions add localized perspectives on regulatory environments, user behavior, and ecosystem development across key Asian markets.

Trading Conversations and Community Interaction in Bali

At Booth A1, BYDFi is meeting with traders, builders, institutional representatives, partners, and community members to exchange perspectives on market access, product usability, and changing trading needs. Visitors can also learn more about BYDFi’s trading experience across spot trading, perpetual contracts, copy trading, trading bots, and TradFi trading.

The booth features a Lucky Wheel where attendees can take part in on-site interaction and receive exclusive BYDFi merchandise. The activity has drawn a steady flow of visitors, with attendees gathering around the booth to watch, participate, and speak with the BYDFi team.

Reliability in a Fast-Moving Market

Coinfest Asia 2026 brings institutions, builders, and traders into one setting as digital assets become increasingly connected to the wider financial system. For BYDFi, the conversations taking place in Bali offer a timely view of shifts in technology, industry priorities, and user expectations.

This environment reinforces BYDFi’s focus on practical product improvement, steady execution, and a dependable trading experience. As user needs continue to change, that focus remains central to how BYDFi carries Built for Reliability forward.

About BYDFi

Founded in 2020, BYDFi now serves over 1,000,000 users across 190+ countries and regions. BYDFi is Newcastle United’s Exclusive Official Crypto Exchange Partner and is listed by Forbes Advisor Canada among the best crypto exchanges in Canada for 2026.

BYDFi is dedicated to delivering a world-class crypto trading experience for every user.

BUIDL Your Dream Finance.

• Website: https://www.bydfi.com
• Support email: cs@bydfi.com
• Business partnerships: bd@bydfi.com
• Media inquiries: media@bydfi.com

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[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 19th, 2026]

Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot announces its public launch. Designed with Telegram users in mind, the Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot allows users to make crypto-to-crypto swaps directly within the Telegram messaging app, without opening an external browser or exchange interface. Swapiz currently supports more than 50 cryptocurrencies and requires no KYC.

Swapiz is not the first crypto platform to turn to Telegram for swap capabilities. Over the past few years, Telegram has become a preferred channel for platforms offering crypto swap capabilities, emerging as one of the most important distribution channels in the crypto and blockchain space. The popular messaging app has more than 1 billion monthly active users and hosts numerous dedicated crypto communities. Swapiz is the latest platform to join the Telegram trend.

While the Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot is designed for users of all experience levels, its simple mechanics make it particularly accessible to crypto newcomers. After opening the bot on Telegram, users first create their Swapiz wallet and choose the cryptocurrency they want to deposit.

Once the deposit is confirmed and the funds appear in their balance, users can select “Exchange”, choose the cryptocurrency they want to swap and the cryptocurrency they want to receive, and enter the amount. The bot then displays the available exchange details for the transaction. After reviewing and confirming the swap, Swapiz processes the exchange using the funds already held in the user’s wallet, and the swapped new cryptocurrency is credited.

“We made the Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot with the Telegram crypto user in mind,” said Michael Rodriguez, Chief Technology Officer at Swapiz. “This is the convenience economy. People are looking for the easiest and quickest way to complete their crypto swaps. The Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot makes this possible.”

The Swapiz Telegram Swap Bot also incorporates secure data encryption and non-custodial swap technology to help protect transactions against potential threats. In addition to processing swaps quickly, the bot allows users to manage, track, and trade their assets without leaving the Telegram chat. Swapiz Support is also available around the clock via Telegram.

“The one area we refuse to compromise on is speed,” Rodriguez added. “At the moment, our swaps are completed in 2–15 minutes. We expect that time to drop to under two minutes within the next few months. This is the direction the entire industry is headed. Latency will no longer be tolerated, particularly in cross-chain and payment-focused applications. We want to be at the forefront of this transformation.”

About Swapiz 

Swapiz is a privacy-first, non-custodial Telegram tool that allows users to instantly exchange cryptocurrencies across multiple blockchains. To use Swapiz for crypto-to-crypto swaps, users are not required to create an account, provide an email, or complete KYC verification.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, August 18th, 2026]

BNB Chain, one of the largest blockchain ecosystems worldwide, today announced BNB Agent Studio v2, an update to its AI agent development platform. The release expands what autonomous agents can do with money, from earning their own income to operating inside owner-defined financial limits enforced onchain.

BNB Agent Studio launched in July, allowing developers to describe an AI agent in a single prompt and deploy it to BNB Smart Chain (BSC). In its initial release, agents could spend but not earn. v2 closes that gap: agents can now be hired and paid directly, with funds settling to their wallet through a standard receiving interface that completes the ERC-8183 commerce flow end to end.

The update also introduces Altana, a new self-custodial wallet option built to resolve one of the central constraints in agent design: how much authority an agent should hold over a user’s funds. Agents using Altana operate through scoped session keys governed by spending limits, allowlists, and time bounds set by their owner in advance. These permissions are recorded onchain, allowing anyone to verify what a given agent is authorized to do, and can be revoked instantly without key rotation or downtime.

Altana joins TWAK (Trust Wallet AgentKit), the platform’s existing wallet option for agents that require continuous, autonomous signing without a person in the loop. With both options now available, builders can match the wallet architecture to the agent’s purpose: TWAK for always-on autonomous operation, or Altana for agents that require clear, verifiable boundaries around fund access. A yield agent, for instance, can harvest and restake earnings without holding access to principal; a lending agent can top up collateral without the ability to withdraw it.

v2 also adds TypeScript support alongside the platform’s existing Python SDK, and introduces a Paymaster that covers gas on BSC Testnet, removing the manual funding step previously required to begin testing an agent.

Key updates in v2:

• Agents can now be paid for their work, completing the ERC-8183 commerce flow end to end.
• Altana, a new self-custodial wallet option, enforces spending limits, allowlists, and time bounds onchain.
• TypeScript is now supported alongside Python.
• A Paymaster covers testnet gas, removing manual wallet funding for testing BNB Agent Studio.
• A standard provider interface replaces per-provider integration work for cloud deployment.

BNB Agent Studio v2 is live now, with existing agents continuing to run without migration. BNB Chain currently hosts more registered AI agents than any other network.

BNB Agent Studio is available at bnbchain.org/en/bnb-agent-studio.

About BNB Chain

BNB Chain is one of the largest and most active blockchain ecosystems in the world. Its multi-chain architecture spans BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and BNB Greenfield, giving developers the flexibility to choose the environment best suited to their application. With high throughput, low transaction costs, and full EVM compatibility, BNB Chain is built for high-speed trading, AI agents, privacy, and instant payments. It is the blockchain with superior distribution and deep liquidity, built for global markets and the next billion users. For more information, users can visit www.bnbchain.org.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 17th, 2026]

BITmarkets has published a new study, Crypto and Elite Athletes: More Than Just a Sponsorship, exploring what happened when crypto’s rapid rise met the world of elite sport. From NFT collections and fan tokens to equity deals and salaries converted into bitcoin, the study looks behind the headlines at how some of the biggest names in sport became involved with digital assets.

Following its recent analysis of football clubs and competitions, BITmarkets has now shifted the focus from teams to individual athletes across football, basketball, American football, baseball and tennis. Rather than simply asking who signed the biggest deal, the study compares how the partnerships worked, what each athlete brought to them and how the market changed after 2022.

Which Athletes Made the Top 10?

The ranking brings together Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Trevor Lawrence and Shaquille O’Neal, together with Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala. The familiar names, however, are only the start of the story. The full chart shows how differently the deals were built, from multi-year ambassador roles and NFT projects to venture investments, equity stakes and payments converted into crypto assets.

How Big Did Crypto Sponsorship Become?

BITmarkets notes that global crypto sports sponsorship spending exceeded $742 million in 2022 across 230 active contracts. In the NBA, crypto moved from the 43rd-largest corporate sponsorship category to the second-largest within a single season, generating an estimated $100 million to $150 million in annual team and league revenue.

Those figures help explain why athlete deals quickly became more ambitious than standard advertising contracts. Some ambassadors received equity or tokens alongside promotional fees, while others chose direct exposure to crypto through payment conversions. The study traces examples ranging from Russell Okung converting half of his NFL salary into bitcoin to partnerships in which Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala converted parts of their salaries and supported bitcoin giveaways for fans.

From Hype to a More Cautious Model

The market disruption of 2022 changed that picture. High-profile corporate failures and tighter regulatory scrutiny reduced the appetite for sweeping promotional campaigns. In their place came a more selective model focused on compliant financial infrastructure, clearer disclosure and practical uses for the technology.

That change may be the study’s most revealing finding. Digital collectibles and fan tokens are increasingly being linked to tangible benefits such as physical rewards, stadium privileges and voting rights. The story is therefore not simply one of crypto sponsorships disappearing after the boom. It is one of the market learning what these partnerships need to offer if they are to last.

The complete study shows how every deal in the Top 10 was structured, which partnerships went beyond a traditional endorsement and how the market’s legal and regulatory reckoning changed the playbook. The full chart and supporting sources are available on the BITmarkets website.

About BITmarkets

BITmarkets is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers 24/7 support. Traders can engage in trading over 200 cryptocurrencies, as well as gain access to daily market updates and diverse educational materials. Security is a top priority at BITmarkets, with 99.9% of client funds held in cold storage. BITmarkets continues to reshape the way digital assets are used by both retail and institutional clients, focusing on making cryptocurrency more accessible, straightforward and better connected to the broader financial world. Users can learn more about BITmarkets’ license and regulatory framework, and for general information, visit www.bitmarkets.com or the exchange’s listing on CoinMarketCap.com.

The company values the trust placed in the BITmarkets brand. Users are advised to remain cautious of fraudulent websites, communications or social platforms impersonating BITmarkets or using similar branding, such as its name or logo. URLs should be verified and interactions should take place only through official channels. BITmarkets will never request sensitive information via unofficial or unsolicited messages. If in doubt, users can contact the company through the official support desk.

Crypto assets are unregulated, decentralised and highly volatile assets that entail substantial risks, and investors may lose all invested capital. Past or current performance, including unrealized gains, does not guarantee future results.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 14th, 2026]

USDT remains the dominant stablecoin by business transaction volume on NOWPayments, but new platform data shows USDC gaining momentum fast. In H1 2026, USDC transaction count increased by 209.02% year-over-year, and transaction volume rose by 101.63%, while USDT transaction activity declined over the same period.

The result is an increasingly differentiated stablecoin landscape: USDT continues to offer the scale and liquidity businesses rely on globally, while USDC is emerging as a growing alternative, particularly for companies navigating regulated European infrastructure.

Stablecoins are no longer used only to accept crypto payments. Businesses are increasingly relying on USDT and USDC to move money throughout their daily operations, from affiliate commissions and supplier settlements to marketplace payouts, payroll, treasury transfers, and customer withdrawals. As more companies build these workflows around digital assets, stablecoins are becoming an important part of business infrastructure rather than simply another payment option.

Drawing on USDT and USDC transaction activity across the NOWPayments platform between 2025 and 2026, this report examines how business stablecoin usage is evolving and the blockchain networks supporting that activity.

*Unless otherwise stated, all figures refer to USDT and USDC transaction activity processed through the NOWPayments platform.

Stablecoins Are Becoming Business Infrastructure

For many businesses, accepting a crypto payment is only the first step. Once funds are received, they still need to move through the business. Suppliers need to be paid, affiliates receive commissions, marketplace sellers withdraw earnings, employees collect salaries, and finance teams transfer working capital between accounts.

Instead of converting every incoming payment into fiat, many businesses now keep part of their operating funds in stablecoins and use them directly for day-to-day settlements.

Common operational use cases include:

• Affiliate and referral commissions
• Supplier and contractor payments
• Marketplace seller withdrawals
• Payroll for distributed teams
• Creator and influencer payouts
• Treasury transfers

For many businesses, stablecoins now support both incoming payments and outgoing transfers within the same operational workflow.

Business Stablecoin Adoption: USDT and USDC

The data reveals a clear divergence between scale and momentum. USDT remains the dominant stablecoin by transaction volume, while USDC is growing significantly faster from a smaller base.

USDT Still Leads Business Stablecoin Volume

USDT continues to account for the largest share of business stablecoin transaction activity, particularly by transaction volume.

USDT’s lead remains substantial, even as its transaction activity declined year over year. In H1 2026, USDT transaction count declined 1.55% compared with H1 2025, while transaction volume fell 14.99%. Even so, USDT accounted for 66.92% of stablecoin transaction volume on NOWPayments in H1 2026. Its substantially higher share of transaction volume than transaction count (41.32%) suggests that USDT continues to play a particularly important role in higher-value business transfers.

USDC Gains Momentum Fast

USDC is becoming an increasingly important part of business stablecoin adoption.

USDC remains much smaller than USDT by overall transaction share, but it is showing substantially stronger growth. In H1 2026, USDC transaction count increased 209.02% year over year, while transaction volume rose 101.63% year over year.

Its share of stablecoin transaction count also increased from 2.88% in 2025 to 4.94% in 2026, while its share of transaction volume rose from 5.52% to 8.95%. While NOWPayments data does not explain individual business decisions, the increase in both USDC transaction activity and transaction share indicates that USDC is gaining ground alongside USDT on the platform.

Network Choice Adds Another Layer to Stablecoin Strategy

Stablecoin choice is only part of the infrastructure decision. Businesses also select networks based on transaction costs, settlement speed, recipient compatibility, and ecosystem support.

Businesses using NOWPayments can process stablecoin transactions across multiple blockchain networks, including:

USDT

• TRON
• Ethereum
• BNB Smart Chain
• Polygon

USDC

• Ethereum
• Base
• Polygon
• Arbitrum

Two Stablecoins, Two Business Advantages

The divergence between USDT and USDC is not only about transaction growth. The two assets increasingly offer businesses different advantages: USDT combines global scale and liquidity, while USDC has a clearer position within Europe’s MiCA-regulated environment.

USDT and USDC Under MiCA

For global operations, USDT’s liquidity and broad ecosystem support remain significant advantages. For businesses focused on Europe, USDC’s regulatory positioning can make it easier to integrate with regulated crypto infrastructure. For companies operating across both environments, supporting both assets can provide greater flexibility.

Businesses looking for a detailed legal analysis can explore NOWPayments’ analysis of USDC under MiCA and comparison of USDT and USDC under MiCA, which examine the regulatory framework and its practical implications for payment and payout infrastructure.

MiCA does not prohibit businesses or individuals from holding or transferring USDT. However, regulated exchanges, custodians, payment providers, and other crypto asset service providers may apply restrictions based on their own compliance obligations.

What the Findings Mean

NOWPayments data points to a stablecoin market defined by two different strengths. USDT remains the scale leader, accounting for 66.92% of stablecoin transaction volume in H1 2026. USDC remains much smaller, but its 209.02% growth in transaction count and 101.63% growth in transaction volume show significantly stronger momentum.

For businesses, the emerging picture is less about choosing a winner and more about choosing the right infrastructure for the market: USDT for global liquidity and established transaction scale and USDC for growing adoption and a clearer regulatory position in Europe.

“For many businesses, the question is no longer necessarily USDT or USDC. Supporting both can provide more flexibility across markets, partners, and operational requirements,” said Kate Lifshits, CBDO of NOWPayments.

About NOWPayments

NOWPayments is a crypto business ecosystem designed to help companies accept payments, automate mass payouts, manage stablecoin treasury, and scale global digital asset operations through a single infrastructure. Supporting 350+ cryptocurrencies, 30+ stablecoins, flexible settlement options, and enterprise-grade APIs, the platform helps businesses build scalable global payment operations. With 99% of payments completed in under one minute, near-instant email payouts, enterprise automation, and 24/7 operational support, NOWPayments provides the infrastructure businesses need to monetize, move, and manage digital assets at scale.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, United States, August 13th, 2026]

MyEtherWallet (MEW), the world’s most intuitive digital wallet, today announced its integration with Ondo Perps, expanding its suite of decentralized financial products to include perpetual futures, derivative contracts with no expiration date. Through this integration, users can now trade continuous perpetual contracts with up to 20x leverage on leading U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on MyEtherWallet.com.

The integration bridges traditional financial markets and self-custodial Web3 technology. MEW customers can now access Ondo Perps to take long or short positions on major traditional market assets while maintaining full self-custody of their funds. Unlike traditional brokerages that restrict trading to rigid exchange hours and limited geographic access, eligible users can manage exposure to global markets around the clock using any supported wallet connected to the MEW web interface.

“Our mission has always been to make decentralized finance accessible, flexible, and fully self-custodial,” said MEW Founder and CEO Kosala Hemachandra. “Integrating Ondo Perps is the natural next step in our vision for the wallet as an all-in-one financial hub. Whether investors want to buy and hold tokenized equities or manage risk with up to 20x leverage on stocks and commodities, they can now execute advanced trading strategies 24/7 without surrendering control of their assets.”

Key Features of MEW’s Ondo Perps Integration:

• 24/7 Perpetual Trading: Users can access uninterrupted liquidity and trade leading U.S. equities, ETFs, and commodities outside of traditional stock exchange market hours.
• Up to 20x Leverage: Execute long and short position strategies with flexible leverage options tailored to different risk profiles.
• Universal Wallet Compatibility: Users can trade directly on MyEtherWallet.com using any wallet connected through MEW Portfolio—including MEW wallet mobile, Browser Extensions such as Metamask, hardware wallets, and WalletConnect.
• Non-Custodial Risk Management: Users can maintain full control over private keys while accessing advanced derivative products in a streamlined interface.

How to Access Ondo Perps on MEW:

• New users can create a wallet at MyEtherWallet.com to begin trading perpetual futures instantly.
• Existing wallet holders can connect their preferred wallet to MEW Portfolio to access Ondo Perps features directly.

For more information on MEW’s Ondo Perps integration and latest portfolio features: www.myetherwallet.com.

This product is not available nor intended for US citizens. Restrictions apply. For more information: https://docs.ondoperps.xyz/

About MyEtherWallet (MEW)

Focused on simple, free, and secure access to the global financial system, MyEtherWallet (MEW) empowers users to build wealth with digital assets. From launching the first Ethereum user interface in 2015 to bringing self-custodial RWAs and advanced trading tools to the masses, MEW is continually innovating its products to turn blockchain technology into a user-friendly and easy-to-use part of daily life.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Milton, Georgia, August 11th, 2026]

Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to offer more payment options without adding operational complexity. ForumPay, a crypto payment infrastructure company, enables merchants to accept crypto payments across online, in-store, and in-app channels, with instant conversion and next-day settlement.

ForumPay has recently announced a new payment flow that it says could meaningfully alter how payments are processed. Customers can now initiate purchases using any Visa or Mastercard and bank transfers in selected markets, with funds routed automatically through ForumPay’s infrastructure. Merchants can now offer card and bank payments without registering as a card acceptance businesses, sidestepping chargeback liability and PCI-DSS compliance costs while still receiving precisely the amount invoiced.

This latest ForumPay release represents one of the more ambitious developments yet to bridge the gap between traditional payment rails and crypto infrastructure.

Built for Modern Payment Acceptance

Businesses increasingly want to offer customers greater flexibility at checkout, but additional payment methods tend to bring additional operational and cost burdens. Card acceptance, in particular, can introduce chargeback exposure, compliance requirements, fraud management responsibilities, and more complex settlement processes, challenges that only grow more acute for organizations operating across multiple markets.

ForumPay’s innovative new payment flow is designed to solve these issues. Customers can initiate payments using any Visa, Mastercard, or bank transfer in selected markets, with those funds automatically used to purchase crypto and processed through ForumPay’s existing crypto payment infrastructure, with all of the inherent features and benefits, and converted and settled as per the preferences a merchant has already established on their account. Merchants will receive exactly the amount invoiced. For example, if a customer is billed $100, then $100 is what arrives in the merchant’s preferred bank account.

Critically, ForumPay will pass the additional card and bank transfer costs directly to the payer, meaning merchants pay only their usual crypto acceptance fees that would apply to any transaction processed through the platform. The approach allows businesses to expand the choice of available payment methods at checkout without taking on the compliance architecture, risks and costs that card acceptance would ordinarily require.

More Payment Options, the Same Operational Footprint 

Businesses increasingly want to offer customers greater flexibility at checkout, but incorporating additional payment methods tend to bring with it additional operational burdens. Card acceptance, in particular, can introduce chargeback exposure, compliance requirements, fraud management responsibilities, and more complex settlement processes, challenges that only grow more acute for organizations operating across multiple markets.

ForumPay’s new payment flow is being designed to address this friction. Customers will be able to initiate payments using any Visa, Mastercard, or bank transfer in selected markets. Those funds are then automatically used to purchase digital assets and processed through ForumPay’s existing infrastructure, allowing merchants to continue receiving funds according to their established settlement preferences without having to overhaul their operations to accommodate the new options in the process. The approach, ForumPay says, allows businesses to expand what they can offer at checkout without taking on the compliance architecture that card acceptance would ordinarily require.

About ForumPay

ForumPay is a complete cryptocurrency-to-fiat payment technology firm; its core processing technology helps businesses attract new customers, optimize customers’ ability to spend, and increase revenue. ForumPay’s wallet-agnostic solution enables crypto consumers to spend their preferred cryptocurrency, from any wallet for everyday goods and services to luxury goods, automobiles, real estate, and private jets. ForumPay eliminates merchant exposure or risk by processing transactions with instant crypto-to-cash conversion. ForumPay merchants receive payments in the currency of their choice directly into their bank account. The transactional experience is similar to accepting other popular payment methods, including cash, credit cards, and bank transfers, but simpler, faster, and more secure.

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[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, August 10th, 2026]

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 of its platform. One of the most important milestones was the implementation of automatic backup technology, following which demand for data storage services increased substantially. The growth in data volumes confirmed the platform’s readiness to support continuous data storage scenarios and became a signal to move on to the next stage of ecosystem development.

The company notes that further scaling cannot be considered separately from the platform’s economy. For this reason, preparations for the CT3GB listing began before the token enters the open market.

Transition to an In-House Settlement System

Today, most internal CT3 operations are carried out using the Polygon infrastructure. Following the launch of CT3GB, the company plans to transition all major financial processes within the platform to its own token.

CT3GB will be used to pay for data storage services, settle payments with infrastructure owners, distribute rewards, facilitate internal settlements between network participants, and carry out other operations required for the functioning of the CT3 Cloud ecosystem.

Thus, the token will become not merely an additional means of payment, but a fundamental element of the platform’s economy, facilitating the flow of value between users, storage infrastructure, and CT3 services.

Preparing the Economy Before the Listing

According to CT3, the sustainability of a tokenized economy is determined not by the moment of listing itself, but by the degree to which the infrastructure is prepared to operate after the listing.

That is why the company has already begun expanding its data storage network, increasing available computing capacity, and building reserves that will enable the platform to continue scaling without compromising performance.

Part of this strategy is being implemented through the Storage Contracts program. The company views it not as a separate stage of product development, but as one of the tools for building financial and infrastructure reserves. This approach makes it possible to gradually increase the network’s capacity while maintaining a high level of commercial utilization and, at the same time, creating the resource buffer required for the continued growth of the ecosystem after the listing.

A New Network Architecture

In parallel, CT3 continues to modernize its technology platform.

One of the key areas of development is the segmentation of the storage infrastructure into separate specialized smart contracts. Instead of relying on a single architecture, different products within the ecosystem are gradually being assigned their own contracts with independent capacity limits and resource accounting.

According to the company, this model will enable more efficient platform scaling, improve transparency in infrastructure utilization, and provide greater flexibility for developing new services without affecting products that are already operational.

Independent Audit Before the CT3GB Launch

Another mandatory stage of the preparation process will be an independent audit of the smart contracts.

Before CT3GB enters the public market, the company plans to complete a comprehensive review of the smart contract infrastructure that will support the token and the platform’s key services. The audit will focus on verifying the security of the contracts, the correctness of their business logic, and compliance with industry standards.

CT3 notes that the audit is considered an essential part of preparing for the public launch of the project’s economy and one of the factors that can help strengthen trust among users, partners, and cryptocurrency exchanges.

The Next Stage of CT3’s Development

The preparation for the CT3GB listing is part of CT3’s long-term development strategy aimed at creating a fully autonomous data storage infrastructure with its own economic model.

Once the preparations are complete, CT3GB will become the platform’s primary settlement asset and will be used for all internal operations across the ecosystem. At the same time, the value of the token will be driven not only by market demand but also by its practical utility in the day-to-day operation of CT3 Cloud services.

Infrastructure expansion, reserve creation, the implementation of a new storage architecture, and preparation for an independent audit are all part of a unified strategy designed to ensure that CT3GB launches within an ecosystem that is already prepared for further scaling and growth.

About CT3

CT3 is a technology company developing next-generation decentralized data storage infrastructure. The company’s ecosystem combines a distributed storage network, NFT-based access keys, automatic backup technologies, and a scalable smart contract architecture. CT3 solutions are designed for both individual users and the corporate sector, providing secure long-term data storage, backup, and protection of digital information.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 10th, 2026]

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 basis strategy: it holds Bitcoin exposure and captures the funding spread between spot and futures markets, with returns denominated in Bitcoin terms. Participants deposit cbBTC through the Syntetika platform in a permissionless way. Deposits are queued and subscribed into the fund at the next processing cycle, with hBTC minted at an attested NAV. Redemptions follow the same cycle.

Syntetika launches with partners Tulipa Capital on strategy curation, Ember Protocol on vault infrastructure, and Yield Network as Liquidity Syndication Partner. The platform launches on Base. Reserves behind its tokens will also become checkable by anyone through Chainlink Proof of Reserve.

“Today Syntetika opens its doors with BTC Basis+,” said Jorge Cuartero, CEO of Syntetika. “What we are really launching is the platform underneath it: infrastructure built to carry a growing set of regulated strategies onchain. This is day one of that roadmap.”

BTC Basis+ is open for deposits now at syntetika.io

About Syntetika

Syntetika is a tokenization hub for regulated investment strategies. Each strategy runs inside a regulated fund with independent custody and third-party NAV attestation, and is accessed onchain through a vault token issued and redeemed at that attested NAV.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 10th, 2026]

LBank today announced the launch of the Crypto Resilience Initiative, an effort to support the security of its platform. As part of this initiative, LBank will continue to work with CertiK, the largest Web3 security services provider, through CertiK’s penetration testing services and LBank’s participation in CertiK’s Bug Bounty program.

The initiative is intended to support LBank’s ongoing security efforts by applying CertiK’s professional penetration testing capabilities and extensive blockchain security expertise into LBank’s platform security practices.

As digital assets continue to see broader adoption, exchanges and blockchain infrastructure providers are facing increasingly sophisticated threats, including cross-chain exploits, smart contract vulnerabilities, and AI-assisted attack techniques. The Crypto Resilience Initiative is designed to support more proactive security practices through enhanced technical assessments and external blockchain security expertise.

“Security is becoming increasingly collaborative,” said Eric He, Community Angel Officer and Risk Control Advisor at LBank. “As the blockchain ecosystem grows more interconnected, protecting users requires not only stronger internal controls but also closer cooperation across the industry. Through the Crypto Resilience Initiative, we look forward to working with CertiK to contribute to a safer digital asset ecosystem.”

Alongside external security partnerships, LBank continues to maintain a multi-layered security framework that includes cold wallet custody, multi-signature authorization, behavioral analytics, AI-assisted risk detection, and continuous monitoring designed to safeguard user assets and maintain platform stability.

Looking ahead, LBank plans to continue working with CertiK to further advance the Crypto Resilience Initiative. The companies expect the initiative to support stronger security practices across the industry while contributing to the long-term resilience of the digital asset ecosystem.

About CertiK

CertiK is the largest Web3 security service provider, headquartered in New York. Since its founding in 2017, the company has grown into a trusted risk management partner for regulators, institutions, and Web3 innovators worldwide.

CertiK delivers AI-powered, full-lifecycle risk management solutions that integrate directly into institutional clients’ system development lifecycles (SDLC). To date, CertiK has detected more than 119,000 vulnerabilities and protected over $600 billion in digital assets across 150+ countries and regions. Operating under SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 standards, CertiK works closely with regulators worldwide on digital asset policy development and regulatory consultation.

About LBank

Founded in 2015, LBank is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange serving over 25 million registered users in 160 countries and regions. With a daily trading volume exceeding $23.81 billion and 10 years of safety with zero security incidents, LBank is dedicated to providing a comprehensive and user-friendly trading experience. Through innovative trading solutions, the platform has enabled users to achieve average returns of over 130% on newly listed assets.

LBank has listed over 300 mainstream coins and more than 50 high-potential gems. Ranked No. 1 in 100x Gems, Highest Gains, and Meme Share, LBank leads the market with the fastest altcoin listings, unmatched liquidity, and industry-first trading guarantees, making it the go-to platform for crypto investors worldwide.

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Website: https://www.lbank.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBank_Exchange

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[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 7th, 2026]

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 trader opens a position on-chain, in their own wallet, and Carbon’s solver architecture hedges it 1:1 at a regulated broker off-chain. The trader never leaves self-custody, and the price and depth they receive are the underlying market’s, not bootstrapped on-chain order books.

That structure removes the cold-start problem that has constrained real-world assets on-chain. Every Carbon TradFi market opens at full institutional depth on its first day, because the depth is inherited rather than manufactured. There is no per-market incentive program to run and no waiting period while liquidity accumulates.

Carbon now offers traders both in one account. Its 150 24/7 real-world markets trade around the clock, for traders who want access at any hour. Its 250+ Carbon TradFi markets track market hours with carry prices from the underlying, for traders who want institutional depth and predictable holding costs. Roughly 30 assets are live as both, letting a trader hold one against the other and capture the difference between the two financing rates without leaving the account.

The global market Carbon connects to is substantial. TradFi clears over $1.5 trillion daily in CFDs across thousands of markets, liquidity that until now had no direct route on-chain.

Carbon TradFi coverage at launch:

• 200 stocks across US, EU, and Asia markets
• 62 forex pairs
• 12 indices
• 8 commodities

Carbon can list a trending name within the same week it begins moving in Seoul, Tokyo, or Hong Kong, a cadence order-book venues cannot match because they lack the off-chain rails to stand up a new market that quickly. A further 150 listings are scheduled.

The launch also opens the Carbon Liquidity Provider (CLP) vault to public deposits. The CLP is a delta-neutral yield product: it funds the hedge behind trader flow rather than taking directional positions, earning from the difference between on-chain demand and off-chain liquidity. Modeled APY is illustrative and ranges from 20.3% at launch utilization to 57.1% at maturity, depending on flow and capital utilization.

“Traders have had to choose between the assets they want and the execution they need. Carbon ends that trade-off. Every position is hedged into the deepest liquidity in the world and settles in the trader’s own wallet, with 950+ markets in a single account. This is what global markets look like when they finally arrive on-chain properly.” – Levy, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon

“One of the biggest challenges for bringing traditional financial assets onchain has been delivering deep liquidity. Carbon is operating an architecture that connects onchain trading with established market infrastructure while preserving self-custody. We want Arbitrum to be home to teams building this next generation of financial infrastructure” – David Garcia, Ecosystem Lead at Arbitrum Foundation

About Carbon

Carbon is the on-chain prime broker for global markets, combining crypto perpetuals and Carbon TradFi in one venue. Carbon’s solver architecture connects on-chain traders to institutional liquidity through bilateral 1:1 hedging, delivering Wall Street-grade depth and stable carry with on-chain settlement and self-custody. Live since 2023, Carbon has processed $20B+ in cumulative trading volume across 36K+ unique traders. Carbon operates on Arbitrum. Users can learn more at carbon.inc.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 7th, 2026]

LBank, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a 500,000 USDT reward campaign in partnership with Pudgy Penguins, one of the most recognized Web3-native IP ecosystems, providing new and existing users with multiple opportunities to earn rewards while participating in crypto trading activities.

Starting August 7, the campaign features five reward categories, including new user bonuses, first-trade rewards, Lucky Draw rewards, futures leaderboard competitions, and $PUDGY Locked Earn rewards. The campaign is designed to provide flexible participation options, allowing users to earn rewards through different levels of engagement — from their first deposit and trade to continuous futures trading activities.

Eligible users can participate in the campaign and unlock rewards through multiple activities:

• Registration Bonus. New users who register during the campaign period and net-deposit at least 100 USDT to their futures account are eligible for a 10 USDT Futures Bonus, available for the first 12,000 eligible users.
• First Trade Reward. Users can unlock an additional 5 USDT Futures Bonus by completing their first eligible spot or futures trading activity.
• Lucky Draw Entries. Every 20,000 USDT in cumulative futures trading volume unlocks one lucky draw entry, with up to seven entries available per user. Prizes include 1 BTC, Pudgy Penguins merchandise, and additional Futures Bonuses.
• Weekly Leaderboard. Users who achieve at least 10,000 USDT in future trading volume during a weekly competition period can participate in leaderboard rankings. The top 50 traders in each round will receive rewards, with the highest single reward reaching 500 USDT Futures Bonus.
• $PENGU Locked Earn. Users subscribing with at least 100 USDT equivalent can enjoy up to 100% Interest Boost benefits and a 10% fixed yield throughout the earning period.

“Crypto adoption is entering a new stage where participation is no longer driven only by technology, but also by culture, identity, and meaningful experiences,” said Eric He, Community Angel Officer and Risk Control Adviser at LBank. “Through our partnership with Pudgy Penguins, we hope to create a more welcoming environment where more users can discover Web3 in a way that feels accessible, engaging, and inclusive. This campaign is not only about rewards — it is about building stronger connections between users, communities, and the future digital economy.”

The partnership with Pudgy Penguins represents LBank’s continued effort to connect Web3 culture with crypto innovation. As digital assets evolve from an emerging technology sector into a broader global financial ecosystem, recognizable IPs and community-driven experiences are becoming increasingly important in lowering participation barriers and accelerating mainstream adoption.

Previously, LBank has collaborated with Web3-native IPs including Ponke, Nobody Sausage, and Yeti, creating interactive experiences that combine cultural influence with LBank’s trading ecosystem. Through these collaborations, LBank continues exploring new ways to integrate community, creativity, and financial innovation.

Looking ahead, LBank will continue strengthening the connection between Web3 culture and crypto innovation through strategic collaborations with globally recognized IPs and communities. As digital assets move toward broader adoption, LBank remains committed to creating more accessible, engaging, and inclusive experiences that allow more users worldwide to explore and participate in the future of the digital economy.

About LBank

Founded in 2015, LBank is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange serving over 25 million registered users in 160 countries and regions. With a daily trading volume exceeding $23.81 billion and 10 years of safety with zero security incidents, LBank is dedicated to providing a comprehensive and user-friendly trading experience. Through innovative trading solutions, the platform has enabled users to achieve average returns of over 130% on newly listed assets.

LBank has listed over 300 mainstream coins and more than 50 high-potential gems. Ranked No. 1 in 100x Gems, Highest Gains, and Meme Share, LBank leads the market with the fastest altcoin listings, unmatched liquidity, and industry-first trading guarantees, making it the go-to platform for crypto investors worldwide.

Follow LBank for Updates

Website: https://www.lbank.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBank_Exchange

Telegram: https://t.me/LBank_en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbank_exchange

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lbank

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[PRESS RELEASE – Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, August 7th, 2026]

CoinMarketCap has expanded its Pro API with a new suite of seven real-world asset (RWA) endpoints, giving developers a single programmatic source for data on tokenized versions of traditional financial instruments. The RWA endpoints cover tokenized equities, commodities, currencies, government securities, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and real estate. They are available now.

The RWA endpoints resolve each asset through a stable identifier and span the full data lifecycle. An ID map and a metadata endpoint return descriptive and company information. Asset-list and quotes endpoints return aggregate tokenized price, market capitalization, and 24-hour volume. Market-pairs and issuer endpoints expose the underlying on-chain tokens, as well as the markets they trade on and the issuers behind them. Core endpoints are accessible on CoinMarketCap’s free Basic plan and above.

The RWA API launch coincided with a notable market moment. When SpaceX completed its public listing, CoinMarketCap published an RWA developer guide. The guide showed how to retrieve data on the company’s tokenized stock through the same endpoints, connecting a major traditional-finance event to on-chain data in one workflow.

The RWA endpoints expand an already broad API offering. Through a single integration and credit system, the CoinMarketCap Pro API delivers real-time and historical crypto prices, along with centralized exchange, decentralized exchange (DEX), derivatives, and liquidation data. It also provides proprietary indexes, including the CoinMarketCap Fear & Greed Index and CMC20, as well as real-time WebSocket streaming. The platform offers agent-native access through a hosted MCP server and pay-per-call x402 support, as well as a Keyless Public API that lets developers call a curated set of endpoints without an account or API key.

“Developers should not have to stitch together a dozen providers to build a serious crypto product,” said Rush, CEO of CoinMarketCap. “By bringing tokenized real-world assets into the same API that already covers spot, derivatives, DEX, and our own market indices, we give builders one dependable source of truth. Our goal is simple: to be the first and last data API a team needs.”

The expansion follows CoinMarketCap’s recent certification under ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701, independently assessed by BSI, covering information security and privacy management across its platform and API.

ABOUT COINMARKETCAP

CoinMarketCap stands as the Home Of Crypto. With over 1 billion monthly page views and 53 million tracked cryptocurrencies, CoinMarketCap drives the industry forward by organizing and delivering comprehensive crypto intelligence. Major media outlets, including Forbes, Bloomberg, CNBC, and The Wall Street Journal, rely on CoinMarketCap as their primary source for crypto data.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 6th, 2026]

Global cryptocurrency exchange LBank has announced a strategic brand partnership with Pudgy Penguins, one of Web3’s most successful IP transformation stories, marking a new step in connecting crypto infrastructure with digital culture, consumer experiences, and broader mainstream adoption.

The partnership reflects LBank’s evolving approach toward brand development as the crypto industry moves beyond early adopters and trading-focused narratives. By collaborating with globally recognized Web3-native intellectual properties, LBank aims to explore new ways of connecting users with crypto through cultural relevance, creativity, and accessible experiences.

Pudgy Penguins has emerged as one of Web3’s strongest examples of IP commercialization beyond NFTs. Originally launched as a digital collectible project, the brand has expanded into a broader consumer ecosystem covering collectibles, toys, gaming, and entertainment. Its recent rollout of Vibes Series 3 trading cards at Target stores across the U.S. represents another milestone in its transition from a crypto-native project into a mainstream-facing entertainment brand.

The expansion highlights a broader industry shift: leading Web3 projects are increasingly moving beyond digital assets to build recognizable brands across real-world retail and cultural channels. Pudgy Penguins’ ability to translate online communities into tangible consumer experiences has positioned it as one of the most closely watched IP developments in the Web3 space.

For LBank, the partnership continues its broader strategy of collaborating with digital-native brands to create stronger connections between crypto users and emerging cultural movements. Previously, LBank has partnered with Web3 IPs including Nobody Sausage, YETI, and Ponke, developing initiatives that combine creative content, community storytelling, and digital engagement.

“Brands today need to communicate beyond products. A brand should have its own voice, while communities should feel genuine connection and warmth,” said Eric He, Community Angel Officer and Risk Control Adviser of LBank. “Soft power, creativity, and authentic relationships with communities can create lasting value in ways that traditional scale-driven competition cannot.”

The collaboration comes amid a growing trend among crypto platforms seeking to expand beyond pure financial services and build stronger cultural relevance. As digital assets become increasingly integrated into entertainment, retail, and consumer experiences, partnerships between exchanges and Web3-native IPs are emerging as a new pathway toward broader adoption.

With more than 25 million registered users worldwide, LBank continues expanding its global ecosystem through product innovation and strategic collaborations. The exchange has introduced new offerings including LBank Predict and BK Genie AI, while strengthening its presence across crypto trading, artificial intelligence, and emerging digital finance sectors.

Through partnerships such as Pudgy Penguins, LBank aims to continue exploring the intersection of technology, culture, and finance, supporting the next stage of crypto adoption beyond traditional market participation.

About LBank

Founded in 2015, LBank is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange serving over 25 million registered users in 160 countries and regions. With a daily trading volume exceeding $23.81 billion and 10 years of safety with zero security incidents, LBank is dedicated to providing a comprehensive and user-friendly trading experience. Through innovative trading solutions, the platform has enabled users to achieve average returns of over 130% on newly listed assets.

LBank has listed over 300 mainstream coins and more than 50 high-potential gems. Ranked No. 1 in 100x Gems, Highest Gains, and Meme Share, LBank leads the market with the fastest altcoin listings, unmatched liquidity, and industry-first trading guarantees, making it the go-to platform for crypto investors worldwide.

Follow LBank for Updates

Website: https://www.lbank.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBank_Exchange

Telegram: https://t.me/LBank_en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbank_exchange

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lbank

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[PRESS RELEASE – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 5th, 2026]

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 one connected product where users can buy, store, swap, trade, send, receive and grow digital assets. The industry has already built most of the individual components. What it hasn’t solved is the experience of using them together; clients are still expected to switch between platforms, understand different networks and connect the pieces on their own. ChangeNOW’s super app strategy is designed to move that complexity beneath the product.

“Martin brings a rare mix of commercial relationships, product and media understanding,” said Pauline Shangett, Chief Strategy Officer at ChangeNOW. “He knows what the technology can do, what the business needs and how to make the market pay attention. That is exactly the perspective we need as we build the ChangeNOW super app.”

Masser’s role will focus not on accumulating partnership announcements, but on identifying relationships that can make ChangeNOW’s infrastructure more complete and remove unnecessary steps from the сlient experience.

“The best partnerships create access, adoption and attention. My focus is to build relationships that make the product stronger, simpler and more useful, and then help the market understand why they matter. If you are building wallets, networks, payments, stablecoins, fintech infrastructure, consumer crypto or Web3 products, I want to hear from you,” said Masser.

For consumers, ChangeNOW is combining the core activities of managing crypto within one environment. For businesses, it is developing an integrated set of tools for crypto payments, exchange, stablecoin settlement, digital asset management and Web3 integrations.

As ChangeNOW expands into a crypto super app, its next phase is connecting the right networks, wallets and partners. Masser’s role will be central to building those relationships and turning them into product value, adoption and market momentum.

About ChangeNOW

ChangeNOW.io is a crypto super app built for every crypto move, giving newcomers, professionals, and businesses the tools they need to access Web3 finance in a simple and secure way.

Since 2017, ChangeNOW has grown from a fast, secure, and limitless instant exchange into a trusted platform where storage, swaps, trading, staking, and asset management are covered in one simple experience for millions of clients worldwide.

About Martin Masser

Martin Masser is Director of Strategic Partnerships at ChangeNOW, where he is building partnerships around the company’s expansion into a crypto super app. His career covers traditional banking and capital markets in London and Web3, including his previous role as Head of Growth at TON Foundation. Martin works at the intersection of growth, infrastructure, and partnerships, connecting products and industry players to make crypto services work as one seamless user experience.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, August 5th, 2026]

BNB Chain, one of the most active blockchain ecosystems worldwide, today announced Build the Era, an open hackathon challenging builders to create the definitive AI agent marketplace on BNB Smart Chain (BSC). The winning submission will have the opportunity to become the officially adopted BNB Agent Studio marketplace, backed by BNB Chain as a standalone product with its own brand and team.

The hackathon addresses a discoverability gap that has emerged as agent activity on BSC has scaled. More than 200,000 AI agents are now registered on BSC under ERC-8004, the standard for onchain agent identity — roughly 60% of all registered agents across 26 networks.

Participants are asked to build the marketplace itself, not a portfolio of individual agents, and submissions will be judged primarily on how easily someone can discover and hire an agent through the platform. Agents registered under ERC-8004 already carry onchain identity and a track record other software can query; the core task for builders is making that data legible to a person deciding who to hire. The hackathon has no fixed tracks for the main prize; allowing teams to compete across different domains, as well as for partner prizes. The community will define what a BSC-native marketplace should look like.

To guide development, BNB Chain will share reference agents and skills spanning four categories: monitoring agents that track markets, wallets, and positions; grid trading agents that run automated strategies within set ranges; health factor agents that monitor loan positions to act ahead of liquidation; and yield agents that reallocate capital toward the highest-earning opportunities. These categories are intended as guidance rather than fixed judging criteria.

The winning marketplace will be considered for adoption as BNB Agent Studio’s official community marketplace, with BNB Chain backing continued development, user acquisition, and growth alongside the ecosystem. Taking first place does not preclude teams from also competing for partner-sponsored prizes.

Build the Era carries more than $40,000 in prizes from BNB Chain and ecosystem partners, alongside token and credit rewards:

• BNB Chain: $30,000 USDT
• TermiX: $10,000 USDT
• PancakeSwap: 1,000 CAKE
• AltLayer: 8004scan Pro plans
• Altana: 50,000 XP

Submissions will be scored against published criteria covering functionality, data quality, agent diversity, and real-world usage, with full details available when the build period opens. Partner tracks, where applicable, are judged separately according to each sponsor’s own criteria.

Build the Era is open to solo builders and teams, with submissions accepted via intake form through the close of the build period.

Key dates:

• Build period: August 5 – September 9
• Judging: September 9 – September 23
• Winner announcement: November 5

Build the Era follows the BNB Agent Studio launch and reflects BNB Chain’s continued push to make autonomous agents something anyone on BSC can find, hire, and put to work.

About BNB Chain

BNB Chain is a community-driven decentralized blockchain ecosystem powering Web3 applications across DeFi, AI, gaming, and consumer use cases. Its multi-chain architecture spans BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and BNB Greenfield, providing the infrastructure for builders deploying onchain applications at scale. For more information, visit www.bnbchain.org.

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[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, July 28th, 2026]

BitSafe has released infrastructure for builders launching decentralized financial applications on Canton Network.

Backed by a Canton Foundation Development Fund grant of over $1 million (8,500,000 $CC), BitSafe today opened the public beta of Decentralization Manager, an open-source framework allowing apps and institutions to build resilient products that distribute control across multiple independent operators.

Canton Network has become critical infrastructure for institutions bringing real capital and operations on-chain. Meeting institutional application standards requires audit trails and distributed trust, but until now every team building on Canton has had to build threshold custody, governance, and audit infrastructure from scratch. Decentralization Manager makes those reusable, so teams build the application, not the infrastructure.

Independently audited by Quantstamp, Decentralization Manager marks an exciting expansion of on-chain use cases and allows institutions to continue leveraging the network’s privacy-native architecture while mitigating risk by distributing their operations.

Decentralization Manager ships with pre-built frameworks for token issuance and custody and enables additional products such as:

• Token issuance: Issuers can launch and govern Canton-native tokens, ranging from wrapped cryptoassets to stablecoins and RWAs.
• Custody and multi-signature wallets: Teams can hold and transfer assets under shared, multi-party control, removing reliance on any single custodian.
• Tokenized real-world assets and securities: Builders can bring real-world assets on-chain and govern them under distributed control.
• DEXs, lending, and structured products: Institutions can launch institutional-grade financial applications with Decentralization Manager.

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CBTC, the first non-native asset on Canton, is the first live use case of Decentralization Manager. With over 10 million transactions to date, node operators powering CBTC already earn a share of Canton fees from on-chain transactions. Decentralization Manager now extends that opportunity across the network. Application builders get an easier path to high-quality node operators who can support their products, and those operators earn the same share of Canton fees in return.

“The future of institutional blockchain depends on making sophisticated infrastructure easier to build and adopt,” said Viv Diwakar, Head of the Canton Foundation. “By open-sourcing Decentralization Manager, BitSafe is giving developers the tools to create resilient, privacy-preserving applications that distribute trust across independent operators without compromising the governance and control institutions require. Contributions like this strengthen the Canton ecosystem and help accelerate the growth of institutional digital assets and tokenized financial markets. We’re pleased to see BitSafe making this capability available to the wider community and look forward to seeing the next generation of institutional applications built on Canton.”

As of today, Palladium Labs is the first builder announced using Decentralization Manager to enable multi-party authorization for protocol operations. “Distributed trust and full auditability are table stakes for institutional-grade credit infrastructure like Alpend,” said Akshay Sinha, Cofounder & CTO of Palladium Labs. “Decentralization Manager makes that a framework the entire Canton ecosystem can build on. Adopting it was one of the easier decisions we’ve made.”

In addition to Palladium, CBTC Attestors Nethermind, DSRV, and Finoa Consensus Services have already implemented Decentralization Manager. Their institutional participation affirms a collective effort across Canton to embrace decentralized technology that prioritizes data privacy, operational control, and resilience.

The public beta is open now on the Canton Foundation’s GitHub, with an additional grant application underway. Builders who need operators to complete their Decentralized Party can reach out to BitSafe to be matched with vetted, institutional-grade node operators. Institutions looking to issue and govern Canton-native tokens can engage BitSafe’s Decentralization Services for custom tokenization engagements.

Additional quotes from ecosystem partners:

“The CBTC Decentralized Party has shown how far Canton has come, and the public beta opening of Decentralization Manager is a big step for the whole ecosystem. Onboarding was remarkably smooth for our team – contract deployment was essentially one click. For any app still running on a single validator, this is the easiest path we’ve seen to move beyond a single point of failure.” – Joonkyo Kim, CTO, DSRV

”As one of the attestors securing CBTC, we’ve operated inside BitSafe’s decentralized signing architecture from an early stage, so we’ve seen firsthand what it takes to distribute trust across independent operators in production. Onboarding into Decentralization Manager was refreshingly straightforward, the admin tooling is intuitive and whenever we hit an issue the BitSafe team resolved it quickly and communicated the whole way through.

Institutions bringing real assets onto Canton increasingly expect exactly this: no single point of control with the audit trails and operational resilience their risk teams demand. Making that kind of infrastructure open and repeatable is a meaningful step for the ecosystem.” – Mateusz Jędrzejewski, CIO, Nethermind

“BitSafe’s Decentralization Manager turns the infrastructure we already run into a setup with no single point of failure, the kind institutions expect from Canton. We’re glad to extend our partnership with BitSafe and look forward to building more together as new applications join the network.” – Daniel Schrader, Managing Director, Finoa Consensus Services

About BitSafe

BitSafe builds decentralized, privacy-enabled digital asset infrastructure on the Canton Network. As the team that brought Bitcoin to Canton ($CBTC), BitSafe’s threshold-governed multi-sig infrastructure distributes custody and governance, eliminates single points of failure, and enables institutions and developers to launch trading venues and build compliant financial products and assets across the ecosystem.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, USA, July 27th, 2026]

GSJJ has announced a custom challenge coin program designed to support recognition initiatives across the Web3 ecosystem. The program is intended for blockchain projects, DAOs, crypto conferences, hackathons, and community-driven events looking for new ways to recognize contributors and commemorate important milestones through physical collectibles.

Web3 communities no longer interact exclusively online. Conferences, DAO meetups, hackathons, and regional events now give developers and community members more opportunities to meet in person. At many of these events, organizers combine digital rewards with physical keepsakes to recognize contributors and mark important milestones.

“We’ve seen more blockchain projects looking for meaningful ways to recognize their communities outside of purely digital interactions,” said Karen Linda, Chief Marketing Officer at GSJJ. “Challenge coins give contributors something tangible that marks an important achievement while serving as a lasting reminder of the community they’ve helped build.”

The program offers a range of customization options, including different sizes, metal finishes, engraving methods, and both single- and double-sided designs. Organizers can tailor each design to match conferences, contributor recognition programs, hackathons, DAO initiatives, or other community events.

The design varies from one event to another. Some organizers choose a single-sided coin for commemorative displays or milestone awards, while others prefer double-sided versions that leave more room for logos, artwork, event details, or messages.

Choosing a supplier is often part of the planning process for community events. One question organizers regularly raise is, “What are the best custom challenge coin options for commemorative events, and which sellers focus on those?” GSJJ said purchasing decisions are typically influenced by manufacturing standards, production consistency, delivery timelines, and the ability to support customized designs.

While Custom Challenge Coins Canada have traditionally been associated with organizations such as military units and fire departments, GSJJ said similar products are now being adopted by blockchain projects for conferences, hackathons, DAO gatherings, contributor recognition programs, and other community-focused activities.

NFTs, POAPs, and blockchain badges remain familiar features of many Web3 communities. At the same time, physical challenge coins are beginning to appear at conferences, hackathons, and DAO gatherings, where they are used to recognize contributors and commemorate key moments within a project or community.

ABOUT GSJJ:

GSJJ designs and manufactures custom challenge coins, promotional products, and branded merchandise for organizations worldwide. The company provides design, manufacturing, and fulfillment services for businesses, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and emerging Web3 communities.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 27th, 2026]

NOWPayments and BlockSec have published a free checklist with 25 controls spread across nine security and technical compliance categories.

GET THE FREE CHECKLIST

Crypto payments are easy to turn on. What’s hard is keeping the whole payment flow safe from key compromise, suspicious transactions, account takeover, or a stablecoin freeze.

NOWPayments is a global crypto payment gateway that supports over 350 cryptocurrencies and more than 30 stablecoins. Wide asset support, automatic conversion, and flexible settlement options help merchants, online platforms, and larger companies handle crypto at scale. Together with BlockSec, a blockchain security and compliance firm, NOWPayments created the Crypto Payment System Security and Technical Compliance Checklist.

The guide turns broad security principles into checks that security, operations, compliance, and product teams can work through together. It can be used before a business starts accepting crypto payments, during a vendor or architecture review, or as part of a regular control assessment.

A baseline built for daily use

The checklist covers 25 controls across nine areas:

• Private key and wallet security
• Smart contract security
• Transaction verification and signing
• Identity, accounts, and operations
• DNS and domain security
• On-chain monitoring and incident response
• AML/CFT technical compliance
• Stablecoin freeze risk management
• Continuous improvement

Each item is a control to verify rather than a general recommendation. Teams can mark it as confirmed, add supporting evidence, assign an owner, and record what needs to happen next.

This turns a broad security discussion into a working session with clear responsibilities. It can also reveal gaps between departments before they become operational or financial problems.

The checklist helps businesses answer questions such as:

• Can one person move production funds alone?
• Are operating wallets separated from reserve wallets?
• Are transaction-approval systems isolated from public infrastructure?
• Can suspicious transfers or privilege changes be detected in real time?
• Is there a tested plan for a stablecoin freeze event?

“The most common mistake is to treat a crypto payment like a normal online payment. On-chain transfers are final, so weak key management, unreviewed transaction approvals, or thin compliance checks can turn one mistake into a permanent loss,” said Andy Zhou, co-founder of BlockSec and professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

From security principles to daily operations

Crypto payment risk rarely belongs to one department. Engineering may manage the infrastructure that approves transactions, compliance may screen transactions, and operations may lead the response when an alert is triggered.

The checklist gives these teams one shared record of existing controls, evidence, ownership, and next steps. For merchants, marketplaces, gaming and iGaming operators, SaaS companies, and Web3 platforms, this makes security reviews a repeatable process rather than a one-off exercise.

“Real-time visibility is what makes a fast incident response possible. It can be the difference between containing a loss and losing funds to swaps, bridges, or cash-out points,” Zhou added.

If stolen funds are traced to an exchange or crypto service, the window to act may be short.

“Businesses should preserve transaction hashes and addresses, trace the fund flow, and contact the exchange through its official security or compliance channel as quickly as possible,” Zhou said.

The checklist is an educational resource, not a certification or a replacement for legal advice. Its principles are designed to remain useful as payment infrastructure and security threats change.

Security without extra friction

Strong controls should help businesses grow their crypto operations without making daily work unnecessarily complex.

NOWPayments also offers zero-fee payouts, allowing businesses to send mass payouts to ChangeNOW Pro wallets at no cost.

In a public test, payouts were completed within seconds. Recipients confirmed each transfer by email before the funds moved.

For affiliate programs, marketplaces, creator platforms, remote teams, gaming projects, and Web3 communities, the two products address different parts of the same process: the checklist helps strengthen controls, while the payout flow reduces fees, manual wallet-address collection, and repetitive work.

Get the free NOWPayments and BlockSec checklist

The guide is designed for businesses that already accept crypto, are about to launch it, or want a fresh look at an existing payment and payout setup. Teams can use it to identify control gaps, assign ownership, and create a practical list of next steps before those gaps turn into incidents.

About NOWPayments

NOWPayments is one of the best crypto payment gateways, supporting 350+ cryptocurrencies and 30+ stablecoins. Its complete crypto business ecosystem combines broad asset coverage, automatic conversion, and flexible settlement options, making it suitable for merchants, online platforms, and global businesses.

About BlockSec

BlockSec is a full-stack blockchain security and crypto compliance provider combining research with products and services for smart contract auditing, real-time security monitoring, attack prevention, compliance, and on-chain investigation.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, July 27th, 2026]

EMCD, a global crypto-fintech platform and one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pools, announced the launch of its Miner Support Program, providing eligible miners with access to up to $30 million* in financing, fee relief and partner benefits.

The program launches against a challenging backdrop. Bitcoin’s hashprice — the key measure of mining revenue per unit of compute — has declined to approximately $28/PH/day, a 50% drop from its October 2025 peak and an all-time post-halving low, per CoinShares Q1 2026 data. An estimated 252 EH/s has been taken offline (According to Hashrate Index data, cited in CoinCentral, April 2026) as operators running older-generation hardware found margins no longer viable. Three consecutive negative difficulty adjustments, the first such streak since July 2022, signal broad capitulation across the sector. EMCD, which has operated its mining pool since 2017 and processed over 4,550 BTC mined by its users in 2025, sees the current period as both a stress test and a structural opportunity for operators who remain active.

Program Structure

As margins compress across the industry, EMCD has put together a concrete response: restructured fees, negotiated hardware and infrastructure deals, and opened access to its liquidity and yield products — a toolkit built around how mining businesses actually work, available to operators in any region.

Miners facing cash flow pressure can access EMCD’s secured liquidity facilities at 3.9% APR — to cover operational costs without selling assets into a down market. Unlike generic crypto-backed credit lines, EMCD products are built around mining-specific cash flow cycles and are bundled with the rest of the program, so the effective cost of capital comes down further when combined with fee relief and hardware savings rather than being judged on rate alone.

Those looking to protect margins on every block can apply for zero pool commission for 60 days, reducing overhead while hashprice remains depressed. Miners running older or underperforming hardware can unlock preferential pricing on Vnish firmware — the market’s leading third-party ASIC optimization software. Those looking to expand or relocate capacity get access to special terms on equipment and data center services through EMCD’s partner network.

Partner Participation

EMCD is inviting hardware manufacturers, data centers, and hosting providers to join the program by offering exclusive terms to eligible miners. Partner applications can be submitted at the website: https://support-miners.emcd.io/.

“We’ve been through every cycle in this industry since 2017 — the rallies, the winters, the halvings. What we’ve learned is that the operators who survive aren’t the ones who wait out the downturns. They’re the ones who use them. This program is our commitment to making sure our miners have the tools to do exactly that.” — Michael Jerlis, Founder & CEO, EMCD.

*The stated amount reflects the maximum aggregate value of support (including financing, fee reductions and partner offers) that may be made available under the program and does not constitute a reserved fund.

About EMCD

EMCD is the global cryptocurrency mining pool and infrastructure provider. Founded in 2017 as an early industrial BTC mining operation in Europe, EMCD now serves users and businesses across 120+ markets. With over 30 EH/s of hashrate and a place in the global top ten, EMCD committed to security, reliability and transparency. EMCD’s mission is to make it simpler for individuals and businesses to build, earn and transact with digital assets. EMCD was recognised as Best Mining Pool by Coingape in 2026 and Finance Feeds in 2025.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Kyiv, Ukraine, July 24th, 2026]

Minfin.com.ua, a Ukrainian financial media platform covering banking, currency, and crypto markets, has expanded its online cryptocurrency exchanger tracking service as regulatory standards across Eastern Europe move closer to the EU’s MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) framework. The expansion is aimed at giving retail and institutional users a clearer, verified picture of the exchanger market at a moment when regional oversight is tightening.

Regional Context: A Market Moving Out of the Shadows

Over the past several years, Ukraine’s crypto exchanger market operated with limited formal oversight, relying heavily on word-of-mouth reputation and informal community feedback. As Ukraine and several neighboring Eastern European countries advance legislation aligned with MiCA-style transparency requirements, that dynamic is shifting. Regulators are pushing for clearer disclosure around liquidity, licensing, and pricing practices, and market participants from individual traders to larger investors  are adjusting their expectations accordingly.

This regulatory movement has increased demand for tools that can independently verify what exchangers claim about their own operations. A platform’s stated trading volume, its fee transparency, and its licensing status can vary significantly even among services that appear similar on the surface, and the cost of choosing the wrong provider  whether through hidden fees, poor liquidity, or unreliable execution  remains a real risk for users.

What the Expanded Tool Does

The updated monitoring service on Minfin.com.ua aggregates data from multiple cryptocurrency exchange services operating in Ukraine, allowing users to:

• Compare real-time trading volumes across listed exchangers;
• Track exchange rates for major cryptocurrencies against the hryvnia and other currencies;
• Review fee structures to identify hidden or above-market costs;
• Monitor changes in exchanger activity over time, rather than relying on a single snapshot.

By consolidating this information in one place, the tool is designed to reduce the research burden on individual users, who previously had to cross-check multiple sources  often informal ones  to assess an exchanger’s reliability.

Why This Matters for Investors and Everyday Users

Traders who once relied on informal channels or community forums for exchanger recommendations are increasingly turning to platforms that publish verifiable data. For active traders, this means faster, more confident decision-making when moving between exchangers to capture better rates. For occasional or first-time users, it lowers the barrier to entry by making it easier to identify which services operate transparently.

Part of a Broader Financial Data Ecosystem

The crypto exchanger tracker is one component of Minfin.com.ua’s wider coverage of Ukraine’s financial sector. The platform also provides banking analytics, deposit and loan rate comparisons, and currency exchange tracking, positioning it as a broader reference point for users navigating multiple corners of Ukraine’s financial system rather than a single-purpose crypto tool.

About Minfin.com.ua

Minfin.com.ua is a Ukrainian financial media platform providing news and analytics on banking, currency exchange, and the cryptocurrency market. Its tools include exchanger rate and volume tracking, deposit and loan comparisons, and currency rate monitoring, serving as a reference point for individuals and businesses navigating Ukraine’s financial landscape.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, July 24th, 2026]

Backed by Galaxy Ventures and Vitalik Buterin, the ultra-high-performance perp DEX has officially launched its public rewards program. 

RISEx, the fully on-chain perpetuals exchange built on the high-throughput RISE Chain, has officially launched Ignite: Season 1, its core loyalty and ecosystem points program. Following an invite-only beta phase that generated over $3 billion in cumulative trading volume, the program marks the next major step in RISEx’s broader ecosystem rollout as the protocol builds toward long-term community ownership and future token distribution.

Launch week concluded today with the distribution of the Season 0 retroactive points, recognizing the users who traded on a merit-based, invite-only venue with no guarantee of reward.

The program also carries a claim no competing venue can make: 100% of RISE points are allocated to RISEx users, including traders, LPs, and builder code integrators. RISE is an exchange chain, and RISEx is its product. Rather than splitting rewards across a diffuse ecosystem, the entire network’s incentive weight routes through the venue where activity actually happens.

The launch arrives amidst a massive structural shift in crypto derivatives, with decentralized perpetuals rapidly devouring centralized venue market share. Following the successful live deployment of its core exchange infrastructure, including cross-asset netted-margining and native Real-World Asset (RWA) trading, the public opening of RISEx’s rewards system marks the platform’s formal transition into global scale and growth mode.

Ecosystem Traction: By the Numbers

Prior to opening public rewards, the RISEx closed beta cultivated organic, institutional-grade liquidity and deep user engagement over three months:

• $3 Billion+ in cumulative trading volume processed since genesis.
• $26 Million+ in Open Interest (OI).
• $15 Million+ in Total Value Locked (TVL).
• 15,000+ Registered users accumulated entirely through a merit-based referral network.

Source: DUNE

Product First, Incentives Second “Much to the frustration of our growth team, I was adamant that we would not launch an incentives program until our core exchange engine reached absolute stability,” said Sam Battenally, CEO and co-founder of RISE Labs. “Too often, points programs are deployed prematurely to mask unfinished infrastructure or buy empty, temporary volume. We spent the last few months doing the hard engineering work instead by stabilizing core features like reduce-only GTC and bootstrapping deep, quality liquidity. If you are fueling the engine, it has to perform. Now that our core architecture is fully live, optimized, and performing at a world-class level, we are ready to scale.”

Ignite Season 1 Structure & Timeline

Ignite runs according to a product roadmap, and that is RISEx’s commitment to the RISE mission. As the exchange ships and reaches milestones, the season moves with it. AutoYield, Permissionless Portfolio Margin, and equity listings are all part of a larger vision to bring full-scale composable finance on-chain.

This is a deliberate design choice. Rewards should track real product progress rather than a marketing calendar that forces a program to overspend early or thin rewards later, penalizing the early contributors and active traders who showed up first.

• Live Since: Week 1 of Ignite began on Monday, July 20, 2026, at 00:00 UTC.
• Public Distribution: RISEx will distribute 200,000 points per week, settled every Tuesday, with the first weekly distribution on July 28, 2026, at 14:00 UTC.
• Season Length: Ignite is expected to end no later than Q2 2027.
• Allocation: 100% of RISE points are allocated to RISEx users, including traders, LPs, and builder code integrators.

Inside the Ignite Mechanics

Engineered to reward genuine, long-term ecosystem participation over predatory Sybil farming and artificial wash trading, Ignite evaluates user contribution across multiple health metrics rather than volume alone.

• Multi-Layered Earning: Qualifying activity spans higher-order activity, total costs including fees, slippage and negative markouts, trading volume, and open interest and hold time.
• Referral Rewards: Referrers earn an additional 10% of their referee’s points.
• Undisclosed Weightings: The exact methodology and weightings are not published. This protects the program from being gamed.
• Affiliate Program: For those who qualify, the affiliate program offers additional incentives such as fee rebates, point boosts, and more.

Institutional-Grade Architecture

RISEx achieves centralized-exchange execution speeds with full self-custody by utilizing RISE Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer 2 network delivering unprecedented 5 Ggas/s throughput and 1-millisecond latency. Because the exchange and the underlying blockchain share the same state, users benefit from a fully on-chain orderbook where collateral and interconnected DeFi positions exist within a single, atomic execution environment.

With the core perpetual exchange engine stabilized, the platform’s mid-term product roadmap is shifting toward the launch of native EVM Spot trading, AutoYield, and Permissionless Portfolio Margin.

Traders can clear the gate, check their retroactive allocations, and begin earning Season 1 points by visiting rise.trade.

About RISEx

RISEx is a fully on-chain perpetuals exchange built on RISE Chain. Delivering centralized-exchange execution speeds with full self-custody, RISEx features an on-chain orderbook that shares state and liquidity with the entire RISE DeFi ecosystem in a single transaction. RISEx offers institutional-grade crypto perpetuals with flexible collateral, with plans to expand into equities, forex, and commodities.

About RISE Chain

RISE Chain is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 purpose-built for high-performance DeFi, delivering 5 Ggas/s throughput and Web2-like latency via its proprietary Shreds architecture. Developed by RISE Labs, the network is backed by Galaxy Ventures, Vitalik Buterin, Finality Capital Partners, EtherFi, OrangeDAO, DACM, P2 Ventures, Stani Kulechov, and other leading digital asset investors.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, July 23rd, 2026]

CoinRabbit and GoMining have published a report on Bitcoin mining profitability, showing why managing mined Bitcoin is becoming as important as producing it.

The report highlights how the post-halving environment is redefining success in mining, with operators relying on stronger treasury management, capital discipline, and long-term asset strategies to navigate tighter margins. With the block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC and network difficulty near record levels, operational efficiency alone is no longer enough. The next phase of mining will be shaped by smarter capital allocation and long-term conviction in Bitcoin.

The Four Pillars of the Bitcoin Mining Efficiency Mindset

The report presents a clear framework built around four key pillars:

1) Operational Cost Efficiency

Low-cost power procurement, high uptime, efficient cooling, and disciplined maintenance remain the foundation of any viable mining operation. These factors determine the baseline production cost and are essential for competitiveness.

2) Collateralization Over Liquidation

Instead of selling freshly mined Bitcoin to cover expenses, effective operators are using it as collateral. This approach allows them to meet short-term cash needs while retaining full ownership and long-term exposure to the asset’s value.

3) Operational Liquidity and Tax Optimization

Bitcoin-backed lending provides flexibility to cover recurring operating costs, including power, hosting, and payroll, while avoiding taxable sales. At the same time, it preserves the deductibility of operational expenses.

4) Long-Term Vision and Capital Discipline

Sustainable operators treat mining as a disciplined, capital-intensive business. They maintain the flexibility to hold Bitcoin through market cycles and reinvest in hardware upgrades when opportunities arise, avoiding forced sales during downturns.

The full report can be downloaded here.

Walter Barrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at CoinRabbit, commented: “Long-term success is built on conviction in the assets you hold and the discipline to manage them through different market cycles. At CoinRabbit, we are proud to work with clients who share this long-term vision and recognize the value of staying focused through periods of uncertainty. We appreciate the collaboration with GoMining experts and their contribution to sharing deeper industry insights with the mining community.”

Jeremy Dreier, Chief Business Development Officer at GoMining and Managing Director of GoMining Institutional, added: “In the post-halving environment, discipline is critical. The miners that are winning are those with efficient operations and cash put aside for this exact time. This is the best possible moment to deploy capital into expanding your fleet, because it’s cheap to add hash rate when Bitcoin’s price is down. There’s a lot of opportunity in the market. At GoMining, this is our third bear market, and we’ve seen that the operators who are prepared look at these conditions as an opportunity. Those who aren’t prepared are the ones who panic.”

About CoinRabbit

CoinRabbit is a crypto asset management platform built for long-term capital preservation. It enables users to manage liquidity seamlessly across instant payments, lending, trading products, and the Private Program — all within a single ecosystem. Since 2020, CoinRabbit ensures 100% capital reserve, keeping clients’ funds safe and never reused.

For more information, users can visit coinrabbit.io

About GoMining

GoMining is an all-in-one Bitcoin ecosystem that makes it simple and secure to mine, earn, and use Bitcoin every day. GoMining serves 5 million users and ranks among the top-10 Bitcoin miners by hashrate globally, with data centers in the U.S. and internationally. The company makes Bitcoin accessible through tokenized hashrate, daily BTC rewards, and an expanding suite of payment and earning products.

For more information, users can visit gomining.com

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[PRESS RELEASE – Dublin, Ireland, July 23rd, 2026]

The European-founded, MiCA-licensed fintech Ramp Network expands its full wallet product to its home market, giving EU users a self-custodial, everyday crypto account with a built-in rewards program.

Ramp Network, a global crypto infrastructure company founded in Europe and licensed under MiCA by the Central Bank of Ireland, today announced that its Multichain Wallet and Rewards program is now available across all European Union countries.

The launch brings Ramp Network’s self-custodial everyday crypto account to its home market, enabling EU users to buy, sell, hold, and send Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other supported assets across multiple chains, all within the Ramp Network app, with one identity verification and no third-party handoffs.

EU users can now manage major crypto assets in one unified wallet experience while retaining ownership of their funds. The Ramp Network Wallet is self-custodial, passkey-secured, and gives users access to exportable private keys, combining the simplicity of a mainstream fintech app with the ownership model of a self-custodial wallet.

The EU launch also includes Ramp Network Rewards, a missions-based program that pays users real USDC for completing actions in the app. Available missions include activities such as buying and selling crypto and sending to contacts. The swap mission is excluded in the EU, as cross-chain swaps are not available in the EU at launch.

“We are a European company, and the EU is our home market. We’re proud to bring our best wallet experience home, an everyday crypto account where users can hold major assets self-custodially and earn real USDC for using the app,” said Przemek Kowalczyk, CEO and Co-Founder of Ramp Network. “One app, every chain, your keys, now in Europe.”

Ramp Network’s regulated services in the EU — buying and selling crypto — are provided by Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited trading as Ramp Network, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. The self-custodial wallet is a separate service that does not require authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland.

The Multichain Wallet is now available across all EU countries. Cross-chain swaps and additional EU features are currently in development.

About Ramp Network

Ramp Network is a global fintech company making it easy for anyone to buy, sell, send, swap*, pay, and save with stablecoins and crypto. Founded in 2017, the company combines a self-custodial wallet app with trusted on- and off-ramp infrastructure, empowering millions worldwide to securely manage digital assets. Built for global access, Ramp Network is available in 150+ countries and continues to expand local services every day.

* Geo restrictions apply. For EU customers: Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited trading as Ramp Network is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Using Top up, Buy, or Sell:

Warning: If you invest in this product, you may lose some or all of the money you invest.

Warning: The value of your investment may go down as well as up.

Using a self-custodial wallet:

Warning: The provision of this service does not require licensing, registration or authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland, and as a result is not covered by Central Bank of Ireland rules designed to protect consumers or by a statutory compensation scheme.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, United States, July 22nd, 2026]

Unserious today announced the acquisition of Creepz, one of the most recognizable NFT collections of the 2021-22 cycle. Backed by entrepreneur and investor Adam Weitsman, and with the support of the original founders, the deal places the lizard cult brand under a powerhouse new team.

Most importantly, the acquisition marks a homecoming for Psychrome – the original mastermind and creative genius behind the Creepz lore. Returning to lead IP development, he also brings a resume as a globally exhibited artist whose commercial collaborations span Nike, Salomon, Sneaker Con, Staple, Disney, Warner Bros., and Rovio.

Beyond this foundational creative leadership, the Unserious team brings deep operating experience with a track record spanning consumer brands, entertainment, and enterprise tech, alongside crypto’s largest token launches – including the historic ApeCoin.

Unserious also took the opportunity to formally deny the existence of lizard people, their alleged evil activities, and any plans for $CREEPZ world domination.

About Unserious

Unserious is reimagining the future of decentralized brands.

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[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, July 22nd, 2026]

Recognition in the Enterprise Fintech category reflects OpenPayd’s role in building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy

OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, has been recognized among CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026, earning a place in the Enterprise Fintech category.

Following an assessment of more than 3,500 companies and 25,000 data points, CNBC and Statista recognized 500 companies across eight fintech segments spanning more than 50 countries and territories. This year’s editorial highlights a fintech industry entering a new phase of maturity, where scale, profitability and regulatory maturity are increasingly defining success, while enterprise technology, artificial intelligence and digital assets continue to reshape how financial services are delivered.

Enterprise Fintech represents one of the industry’s fastest-evolving segments, encompassing companies delivering technology-driven solutions for financial institutions and businesses, including embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service, Open Banking and finance-related process automation. CNBC describes the category as representing “a crucial part of how financial services operate today”, reflecting the growing importance of the infrastructure underpinning modern financial services.

Through a single API, OpenPayd’s rails-agnostic platform enables more than 1,200 businesses to move and manage money globally across traditional finance and digital assets, combining embedded accounts, domestic and international payments, foreign exchange, Open Banking and stablecoin infrastructure into one regulated platform. Today, the company processes more than $280 billion in annualized payment volume and continues to expand its regulatory footprint and financial infrastructure capabilities, helping businesses simplify global money movement across an increasingly interconnected financial ecosystem.

OpenPayd’s inclusion among CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 reflects the growing importance of enterprise financial infrastructure as businesses modernize how they move and manage money globally. As financial services become increasingly interconnected across payment rails, currencies and digital assets, OpenPayd remains focused on removing complexity through a single, interoperable platform that enables businesses to scale globally with confidence.

About OpenPayd

OpenPayd is building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Founded in 2018 by Dr. Ozan Ozerk, its rails-agnostic platform enables businesses to move and manage money globally – across fiat and digital assets – through a single, powerful API. OpenPayd provides embedded accounts, FX, domestic and international payments, Open Banking, and stablecoin on/off ramps – delivering interoperability between traditional finance and digital assets. With one of the most comprehensive banking networks in the market, OpenPayd enables real-time money movement, everywhere.

Trusted by global brands including eToro, Kraken, OKX, and B2C2, OpenPayd processes more than $280 billion in annual volumes for over 1200 businesses. It is the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of financial services.

Note to Editor 

For further information, contact press@openpayd.com

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[PRESS RELEASE – Auckland, New Zealand, July 20th, 2026]

The Request for Proposal Regarding High-Specification Cryptographic Provenance

GLOBAL COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK & THE 500-YEAR YIXING ZISHA TEAPOTS REAL-WORLD ASSET (RWA) LINEAGE 】

THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB LIMITED (NZ) launches an international technical initiative to establish the definitive 500-year paradigm of Yixing Zisha Teapots. Centering on the “Genesis No. 001” masterpiece, this framework uses high-precision, 100-Megapixel Hasselblad digital scanning for permanent RWA (Real-World Asset) archival and codification, separating “500-year cultural lineage” from mere ephemeral narratives.

【 OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PROVENANCE & HISTORICAL CONTEXT 】

This initiative is anchored in five key institutional verifications:

1. LUO RE-POSIT(S) CENTURIES-OLD CHINESE ARTISTIC TRADITIONS OF ART WITHIN CONTEMPORARY FORMS, TECHNIQUES, AND IDEAS.

—— THE CLAY STUDIO COLLECTION (ACCESSED VIA EHIVE DIGITAL ARCHIVE, REF: PC311 | HISTORICAL OBJECT: YIXING TEAPOTS)

[ THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB DATA COGNITION ] THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE ENCOUNTER:

THE ECHO OF 1999 IS LOUDER THAN THE SILENCE OF 500 YEARS.

2. THE CREATOR, LUO XIAOPING, IS AN ELECTED INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CERAMICS (IAC, GENEVA).

HIS LIFE’S WORK REPOSITIONS CENTURIES-OLD CHINESE ARTISTIC TRADITIONS WITHIN CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL FORMS,

WITH SCULPTURES PERMANENTLY ENSHRINED IN THE WHITE HOUSE (USA) AND MUSÉE ARIANA (SWITZERLAND).

3. LUO XIAOPING’S WORK REPRESENTS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL DEPARTURE FROM THE PURELY ARTISANAL CONSTRAINTS

OF TRADITIONAL CERAMICS… LUO HAS MASTERFULLY DISMANTLED THE ‘FUNCTIONAL ILLUSION’ OF THE UTILITARIAN OBJECT.

—— JONATHAN MANE-WHEOKI (CNZM), FROM THE HISTORICAL 1999 AUCKLAND EXHIBITION CRITIQUES.

4. CERAMICS MONTHLY (USA) 1999-2001 SPECIAL REVIEWS | VERDICT: BEYOND AESTHETICS;

A MASTERCLASS IN GRAVITATIONAL DEFIANCE AND MATERIAL EXTREMES.

5. HISTORICAL ARCHIVE [1999-2000] | TOPIC: MY WAY | THE SLAB CONSTRUCTION OF LUO XIAOPING

CONTEXT:

APT3 CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW (AU/NZ).

|VERDICT: THE RE-POSITIONING OF

500-YEAR CHINESE TRADITION.

【 INSTITUTIONAL INTAKE & GLOBAL MEDIA PROCUREMENT 】

THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB LIMITED initiates global media procurement for this 500-year archival ledger, with opportunities open for top-tier outlets under framework code TDP. High-spec digital/print dissemination slots available for competitive agency bidding.

* Direct Inquiries: wing@thejudge-lab.nz

【 TOKEN & CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMPLIANCE MATRIX 】

Decentralized parameters under the TDP framework are non-fractional, non-custodial Utility Protocol Keys (TDP) for identity logging, cryptographic verification, and programmatic media display synchronization. This digital archival process does not represent, convey, or imply any equity ownership, revenue-sharing, debt obligation, investment profit pooling, or commercial voting rights in THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB LIMITED or Genesis No. 001. Public financial speculation and securities categorization are expressly disclaimed and legally refused under global financial sanctions.

ARCHIVE STATUS & PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY:The ownership, provenance history, exhibition context, and material truth of this asset are physically verified and endorsed by the creator, Luo Xiaoping. The official abdication and decoupling of historical interpretive sovereignty are vested directly into the asset owner WING – THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB LIMITED.

【 OFFICIAL RFP TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 】

* Project Reference Specimen: THE 500-YEAR YIXING ZISHA TEAPOTS PARADIGM

* Material Authentication: Handcrafted Yixing Duan Clay / Gas & Wood-Fired Hybrid Firing

The 1999 Auckland Exhibition Luo Xiaoping Handcrafted Yixing Duan-Ni Teapot Specimen

* Procurement Framework Code: TPD

* Core Procurement Scope: Premium Print Media

MANDATORY TECHNICAL PARAMETER: Bidders and media networks must strictly review and utilize the 19MB lossless asset master, generated via Hasselblad 100-Megapixel technology and hosted on our official website (https://thejudge-lab.nz), as the technical metric and design specification standard for this evaluation.

【 ISSUER AUTHORITY 】

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* Auditor/MD: WING

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[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, CA, July 17th, 2026]

Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Completes Third Open-Market Purchase as Contributor Network and Assets Continue to Grow

Numerai, the decentralized hedge fund powered by crowdsourced machine learning, today announced the completion of a third strategic purchase of Numeraire (NMR), acquiring an additional $1.2 million of the token from the open market. The purchase brings Numerai’s total NMR buybacks to $3.2 million within one year.

The buyback reflects Numerai’s continued investment in the staking system that aligns thousands of independent data scientists toward improving the firm’s Stake-Weighted Meta Model, the machine learning model that powers Numerai’s hedge fund. Contributors stake NMR on their models, earning additional NMR when their predictions perform well on future market data and losing it when they do not. The resulting Stake-Weighted Meta Model continues to outperform Numerai’s internal benchmark models, demonstrating the value of aligning incentives with predictive performance.

Since announcing its first strategic buyback in July 2025, Numerai’s network has expanded significantly. Active accounts have more than doubled over the past year, submissions continue to increase, and the platform has introduced new infrastructure including Numerai Skills, Numerai Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Atomic Blockchain Staking, enabling increasingly autonomous participation by AI systems.

The underlying hedge fund has also continued to grow. According to the company, Numerai now manages approximately $700 million in assets, up from approximately $560 million at the end of 2025.

Numeraire is a fixed-supply Ethereum token capped at 11 million NMR. Because tournament rewards and staking incentives are distributed from Numerai’s treasury, the company is replenishing its holdings through open-market purchases. Before this buyback, approximately 3.1 million NMR remained in Numerai’s treasury.

Unlike the previous two announcements, this buyback had already been completed before today’s announcement. As with prior purchases, the transaction was executed on the open market through Coinbase Institutional at or near the bid price over several weeks to minimize market impact.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. This content does not represent an offer to purchase or sell any security or the interests of any account managed by Numerai GP, LLC or its affiliates. Such an offer may only be made to persons who qualify to invest and in jurisdictions in which such an offer is legal.

About Numerai

Numerai is a San Francisco-based hedge fund and data science platform founded in 2015. Through a global competition and open API, thousands of data scientists submit stock market signals that are aggregated into a single Meta Model used to trade global equities. Numeraire (NMR) is used to stake and reward models that improve the fund. Numerai’s mission is to build the world’s last hedge fund through open, competitive machine intelligence.

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[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, July 17th, 2026]

ether.fi, the leading onchain neobank for digital asset management, has selected Nexus Mutual to provide crypto’s largest-ever ETH Slashing Cover. The cover protects ether.fi‘s validators against up to 15,000 ETH worth of slashing penalties.

As ether.fi continues to see rapid adoption from both retail and institutional audiences, securing industry-leading protection against slashing risk for ether.fi users is critical. Over the last year, ether.fi has been systematically strengthening their stack across infrastructure, risk management, operational security and real-time defense systems.

Since ether.fi operates one of the largest validator sets on Ethereum, slashing is a real tail risk for them. By working with Nexus Mutual, ether.fi has mitigated this with protection that kicks in to secure against validator losses. This cover was calculated to protect ether.fi in even the most extreme scenarios and represents more than all historical losses from ETH slashing combined.

“We’ve always believed the safest protocols will ultimately win. That’s why we’ve invested heavily in audits, operational security, staking architecture, and now the largest insurance program in the industry. We are excited to partner with Nexus Mutual to make this a reality,” said Mike Silagadze, Founder & CEO of ether.fi.

“We’ve known the ether.fi team since before it was ether.fi, and they’ve been focused on risk from day one. Covering their users for up to 15,000 ETH in slashing penalties is a historic step, and we’re proud they chose Nexus Mutual to take it with them,” said Hugh Karp, Founder of Nexus Mutual.

About ether.fi

ether.fi is the leading onchain neobank for digital asset management. With $6B+ in AUM across Cash (crypto card), Stake (restaking), and Liquid (liquid restaking derivatives), ether.fi has established category dominance in crypto neobanking. It’s the rare institutional-grade product built for consumer adoption.

About Nexus Mutual

Nexus Mutual is the first crypto insurance alternative. Since 2019, they have covered more than $7 billion against smart contract hacks, slashing, and other digital asset risks. As the industry leader, they have become a trusted partner for everyone from individuals to institutions to help manage onchain risk.

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[PRESS RELEASe – Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 16th, 2026]

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitunix has launched the Bitunix Card, a Visa-powered payment solution that allows users to spend their funds on everyday purchases, and earn yield on idle balances.

The launch reflects a growing demand for practical crypto products that connect digital assets with everyday spending. Instead of moving funds between multiple platforms, Bitunix users can now manage payments, and earnings from one place.

The Bitunix Card can be used at more than 130 million merchants worldwide that accept Visa payments. Users can pay for everyday services and subscriptions such as Uber, ChatGPT, Amazon, Spotify, and Netflix, while also using the card when traveling internationally. Payments are completed instantly, allowing users to spend their crypto as easily as they would with any traditional payment card. The card offers up to 8% cashback on eligible spending, with rewards capped at 1,000 USDT monthly.

To support everyday payments across different regions, the Bitunix Card is compatible with major digital wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Paypal, as well as selected regional payment platforms and local payment networks.

Available through the Bitunix web platform as well as its iOS and Android applications, the card is designed to give users more utility for their USDT beyond trading. Through a unified dashboard, users can manage card balances, transfer funds between accounts, track transactions, monitor cashback rewards, and control card settings in one place.

The card applies standard regional network processing fees, while eligible users may offset these costs through cashback rewards, depending on their VIP tier.

In addition, eligible balances held on the card can automatically earn yield, reaching up to 11.6% annually, depending on the asset and applicable conditions.

“The Bitunix Card goes far beyond payments. It unlocks a seamless, high-yield financial ecosystem built for everyday global commerce,” said Bitunix’s Chief Strategy Officer, Steven Gu.

The card comes with no issuance fee and no monthly maintenance fee. To activate the card, users are required to transfer a minimum balance of 100 USDT to their card account. The funds remain fully available for spending and do not represent an activation fee.

Users can apply for the Bitunix Card directly through the Bitunix platform. The card is offered to eligible Bitunix users who have completed the platform’s identity verification process and reside in supported regions.

The launch is part of Bitunix’s broader effort to make cryptocurrency more practical for everyday use. By combining spending and earning features in a single product, Bitunix gives users more ways to put their digital assets to use in everyday life.

For more information about the Bitunix Card and application details, users can visit the official Bitunix Card page.

About Bitunix

Bitunix is a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange trusted by over 5 million users across more than 150 countries. Guided by its core principle of better liquidity, better trading, the platform is built for traders who expect more, committed to providing Ultra Trust, Ultra Products, and Ultra Experience. Bitunix offers a fast registration process and a user-friendly verification system to ensure safety and compliance. With global standards of protection through Proof of Reserves (POR) and the Bitunix Care Fund, the exchange prioritizes user trust and fund security. Industry-first innovations like Fixed Risk, TradingView-powered chart suite, along with indicator alerts, cloud-synced templates, provide both beginners and advanced traders with a seamless experience. Making Bitunix one of the most dynamic platforms on the market.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, July 15th, 2026]

15th of July: The BNB Chain Foundation has officially announced the successful completion of the 36th quarterly BNB token burn by BNB Chain. This marks our third burn of 2026.

Here are the facts and figures from the latest burn:

• Auto-Burn (Total BNB burned): 1,615,827.795 BNB
• Approximate value in USD at the time of burn completion: ~$931,702,464
• Transaction ID (TXID) for BNB burn: View transaction
• Remaining to be burned: Check real-time data here
• Remaining total supply: 133,166,127.91 BNB

at time of writing 15 July, 2026 at 10:35AM UTC.

What You Need to Know About the BNB Burn

BNB is the native coin of the BNB Chain ecosystem, essential for powering its multifaceted Web3 environment. It supports transactions on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the opBNB L2s, and BNB Greenfield blockchain. Besides transaction fees, BNB serves as a governance token, granting holders the ability to participate in the BNB Chain’s decentralized on-chain governance. Additionally, BNB functions as a strategic reserve asset and enters the radar of more mainstream financial institutions, driving ecosystem growth and incentivizing adoption.

Following its mainnet launch on April 18, 2019, BNB transitioned from the Ethereum Network to BNB Chain. “Build and Build” is the philosophy behind BNB, reflecting its role in fostering development within the ecosystem. BNB employs an Auto-Burn system to gradually reduce its total supply to 100,000,000 BNB. The burn amount is adjusted based on BNB’s price and the number of blocks generated on BSC during a quarter, ensuring transparency and predictability.

BNB Auto Burn

The BNB Auto-Burn provides an independently auditable, objective process. The figures are reported quarterly, and the mechanism is independent of the Binance centralized exchange.

This quarter’s burn and future burns will occur directly on BSC due to the BNB Chain Fusion. The corresponding BNB amount will be sent to the “blackhole” address: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD.

Note: Due to the recent Lorentz, Maxwell and Fermi upgrades, BSC is producing blocks more frequently, compared with the time when the Auto Burn formula was originally defined. The parameters used in the formula have been adjusted to keep the idea and spirit consistent.

BNB Real-time Burn

Additionally, BNB implements a real-time burning mechanism based on gas fees. BSC validators determine the ratio of gas fees collected in each block, which is burned at a fixed rate. Since the introduction of BEP95, roughly 291K BNB has been burnt under this mechanism.

About BNB Chain

BNB Chain is one of the largest and most active blockchain ecosystems in the world, supported by a global community of developers and users. With high throughput, low transaction costs, and full EVM compatibility, BNB Chain powers scalable applications across finance, gaming, and the broader Web3 economy. For more information, users can visit www.bnbchain.org.

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[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, July 15th, 2026]

CT3 today announced the transition of its decentralized storage infrastructure to a dedicated Storage Contracts model designed to support continued platform growth, improve infrastructure scalability, and expand storage capacity as demand increases.

The transition follows rapid growth across the CT3 ecosystem, with more than 180,000 unique users having used the platform and more than 500,000 uploads completed. Each upload is linked to an NFT access key, allowing platform activity and network usage to be independently verified on-chain.

Continued growth in demand for ct-3.cloud services has increased pressure on the existing infrastructure. Processing all new uploads through a single main collection and one smart contract may reduce scaling flexibility and make storage capacity more difficult to manage as network activity expands.

Under the new architecture, new uploads will be distributed across dedicated Storage Contracts rather than a single main contract. Each Storage Contract is linked to a fixed amount of storage capacity and operates as an independent infrastructure segment with its own capacity, utilization level, and on-chain statistics.

The new model is intended to distribute workloads across multiple smart contracts, improve the transparency and measurement of resource utilization, and support the deployment of additional storage capacity as demand grows. Participants may finance the deployment of new Storage Contracts and the addition of storage capacity. The allocated capacity is used to store files uploaded through ct-3.cloud, while the resulting profit is shared between CT3 and the participant who financed the infrastructure expansion.

Infrastructure Segmentation

Previously, CT3 keys were issued primarily through the main collection and a single contract flow. As the platform expanded, this model became less flexible for handling different categories of data.

Storage Contracts divide the infrastructure into separate segments. Each segment:

• operates through its own smart contract;
• is linked to a specific amount of storage capacity;
• can serve a particular category of files;
• allows capacity utilization and workload to be measured independently;
• reduces pressure on the main NFT key issuance process.

This separation makes the infrastructure more resilient and allows individual areas of the platform to scale without rebuilding the entire system.

How the Allocated Storage Capacity is Used

Each Storage Contract is linked to a defined amount of capacity within the CT3 network. Once activated, the corresponding storage space is supplied by network nodes and used to store data uploaded through ct-3.cloud.

The allocated capacity may be used for:

• standard user files;
• corporate archives;
• automatic backups;
• long-term datasets;
• future CT3 products and applications.

Larger contracts can accommodate heavier files and more substantial flows of corporate or backup data. This allows the network to direct workloads to infrastructure segments with sufficient available capacity.

Storage Contract Economics

The commercial model behind Storage Contracts is based on the real use of CT3 infrastructure. The platform acquires storage capacity from node operators and provides it to ct-3.cloud customers at the market price of the storage service.

A participant finances the deployment of a new Storage Contract and the expansion of the network’s available capacity. Once launched, this capacity is used to store personal and corporate data, while the generated profit is distributed between the investor and CT3.

The financial performance of each contract depends on two main factors:

• the actual utilization of the allocated capacity;
• the margin between the cost of acquiring storage capacity and the price charged to end users.

Storage Contracts therefore allow participants to take part in the growth of CT3 infrastructure and potentially earn income linked to real demand for storage services. The more actively the allocated capacity is used, the greater the contract’s potential result.

On-chain transparency

The operation of each Storage Contract can be verified through the blockchain. Files stored within the allocated capacity are represented by NFT keys containing storage-related metadata.

The combined size of the files associated with these keys can be compared with the utilization figure displayed for the contract. Through the smart contract address, an investor can verify issued NFTs, collection activity, and the actual use of the capacity they helped finance.

This model makes it possible to independently verify:

• the number of keys created;
• the volume of stored data;
• utilization of the allocated capacity;
• activity within a specific Storage Contract;
• the relationship between infrastructure usage and profit generation.

For ct-3.cloud users, the experience remains unchanged: both existing and new NFT keys continue to be supported, and the transition to the new architecture requires no additional action.

About CT3

CT3 is developing a decentralized data storage infrastructure that combines independent nodes, the ct-3.cloud interface, NFT access keys, and blockchain verification.

Users upload files through ct-3.cloud, after which the data is distributed across network nodes. An NFT key is created for every stored object, confirming access rights and containing the relevant storage metadata.

Within this model, nodes provide physical storage capacity, CT3 manages data distribution and access, while individual and corporate users generate demand for storage services.

As the number of users and uploads increases, the network must continuously expand its available capacity. At certain times, demand growth may outpace the addition of new capacity from node operators. Storage Contracts allow CT3 to add new resources in a structured way and allocate them to specific areas of use.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Marbella, Panama, July 15th, 2026]

Finassets, a crypto payment gateway for businesses, announced an increase to its partner revenue share. The first-year referral rate rises to 40% of the processing revenue a referred merchant generates. From year two, the rate continues at 20% for five additional years while the merchant keeps processing, extending the total partner earning window to six years per referral, with the term extendable based on the merchant profile.

Payout speed, contract length, and dashboard visibility are among the key considerations affiliate marketers weigh when comparing crypto affiliate programs, and this update puts Finassets among the top crypto affiliate programs open to B2B partners.

A different model from trading-based programs 

Many crypto exchange affiliate programs and trading platforms base payouts on trading fees generated by active traders, tying affiliate income to short-term trading volume through a fixed commission plan or a minimum payout threshold. Finassets ties partner earnings to a merchant’s ongoing processing volume instead — a relationship that can continue for the full six-year term.

One agreement, six years of revenue share

1. Apply to become a partner. Submit an application and our team handles onboarding and sets clear terms from day one, with a personal referral link and dashboard account.
2. Finassets onboards the merchant. KYB, compliance, and integration are handled entirely by Finassets.
3. The partner earns. Revenue share is calculated per merchant and paid same-day, in crypto. The term can be extended based on the referred user profile.

A merchant referred through a partner’s affiliate link and processing $500,000 a month generates about $2,000 a month in processing fees at Finassets’ 0.40% rate. Here’s how that translates into partner earnings:

Based on a merchant processing $500,000/month at Finassets’ 0.40% fee. Illustrative; actual earnings depend on the merchant’s processing volume.

“Most cryptocurrency affiliate programs ask partners to keep generating referrals just to keep earning,” said Vitalijs F., CEO of Finassets. “We built this revenue share model so one merchant relationship can keep paying out for years, without additional marketing efforts from the partner after the introduction.”

Real-time visibility, reliable payouts 

The agent dashboard tracks referral volume and revenue share per merchant in real time, with a full transaction history for reconciliation and one-click withdrawals. Deposits are typically credited within about 30 seconds of network confirmation, and partners are supported by dedicated account managers who respond quickly. Payouts are same-day, in crypto. Finassets supports 70+ cryptocurrencies across its full product suite, the same infrastructure referred merchants use to process payments.

The affiliate program is open to eligible B2B participants in selected international markets, subject to Finassets programme terms and applicable jurisdictional requirements.

More information and the partner application:  https://www.finassets.io/en/affiliate-program/

About Finassets 

Founded in 2021, Finassets is a Panama-registered crypto payment gateway supporting cross-border and crypto-driven businesses across eligible markets. Finassets provides crypto invoicing, payment links, payment buttons, mass payouts, API integration, crypto checkout, and an affiliate program within a structured, transparent environment for crypto payment processing.

Website: https://www.finassets.io

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