Day: 7 August 2025

In a move that signals a groundbreaking convergence of crypto and robotics, Pantera Capital has led a $20 million funding round for OpenMind, a startup developing a decentralized operating system for robots.  The investment round, announced on Monday, August 4, also drew backing from major players including Coinbase Ventures, Digital ...

Curve Finance has officially gone live on Etherlink, a move that strengthens the connection between Tezos and the broader Ethereum-compatible DeFi ecosystem. The deployment, announced on August 6, is part of Etherlink’s ongoing “Apple Farm Season 2” incentive campaign, which aims to accelerate decentralized finance activity on the Tezos-based Layer-2 ...

Orca DAO has introduced a fresh governance proposal aimed at enhancing the performance and sustainability of the Orca decentralized exchange protocol. The new initiative centers around staking unused treasury assets on Solana and implementing a long-term ORCA token buyback program. Unveiled on the Orca governance forum, the proposal gives the ...

Coinbase will begin charging a 0.1% fee for large-scale conversions of the stablecoin USDC to U.S. dollars, starting August 13. The new fee will apply to net USDC-to-USD conversions exceeding $5 million over a 30-day rolling period, according to a notice posted by the crypto exchange. The decision comes on ...

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The share of workers receiving cryptocurrency as part of their compensation has more than tripled year-over-year, with USDC emerging as the dominant payroll token, according to Pantera Capital’s 2024 Blockchain Compensation Survey. In 2024, 9.6% of respondents reported earning some portion of their salary in crypto—up sharply from just 3% ...

TRON is rapidly cementing its position at the center of the global stablecoin economy, with over 8.29 million USDT transactions recorded on-chain during the week ending August 3, 2025. The surge marks a new milestone for the network and underscores its rising relevance as both a retail and institutional settlement ...

Singapore-based fintech firm MetaComp has announced it will begin distributing Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin, bolstering its presence in the expanding market for institutional cross-border payments. RLUSD, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Standard Custody & Trust Company, a Ripple subsidiary, is now available to institutional clients via MetaComp’s regulated infrastructure. The ...

Decentralized advertising platform Alkimi has partnered with the Sui blockchain to move its entire digital ad supply chain onchain, signaling a major shift in how advertising is executed, verified, and monetized in the Web3 era. The partnership brings together Alkimi’s decentralized ad infrastructure and Sui’s high-performance technology stack, including the ...

MEXC Ventures, the investment arm of global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC, has announced a strategic investment in Triv, one of Indonesia’s largest and most regulated crypto exchanges, valuing the platform at US$200 million. The move highlights MEXC’s focus on capturing the rapidly expanding crypto market in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2015, ...