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Payy Halts Network After $1.83M Ethereum Bridge Exploit Hits Platform
Payy Network halted transactions after an attacker drained about $1.83 million from its Ethereum bridge on September 24. The network suspended deposits, withdrawals, transfers and card transactions while investigating the...
Peirce Pushes Zero-Knowledge Tech to Rethink KYC and AML Rules
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce called for regulators to rethink how know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering rules are applied, arguing that zero-knowledge technology could verify users without exposing their personal information. Peirce made...
Vitalik Buterin Warns AI Could Make Blockchain Privacy Harder to Protect
Vitalik Buterin warned that advances in artificial intelligence could make traditional blockchain privacy protections less effective as tools become better at linking transactions to real people. Speaking Wednesday at the...
Witt Defends Trump Crypto Ethics Terms After Clarity Act Senate Setback
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt defended President Donald Trump’s handling of ethics rules tied to the Clarity Act after the legislation failed to advance in the Senate. Witt said...
SEC’s Uyeda Says Dropping Crypto Cases Helps Protect Agency Credibility
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said the agency dropped some crypto lawsuits partly to protect its credibility, arguing that regulators should not defend legal positions they expect to abandon. Speaking on...
Binance.US Launches Self-Custody Wallet to Bring Onchain Access to Users
Binance.US has added a self-custody wallet to its mobile app, giving users a way to hold crypto themselves and connect to decentralized apps. The Binance.US Wallet is available on iOS...
Pi Network Unblocks 417K Pioneers as KYC and Mainnet Fixes Roll Out
Some Pi Network users who were stuck in the KYC or Mainnet migration process can now move forward after the network introduced several fixes. The changes address problems with identity...
Kalshi Defends $5,500 Ether Perp Trades as Wash Trading Claims Mount
Kalshi is pushing back against claims that repeated $5,500 trades in its ether perpetual futures market indicate wash trading. The exchange said the activity is linked to its market-making programs,...
a16z, DeFi Fund Push SEC for Safe Harbor for Decentralized Exchanges
Andreessen Horowitz and the DeFi Education Fund are urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a safe harbor for qualifying decentralized exchanges, arguing that some peer-to-peer systems should...
RWA Perpetuals Capture U.S. Stock Demand Beyond Market Hours
RWA-linked perpetual contracts are gaining attention as traders seek ways to adjust their exposure to U.S. stocks outside regular market hours, according to Binance Research. U.S. stock exchanges operate about...
Agora Wins Preliminary OCC Approval to Launch U.S. National Trust Bank
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 Lets Institutions Swap Real Shares for Tokenized Stocks Onchain
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 Adds 101K SOL as Treasury Holdings Near 2.5M Mark
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...
Fairshake Puts $30M Behind Fresh Push to Block Sherrod Brown’s Return
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 Tightens Memecoin Card Codes After Digital-Media Classification
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...
Kraken Seeks US Launch for Single-Stock Perpetual Futures Trading
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 Breach Exposes API Data and Trading Records of 15 Crypto Clients
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...
North Korea-Linked Hackers Used Fake Jobs to Steal Crypto From IT Workers
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...
CFTC Sends Crypto Rules to White House After CLARITY Act Setback
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...
Kevin O’Leary Sees CLARITY Act Returning to Congress in Early 2027
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...
US Sanctions Iran’s BitBank, Zanjani Associates Over Crypto Network
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...
CFTC Eases Registration Rules for Software Linking Users to Derivatives
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 Money Expands to 150+ Countries With Payments and Investing
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’s Atkins Vows to Push Crypto Rules After CLARITY Act Senate Setback
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 Sues BitMEX for $495M Over Bitcoin Crash Liquidation Losses
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,...
