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The ECB proposes implementing the euro app with screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and exceeding the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.
The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday that the digital euro application is expected to meet higher accessibility requirements than those set out in the European Accessibility Act.
According to an ECB statement, the proposed design includes an improved intuitive interface, full keyboard navigation, screen reader support, session timeout warnings, simplified language, error prevention mechanisms, and settings to reduce motion effects, along with many other accessibility features for users.

Researchers find that conversion costs from fiat money and payment infrastructure—rather than blockchain fees—are the main factors creating most of the cost and settlement-time differences for stablecoin transfers.
A study by the Bank of Italy has just shown that stablecoin-based remittance does not offer any system-level advantage in cost or speed over traditional payment channels, due to obstacles in converting between fiat currency and digital assets that account for most of the costs and delays in the transfer process.

South Korea records 18 consecutive months of stablecoin net outflows abroad, with June alone reaching 560.3 billion KRW due to demand for derivatives products and DeFi.
South Korea continued to record stablecoin capital outflows abroad in June, totaling 560.3 billion KRW, equivalent to 367 million USD. The funds were net transferred to exchanges overseas, extending the country’s chain of monthly net outflows to 18 consecutive months. The figures are taken from data from the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, collected by the news agency Yonhap through lawmaker Lee Jong-wook of the People Power Party.

The Russian government issued a decree banning crypto-asset mining in Moscow and Kursk from August 15, in order to reduce pressure on the power grid, estimated to consume 1 GW.
The Russian government has just issued a decree banning the operation of crypto-asset mining and participation in mining groups in the city of Moscow, the neighboring Moscow Oblast, and certain areas of Kursk Oblast, effective from August 15 through the end of 2032.
A document numbered Decree of the Government No. 936, issued on July 25 and published on the official Russian legal information portal on Friday, applies to the capital Moscow, the entire Moscow Oblast surrounding the city, as well as eight urban districts of Kursk Oblast and the city of Lgov.

A female insurance agent in Hong Kong lost more than 26 million HKD after being lured into investing in a fake cryptocurrency asset application through an online relationship.
Hong Kong police have just warned about a romance scam combined with investment in fake cryptocurrency assets, causing losses of more than 26 million HKD (about $3.3 million USD) to a local female insurance agent.
According to a police posting on social media on Saturday, this is the most severe case among 25 reported romance scams in Hong Kong from July 24 to July 30, with total losses during this period reaching nearly 70 million HKD (about $8.9 million USD).

Circle obtained a trust company license for limited purposes from the NYDFS; the stock rose 8.4% to $68.40 after the announcement.
Circle has just received a limited-purpose trust company operating license from the New York State Department of Financial Services, thereby adding another management approval for the issuer of the stablecoin USDC as it expands its operations. The company said on Friday that under this license, the entity will operate under the name Circle New York Trust, built on the BitLicense framework that the company received in 2015.

Tether records net profit of $1.5 billion, up nearly 50% from the previous quarter, as excess reserves surpass $4 billion and gold holdings exceed 146 tons.
Tether reported net operating profit of $1.5 billion in Q2, up nearly 50% from Q1/2026, as this world’s largest issuer of stablecoins continued to increase the amount of USDT in circulation, raising excess reserves to more than $4 billion and adding to its gold holdings, despite the stablecoin market generally weakening.

Google pulled the Nano Banana feature on Google Earth just one day after it was released, after investigators warned of the risk of being flooded with fake, counterfeit satellite images.
Google has just removed an AI feature that was rolled out on Google Earth, only about a day after its launch, due to a rapid wave of backlash from journalists and open-source investigators.
A tool called Nano Banana, launched on July 30, lets users zoom to any location on the web version of Google Earth, click the “create image” button, and generate a satellite scene from a text prompt. The feature was removed the very next day, July 31, after experts warned it could flood the internet with highly convincing fake satellite images.

A Gallup survey shows that 39% of Americans believe AI does more harm than good, up sharply from 31% in 2025, even as levels of technological understanding have increased.
Americans’ attitudes toward artificial intelligence are shifting in a negative direction; after two years, the public has gradually become more comfortable with this technology. According to a report released Tuesday by polling firm Gallup, 7 in 10 Americans now say they are at least somewhat knowledgeable or very knowledgeable about AI, up from 64% in 2024.

Galaxy Research documented the third wave of theft from Coldcard wallets, bringing total losses to 1,367 BTC across 4,585 addresses.
Bitcoin theft activity from compromised Coldcard hardware wallets shows no signs of stopping. According to the latest disclosure from Galaxy Research released over the weekend, the total damage recorded has risen to about 1,367 BTC, equivalent to 88.6 million USD, spread across 4,585 wallet addresses. This figure reflects the third wave of theft that the organization has detected, with 207.73 BTC withdrawn in the most recent incident.

JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and 25 organizations processed 800,000 Swiss francs across six currencies, with an average settlement time of only 80 seconds.
JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and 25 other public and private organizations have completed tokenized payment trials as part of Project Agorá, processing a total value of around 800,000 CHF using six currencies.
The testing process included 30 transactions across 17 scenarios, using Swiss francs, euros, British pounds, Japanese yen, South Korean won and USD, covering corporate payments and interbank transactions, internal transfers within the same group, transactions involving two currencies, and payments under a delivery-versus-payment mechanism.

Samsung SDS is discussing stablecoin cooperation with Dunamu, after the three Samsung companies purchased a 4% stake in the Upbit operator in May.
Samsung SDS, a company providing IT technology services within the Samsung Group, is researching stablecoin infrastructure, tokenized asset systems, and AI-based payment models together with Dunamu, the operator of Upbit—one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea.

A survey by the Ontario Securities Commission shows that the ownership rate of crypto assets in Canada increased from 10% in 2023 to 25% in 2026.
According to new data from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the share of Canadians who own crypto assets has risen from 10% in 2023 to 25% in 2026. In the survey results released on Tuesday, the OSC found that both ownership and awareness of crypto assets in the Canadian community have increased compared with a few years earlier.

Tillis and Gallego urge the White House to propose transferring the authority to enforce the ban on officials issuing tokens to the states, amid the Senate needing 60 votes to pass the CLARITY Act.
Two U.S. senators from opposing parties are said to have sent revised ethics guidelines to the White House as part of discussions on a bill to structure the market for crypto assets in Congress.

3iQ will manage an undisclosed portion of up to 10,000 Bitcoin that Bhutan has allocated to develop Mindfulness City Gelephu.
Bhutan’s Mindfulness City Gelephu (GMC) has designated Canadian crypto asset manager 3iQ to manage a portfolio backed by part of the city’s Bitcoin reserve holdings, as this special administrative zone develops a crypto asset investment hub.

Coinbase reported a record trading market share of 10.3% and its prediction market revenue more than doubled, but the stock still fell by about 7%.
Coinbase stock fell by about 7% in Thursday’s after-hours trading, despite the crypto asset exchange reporting strong growth in its predicted market segment and record-high trading market share.
According to its earnings report, the number of contracts and revenue from the prediction market more than doubled in Q2, up 106% quarter-over-quarter and with annualized revenue exceeding $100 million. The company said that binary products launched late in the quarter helped daily trader count triple and daily revenue increase fourfold compared with figures from May.

The U.S. IRS warns of scams involving fake postal letters, as the cryptocurrency asset industry has suffered losses of more than $1 billion due to attacks in the first half of 2026.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning holders of cryptocurrency assets that scammers have sent fake letters through the mail to some taxpayers in an attempt to steal digital assets or personal data, according to Bloomberg.

IBM announces successful encryption of 70 logical qubits, reducing the error rate by one tenth, but the distance to the risk of breaking Bitcoin encryption is still very far.
IBM says it has demonstrated an achievement the company calls “reliable quantum advantage,” when a quantum computer completes computations beyond the capabilities of leading classical simulation methods, while also providing statistical evidence confirming the accuracy of the results.