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Flare, Doppler Expand XRP Access to FXRP Vaults With New Integration
Flare and Doppler are expanding XRP holders’ access to FXRP vaults through Doppler’s platform, according to posts on X on October 3. The partnership connects XRP users with Flare-based yield...
Velocity Opens DFX Claims After $295M Drift Hack, Sets 1% Recovery Rate
Velocity, formerly known as Drift, has opened claims for users affected by the $295.4 million theft from its Solana-based exchange in April. Users can claim one DFX token for each...
Anchorage Digital Cuts 17% of Staff Despite $4.2B Valuation and Tether Backing
Anchorage Digital is cutting about 17% of its workforce as weaker crypto market conditions put pressure on the company’s operations, according to reports. CEO Nathan McCauley told employees about the...
Trump’s Expected AI Czar Pick Jay Clayton Revives SEC Crypto Record
President Donald Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his artificial intelligence czar, adding another role to his government portfolio. Clayton is expected to retain...
Chainalysis Links $387M Bitget Hack to DPRK-Linked Actors After 23 Transfers
Chainalysis has linked the $387 million Bitget hack to DPRK-linked actors after attackers moved funds across four blockchains. The firm said transfers began after the exploit and involved 23 transactions...
Texas Duo Charged After Fake Delivery Attempt Targets San Jose Crypto Holder
Two Texas men have been charged in connection with an attempted robbery at a San Jose home that police say targeted a resident known to hold cryptocurrency. Damian Vielma, 20,...
CFTC Wins $31.5M Fundsz Judgment, Bars Two Executives From Trading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission won a $31.5 million default judgment against two Fundsz board members over an alleged digital asset fraud scheme. A Florida federal court ordered Brian...
USD.AI Takes USDai and sUSDai to Solana as Cross-Chain Volume Tops $2B
USD.AI has brought its USDai and sUSDai tokens to Solana through LayerZero, expanding access as their combined cross-chain transfer volume passes $2 billion. The September 2026 expansion connects Solana with...
Ripple’s Monica Long Says Public Blockchains Will Drive Tokenized Assets
Ripple President Monica Long said tokenized assets are likely to move to public blockchains, highlighting the XRP Ledger’s role as institutional adoption expands. Hussein Zangana, known as Vet, shared the...
SEC Charges Four Entities Over Alleged $15M Crypto, AI Investment Scam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged four entities over two alleged crypto and artificial-intelligence investment scams that raised more than $15 million from investors. The SEC filed the cases...
Kalshi Weighs $1B Funding Round at Nearly $40B Valuation as It Expands
Kalshi is considering a funding round of about $1 billion at a valuation near $40 billion, according to reports, as the prediction-market operator expands beyond event contracts. Sequoia Capital and...
SEC’s Atkins Pushes for U.S. Stocks to Move On-Chain With Blockchain
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said Tuesday that he wants U.S. stock trading to move onto blockchain networks, signaling a broader push to bring on-chain markets into traditional finance. “I want...
House Oversight Broadens Prediction Market Probe to Hyperliquid, Crypto.com
The House Oversight Committee has expanded its investigation into potential insider trading on prediction-market platforms to include Hyperliquid, Crypto.com and Aristotle Exchange. Chairman James Comer requested records on identity verification...
REX, Osprey Set Oct. 23 Target for Staked SEI ETF as Filings Advance
REX Shares and Osprey Funds have set Oct. 23 as the target effective date for a proposed exchange-traded fund offering exposure to Sei’s SEI token while generating income through staking....
Chainlink Unveils CCIP 2.0 With New Controls for Institutional Transfers
Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 on Sept. 28, adding new controls aimed at giving institutions greater oversight of cross-chain transactions. The upgrade comes as banks and financial firms explore blockchain-based transfers...
Senate Probe Finds Widespread USDT Use Across Iran-Linked Wallets
A US Senate investigation has flagged extensive use of Tether’s USDT among Iran-linked sanctioned wallets. Investigators examined 846 wallets identified by US and Israeli authorities and found that 87% used...
Bitmine Surpasses 6M ETH as Treasury Holdings Reach $16.2 Billion
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has surpassed 6 million Ether in its treasury, strengthening its position as the largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency. The company added 17,362 ETH since Sept. 21,...
Riot Clears $200M Coinbase Loan, Frees $341M in Bitcoin Collateral
Riot Platforms has repaid a $200 million Bitcoin-backed credit facility from Coinbase Credit, ending a financing arrangement secured by part of the miner’s cryptocurrency holdings. Riot paid the remaining principal...
Kalshi Loses Again as Appeals Court Backs State Sports Betting Laws
Kalshi suffered another legal setback after the Sixth Circuit ruled that Ohio and Tennessee can enforce their sports betting laws against the prediction-market operator. The court said Kalshi had not...
CFTC Sues Cash FX Over Alleged $950M Crypto-Linked Forex Scheme
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Cash FX Group and three people over an alleged $950 million foreign-exchange investment scheme that used cryptocurrency. The agency filed the complaint Sept. 25...
XRPL Urges Node Upgrade After Batch Fix Ahead of New Amendment
XRP Ledger developers are urging node operators to upgrade to xrpld 3.4.1, which fixes a minor issue with the Batch feature. The September 25 release also adds stability improvements. However,...
Van Charged Over Alleged $53 Million Crypto Laundering Romance Scam
Federal prosecutors charged Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van with laundering about $53 million in cryptocurrency allegedly stolen from U.S. victims through romance scams. Van appeared in court Friday as prosecutors...
Circle Foundation Funds UN Stablecoin Trials for Faster Aid Payments
Circle Foundation is funding new digital payment trials for the United Nations, with projects focused on development programs and humanitarian aid. The foundation announced two grants on September 25 for...
Fed Proposes Tougher Stablecoin Rules as US Payment Framework Takes Shape
The Federal Reserve proposed new stablecoin rules on Thursday as U.S. regulators continue building a federal framework for digital payments. Under the plan, payment stablecoin issuers would need enough approved...
Aave Founder Questions Morpho’s Definition of Non-Custodial Vaults
Aave founder Stani Kulechov has questioned Morpho’s proposed definition of non-custodial DeFi vaults, arguing that users may still face changes to how their funds are allocated. His concern centers on...
