Author: WebDesk

Tokenized equities are growing fast, but simply listing stock-backed tokens isn’t enough anymore. As per latest Bitget’s research report, the battleground has shifted toward execution quality, liquidity, and infrastructure. The report shows the active market capitalization of tokenized stocks and equities has risen more than 140% from $814 million to $1.976 billion, while Bitget is positioning itself with two separate products designed for traditional investors and crypto-native traders.Two Products, Two Different Investor GroupsInstead of forcing every user into same model, Loading profile preview splits its offering between Stock+ and Reality rTokens. Stock+ provides direct ownership of more than 10,000 US-listed…

It keeps happening. Headline earnings look great, the stock pops at the open, and then a detail in the cash flow statement flips the mood. Profits are up. Cash is down. If you invest through cycles, you’ve seen this movie.This isn’t an accounting conspiracy. It’s the messy reality of timing, capex, leases, and incentives colliding with a growth story. In plain English: you can sell more, report higher profit, and still burn cash because the bill for that growth lands sooner than the revenue does.With the AI buildout sucking in record capital, this gap is getting loud. Let’s unpack what…

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 4th, 2026, ChainwireThe new report maps the illicit and legitimate uses of crypto privacy tools, drawing on data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Statista, and U.S. Treasury Department disclosures. It argues that the current regulatory focus is aimed at the wrong layer of the transaction stack.Today, ChangeNOW, a cryptocurrency super app, and CoinRabbit, crypto asset management platform, announced the joint release of “Financial Privacy in the Digital Age,” a research report that looks at the use, abuse, and regulation of privacy-preserving technology…

The whales are on the move. An O.G. Bitcoin address holding 500 coins — worth $31.8 million at today’s prices — shifted its stash on Tuesday after not budging for 12 years.  Blockchain data shows that the legacy Bitcoin address moved all the funds in one go, paying just 191 sats, or $0.12, in transaction fees.  First flagged by Lookonchain on X, the address piqued Bitcoiners’ interest due to the recent wallet drainage happening with Coldcards, with some speculating that the HODLer moved the funds to a safer place.  Hackers last week started taking over $35 million in Bitcoin from…

According to the data presented by CoinGlass today, August 4, 2026, five major cryptocurrency trading platforms recorded approximately USD 864.6 billion in combined Bitcoin and Ethereum options volume during the first half of 2026. This number reveals a highly concentrated derivatives market, with the top four exchanges managing more than 98% of the aggregate trading activity. While Deribit maintained its historical position as the overall volume leader during this six-month window, tracking metrics indicate a shifting competitive balance among the largest service providers. These changing liquidity balances across distinct digital asset sectors develop alongside upcoming infrastructural changes, as institutional platforms…

The headline flashes: producers lift quotas. Futures pop, feeds light up, everyone starts gaming the dominoes. But then the physical tape rolls in slower than the tweet. Weeks pass. Cargo trackers don’t show the jump people expected.This is that gap. Oil quotas rise on paper, but real barrels take their time. Sometimes they never fully show up. The market trades the announcement in seconds. Molecules have to move across deserts, pipes, and oceans. Different clock.If you sit anywhere downstream of energy prices — from airlines to miners to macro traders — that lag matters more than the press release.Here’s the…

Crypto moves fast, but somehow summer feels even faster.It is incredibly hot here right now. I’m either melting my skin away or floating around in the pool trying to cool off. Needless to say, there has been plenty of pool time lately.Like I’ve mentioned before, this is the period where I’m slowly starting my Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) strategy again. My limit orders are already sitting below the market for Bitcoin and a handful of altcoins. Who knows, maybe Strategy will sell a little more Bitcoin straight into one of my lowball bids.Crypto never sleeps, and neither do we. Every…

Darius Baruo Aug 04, 2026 10:20 IPMX certification debuts with 48 products from 11 manufacturers, marking its shift to a deployable standard for AV-over-IP. Here’s what it means. The Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) has officially moved from concept to reality. Backed by industry heavyweights like AIMS, VSF, AMWA, and the European Broadcasting Union, the first IPMX certification program was launched in January 2026. At ISE 2026 in Barcelona, 48 products from 11 manufacturers were certified, signaling IPMX’s readiness as a deployable standard for AV-over-IP systems. IPMX builds on the SMPTE ST 2110 foundation, widely used in broadcast, by adding…

Sell everything now is what a lot of XRP holders are asking themselves today, and the short answer depends on which side of a tight range breaks first. XRP price today is trading close to $1.08, squeezed between support near $1.00 and resistance around $1.12, after the token dropped into some of its deepest XRP oversold levels on record, a setup driving every fresh XRP price prediction this week.Source: CoinGeckoXRP Sell Everything Now: Oversold Levels, Price Today, 2026 ReboundSource: TradingViewXRP Oversold Levels Are Deep, But The Bounce Is Not Confirmed YetAnyone weighing whether to sell all their XRP right now…

Ted Hisokawa Aug 04, 2026 09:01 Hong Kong Monetary Authority announces 5.00% interest rate for the sixth and final payment of the 2026 Silver Bond Series, highlighting inflation-linked returns. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has set the annual interest rate for the sixth and final payment of the Silver Bond Series due 2026 (Issue No. 03GB2608R) at 5.00%. The announcement, made on August 4, 2026, confirms that bondholders will receive the fixed minimum rate over the floating rate, which was calculated at 1.70% based on recent inflation data. The payment is scheduled for August 18, 2026, marking the maturity…