Franklin Templeton Wins SEC Nod for Its Tokenized Fund
The SEC issued a no-action letter allowing Franklin Templeton’s registered mutual funds and ETFs to invest in its tokenized BENJI fund. The relief exempts Franklin from specific physical cust
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$BDAG Suddenly Stops All Sales! Price Crash: BlockDAG Global Launch
BlockDAG has abruptly halted all BDAG sales ahead of Keynote 6, but the live dashboard tells a story that cuts against the "price crash" framing: BDAG is actually up 5.81% today at $0.0000364
Best AI SDR & AI Sales Tools in 2026: What Works, What’s Hype
In September 2024, a startup called 11x from London announced a $24 million Series A led by Benchmark. Nine months later, a $50 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz was announced. The
Internet Computer's AI Code Generator is Unreal
The AI coding assistant @Caffeineai, developed by the @Dfinity Foundation, has generated 15 billion lines of code, according to Dfinity founder Dominic Williams. A significant share of that o
Franklin Templeton Gets SEC Green Light To Expand Stellar Based Fund Access
SEC Clears Path for Blockchain-Based Fund Custody The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a no-action letter giving Franklin Templeton's registered funds the go-ahead to invest
Is Bitcoin Finally Entering A Bottoming Phase?
Long-Term Holder Losses Trigger Bottoming Signal A key Bitcoin on-chain indicator is flashing a familiar warning, one that has appeared around every major cycle bottom in the asset's history.
PI Gets Listed On Solana's Centralized Exchange
@SolCex_Exchange has added Pi Network ($PI), Canton Network's $CC, and Ethereum Classic ($ETC) to its platform, with the listings going live as of August 12, expanding the exchange's tradeabl
Ava Price Prediction: Is $AVA Set For A Reversal Off Support?
Ava, the native token of Travala.com, powers one of the more established travel-booking platforms built on crypto payments, letting users book flights, hotels, and travel packages using digit
XRP ETFs Cross $1.5 Billion Milestone Amid Growing Market Focus
XRP-linked exchange-traded funds have crossed the $1.5 billion mark, a milestone that signals deepening investor engagement with the token through regulated ETF vehicles. What the $1.5 Billio
Solana Network Stays Online Despite Validator Infrastructure Failure
A routing failure at Teraswitch, a data center and network provider used by a portion of Solana’s validators, disrupted several of its own international sites in the early hours of August 12,
Charles Schwab Expands Retail Crypto Access With Direct Bitcoin and Ether Trading
Charles Schwab has added direct spot trading of Bitcoin and Ether to its retail brokerage accounts, charging a flat 0.75% per trade through Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB, with Paxos handli
JD.com (JD) Stock Slides 4% Despite 15% Net Income Surge in Q2 Earnings
Key Highlights Q2 revenue for JD $JD declined 2.9% YoY to RMB346.4 billion, attributed to tough year-ago comparisons Earnings per share of ¥6.29 surpassed analyst projections by ¥0.66; revenu