Daily Summary2026-08-05
Stories clustered across sources, with day-to-day continuity and threading.
BIP-110's Doomsday Option Surfaces
Days before BIP-110's mandatory-signaling window opens (~Aug 9), a developer rebases Dashjr's 2017 proof-of-work-change code onto Knots as a "last resort" against miner resistance — while Foundry puts signalling to a customer vote
Nigeria Approves Tokenised Shares Through NASD as Its First Regulated Digital Securities Market Goes Live
Nigeria approved trading of blockchain-based versions of traditional shares through the NASD OTC Securities Exchange, per Bloomberg — activating the NASD Digital Securities Platform, the country's first regulated infrastructure for issuing, trading, clearing and settling tokenized securities, built with Blockstation. NASD expects its first public digital securities offering in early September. The approval builds on groundwork laid since 2023 and the SEC's incubation programme, which has admitted nine digital-asset firms including tokenization platforms.
Western Union's Stablecoin Card Goes Live
Western Union and Rain launch Stablecard in 37 unstable-currency markets — remittances received as Western Union's own Solana-based USDPT, spendable across Visa — targeting 60+ markets by year-end