Circle Presses Its OCC Trust Charter as USDC Leans Into the Rulebook
Circle has spent two years betting that regulation is a moat rather than a cost. The GENIUS rulemaking is where that bet gets settled.
Bitcoin's Hashrate Enters Its First Bear Market as AI Bids for Power
Network hashrate is down more than a fifth from its peak. The competition is no longer other miners.
OCC Targets November for Final Stablecoin Rules Under the GENIUS Act
The statute passed in 2025. The rules that make it operable are still being written, and issuers are planning against a March 2027 effective date.
Stolen Keys Overtake Contract Bugs as DeFi's Costliest Failure
For the first time on record, compromised keys account for more of the year's losses than flawed Solidity or Rust. The industry's defences are pointed at the wrong target.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Still $1 Billion Short of Breaking Even in 2026
August was the year's strongest month for inflows. The funds are still down on the year, and the gap says something useful about who is buying.
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets Draws Comment Fire Before October Deadline
The agency's first bespoke offering framework gives tokens a route out of security status. The argument is over what the route costs.
Liquid Network Discloses $405 Million Federation Wallet Incident
Roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 BTC held in a federation reserve wallet moved out on 7 September. The design question it raises is older than the incident.
Bitcoin Holds $78,000 as Treasury Yields Test the Risk Trade
Ten-year yields above 4.8% and firming rate-hike expectations have done more to set bitcoin's range this month than anything happening on-chain.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Reaches Sepolia as the Mainnet Window Narrows
The largest protocol change since the Merge forks on Sepolia around 21 September, leaving client teams roughly six weeks to find what testnets always find late.
SEC Proposes Modern Transfer Agent Rules for Blockchain Era
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed overhauling decades-old rules governing transfer agents as blockchain-based recordkeeping and tokenized securities become more prominent in US markets. The…
Webull Launches Crypto Trading in Canada via Coinbase
Webull, a self-directed brokerage and trading platform, is expanding its Canadian offering to include cryptocurrencies, adding Canada to a crypto footprint that already includes the United States, Australia and Brazil…
Sber to Take USDT, Ether as Loan Collateral; CBDC Skepticism
Latest News Published Aug 30, 2026 Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new law. Russia’s largest…