The firms are seeking clearer guidance on the classification of crypto assets and secondary-market trading as the SEC’s public comment period comes to a close. Bitwise Asset Management and the Hyperliquid Policy Center are pressing the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise its proposed crypto rules, seeking clearer guidance on token classifications, airdrops …
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Derek Brown likened the prediction market company to a “public nuisance“ that was “causing a significant and substantial ongoing harm“ to state residents. Utah Attorney General Derek Brown announced a lawsuit against Kalshi, its affiliates and two Susquehanna trading companies, alleging that the prediction markets platform had been facilitating illegal betting in the US state …
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Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming. Crypto researcher Stacy Muur has identified 82 digital asset projects and protocols that have reportedly shut down in 2026, raising questions about the financial sustainability of businesses across decentralized finance, blockchain infrastructure and …
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October 20th, 2026 – Mahe, Seychelles class=”ql-align-center”>Forecast an event, trade the asset it moves, and manage both from one app. Today, Outpoll unveiled Trading, an integrated perpetual futures venue embedded directly into its prediction market ecosystem. Prediction markets, futures, and the Outpoll app now function seamlessly as a single service backed by a unified account …
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Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a Connecticut man in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme that sent investor money to an offshore gambling site. Elmin Redzepagic, 25, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to two counts of wire fraud, one count of international money laundering and one …
Injective and BDACS plan to bring won-backed stablecoin KRW1 to tokenized asset markets as South Korea develops a regulatory framework for local currency stablecoins. Blockchain network Injective has entered into a memorandum of understanding with South Korean digital asset custodian BDACS to bring a won-backed stablecoin to its tokenized asset markets, potentially allowing institutions to …
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The Bitcoin treasury company could acquire an estimated 7,372 BTC with its net proceeds, potentially surpassing Metaplanet’s holdings if it allocates the full amount. Strive, the Bitcoin treasury company led by chairman and CEO Matt Cole, closed its upsized initial public offering of SATS preferred stock on Oct. 20, raising $630 million gross, according to …
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About 25% of the US-listed companies in OKXICE’s initial tokenized stock platform proposal are asking to opt-out of the venture. More companies are formally objecting to having tokenized versions of their shares available on the stock platform proposed by cryptocurrency exchange OKX and the New York Stock Exchange’s parent, the Intercontinental Exchange. In a notice …
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Coinbase reports growing adoption by banks and businesses, even as stablecoin market capitalization remains largely unchanged over the past year. Stablecoins moved more than $400 million an hour in adjusted transfer volume during the third quarter of 2026, as quarterly activity reached $891 billion, more than quadrupling since early 2023, according to a new report …
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A major stablecoin issuer says it is outpacing official sanctions and analytics labels with proactive freezes on suspicious addresses. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says that since 2023 the firm froze addresses an average of four weeks before the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing formally …
October 20th, 2026 – Singapore, Singapore class=”ql-align-center”>The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Grvt, a self-custodial trading platform built on its own zero-knowledge (ZK) chain, announced that the Foundation’s token issuer has completed its first GRVT token buyback, purchasing and burning 1.1 …
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The Animoca Brands chairman explains that AI agents can make trades while you sleep, but users need to plan for the day they lose access to the bots. Crypto traders can put AI agents to work around the clock, but Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu warns that users risk building their trading routine around a …
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The Swiss regulator cited a growing appetite for cryptocurrency investments and said that multiple fund providers have submitted Bitcoin ETF applications. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) approved what it said is the country’s first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests directly in Bitcoin and is accessible to retail investors. The financial regulator’s Tuesday …
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Mastercard is bringing its established fraud detection capabilities to stablecoin transactions. The payment giant says it is launching a tool that lets financial institutions scan dollar-pegged token payments for fraud, scams and sanctions exposure before the money ever moves on-chain. Mastercard’s Stablecoin Security, which was announced at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas, applies the …
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The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation. A wallet linked to the Drift Protocol hack sent about $61 million in Ether (ETH) to Tornado Cash, a service that obscures transaction trails. The wallet deposited 25,700 ETH to the …
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