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Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said memory has become the strategic infrastructure of the artificial intelligence era, a shift he argues has permanently reset the economics of a cyclical industry. He made the comments on Thursday at a semiconductor fabrication site near the company’s headquarters in Boise, Idaho. The firm is building two fabs as part of a planned $250 billion investment in US manufacturing and research. Why Mehrotra Calls Memory Infrastructure Memory has long moved in cycles. Strong demand pulls in new capacity. Excess supply then pushes prices back down. Mehrotra argues that AI has created a more durable source…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said tokenization could help countries raise money and attract foreign investment, while acknowledging that putting assets on multiple blockchains could fragment liquidity. His comments come as the tokenization market continues to expand, with the total value of distributed assets now at $38.40 billion. CZ Pushes For Global Tokenization Zhao framed tokenization as a funding tool for states. In a Thursday post, he named foreign direct investment (FDI) as one benefit, asking which country or company would not want to sell tokenized stocks globally. “Tokenization is one of the best ways for countries to ‘raise money,’…

Eightco repurchased 14 million shares of common stock in the past two weeks under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program Eightco treasury composition as of August 19, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $132M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $389 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 Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Aug. 20,…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets, finance, technology, and trading. Attendees can meet the BYDFi team at Booth A1 throughout the two-day event. Coinfest Asia 2026 Returns for Its Fifth Edition Coinfest Asia 2026 marks the fifth annual edition of the event, spanning five beach clubs at Melasti Beach as one integrated venue. With more than 150…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 19, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of “MEXC Win: Infinity Arena,” a team-based futures trading competition. The competition offers 0-fee stock trading and a tiered prize pool of up to 10 million USDT. Early bird registration opens August 19 at 12:00 (UTC), with early participants eligible to share a 10,000 USDT futures bonus pool and additional rewards for early team formation.MEXC Win: Infinity Arena brings traders together through team competition, combining  collaborative strategies with individual performance. The format builds on strong participation in MEXC’s eighth-anniversary futures team trading competition…

Willemstad, Curaçao, August 19th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has added Crypto Genesys, Pragmatic Play’s new crypto-themed slot, giving its players access to a title currently available across only a limited selection of gaming platforms. As one of the few selected gaming platforms that offer Crypto Genesys, 1win is expanding its entertainment offerings beyond cryptocurrency transactions to include gaming experiences designed specifically for crypto-oriented audiences. Set in the world of crypto, AI, and digital culture, Crypto Genesys takes players into a neon-lit cyberpunk metropolis where digital currencies meet futuristic gameplay. A cyborg character overlooks the reels, while crypto-inspired…

New York City, United States, August 18th, 2026, Chainwire Integration lets users hold Robinhood Chain assets in self-custody, move them across chains through Tria’s BestPath routing and use supported assets to top up the Tria Card Tria, the leading self-custodial neofinance platform, today announced support for Robinhood Chain, connecting one of the fastest-growing new networks for tokenized real-world assets to Tria’s cross-chain infrastructure and global payment ecosystem. The integration allows users to hold supported Robinhood Chain assets in wallets they control, move assets across chains using Tria’s BestPath routing technology, and route supported assets through Tria to top up the…

Ripple is bringing its cross-border payments platform to Jeonbuk Bank, but key details including its launch status and settlement asset remain undisclosed.

Developers have been urged to test on Plataberget before Glamsterdam’s new gas model reaches Ethereum’s other testnets and mainnet.

Grayscale’s July 17 SEC filings said its Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs would convert staking rewards to cash and distribute them to shareholders at least quarterly, with the changes expected around Aug. 7.Solana and Ethereum are each weighing protocol changes that would reduce that income at the source.Solana developers want to accelerate disinflation enough to cut modeled staking yield from 5.84% today to 2.25% within three years. Ethereum researchers have filed a draft proposal that would burn an expanding share of validator rewards as more ETH gets staked.Chart compares annual token supply inflation for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, with projections…