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US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million
US authorities have used Tether's control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to…
US Treasury freezes over $130 million tied to Iran-linked crypto wallets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OFAC sanctioned multiple Iran-linked crypto wallets, freezing over $130 million.
NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review
NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review is a useful reminder that crypto cov…
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails is a useful reminder that cry…
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks is a useful reminder that cry…
Bitcoin treasuries already faced two collateral calls in 2026 and some loans can liquidate after just 12 hours
Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral data now hides which treasury would be forced to act firs…
Airbnb’s 9 million listings could unlock crypto host financing while the homes stay off its balance sheet
Chesky announced no product. His trust thesis points toward regulated financing built on verified bookings, contingen…
U.S., UK move to align rules for tokenized finance across world's largest financial markets
The joint roadmap aims to reduce regulatory friction for tokenized assets while strengthening ties between the world'…
Bitcoin mining production slips in June for CleanSpark, BitFuFu and Canaan
CleanSpark, BitFuFu and Canaan reported lower bitcoin production in June despite mining difficulty dropping more than…
Tether leads $7 million round in Pact Labs to boost USAT stablecoin adoption
“Pact Labs gives us the rails to make digital dollars designed to be compliant with U.S. regulations," says Tether …
For pension funds, tokenization’s real play is balance-sheet management, Fidelity’s Lai says
Fidelity International’s Giselle Lai argues that the most compelling long-term use case for tokenized funds is bala…
Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets surge to nearly 50% of perp volume as onchain stock trading grows
HIP-3's share of total Hyperliquid perp volume has climbed from roughly 2% at the start of the year to around 50% now.
Crypto exchanges are becoming the new distribution channel for Wall Street assets
Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized st…
Onchain Pokémon cards come to Solana-based DEX Jupiter
While tokenized Pokémon cards aren’t new, having Jupiter enter the space could give the whole category a legitimac…
UK lays out tokenized finance roadmap with projected £33 billion annual boost
Industry leaders say payment infrastructure must evolve alongside tokenized assets to enable real-time settlement.
DOJ moves to drop $722M BitClub case before trial as victims wait to learn what they will recover
The $722 million alleged scheme total is separate from recovery, while final terms and a court filing remain unresolv…
Chinese prosecutors call for more proactive approach to investigating crypto money laundering
For the most part, China prohibits crypto trading and services while authorities actively investigate and prosecute c…
Bolivia weighs adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system
Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central b…
Coinbase Smart Wallet Verification Upgrade Targets The Multi-Chain UX Problem
Coinbase is still trying to make on-chain activity feel less like a specialist task. Its latest Smart Wallet verifica…
Japan’s largest security token platform moves nearly $3 billion to Avalanche blockchain
Progmat develops security token infrastructure that accounts for 64.6% of Japan’s security token market total issua…
UK Treasury report on tokenization cites Ripple as convergence model
A Treasury-backed report targets putting repo, gilts and funds onchain within two years, and warms to permissionless …
Stablecoin FX priced below interbank rates in Q2, with routing now the biggest cost lever: Borderless
Stablecoin payments were priced 3.2 bps below interbank FX rates across 260 corridors in Q2, per Borderless.xyz's ben…
Wall Street transfer agents lobby SEC, warning that third-party tokens pose risks to market integrity
The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization shou…
Tether’s $20 billion mountain of gold – equal to a national reserve – to be used for lending
Tether is already the world's largest stablecoin issuer, with approximately $141 billion in direct and indirect expos…
Robinhood’s Chainlink CCIP Choice Adds Infrastructure Weight To Its Layer-2 Bet
Robinhood’s crypto strategy is becoming less about offering a few coins and more about owning infrastructure. Its d…
Fidelity’s Chainlink-Powered FILQ Fund Shows Tokenized Finance Is Getting More Practical
Tokenized finance becomes much more interesting when it stops being a concept deck and starts looking like fund plumb…
SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance
The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the laye…
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley join UK government's tokenization taskforce
The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live…
BNB Chain’s AWS-Linked Agent Studio Pushes AI Back Into The Crypto Infrastructure Race
The AI-agent narrative in crypto has gone through plenty of hype, but BNB Chain is trying to move the discussion towa…
Stablecoin market cap has shrunk by $10 billion since May, but analyst sees no reason to panic
The market shrank by $7.7 billion in June alone, the largest dollar amount since May 2022's Terra-Luna crash, but sta…