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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…
How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto
Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an inter…
Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections
Less than four years after the collapse of FTX triggered calls for a sweeping crackdown, the crypto industry has emer…
How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain
Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Deve…
SEC sues Privvy founder over $12.3 million crypto scheme as AI ‘bots’ turn out to be neither
The SEC alleges Fuller spent misappropriated funds on a roughly $1 million house, gambling, trading cards, travel and…
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.
Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry’s landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has b…
SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots
Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to c…
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…
‘The banks will not accept it’: Dimon escalates battle over stablecoin rewards in CLARITY Act debate
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned the current CLARITY Act framework could u…
US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says
Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. had seized "nearly $500 million" in Iranian crypto …
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon blasts Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong, plans to fight Clarity Act
Dimon said Coinbase's Armstrong is spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get Clarity Act passed.
U.S. regulator says 24/7 trading is great for crypto, may not be fit for other sectors
As the CFTC issued landmark approvals for crypto perpetual futures contracts, it explained in a related advisory that…
Clarity Act Risks Regulation Without Oversight, Brookings Fellow Says
As Congress weighs crypto legislation, Aaron Klein says the CFTC needs more resources, independence and coordination …
Texas appoints CleanSpark exec, bitcoin miner CEO to Strategic Bitcoin Reserve committee
Texas is seeking a custodian to transition reserve assets from Blackrock's IBIT into direct bitcoin holdings.
CFTC opens door for crypto perpetual future contracts in US as Coinbase, Kalshi move forward
The CFTC opened the doors for perpetual futures contracts, giving way for Kalshi and Coinbase to offer those products.
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."
U.S. CFTC opens crypto 'perp' door with first approval at Kalshi
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has now established a stance on how regulated U.S. firms can engage in crypt…
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…
Aave Labs secures dual UK licenses for regulated crypto payments infrastructure through local subsidiary
Aave Labs has obtained FCA cryptoasset registration in the U.K. for its Push subsidiaries, unlocking zero-fee fiat on…
Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets
The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate …
‘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.
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.
The Digital Chamber ramps up pressure on Congress with call to action to pass Clarity Act
The Digital Chamber published a website to serve as a central spot for people to write to lawmakers in its latest pus…
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…
Have AI agents made the entire $148 billion DeFi sector unsafe?
A warning from one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) early security figures has turned a difficult stretch of hacks…
Kalshi’s turn: Prediction markets platform sues Minnesota over law going into effect in August
Following the CFTC's suit, Kalshi has sued the state of Minnesota after Governor Tim Walz signed a law blocking predi…
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…