Crypto startup funding hit a 12-month low in April 2026, yet a16z crypto, Haun Ventures, Dragonfly, and Framework Ventures closed billions in new funds. Polina examines why LPs kept writing checks and how stablecoins, tokenization, and AI agents became the pitch that worked.
Trezor has switched on Clear Signing across its hardware wallets, using the open ERC-7730 standard. Devices now decode raw Ethereum calldata and display the action, token, amount, and destination in plain language. Coverage includes 1inch, Aave, Lido, Tether, LiFi, and Hyperliquid.
MENA crypto volume climbed to an estimated $350 billion by 2025-2026 from about $100 billion in 2022, according to the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Turkey leads by transaction value, the UAE by institutional flows, and Saudi Arabia by growth, as conflict and regulation reshape demand.
CoinDCX has listed Tether Gold (XAUT) for trading and launched a systematic investment plan on the token starting at ₹100. The listing brings the largest tokenized gold product by market cap to Indian investors, with gains falling under India's 30% virtual digital asset tax.
Pi Network began deploying Protocol 27 to Testnet 1 on August 21, with September 15, 2026 as the Mainnet target. The Core Team calls it the final planned upgrade in the current sequence, adding smart-contract authentication and groundwork for RPC servers, DEX functions, and AMM pools.
Strategy returned to an unrealized gain of about $1.4 billion on its 840,447 BTC after bitcoin cleared the company's $75,385 average cost. Spot ETFs took in $606 million on Thursday, Standard Chartered flagged a possible run at $126,000, and Coinbase's CEO looked to 2030.
Crypto India Magazine released NARRATIVE Issue 2, The Institutional Era of Crypto, on August 15, 2026. Marc Liew of Jito Foundation fronts the cover story, with features on custody, market infrastructure, and DeFi, three HER Story profiles, and four contributor essays.
MetaMask opened Agent Wallet to all users on August 6, 2026, giving AI agents a scoped wallet across 22 EVM chains and Hyperliquid. Francesco Andreoli, Head of Developer Relations at Consensys, walks through the policy engine, the $10,000 Transaction Protection, and where users get it wrong.
WebX 2026 Tokyo concluded its fourth edition with 13,641 participants from more than 90 countries and over 70 side events. Discussions across three stages covered yen stablecoins, megabank tokenization and rising institutional confidence. WebX returns on 25 to 26 August 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight.
Crypto SIPs across major Indian exchanges grew more than 60% year-on-year in 2025, and monthly participation has held through a steep 2026 drawdown. Prateek Gupta, Head of Business at Mudrex, argues that India's retail investors are now treating crypto as a portfolio allocation rather than a trade.
Deal Day, the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium and Enterprise focus experience give companies, investors, and operators a dedicated business environment at Asia's largest Bitcoin conference — August 27–28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX will shut down on September 23, 2026, following a strategic review by parent company HDR Global Trading. Users have been asked to close open positions and withdraw their assets ahead of the closure as the platform begins an orderly wind down.
Nine leading financial and crypto firms, including BlackRock, Coinbase, and Strategy, have launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium with a combined $15 million commitment over three years. The initiative will fund Bitcoin security research and open source development while preparing for future quantum computing risks.
Alpaca has raised $135 million led by Peak XV, with participation from Elefund, Opera Tech Ventures, and Unbound. Total new financing hits $435 million with debt from Kraken parent Payward and BMO, as the broker scales infrastructure for tokenized markets and AI-native finance.
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, the exchange's first institutional funding round since its 2016 founding. The capital will fund a push into tokenized securities and derivatives as crypto fundraising sinks to its lowest level since 2020.
Tokyo Stock Exchange–listed Green Monster will work with Capital Layer to support the development of regional institutional stablecoin settlement infrastructure as the two companies build a regional institutional settlement network — starting with the Japan–Taiwan corridor — alongside co-created digital-asset education for financial institutions.
EBC12 brings together speakers from J.P. Morgan, the Financial Conduct Authority, Invesco, Coinbase, Fidelity International, and more than 300 leaders from the banks, regulators, and asset managers shaping Europe's digital asset market.
Attackers backdoored the official Injective npm SDK on July 8, 2026, planting code that stole crypto wallet seed phrases and private keys across 18 packages. The poisoned version was downloaded 310 times before a clean release shipped. Here is how the attack worked.
Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance has floated ending the one-year crypto tax exemption as part of its 2027 budget. If passed, all crypto gains would become taxable regardless of holding period, ending a key perk for long-term holders.
The Bitcoin Thailand Conference 2026 comes to Bangkok's Samyan Mitrtown on November 28-29, spotlighting Lightning payments, privacy and financial sovereignty.
Newly confirmed speakers from leading financial institutions, digital asset firms and global payment networks join discussions on stablecoins, AI, regulation and the future of digital finance in Tokyo.
Trump's 2025 ethics filing shows crypto ventures, led by World Liberty Financial and his TRUMP meme coin, generated more than $1.4 billion, outpacing his real estate income as bitcoin and meme coin prices slide.
Trezor Academy's "Seeding Bitcoin" documentary charts how Bitcoin functions as everyday money across Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa recorded $205B in on-chain value in 2025, up 52%. Trezor's shop now accepts donations for Global South Bitcoin education.
The CoinDCX H1 2026 report shows Indian crypto investors traded ₹14,664 crore in the first half of the year while Bitcoin fell roughly 51%. Assets under custody rose across every generation, led by Gen Z at 63%, and Bitcoin's share of traded volume climbed to 22.43%.
