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HashKey Cloud joins Stacks Bitcoin staking launch

HashKey Cloud said on Sept. 7 that it had joined Stacks as a launch partner for self-custodial Bitcoin staking. Summary HashKey Cloud joined Stacks as a Genesis Bond participant and an sBTC signer operator officially. The institutional Genesis Bond is scheduled to launch around September 10, according to Stacks developers. Bonded Bitcoin remains timelocked on…

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UK Fintech Investment Falls to Decade Low

Investment in UK-based fintech companies declined to £1.8bn in the first half of the year, its lowest six-month total since 2016, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech H1 2026 report. British financial technology companies had raised £5bn in funding in H1 2025, a year in which the UK accounted for 68% of fintech investment in the…

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Ethereum Aims for Quantum-Safe L1 by 2029 as Hegotá Upgrade Takes Form

The Ethereum Foundation assessed 62 proposed Hegotá changes, but only two received its highest “must ship” grade. Ethereum is targeting a quantum-resistant Layer 1 by December 2029, with the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster laying out a multi-fork plan as Hegotá enters its scoping phase. Post-quantum security sits alongside privacy, faster finality, state management and…

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