Ethereum Devs to Narrow 66 Proposals tied to 2027 Hegotá Upgrade

Ethereum developers are currently reviewing 66 proposals to narrow them down as part of scoping the next major Ethereum upgrade, Hegotá, with several proposals aimed at bringing more privacy capabilities into the protocol. FOCIL is currently the only Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) scheduled for inclusion in the upgrade. Frame Transactions (EIP-8141), Keyed Nonces (EIP-8250) and…

ARP Digital Wins VARA License for Dubai Crypto Services

ARP Digital, an institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has secured a broker-dealer license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, allowing the Bahrain-based firm to offer regulated conversions between digital assets and the UAE dirham. According to ARP Digital, the license covers United Arab Emirates-based corporates, capital markets participants and qualified investors, including conversions between stablecoins…

Trump Media Plans Crypto Treasury Revamp After $238M Q2 Loss

Trump Media said it plans to revamp its digital asset treasury strategy after unrealized losses on crypto and securities helped push the company to a $238 million net loss in the second quarter. The company reported $190.4 million in unrealized losses across its digital assets, pledged digital assets and equity securities in its Q2 earnings…

Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options

Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the second quarter. That increase, which gives it the right to acquire IBIT shares at a later date at a set price, came as…

Following Senate Delay, Crypto Bill has a Narrow Window to Become Law

The Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act is expected to be held for a cloture vote in September upon the US Senate’s return, but it still faces significant hurdles on the path to becoming law. Just before the Senate broke for a month-long recess last week, Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture for the crypto…

Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor

Luke Dashjr lost his BIP editor privileges after developers raised concerns over his role in BIP 110 and its stalled minority fork. Source link

Unitree IPO: crypto derivatives traders on Hyperliquid price 4x upside on debut

The contracts traded just 1.6% apart on average when both markets were active, and traded near $92 and $94 most recently, translating to a more than 300% upside from the IPO price. That fourfold premium also means Unitree could have a blockbuster debut and still leave leveraged bulls nursing steep losses. “Unitree can open at…

FlightAware Drops Kalshi Lawsuit One Day After Filing

Just a day after real-time flight tracking website FlightAware filed a lawsuit against prediction markets platform Kalshi over use of its name and data, the flight data company gave notice of voluntary dismissal of the case.  In a Tuesday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, attorneys for FlightAware…

Bitcoin Could Bottom in October, Altcoins Are ‘Basically Dead,’ Swan CEO Says

Bitcoin could bottom in October before recovering to around $130,000 ahead of the 2028 halving, according to Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price peaked above $126,000 in early October 2025, meaning that the “market should bottom in October,” Klippsten told Cointelegraph.  He argued that Bitcoin has so far bottomed about 12 months after…

Custodia Gets Crypto Industry Backing in Supreme Court Fed Case

The Blockchain Association urged the US Supreme Court to hear Custodia Bank’s challenge to the Federal Reserve’s denial of its application for a master account, which would give the crypto-focused bank direct access to the Fed’s payment system. In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the industry group argued that federal law requires the central bank…