A payment app can be global and still stop at the border. Apple Pay launched in the Philippines in early August 2026, bringing the service to a market where digital payments were already widely used. At launch, eligible Visa and Mastercard debit, credit, and prepaid cards from Chinabank, GoTyme Bank, Metrobank, and UnionBank were supported….
Numerous altcoins have recorded more impressive gains today, led by Ripple’s XRP. It’s hard to believe that just 48 hours ago, there was no clear indication of what was going to happen next. The reality, though, is quite promising as bitcoin has added over $11,000 within this timeframe, and blasted through $75,000 hours ago…
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Key Takeaways Injective said its arm became an SEC-registered transfer agent for securities. Injective’s SEC status adds regulated recordkeeping to four live tokenized asset classes. Injective’s next test is scaling adoption among banks and issuers after its 2026 regulatory push. Injective Targets 4 Asset Classes With SEC Transfer Agent Status Injective is adding regulated securities…
Public Bitcoin miners spent $5.11 billion on capital assets during the first half of 2026 while reporting only $341.2 million in artificial intelligence and high performance computing revenue, according to an Aug. 20 analysis from BlocksBridge Consulting. Summary Nine public Bitcoin miners spent $5.11 billion on capital assets during first half of 2026 collectively. Their…
I still remember my first pair of Ray-Bans: the Original Wayfarer Classics with polished black frames and green lenses. Then, in middle school, when Aviators were all the rage, I convinced my mom to buy me a pair with gold metal frames and orange flash polarized lenses. Looking back, they were a bold choice for…
“HSBC’s interoperability transaction with Standard Chartered via SWIFT is a landmark moment for the promise of tokenised deposits,” said HSBC exec. HSBC and Standard Chartered executed the first live tokenized deposit transaction on SWIFT’s blockchain-based ledger, the two banks said on August 19, six weeks after the network opened to an initial cohort of…
The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom for a cohort of data-labeling startups. One of these fast-growing businesses is Micro1, a four-year-old startup that expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, according to a…
Key Takeaways Bondarchuk spent 100+ hours 3D printing Bella’s modular prosthetic arm. Bella, 7, uses the device daily, highlighting cheaper pediatric options. GE Vernova hired Bondarchuk as he develops attachments for more kids. Vitaliy Bondarchuk’s dorm-room engineering project started with a family problem: his 7-year-old sister, Bella, needed a prosthetic that could keep up with…
Binance said on Aug. 20 that two employees detained in the United Arab Emirates had been cleared and released after answering questions about third-party fund flows. Summary Two Binance employees were detained, questioned and released after UAE authorities examined third-party fund flows. Binance says the employees provided statements and were not targets of the authorities’…
