August 15, 2026

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Kentucky’s Prediction Market Crackdown Faces Federal Lawsuit and Preemption Fight

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal derivatives regulator, filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky on June 23, 2026, making it the ninth state the agency has sued in an accelerating battle over who gets to regulate prediction markets in the United States. Kentucky had moved the prior week to shut down

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CoinFello’s Bet on the Future of DeFi (Interview)

DeFi has long promised open and self-custodial finance. But for most users, actually using it still means juggling through wallets, dApps, bridges, pools, approvals, and risks that are very hard to understand in real time, especially for someone who’s relatively new to the industry. CoinFello believes that the experience is ready for a major shift.

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10 AI bot trading in 2026 (features and pricing)

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. AI trading bots have moved into the mainstream in 2026, becoming widely used for automated crypto trading, monitoring, and strategy execution. Summary AI trading bots in 2026 are mainstream, helping users automate crypto strategies

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SecondFi Hack Puts Up to 129M ADA at Risk: What It Means for Cardano

SecondFi, the EMURGO-backed Cardano wallet platform, disclosed a critical security flaw in its native web wallet-generation software on June 23, 2026 – and the damage estimates are still climbing. ADA is trading at approximately $0.15 at press time, down nearly 3% in 24 hours, compounding losses after the token fell below $0.20 in June and

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Ripple (XRP) News Today: June 24

A closer look at the latest and most important updates surrounding Ripple’s ecosystem. The company recently secured a key regulatory approval, which is vital for its operations in the European Union, while institutional interest in XRP remains solid. Despite these positive developments, Ripple’s cross-border token hasn’t managed to rebound and is down nearly 70%

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What are AI agents in crypto? Agentic payments and x402 explained

AI agents are software that can act on your behalf, and a growing slice of crypto exists to let them pay for things on their own. The link is a revived web standard called x402, which turns any online service into something a machine can buy from in seconds. Here is what that means and

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Strategy’s $1.4B Cash Race: Can Saylor Rescue STRC Before It’s Too Late?

On June 23, CryptoQuant research analyst Julio Moreno issued a pointed recommendation: MicroStrategy (ticker: MSTR) should stop buying Bitcoin and rebuild its cash buffer before its preferred stock collapses further. The advice was sound. It was also two weeks late. What CryptoQuant Actually Said Moreno’s case is built on hard numbers. Strategy’s annualized dividend obligations

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crypto payments may be where e-commerce was in 2000

Ripple executive Reece Merrick said crypto payments are moving through the same early stage that e-commerce faced more than two decades ago.  Summary Merrick says crypto payments resemble early e-commerce before infrastructure made online shopping normal for consumers. Stablecoins, on-ramps and scalable blockchains now serve as payment infrastructure, similar to broadband and smartphones. Recent Ripple

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Congress sends anti-CBDC housing bill to President Trump’s desk

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for final approval.  Summary Congress passed a housing bill that blocks the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC until 2030. The measure now heads to President Donald Trump after strong bipartisan votes in

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StarkWare wants KYC checks without full passport exposure

StarkWare has introduced Private KYC on Starknet, a demo that lets users meet know-your-customer checks without giving companies full copies of identity documents.  Summary Private KYC lets users prove age facts without sending companies complete identity documents or addresses. StarkWare links the demo to STRK20 privacy tools built for selective disclosure and onchain verification. The

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