U.S. Treasury sanctions BitBank over alleged Bitcoin transfers to IRGC
OFAC designated Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, its software developer and three associates as Washington expands sanctions on digital-asset channels tied to Iran.
Tech News — Page 8
Blockchain engineering, security, scaling, AI and the technology behind digital finance.
Nadex registers with SEC for U.S. single-stock futures
The Crypto.com-linked derivatives exchange completed a limited SEC registration for security futures while stock perpetuals remain under discussion.
CFTC gives passive trading software a conditional registration path
The U.S. derivatives regulator expanded no-action relief for software that routes users to registered markets without controlling funds or orders.
S&P Global agrees to acquire OpenZeppelin in onchain risk push
The ratings and market-data group plans to add OpenZeppelin's smart-contract security expertise as institutional finance moves further onchain.
Avalanche Helicon upgrade cuts validator minimum to 48 hours
Avalanche's September 22 Helicon upgrade adds auto-renewed staking, raises the uptime threshold and separates C-Chain consensus from execution.
SEC grants five-year exemption for tokenized U.S. stock trading
The SEC's temporary framework lets approved venues trade tokenized U.S. shares through permissioned liquidity pools under defined safeguards.
RippleX connects XRP Ledger tools to open AI payment standards
The XRPL AI Starter Kit now supports two open standards designed to let software agents request payments and use policy-controlled wallets.
X Pay Says Four Investors Back Its Private Round
X Pay named Zerra Ventures, Skyland Ventures, BigBull Capital and Credit Scend as private-round backers. The earlier announcement did not disclose terms.
Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC fees and institutional validators
Circle's public Layer 1 network is live for payments and tokenized finance, using USDC for transaction fees and a permissioned validator group.
Zcash holders back 25-second blocks while keeping halving schedule
A high-participation coinholder poll favored faster blocks and preserved halvings, but the results still require implementation and testing.
Bitcoin Core 32.0 RC1 opens compatibility test window
The signed release candidate changes wallet, fee-estimation and node interfaces ahead of a final Bitcoin Core 32.0 release targeted for October.
BIS study finds Bitcoin transfer estimates can vary sixfold
A BIS working paper shows how technical choices can produce sharply different estimates of Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoin activity.
MEV bot intercepts $7.8M in rsETH after Safe module exploit
A flawed authorized helper module let an attacker extract about 2,900 rsETH before an MEV bot copied the transaction and took the funds.
Kamino names Michael Weisz CEO and opens New York headquarters
Solana lending protocol Kamino appointed Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz as CEO and is building a New York base for institutional expansion.
Balancer proposes protocol wind-down and treasury distribution
Balancer token holders will vote on an orderly shutdown plan that would move pools to withdrawals-only and distribute treasury assets to BAL holders.
Solana activates 4,096-byte Transaction V1 format on mainnet
Solana has activated Transaction V1, raising its maximum transaction size from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes while keeping legacy and v0 formats available.
U.S. seeks forfeiture of $61M in crypto tied to alleged Iranian oil network
U.S. prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture case targeting about $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly tied to sanctioned Iranian oil sales and laundering.
AI slowdown warnings send Nasdaq futures and chip stocks lower
Warnings from leading U.S. AI executives triggered a global technology selloff, exposing how strongly equity valuations depend on rapid model development.