Coinbase draws scrutiny after the CLARITY Act stalls, while the SEC moves ahead with tokenized stocks and crypto firms push deeper into payments. The crypto industry spent much of the past two years preparing for regulatory clarity in Washington. This week, one of its biggest legislative priorities hit a major roadblock. The CLARITY Act failed …
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Strategy bought 950 Bitcoin for $75.7 million after a two-week pause and spent another $174 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock. Michael Saylor’s Strategy resumed buying Bitcoin after a two-week pause while continuing to repurchase its STRC preferred stock. Strategy acquired 950 Bitcoin (BTC) for $75.7 million at an average price of $79,670 per coin …
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Pontes will expand its services and operating hours gradually, with full implementation expected by 2028 and more participants set to join. The European Central Bank (ECB) launched Pontes, a system that allows financial institutions to settle wholesale tokenized asset transactions in central bank money, providing an alternative to private settlement assets such as stablecoins. The …
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Near expanded privacy features for traders as NEAR Intents recorded $29.3 billion in cumulative volume, including swaps involving Zcash. Near Protocol’s native token surged nearly 80% over the past week, outpacing the wider crypto market as the network expanded its privacy-focused trading services. On Monday, NEAR traded around $4.29, up about 78.2% over seven days …
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Bitcoin hit $85,000 for the first time since January as markets focused on cooling oil prices. Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week at its highest levels in nearly eight months as bulls propel the market to $85,000. Key points: Read more Go to Source
A North Korean hacking group used fake IT job offers to infect at least 30,000 computers and move about $10.7 million in cryptocurrency back to the regime. The warning comes from a joint advisory by the FBI, Japanese police, Australian cyber officials and German intelligence dated September 18th. The actor is called WaterPlum and is also known …
A Pennsylvania man is suing JPMorgan Chase after the bank froze his account, pulled nearly $12,000 out of it and refused to put it back. Jim Serena says his friend Peter McNeal sent him four Zelle payments totaling about $12,000, reports WTAE. Then McNeal mistakenly told Chase the payments were unauthorized. Chase froze Serena’s account …
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Fraudsters used stolen debit cards on a U.S. prediction market in a bid to take at least $10 million through bets and cash-outs, according to a new report. A debit-card processor flagged the scheme to the company in February, reports The Wall Street Journal. Users linked stolen cards to Polymarket US accounts then tried to wager and …
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ZetaChain plans to wind down its Cosmos-based layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana, joining other crypto projects moving away from standalone chains. ZetaChain tokenholders have approved a plan to wind down the project’s layer-1 blockchain and migrate its native ZETA token to Solana. Governance proposal 68 passed Sunday with 99.4% support and 58% participation, …
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X alleges six Bitcoin-focused accounts coordinated posts and engagement to inflate creator payouts, with claimed and projected losses of at least $378,000. Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has sued the alleged operators of a network of Bitcoin-focused accounts, seeking to recover at least $278,000 in creator payouts it says they obtained by manipulating engagement. …
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The Bank of Korea’s new network will let foreign investors settle won transactions during business hours in their home countries. The Bank of Korea (BOK) launched a pilot of its first 24-hour won settlement network, aimed at allowing foreign investors to settle won transactions outside South Korea’s normal banking hours. On Monday, the central bank …
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TL;DR WisdomTree is integrating MoonPay into its tokenized-fund platform. MoonPay says its ecosystem reaches more than 30 million registered accounts. The partnership includes access to WisdomTree’s WTGXX tokenized money market fund. WisdomTree is making it easier for retail users to reach its tokenized investment products by plugging MoonPay’s payment infrastructure directly into WisdomTree Prime. The …
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TL;DR Tools for Humanity has launched World Money. The self-custodial app combines stablecoins with Stripe-powered fiat onboarding. Some features remain restricted depending on region. World is expanding beyond identity and into a much broader financial app. Tools for Humanity, the company behind the World ecosystem, has launched World Money, a self-custodial wallet built around stablecoin …
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TL;DR S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin. OpenZeppelin is one of the best-known smart contract security and auditing firms in crypto. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal has not yet closed. One of traditional finance’s biggest risk-data companies is buying one of crypto’s best-known security firms. S&P Global has entered into a …
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TL;DR Singapore payments company dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A. Vertex Ventures led the original round, with SBI Group joining as a strategic investor. The capital will support expansion of stablecoin and merchant payment infrastructure. Singapore-based digital payments company dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A, bringing Japan’s SBI Group onto its …
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