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The SEC published its Reg Crypto proposal last week, giving the public 60 days to comment.

Algorand (ALGO)’s latest upgrade, version 5.0, brings significant enhancements to the network’s functionality, particularly for developers. The update, which officially activated on August 22, 2026, introduces larger app sizes, expanded transaction limits, and revamped fee structures. These changes are designed to support more complex decentralized applications (dApps) and streamline the user experience. The most notable improvement in Algorand 5.0 is the doubling of maximum app sizes. Developers can now deploy applications up to 16 KB, up from the previous 8 KB limit. This is achieved by increasing the number of program pages from three to eight, each sized at 2…

MiCA left crypto lending outside its original rulebook — but now Brussels is considering whether to bring it in.On May 20, 2026, the European Commission asked stakeholders to weigh in on areas left outside the original Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework. These include issues around decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto lending and borrowing. One area of contention involves lending vaults, which can channel billions of dollars into onchain credit markets without looking like conventional lending. Their legal status currently depends on non binding interpretations that they fall outside of MiCA and EU fund rules. Yuriy Brisov, an EU digital…

The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen expects Bitcoin to remain broadly around current levels through the end of the year despite its recent surge, citing interest rates and broader macroeconomic conditions as key factors shaping the cryptocurrency’s outlook.Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets podcast, Chen said predicting whether Bitcoin (BTC) will finish the year above or below $70,000 is difficult, pointing to the possibility of higher interest rates as one factor that could pressure prices.Cointelegraph host interviews Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. Source: Trade Secrets“If any of that happens, the price should go down, at least theoretically,” Chen said, adding that BTC has become…

Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.

Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum. Less than one percent of the world’s assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries,…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 21st, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed the MRNAON/USDT trading pair on Spot, giving users a new opportunity to access U.S. stock markets as part of its expanding lineup of Ondo tokenized stock offerings. Moderna, Inc., a U.S.-based biotechnology company known for its mRNA vaccine platform, has seen its shares rally sharply in recent trading. On August 19, 2026, Moderna and Merck announced that their investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, used in combination with Keytruda, met the primary endpoint of a late-stage melanoma trial, with the combination regimen meeting the main…

The BTC price reclaimed its 200-day moving average for the first time in nine months as its rally gained momentum after the US Treasury expanded its bond buybacks.

Longtime bond market investor Mark Connors sees routine government bond buybacks improving liquidity and bringing bitcoin’s next rally closer.