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Coinbase launches Indian rupee rails with perps access in expansion push
The Nasdaq-listed company said it has established INR order books to provide dedicated liquidity for users in the cou…
Dev helps rescue $2 million locked in 2016 ICO contract for nine years with whitehat exploit
The developer told The Block that two of 48 eligible investors have already claimed 96.5 ETH that was unfrozen, worth…
Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million in suspected key compromise, researchers say
The attacker took USDC, ether, tether and PAYG tokens before laundering a portion through ChangeNow and Binance.
Court-ordered Circle freeze traps $12.6 million in Zama cUSDC contract amid Overnight Finance suit
Zama CEO Rand Hindi said the protocol's confidential USDC contract was "caught in a crossfire" and that his team is i…
Bitcoin perps just got a US green light, but one catch could decide everything
The CFTC has moved true Bitcoin perpetual futures from an offshore-liquidity debate into a US-regulated test case, w…
Sui blockchain suffers more downtime following Thursday’s six-hour outage
Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."
Paxos wins SEC approval to clear U.S. stocks on blockchain
Paxos new license positions it alongside legacy giants such as DTCC and makes it a compelling, more efficient alterna…
‘First and only’: Paxos secures SEC registration as clearing and settlement agency
Paxos said it is the first and only blockchain-native firm to be registered as a clearing agency under the SEC.
OKX confirms $53 million investment to acquire 20% stake in Coinone crypto exchange
This marks the latest move by a global crypto giant to secure a foothold in South Korea, following Binance's acquisit…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterates ‘no CBDC’ commitment under Trump admin
During a Thursday press briefing, Bessent also urged the House and the Senate to get the Clarity Act to the finish line.
Gemini crypto exchange launches AI data feed powered by Grok
The move comes as Gemini continues to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives, predictions, and other fina…
Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin grows over 500% in a month, but still lags main rivals
USAT's market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle's USDC, PayPal's PYUSD and…
Tether’s USAT supply grows 540% month-over-month, latest attestation shows
Tether’s USA₮ supply grew six-fold month-over-month to over 140 million tokens, according to Anchorage Digital's …
UniCredit warns Europe may struggle to contain crypto-bank crisis under MiCA rules
EU deposit insurance (up to €100,000) may not absorb stress from large stablecoin reserve accounts, unlike the full…
Australia’s Project Acacia shows why tokenized markets still hinge on settlement money
Project Acacia has now tested how tokenized asset markets could settle in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia an…
Sui blockchain experiences second ‘stall’ in five months
Sui said the blockchain is experiencing a "network stall," as block explorers show the protocol has not produced a bl…
Stablecoins were supposed to bypass credit cards, but now Visa is winning crypto card payments
Stablecoins were built on the premise that removing intermediaries between sender and recipient would erode the relev…
BIS says tokenization can improve wholesale cross-border payments
Project Agorá found tokenization could improve wholesale cross-border payments through atomic settlement across mult…
Samsung units to acquire $408 million stake in Upbit operator Dunamu
Major institutions in South Korea are seeking to expand into digital assets in preparation for the upcoming regulator…
CFTC says it shouldn’t have sued Gemini, joins motion to vacate prior judgment
The CFTC joined Gemini in filing a motion for relief from a 2025 consent order stemming from the agency's previous en…
Falcon Finance taps Anchorage to issue new GENIUS-compliant payments stablecoin fUSD
Falcon said fUSD is meant to act as a “regulated counterpart” to its existing overcollateralized synthetic stable…
CME’s 24/7 crypto launch will kill Bitcoin’s weekend gap, but Monday now matters more
The exchange is taking crypto futures and options 24/7, while trade dates, settlement and reporting stay tied to busi…
Kraken expands Earn suite with Bitcoin Vault paying yield on BTC holdings
Bitcoin Vault routes deposits into DeFi lending protocols, including Aave and Morpho, to generate BTC rewards.
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
Block kicks off Cash App’s phased stablecoin roll out to its nearly 60 million users
An individual familiar with the matter told CoinDesk the stablecoin feature was rolled out to 25% of users already an…
Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back
Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 mill…
Circle partners with Nium to connect USDC settlement to global payout rails
Circle and Nium have partnered to connect stablecoin settlement with global payout rails across more than 190 countri…
Security researchers flag ongoing Stake DAO exploit after attacker mints trillions of vsdCRV
The attacker minted 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum and is actively swapping tokens for ether, the researchers said.
SoFi rolls out SoFiUSD stablecoin to banking app users
SoFi rolls out bank-issued SoFiUSD stablecoin to 14.7 million members inside its app on Ethereum and Solana.
SoFi brings bank-issued stablecoin to 15 million users in crypto push
The fintech platform says its dollar-backed stablecoin will let members trade, transfer and eventually earn yield thr…