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

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

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

Bella Protocol Launches Bella Alpha, AI Trading Signals and Crypto Research in One Telegram Experience – Chainwire HomeNewsroomBella Protocol Launches Bella Alpha, AI Trading Signals and Crypto Research in One Telegram Experience We use cookies to make Chainwire’s website a better experience. Cookies help us provide a more personalized experience and relevant advertising for you, and web analytics for us. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication…

Key highlights:AstraZeneca shares fell nearly 7% after reports of merger discussions with Bristol Myers SquibbA combined company would be worth about $400 billion, making it one of the largest pharmaceutical mergers everAnalysts questioned why AstraZeneca would pursue such a deal despite its strong pipeline and long-term growth outlookAstraZeneca tumbles after blockbuster merger reportAstraZeneca shares came under pressure on Monday after reports revealed the company had held merger discussions with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb.The report surprised investors, sending AstraZeneca’s London-listed shares down by as much as 7%, while Bristol Myers gained in premarket trading. If completed, the transaction would create…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the first full week of August circling $63,000 as traders weigh the impact of the ongoing Coldcard wallet hack.Key points:US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leverages a Federal Reserve repo facility for a joint intervention as the Japanese briefly recovers from forty-year lows against the dollarOil prices fall sharply as president Donald Trump gives hope of a deal with Iran.Bitcoin rounds out July 7.4% higher, but warnings of a red August stay in place.Bessent eyes further yen interventionsConcerns over US Treasury markets were behind the US decision to intervene in the Japanese yen last week. Washington engaged in…

Darius Baruo Aug 02, 2026 17:02 AMD Instinct GPUs enable Day 0 deployment of MiniMax-H3, a cutting-edge video generation model producing 2K clips with stereo audio. AMD has announced Day 0 support for MiniMax-H3, the latest video generation model from Chinese AI firm MiniMax, on its Instinct MI355X and MI300X GPUs. This collaboration allows the powerful multimodal model to run efficiently on AMD’s hardware, marking a significant milestone for AI-driven video and audio generation. MiniMax-H3, released on July 31, 2026, represents a generational leap in video synthesis. Unlike its predecessor, the Hailuo series, which separated tasks like text-to-video (T2V) and…

Strategy sold 1,638 Bitcoin for $104.7 million in the week ending August 2, per a regulatory filing. That’s not a small number. The sale cut its total holdings from 843,775 BTC down to 842,138 — and the coins went out the door at an average price of $63,957 each. The company split the proceeds pretty much down the middle. About $52.4 million went straight to funding dividends on preferred stock. The other $52.3 million was used to buy back shares of STRC. That buyback, when you add in shares covered by common stock sales, came to $81.2 million total —…

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

The Clarity Act is widely viewed as the crypto industry’s most important piece of U.S. legislation, with supporters arguing it would establish clear rules for digital assets, reduce regulatory uncertainty and unlock broader institutional adoption. Analysts say passage would improve market sentiment by giving banks, asset managers and exchanges greater confidence to invest in blockchain infrastructure and expand crypto products.Bernstein’s analysts said they expect regulators to move more quickly on token classifications, decentralized finance (DeFi) guidance, self-custody rules and innovation exemptions for token issuance, while continuing to support tokenization, crypto derivatives and prediction markets.The Clarity Act remains strategically important because…