Whitney Nyantune

Twenty-one financial institutions are joining forces to develop a dollar-pegged stablecoin, marking a major push by traditional banks into digital payments. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to overhaul rules governing transfer agents, bringing a decades-old framework in line with electronic records, blockchain technology and faster-moving securities markets. The...

Telegram is expanding its crypto push with the rollout of Gram Wallet, giving selected users access to a built-in wallet as the company prepares to extend the service across its...

Hyperliquid Labs is in advanced talks with Payward to offer regulated perpetual futures to US traders, potentially giving American customers access through a CFTC-regulated exchange. Under the proposed arrangement, Payward...

BitMine Immersion Technologies bought another 53,501 Ether, extending its weekly buying streak to 65 weeks and bringing its total holdings to about 5.90 million ETH. The Connecticut-based company said in...

Strategy has resumed buying Bitcoin after a weeks-long pause, spending about $370 million to add 4,603 BTC last week. The purchase brings the company’s Bitcoin holdings to 845,050 BTC as...

Metaplanet transferred about $237 million worth of Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, raising questions about whether Japan’s Bitcoin treasury firm plans to sell part of its holdings. The transfer came as...

Fogo halted its mainnet after detecting unauthorized activity linked to a compromised wallet, with an unknown attacker transferring 400 million FOGO tokens, according to the Fogo Foundation. The foundation announced...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay more than $172,000 after finding that he used advance knowledge of President Donald Trump’s speeches...

Core Lightning has urged node operators to upgrade to version 26.06.7 after developers identified several security vulnerabilities in the Lightning Network implementation. The emergency release issued Aug. 28, addresses issues...

Edge Wallet warned users that a breach at its former support provider, Zendesk, exposed email addresses used to contact the company between September 2018 and May 2024. The incident did...

Investors in crypto ventures linked to President Donald Trump and his family are facing at least $4.7 billion in losses, according to reports, while Trump reported at least $1.4 billion...

Stablecoin issuer Circle will feature its USDC stablecoin brand on Chelsea’s shirts for the 2026/27 season. The deal makes Circle the first crypto financial-services company to become the main shirt...

Ethena’s ENA token jumped 23% after the foundation unveiled changes aimed at reducing selling pressure and boosting demand. ENA reached $0.17, more than doubling in just over a week. The...

A suspected Grand Theft Auto 6 leaker appears to have profited from a Solana memecoin tied to leaked gameplay footage, with the token reaching about $25 million in market value...

DeFi Development Corp. resumed buying Solana, adding nearly 19,000 SOL as a sharp rally in the cryptocurrency lifts the value of its digital-asset holdings. The Nasdaq-listed company paid $98.14 per...

Coinbase is expanding its push into agentic finance, arguing that software agents will need ways to hold, receive and move money as they take on more tasks for people and...

Circle minted about $5 billion in USDC over the past week, pushing the stablecoin’s circulating supply to nearly $74 billion as demand for dollar-linked digital assets grows. USDC’s circulating supply...

Americans remain cautious about putting cryptocurrency into their workplace retirement accounts. A National Institute on Retirement Security survey found that 77% of respondents consider crypto risky. Nearly half, or 46%,...

Manpreet Kohli is closer to being extradited from the UK to the US after a British judge rejected his challenge over fraud and market-manipulation charges tied to the Saitama cryptocurrency...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent a proposal to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise custody rules governing how investment advisers safeguard...

Crypto sentiment has climbed into “extreme greed” for the first time since late 2024, signaling a sharp turnaround in investor mood. The CoinMarketCap Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose to...

Chainalysis flagged more than 7,700 suspect accounts during Operation Lighthouse, a global investigation into cryptocurrency activity linked to child sexual abuse material. The operation generated 14,300 investigative leads across 125...

Kraken temporarily restricted some customer accounts after nearly 12,000 small crypto transfers arrived from a wallet linked to HTX, raising concerns about possible sanctions exposure. The transactions occurred between Aug....

Galaxy has launched a crypto-backed credit line for eligible US clients, allowing them to borrow against Bitcoin, Ether and Solana without selling their holdings. The revolving facility also accepts staked...