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Your favourite project, platform, institution, or innovator made it to the shortlist. Now it’s time to show your support.

🔥 Don’t just watch the awards unfold. Make your vote count.

👉 Vote for your favourite project now: https://awards.coingape.com/global-onchain-awards-singapore-2026/voting/

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🚨 Vitalik Buterin Rejects Claim That AI Hacking Can Break Cybersecurity & Crypto, But There’s a Catch

🔗 Full story: https://coingape.com/vitalik-buterin-rejects-claim-that-ai-hacking-can-break-cybersecurity-crypto-but-theres-a-catch/

🚨 Ripple Adds XRP & RLUSD to AI Payments

Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit now supports Stripe and Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol, enabling AI agents to make automated payments using XRP and RLUSD.

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/xrp-news-ripple-adds-xrp-and-rlusd-to-stripe-and-tempos-ai-agentic-payments/

🚨 Bitget Expands Proof of Reserves to 19 Assets

Bitget now covers 19 crypto assets in its PoR system, with personal asset verification via Merkle Trees and an overall 122% reserve ratio in its August 2026 report.

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/bitget-boosts-proof-of-reserves-to-19-crypto-assets-with-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp/

⚡️ Bitcoin vs Gold Forecast: BTC Consolidates, Gold Retests $4,200 as Markets Price in 2 More Rate Hikes

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/markets/bitcoin-vs-gold-forecast-btc-consolidates-gold-retests-4200-as-markets-price-in-rate-hikes/

🚨 Ethereum Holds $2,400 Despite ETF Outflows

ETH trades near $2,445 after reclaiming $2,400, while $224M in spot ETH ETF outflows and the Fed’s 25 bps rate hike keep pressure on the market.

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/markets/will-ethereum-price-hold-2400-after-eth-outflows-and-the-fed-rate-hike/

Base DeFi TVL hit a new all-time high of $5.7B

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JPMorgan Chase is expanding its focus on blockchain and digital assets with a dedicated Digital Assets and Blockchain Solutions team for its consumer banking business.

The team is focused on digital-asset strategy, partnerships, product development, and potential acquisitions, building on JPMorgan’s existing blockchain infrastructure.

With Kinexys processing over $4T in transactions, JPM Coin live for institutional clients, and tokenized money-market funds on Ethereum, the bank is expanding its onchain capabilities.

🔗 Full story: https://coingape.com/block-of-fame/pulse/jpmorgan-is-still-expanding-its-brand-new-digital-assets-team-heres-what-its-building/

🚨 CFTC Clears Path for Crypto Trading Tools

The CFTC issued a no-action position allowing eligible passive software providers to build derivatives trading tools without broker registration, subject to specific conditions.

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/cftc-clears-way-for-crypto-developers-to-build-trading-tools-without-broker-registration/

🚨 Dubai Investor Says He Wouldn’t Buy XRP

Crypto investor Royal Kane cited XRP’s roughly $81B market cap as a key concern, as XRP trades near $1.30, down over 23% from its recent $1.68 peak.

🔗 Know more: https://coingape.com/xrp-sparks-major-red-flag-for-dubai-investor-i-would-never-invest-in-ripple/

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AI agents are becoming a new interface for interacting with crypto markets.

Coinbase data shows Grok led agentic trading volume at 25.31% last week, followed by Perplexity at 21.61%, Claude at 8%, and ChatGPT at 6.13%. Custom CLI and other interfaces accounted for 38.47%.

As AI agents gain access to trading accounts, wallets, and payment infrastructure, the interface controlling these transactions is becoming increasingly important.

🔗 Full story: https://coingape.com/block-of-fame/pulse/where-are-ai-agents-trading-data-shows-grok-leading-over-chatgpt/

🚨 One phone call may have changed Binance’s European expansion.

According to the WSJ, ECB President Christine Lagarde reportedly called Greece’s PM to oppose #Binance #MiCA license after Athens had already signaled approval.

Read More:https://coingape.com/wsj-says-ecb-chief-christine-lagarde-personally-blocked-binances-eu-wide-license-in-greece/