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Figure reports $4.3B in loan marketplace volume as profit nearly triples
Figure expects consumer loan marketplace volume to range from $4.8 billion to $5.2 billion in the third quarter.
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Anthropic's AI Agents Started a Virtual War. The Chat Logs Are Unhinged
Anthropic's own AI agents turned on each other and proved they like to go rogue—again.
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City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting
The city’s complaint over gambling laws and deceptive trade practices included Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as partners with prediction market platform Kalshi.
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U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to further delay its anticipated "innovation exemption" designed to accelerate tokenized securities trading after concerns emerged from both the White House and Wall S…
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'Bitcoin Is Burning': Red Team Turns to Chinese AI to Find Flaws
The Bitcoin Red Team is using Chinese AI models to search nearly the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem for security flaws, according to pseudonymous developer and Red Team lead Calle.
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Anthropic Is Quietly Watermarking Every Claude AI Output. Builders Are Already Trying to Break It
Anthropic has begun embedding an imperceptible watermark in all text its newest Claude models generate. The change took effect for models launched in the EU on August 2, 2026, and Anthropic says it will apply worldwide.
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Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea
More than a year after being indicted on fraud charges related to his activities at crypto company Delio, Jeong Sang-ho faces prison time in South Korea.
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Bullish Signals Defy the ‘Bitcoin and Crypto Is Dead’ Narrative
The Bitcoin and crypto is âdead, over and finishedâ narrative is once again trending on social media platforms, just like in previous market bottom phases.
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Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
The Ethereum Foundation is moving away from the Poseidon hash function in its planned post-quantum architecture, according to researcher Justin Drake.
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Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion
KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.
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Tether Claims 'Largest Inaugural Financial Audit' as KPMG Signs Off on 2025 Statements
Tether said Thursday that Big Four accounting firm KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion—industry jargon for the best possible result—-on the 2025 financial statements of Tether International, the company behind the …
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White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal Risk
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday directing the federal government to enlist vetted U.S. companies in offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. The National Security Presidential …
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Tether completes first full independent audit from KPMG
Tether has cleared a hurdle that critics said would never happen: a full, independent financial audit of its books. The company announced on August 13, 2026, that KPMG U.S. completed a comprehensive audit of Tether Inte…
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Crypto group backs Custodia in Supreme Court battle over Fed access
The Blockchain Association argues the Fed should not have broad discretion to deny eligible state-chartered banks direct access to its payment system.
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Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
KPMG U.S., one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, audited Tether International's financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025 and issued an unqualified opinion, Tether said. That means the accounting firm foun…
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SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was on the verge of revealing its first major rulemaking effort in the digital assets sphere, having been set to propose its "Regulation Crypto," but the agency cancelled the …
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Google and OpenAI Debut Super Fast AI Models—Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Out, But GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Is Invite-Only
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on Thursday, a low-cost coding-and-agents model now generally available.
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Metaplanet Denies Selling $320M in Bitcoin as Firm Launches BitBonds
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich denied claims that the company sold Bitcoin after a 5,014 BTC transfer, valued at roughly $320 million, between company wallets drew attention online.
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Robinhood Chain nears $1B TVL as Uniswap drives liquidity: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered said Robinhood’s Uniswap integration could solve a key challenge for new blockchains while accelerating UNI token burns.
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Solana Can Be the 'Everything Chain' as Crypto Apps Go Mainstream: 6th Man Ventures Co-Founder
Solana could bring hundreds of millions of people into crypto without most of them realizing they are using a blockchain, investor Mike Dudas said on a recent episode of Decrypt's Fomo Hour podcast.
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Tether Silences Critics With Historic KPMG Full Audit; Here Are the Results
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CFTC to join SEC in exploring crypto regulations without CLARITY bill
The CFTC will hold a meeting for its Innovation Advisory Committee on Aug. 20 to address regulation related to crypto assets, artificial intelligence and prediction markets.
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B2C2 taps Schroders veteran to chase Asia’s growing crypto wealth
Institutional crypto liquidity provider B2C2 has appointed Jason Lai, the former chairman of Schroders Wealth Management Asia, as a senior adviser in Singapore, as the firm looks to deepen its ties with family offices, …
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Ethena’s FalconX Deal Puts ENA Back Near A Key Test
The post Ethena’s FalconX Deal Puts ENA Back Near A Key Test appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News ENA has spent months going nowhere, but the latest Ethena partnership with FalconX gives the token a fresh fundamenta…