Hashdex plans to put some of the crypto held by its Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) to work through staking. The sponsor takes the first slice of net income, while common shareholders begin sharing in the rewards after an annual threshold is cleared. The framework is prospective. A July 23 Form 8-K named Coinbase…
NewsFeed Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in separate attacks across the occupied West Bank, causing significant damage and leaving racist graffiti. Palestinian officials say at least 45 mosques have been vandalised or burned by settlers since 2025. Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share…
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading infrastructure including a digital depository no later than Dec. 1 as the country brings crypto trading, custody and settlement into its regulated financial system. That digital depository, Interfax reported, will record ownership of cryptocurrency and process most transactions outside of the main blockchain. Sberbank will operate…
Firefighters are battling to contain wildfires burning near to the city of Bordeaux as tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the surrounding region. Speaking on Sunday, the city’s Mayor, Thomas Cazenave, said the fire was about 15km (9 miles) from the outskirts of the city’s wider region, and 25 to 30km (15…
In brief Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling on July 15—a 975-billion-parameter open-source model trained entirely from scratch. It’s the first major model from Mira Murati’s lab since she left OpenAI in September 2024. The model is live on OpenRouter at $1 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens, making it usable in…
The attack happened at about 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT). A report was made to police in Berlin that a white vehicle had been driven into crowds at a Pride event in the capital. Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered at Tiergarten park, near the iconic Brandenburg Gate, for the annual event, which is…
TL;DR SHIB re-enters top 25 on a whale-driven squeeze, not real demand. SHIB jumped ~40% in two days, adding nearly $1B in market cap. Etherscan data shows a Gini index of 0.9957, with 802 wallets controlling 94.71% of supply and retail under 2% — and the rally now faces a hard ceiling at the $3.5…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has claimed a role as the leading regulator of prediction markets firms run by companies such as Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com, issued an advisory on Friday reminding the businesses that they shouldn’t cut corners with far-ranging contract certifications meant to encompass a wide array of events. The…
Spanish PM says ‘difficult hours’ ahead in battle to contain wildfires Sam Jones Speaking during a visit to the command post in Ávila on Sunday morning, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said that while “difficult hours” lay ahead, there had been some good news on containing the fire. “We’re facing some difficult hours, although it’s…
Fire crews in France are battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed on Sunday as the unpredictable blazes advances. To help stop the flames from spreading, a giant A400M military cargo aircraft has been converted for firefighting in southwest France. Swooping low over arid, fire-threatened woodlands, the plane dropped a long plume or ochre-coloured retardant. FRANCE 24’s Charlotte Hughes…