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Cascade Shuts Down After Five Years, Urges Users to Claim Funds
Cascade has shut down after five years, urging users to withdraw any remaining funds from its trading platform. The former Perennial announced the closure on X and directed users to...
Solana Mobile Brevo Breach Exposes Users to Potential Phishing Threats
Solana Mobile said attackers gained unauthorized access to its Brevo marketing account, potentially exposing customer information in a security incident at the email provider. The company disabled its Brevo account...
Reform UK Lands £72M Crypto Windfall From Two Billionaire Donors
Reform UK received £72 million in combined donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires over two days, giving the party one of its largest funding boosts and highlighting the growing role of...
Bitcoin Suisse Plans 60 Swiss Job Cuts as Operations Shift Abroad
Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut as many as 60 jobs in Switzerland as the crypto firm moves more operations to international hubs. The proposed layoffs could reduce its Swiss workforce...
Grayscale Says Zcash Miners Earn Twice Bitcoin Revenue Per Machine
Zcash mining has become more profitable in 2026 as the cryptocurrency’s higher price boosts miner revenue across the network. Grayscale Research estimates that a typical Zcash mining machine now generates...
Bitcoin Outlook Darkens as US Inflation Dims Hopes for Fed Rate Cuts
Bitcoin’s outlook weakened after US inflation data offered little support for a near-term Federal Reserve rate cut, according to CoinShares. The firm said crypto investment flows turned negative as investors...
Liquid Sidechain Flaw Let Attacker Mint Nearly 4,000 Unbacked L-BTC
A flaw in Liquid’s Bitcoin sidechain allowed an attacker to create 3,998.5 L-BTC without the Bitcoin needed to back them, according to blockchain security firm SlowMist. Detected Sept. 6, the...
Bitwise to Shut Down Dogecoin ETF BWOW as Trading Ends Oct. 14
Bitwise will shut down its Dogecoin exchange-traded fund, ending trading of BWOW on NYSE Arca on Oct. 14 as the firm reviews its ETF lineup and investor demand. The company...
Circle Brings USDC, EURC to Nu’s 140M-Customer Global Payments Push
Circle is bringing its USDC and EURC stablecoins to Nu Global, giving Nu’s more than 140 million customers access to dollar- and euro-denominated balances through its international payments service. The...
Coinbase Revives Wallet Name After Base App Experiment Loses Momentum
Coinbase is bringing back the Coinbase Wallet name after more than a year of testing a broader app built around Base. The company announced the change on X on Sept....
Lummis Uses $42M Tether Lawsuit to Push Senate Toward CLARITY Act
Sen. Cynthia Lummis is using a lawsuit over $42.4 million in frozen Tether tokens to press lawmakers to advance the CLARITY Act. In a Sept. 10 post on X, Lummis...
Bessent Urges Senate to Advance CLARITY Act as Crypto Rules Stall
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pressing the Senate to advance the CLARITY Act when lawmakers return from their August recess, renewing pressure on Congress to establish rules for digital assets....
LayerZero’s Akita Targets Quantum Threats With Smaller, Faster Proofs
LayerZero introduced Akita on Sept. 9, a new polynomial commitment system designed to protect zero-knowledge proofs against potential attacks from quantum computers. The technology aims to provide quantum-resistant security while...
Tether Backs $400M Fund to Push USDT Into Global Credit Markets
Tether and Fasanara Capital are committing $400 million to a private credit fund that will use USDT for cross-border lending, expanding the stablecoin’s role in institutional finance. The firms launched...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Recursive STARKs for Ethereum’s I-Star Upgrade
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new system that could change how the network processes transactions as it prepares for its planned I-Star upgrade. Buterin outlined EIP-8288, which would...
Crypto Trail Leads FBI to Alleged Darknet Nitazene Kingpin Brothers
U.S. authorities arrested two Jacksonville brothers after tracing cryptocurrency payments tied to an alleged darknet drug operation, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Investigators used blockchain records to identify a...
Lummis Urges Senate to Advance Crypto Bill Ahead of Sept. 15 Vote
Senator Cynthia Lummis urged Senate colleagues to advance the CLARITY Act ahead of a Sept. 15 vote that could determine whether the bill moves forward. Lummis warned in a post...
Italy Pushes Near-Zero Fees for Digital Euro Payments Under €10
Italy has proposed waiving fees on digital euro payments below €10 as European Union officials negotiate rules for the currency’s rollout. The proposal would cap merchant fees at €0.02 per...
Tether Freezes $39M USDT in Xinbi-Linked Tron Wallets, MistTrack Says
Tether froze $39.27 million in USDT across 10 TRON addresses linked to Xinbi Guarantee, according to blockchain-monitoring firm MistTrack. MistTrack said the wallets held 39,273,713 USDT when the funds were...
White-Hat Hacker Returns $268M in Bitcoin After Liquid Exploit
A white-hat actor has returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $268 million to the Liquid Federation after exploiting a vulnerability. The actor still holds 598.5 BTC worth roughly $47 million. CertiK...
Stablecoin Selloffs Can Accelerate After a Critical Shock Threshold: Study
Stablecoins may remain stable through ordinary bouts of bad news, but a severe shock can quickly turn into a much deeper selloff, according to research from Renmin University of China....
Bitcoin Theft Suspect Malone Lam Set to Plead Guilty in $240M Case
Malone Lam is preparing to plead guilty over his alleged role in a Bitcoin theft worth about $240 million. Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Singaporean and his associates targeted a Washington...
Hunter Biden to Launch LAPTOP Meme Coin on Base After TRUMP Losses
Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to launch the LAPTOP meme coin on Base on September 9, adding another political token to the crypto market....
Dollar Stablecoins Could Put Pressure on Local Currencies, Korea Finds
Dollar-backed stablecoins could pressure local currencies when exchanges allow direct fiat purchases, a Bank of Korea study found. Researchers examined 12 currencies on Binance, including Brazil’s real, and tracked trading...
U.S. Strikes Three Iranian Oil Tankers After Missile Attacks on Warships
The U.S. military struck three Iranian oil tankers on Sept. 5 after Iran fired missiles toward two American warships. CENTCOM said its forces disabled two carriers near Kharg Island and...
