The post Sam Bankman-Fried Appeal Rejected: What Are His Next Legal Options appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News On Tuesday, August 4, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit turned down Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) appeal to overturn his conviction and 25-year prison sentence. The former FTX founder and CEO was convicted of several counts of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering in March 2024. He was sentenced to 25 years in federal …

The post Chainlink Exchange Outflows Hit Monthly High—Is LINK Price Gearing Up for a Bullish Breakout? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Chainlink’s price is back in the spotlight after on-chain data revealed its largest daily exchange outflow since late June. The sharp decline in exchange balances suggests investors are increasingly moving their holdings into self-custody, a trend often associated with long-term accumulation and reduced selling pressure. While the on-chain activity points to growing confidence among holders, …

The post Bitdeer Turns Bitcoin Mining Site Into $4.7B AI Data Center Deal appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitdeer is making one of its biggest moves beyond Bitcoin mining. The company has signed a 16-year, $4.7 billion lease agreement to turn its Norway facility into a large artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) data center.  The deal also pushed Bitdeer’s stock up by 23%, showing strong investor confidence in its new AI …

The post AVAX Price Stalls Despite Avalanche Landing Government, RWA Milestones appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Avalanche keeps adding real-world use cases, yet AVAX refuses to reflect that momentum. The network announced two major developments on the same day, like, Kenya’s government is bringing more than 30 million academic credentials on-chain, while U.S. investors can now access 724 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs through Dinari on Avalanche. Even so, AVAX continues …

The post CoinRabbit & ChangeNOW Report Says Open Blockchains Leave Corporate and Personal Wealth Vulnerable appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News As companies and individual holders move more funds on-chain, public ledger transparency is becoming a major security liability. A new report by CoinRabbit & ChangeNOW, presented by Decrypt, shows that open blockchains expose critical data for both business and personal wealth. Using data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, CertiK, and Statista, Financial Privacy in the Digital …

The post Ethereum EIP-8361 Targets Staking Growth With New Issuance Burn Proposal appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Ethereum’s staking success may have created a new problem, at least according to the authors behind newly submitted EIP-8361. The proposal introduces a Tapered Issuance Burn mechanism designed to remove incentives for staking beyond 50% of Ethereum’s total supply, arguing that the network’s current issuance curve encourages unlimited validator growth instead of allowing market forces …

The post Bitget Stocks Research Shows Tokenized Equities Race Heating Up With 140% Rise in 2026 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Tokenized equities are growing fast, but simply listing stock-backed tokens isn’t enough anymore. As per latest Bitget’s research report, the battleground has shifted toward execution quality, liquidity, and infrastructure. The report shows the active market capitalization of tokenized stocks and equities has risen more than 140% from $814 million to $1.976 billion, while Bitget is …

The post XRP Ledger v3.3.0 Explained: 6 New Features Coming to the Network appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The XRP Ledger is getting one of its biggest updates in a long time, moving from version 3.2.1 to version 3.3.0. The upgrade brings six new features, though not all of them are as new or exciting as they sound. How XRPL Updates Actually Work The XRP Ledger runs on a network of computers called …

The post Can Solana Price Hit a New All-Time High in 2026? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Solana has hit new all-time highs twice before, and according to analyst DJ Ha Trang, a third leap toward fresh highs is already taking shape, even if the exact timing remains uncertain. Solana’s first major run came in November 2021, when the network found genuine product market fit as the fastest and cheapest chain available, …

The post ChangeNOW and CoinRabbit Release Joint Research on Financial Privacy in Digital Assets appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The new report maps the illicit and legitimate uses of crypto privacy tools, drawing on data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Statista, and U.S. Treasury Department disclosures. It argues that the current regulatory focus is aimed at the wrong layer of the transaction stack. …