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South Korea weighs crypto market makers after JPYC trades at 4 times peg
Crypto market making is effectively restricted under South Korea’s manipulation rules, but regulators are reconsiderin...
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Newsom signs California ban on public officials issuing memecoins
The law also restricts crypto companies from offering certain memecoins tied to public officials to California residents...
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Zano rolls blockchain back a month after Gateway Address exploit
The Zano blockchain has been restarted at the block height that came immediately before Hard Fork 6, which introduced Ga...
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AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know
An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for month...
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SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works
New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into...
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Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on rogue hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public file...
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How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart
Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown bill-writing process, with source...
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Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy
Our ambition should be to “enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” Strategy’s executive chairman Michae...
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How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators
After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themsel...
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Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO...
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Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating...
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Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone
Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, ti...
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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains ha...
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP beyond reach of freeze controls
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five orig...
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task For...
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CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds....
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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the l...
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop bel...
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U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sendi...
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US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license...