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Software stocks have had a rough year. The fear driving them down is real: AI agents are getting good enough to automate tasks that enterprise software used to handle, and investors have been cutting valuations across the board. The debate has been running all year with no clear answer. On Aug. 3, one CEO stepped into that debate with 11 words. “Our entire business nearly doubled in the span of 12 months,” Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp wrote in his investor letter, according to The Motley Fool. Palantir (PLTR) just reported results that ask a pointed question: Is AI killing…

Key TakeawaysBTCPay Server faced an active vulnerability exploit that allowed attackers to steal funds from users.Developers urged users to update to version 2.4.2 or shut down servers to prevent further losses.Following the Coldcard hack, multiple nodes were drained in what appears to be a targeted attack. BTCPay Server Recommends Upgrading After Critical Vulnerability The Bitcoin ecosystem is facing yet another attack on a self-hosted infrastructure service after the recent Coldcard exploit, which left a balance of over 1,700 BTC stolen, according to Galaxy Research. BTCPay Server, an open-source, self-hosted cryptocurrency payment processor, has announced it is facing an ongoing attack…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire 250+ TradFi markets join Carbon’s 530+ crypto perpetuals & 150 24/7 RWAs in one venue. Wall Street depth at listing, stable overnight rates, and on-chain settlement. Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, today opened public trading on 250+ Carbon TradFi markets spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities. Each position is hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues, making Carbon the largest TradFi-native on-chain derivatives venue. Alongside 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 RWAs, total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in one account.  Carbon TradFi is Carbon’s own on-chain instrument. A…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed five new Ondo tokenized stock trading pairs on Spot, expanding user access to stocks spanning AI infrastructure, semiconductors, enterprise software and rare earth materials. The new pairs are AXTION/USDT (AXT Inc), AEHRON/USDT (Aehr Test Systems), APLDON/USDT (Applied Digital), USARON/USDT (USA Rare Earth) and SAPON/USDT (SAP SE). The pairs went live on Spot on August 6, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC), with deposits now open. Withdrawals will open on August 7, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC). Report data jointly published by MEXC and CoinGecko shows that demand…

Cows on a blockchain. That’s where we are now. Brazil’s B3 stock exchange — one of the largest in Latin America — recently helped a farmer in the country’s south secure a $19,600 loan using ten cows as collateral, stored virtually inside a blockchain-based system. It’s a small number by financial standards, but the point wasn’t the size of the loan. It was the proof of concept: living animals, each assigned a unique encrypted digital identity, used as bankable assets on a distributed ledger. And people thought DeFi was already getting weird. From Cattle to Uranium: The Wild Range of…

Move-to-earn project Step App will wind down services by Aug. 21 after four years, while its FITFI token trades 99.9% below its all-time high.

Eightco treasury composition as of August 5, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $142M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $378 million Eightco recently participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for a potential future initial public offering Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco…

Deposit account rates are on the decline. The good news: You can lock in a competitive return on a certificate of deposit (CD) today and preserve your earning power. In fact, the best CDs still pay rates of 4% or higher. Read on for a snapshot of CD rates today and where to find the best offers. Where are the best CD rates today? CDs today typically offer rates significantly higher than traditional savings accounts. Currently, the best short-term CDs (six to 12 months) generally offer rates around 4% to 4.5% APY. Today, Wednesday, August 5, 2026, the highest CD…

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire The former TON executive joins as Director of Strategic Partnerships to form the connections behind ChangeNOW’s next phase. Former TON executive Martin Masser joins ChangeNOW to build strategic partnerships, ecosystem relationships, and media momentum behind its next phase. Masser comes with experience across traditional banking, Web2 and Web3, including senior growth and business development roles within the TON space. At ChangeNOW, he will lead strategic relationships with blockchain networks, wallets, fintech companies, payment providers and other infrastructure partners. His appointment comes as ChangeNOW grows beyond standalone crypto services, transitioning to…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 5, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today unveiled MEXC 0808: Stock Season, the inaugural edition of its annual brand celebration centered on 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Early bird registration is now open, ahead of the main campaign launch on August 8, offering participants the opportunity to compete for a share of a $500,000 prize pool. The launch establishes MEXC 0808 as an annual brand milestone built around 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Zero fees are not limited to a single campaign period. They represent a value that MEXC continues to deliver…