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Dispute Over Coinbase and Institutional Security Losses
BlockTower Capital founder Ari Paul publicly alleged that Coinbase “lost” roughly $25 million of his firm’s funds several years ago and that this loss is part of a broader, allegedly concealed…
Aztec Network and zk.money/Nyx privacy relaunch
Aztec Labs relaunched its consumer privacy wallet zk.money on September 29, 2026, rebranded as Nyx and running on the upgraded Aztec Network’s Alpha V5. The V5 upgrade delivers more than 2x faster…
Cboe and S&P DJI partnership: tokenized options and extended licensing
Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive licensing agreement by 25 years to 2051, continuing a partnership that began in 1983 with S&P 500 options.
Citi and Coinbase: Institutional Stablecoin Payments Integration
Citigroup and Coinbase are reported to be partnering to bring stablecoin payments into institutional services, creating a bridge between traditional banking and crypto infrastructure.
Ethereum Glamsterdam: Sepolia test activation and impact
Ethereum developers announced that the Glamsterdam upgrade will activate on the Sepolia testnet on October 6 at 13:53:36 UTC (21:53:36 Beijing time), corresponding to epoch 353,024 and slot…
Greece joining the MiCA register and regulator dispute
Greece has entered the EU’s MiCA register for the first time, with four providers—BCash, Xenios Blockchain Group, Capital Wallet Greece and Piraeus Bank—added to the ESMA list, taking the total to…
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5: faster, lower‑cost mid‑tier model
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the second model in its Claude 5.5 family, pitched as a faster, lower‑cost option for coding, everyday work and document creation.
Franklin Templeton tokenized collateral expansion
Franklin Templeton has expanded its Benji tokenized collateral program to Bybit, allowing eligible institutional clients to pledge Benji‑issued money market fund shares as off‑exchange collateral…
Belarus launches first crypto banks under decree
Belarus has registered two crypto banks as residents of its High‑Tech Park under Presidential Decree No. 19, which began being implemented after supporting regulations were drafted.
Rapidly rising agentic AI startup funding narrative
Instinct, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025 by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, has emerged as an invite-only personal AI assistant that users access by text or phone.
Africa–Middle East stablecoin and self-custody infrastructure
A cluster of coordinated announcements outlines emerging infrastructure to move regulated stablecoins and self-custodial wallets across Africa and the Gulf/MENA corridor.
Strive bitcoin accumulation and funding strategy
Strive increased its Bitcoin holdings again: CEO Matt Cole said the company bought another 1,107 BTC last week for $94.5 million, at an average cost of about $85,400 per coin (reports also cited…
BitMine and the growth of corporate Ethereum treasuries
BitMine Immersion Technologies continued its weekly accumulation strategy by purchasing 17,362 ETH in the latest week, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to 6,001,302 ETH.
Quant (QNT) banking deals and price surge
Quant’s QNT has experienced an extraordinary price and activity surge over the past week, with reports showing 24‑hour gains ranging from roughly 52% to 75% and weekly moves reported between about…
THORChain decentralization debate and stolen-funds handling
GoPlus Security has reignited a debate over THORChain’s claim to decentralization by highlighting structural aspects of its threshold-signature (TSS) vaults and emergency governance that…