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Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo (BTGO) is set to replace LayerZero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC). The move pushes the value covered by announced LayerZero-to-Chainlink migrations to nearly $15 billion.The move forms part of a migration wave that started following the $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO’s LayerZero-powered bridge earlier this year, which increased scrutiny of LayerZero bridge configurations. Various other projects, including Mantle, Kelp, Lombard, Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re and Kraken have since announced moves to Chainlink’s CCIP.WBTC is a tokenized representation of bitcoin designed to track its value. Unlike native bitcoin, it can…

The grouping of companies called the Magnificent Seven just did something that they haven’t since the introduction of ChatGPT sent the market into an artificial intelligence-sparked frenzy.

Willemstad, Curaçao, August 4th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has launched a new Web3 authentication system that allows users to register, sign in, and deposit funds using a crypto wallet. The new verification mechanism eliminates the need for email registration, passwords, or manually copying wallet addresses.  The feature is now available to all 1win users and supports Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and other wallets via WalletConnect. EVM-compatible networks are supported across all options, while TRON connections are available through Trust Wallet and WalletConnect-enabled TRON options. 1win is among the first crypto entertainment platforms to introduce seamless wallet onboarding for…

Tyson Foods is expecting to post a steeper annual loss in beef than was originally anticipated as cattle shortages persist. Reporting third-quarter and nine-months results today (3 August), the US meat giant updated its guidance for adjusted operating income losses for its beef segment in fiscal 2026 to a range of $650-500m. As a consequence, total adjusted operating profit for the group business is now predicted to be below previous expectations at $2.1bn to $2.3bn, compared to the $2.2bn to $2.4bn outlined at the second-quarter results stage in May. At that point, beef was forecast to deliver a loss in…

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 13 months In July, ETH outperformed Nasdaq 100 by 2,500 basis points, the largest since July 2025, reflective of the strengthening fundamentals of crypto Bitmine repurchased 4.5 million common stock in the past week, authorized under the previously announced $4 billion share repurchase program Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine has 4,917,189 staked…

AstraZeneca shares were slumping while Bristol-Myers Squibb was jumping on Monday on reported deal talks. But the big question is why these two pharmaceutical giants would want to come together in the first place.

The flaw allowing the exploit traces to a March 2021 firmware build that routed seed generation to a predictable software randomizer instead of the chip’s hardware one, leaving the resulting keys reproducible offline by anyone who works out the range. Coldcard manufacturer Coinkite released emergency firmware for every affected model and told users who had generated a seed on the flawed software to move funds to a wallet address made with a fresh one.Thorn said he had no direct victim report and published his findings on pattern matching alone, choosing speed over confirmation to warn people while the transactions were…

According to rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are a bit lower compared to last week. The current 30-year fixed rate fell by 10 basis points to 6.65%, the 15-year fixed rate declined by 3 basis points to 6.01%, and the 5/1 ARM rose by a single basis point to 6.65%. Read more: Weekly survey of mortgage lenders with the lowest rates: Pushing higher Today’s mortgage rates Here are the current mortgage rates today, Sunday, August 2, 2026, according to the latest Zillow data: 30-year fixed: 6.65% 20-year fixed: 6.33% 15-year fixed: 6.01% 5/1 ARM: 6.65% 7/1 ARM:…

“Delaying Social Security until 70 results in an increased monthly payment — and that comes with proportionally higher cost-of-living adjustments.”

Holders of Strategy’s (MSTR) high-yielding preferred stock STRC will not see a dividend increase in August.Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy is maintaining the current 12% dividend on the shares.STRC investors may have been expecting as much as a 50-basis-point hike in the dividend as Strategy has customarily raised the payout anytime the stock traded sizably below its par value ($100) for the month.As recently as July 1, Strategy had lifted the dividend 50 basis points following June’s plunge in STRC to as low as $71. While that hike — along with Strategy’s sale of some bitcoin to fund…