Whitney Nyantune

Agora has received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank in the U.S., moving the stablecoin company closer to...

Ondo Finance has introduced a new in-kind conversion feature that lets institutions exchange eligible traditional shares for tokenized versions of those stocks on Ethereum and BNB Chain. According to a...

DeFi Development Corp. added 101,381 SOL to its treasury, bringing its holdings to about 2.49 million SOL and equivalents as the Nasdaq-listed company continued to expand its Solana reserves. The...

Crypto-focused political group Fairshake is committing $30 million to oppose former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bid to return to the Senate, renewing its campaign against a longtime critic of the...

Visa is moving to tighten how memecoin purchases are classified after some card transactions received a digital-media merchant code. The change follows scrutiny of purchases through Robinhood Wallet and Fomo...

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, filed to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders, expanding its derivatives offering beyond crypto. The filing covers 10 US stocks, including Tesla, Nvidia,...

Haruko was targeted in a cyberattack that exposed trading data and read-only exchange API details belonging to 15 crypto clients, according to reports. The breach also resulted in a small...

A North Korea-linked hacking group used fake job offers to target IT workers and steal cryptocurrency, Japan’s NPA said Friday. The group, known as WaterPlum, infected more than 30,000 devices...

The CFTC has sent proposed crypto market rules to the White House for review after the Senate stalled the CLARITY Act this week. The agency submitted the proposal to the...

Veteran investor Kevin O’Leary expects Congress to revisit the CLARITY Act next year after the Senate blocked the bill from advancing this week. Speaking at the Avalanche Summit in New...

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned BitBank and several people linked to Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, accusing them of helping operate a cryptocurrency network used to evade sanctions. The Office...

U.S. derivatives regulators moved to reduce a registration hurdle for software providers connecting users with regulated markets. The CFTC’s Market Participants Division issued a no-action position Thursday for passive software...

World has begun rolling out World Money in more than 150 countries. The service supports payments, stablecoins and investing, while allowing users to manage funds, transfer assets and track their...

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the agency will press ahead with crypto rules after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act from advancing on September 15.  Atkins said in an X...

Celsius Network’s bankruptcy estate sued BitMEX for $495 million, alleging the crypto exchange mishandled liquidations during the Bitcoin crash in March 2020. The lawsuit, filed in New York bankruptcy court,...

FlamingoFinance lost about $345,900 in a DeFi exploit after an attacker manipulated share prices in older Flamincome contracts, security firm Blockaid said Wednesday. The attacker used an $18 million USDT...

Senator Cynthia Lummis renewed efforts to establish a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve on Wednesday, following the CLARITY Act’s failure to advance in the Senate on September 15. House lawmakers meanwhile...

The XRP Ledger’s Batch V1.1 upgrade reached 29 validator votes in favor Tuesday, moving closer to its planned Sept. 29 activation. Known as XLS-56, the amendment would allow multiple transactions...

The Crypto Clarity Act failed to win enough Senate support Tuesday, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation. The setback stalls Congress’ effort to establish a...

U.S. prosecutors charged two Robinhood engineers with fraud over an alleged scheme to trade on confidential information about upcoming cryptocurrency listings. The case centers on trades made through Hyperliquid’s perpetual...

Ripple has struck a multi-year deal with Louisville Athletics to bring XRP branding to the university’s men’s and women’s basketball programs. The partnership will place XRP logos on Denny Crum...

The CLARITY Act faces a crucial Senate vote Tuesday after President Donald Trump agreed to tougher ethics limits for federal officials with crypto interests, White House adviser Patrick Witt said...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said tokenized stocks should represent real shares, giving investors ownership rights rather than simply tracking stock prices. Armstrong outlined the approach on X as Coinbase expands...

A crypto trader was tricked into transferring about $2.1 million in USDT after scammers used a compromised Telegram account to impersonate his business partner. On-chain investigator VAL detailed the case...

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said President Donald Trump agreed to tougher ethics rules for federal officials as part of efforts to secure support for the CLARITY Act. The latest package would...