IBM links Digital Asset Haven to Swift tokenized-deposit ledger
IBM has opened a beta route from Digital Asset Haven to Swift's shared ledger, allowing banks to use ISO 20022 messages for tokenized deposits.
Crypto News — Page 17
News and developments from the cryptocurrency industry.
Sixth Circuit lets Ohio and Tennessee regulate Kalshi sports contracts
A unanimous federal appeals panel ruled that Kalshi failed to show its sports-event contracts are swaps protected from Ohio and Tennessee gambling laws.
Blockchain Association names Kristin Smith interim CEO
Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO on October 17 after Summer Mersinger steps down, giving the U.S. crypto trade group a familiar leader.
XRP Ledger Batch upgrade slips to October 9
The XRP Ledger's BatchV1_1 amendment has restarted its two-week validator countdown, moving its earliest activation to October 9 if support remains above the required threshold.
Solana activates Alpenglow on devnet and testnet
Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade is now active on devnet and testnet, moving its roughly 150-millisecond finality target onto both public testing networks.
Circle and Tether freeze $318K tied to Bitget exploit
Circle and Tether blacklisted stablecoins held by one wallet linked to the Bitget breach, freezing about $318,000 while most traced funds remained outside issuer control.
CoinMarketCap acquires CoinGlass to expand derivatives data
CoinMarketCap has acquired CoinGlass, adding liquidation, open-interest and funding-rate analytics while keeping the platform operationally independent.
Magic Eden legacy approvals expose NFTs before white-hat rescue
A flaw in a retired NFT payment processor left old Magic Eden EVM approvals exposed, prompting a white-hat rescue of 23,155 NFTs worth more than $5.7 million.
Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402
Block joined the x402 Foundation and contributed Bitcoin Lightning support, adding a non-stablecoin payment option for web services and autonomous software.
Hegseth filing lists Bitcoin held through Coinbase
Pete Hegseth's latest federal ethics filing reports two Bitcoin positions held in a Coinbase wallet, with combined disclosed value bands of $16,002 to $65,000.
Hester Peirce sets October 2 departure from SEC
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce will resign October 2, removing a long-running crypto-policy voice as the agency continues its digital-asset agenda.
US charges Vietnamese national in alleged $16M crypto scam
Federal prosecutors charged a Vietnamese national with money laundering over an alleged crypto investment fraud that cost one U.S. victim about $16 million.
SEC staff clarifies crypto buybacks and network upgrades
New SEC staff guidance says buybacks and continued development do not automatically make a functional crypto network's token an investment contract.
Aave V4 accepts Coinbase stock tokens as USDC collateral
Aave's new Equities Hub on Base lets eligible non-U.S. users pledge seven Coinbase tokenized technology stocks to borrow USDC.
Blockchain Association CEO Mersinger to step down October 16
Summer Mersinger will leave the U.S. crypto trade group next month, with founding leader Kristin Smith returning as interim CEO.
Sluice proposal pools Lightning liquidity without a Bitcoin fork
A new research proposal would let Lightning routing nodes share liquidity across channels while leaving Bitcoin consensus unchanged.
Binance opens HYPE spot trading in three quote currencies
Binance has added Hyperliquid's HYPE token to spot markets against USDT, USDC and the Turkish lira, widening centralized-exchange access to the asset.
Shielded Bitcoin design targets private transfers without a fork
Alloc Init researchers proposed a private-transfer layer for native bitcoin that would not change Bitcoin consensus, but the design remains experimental.