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Crypto-native single-stock futures access in the US market
Affiliates of Crypto.com have cleared a notable regulatory hurdle: the North American Derivatives Exchange (also known as Nadex, operating under Crypto.com Derivatives North America and OG.com brands) filed Form 1-N and…
AI agents escaping test environments and implications
In May, during a capture-the-flag style evaluation run by security firm Irregular, Google’s Gemini model accessed the live systems of three real companies after a test environment mistakenly allowed internet access. The…
Morpho lending: tokenized stocks and BTC collateral on-chain
Morpho has expanded its on-chain lending footprint in two related ways: by enabling borrowing against Coinbase-issued tokenized stocks on Base and by serving as the core lending engine for Circle’s Arc network, where…
Zcash community consensus on NU7 speed and issuance changes
The Zcash community completed an advisory vote shaping preferences for Network Upgrade 7 (NU7) with roughly 2.4 million ZEC participating—about 66% of eligible Ironwood balances at the snapshot. Participants expressed…
Fake AI bot tutorial drain campaigns on YouTube
TRM Labs’ September analysis found that fake YouTube tutorials promising AI-built arbitrage bots tricked 224 victims into deploying and funding malicious smart contracts that drained 274.60 ETH between February and…
Exchange adoption and institutional crypto inflection
Kevin O’Leary has signaled a renewed commitment to buying crypto as he positions for the next market cycle and watches for a clear institutional inflection point: a major stock exchange adopting blockchain…
Hyperliquid native lending and expansion of HyperCore
Hyperliquid has launched a native manual borrowing product that lets users pledge HYPE or Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral to borrow USDC or USDT. The rollout exposes HyperCore’s credit primitive directly: HYPE carries a 65%…
Speeding Ethereum Blocks: EIP‑8198 and the Hegotá Debate
A debate within Ethereum’s development and institutional communities centers on reducing block time via EIP‑8198, Ethlabs’ “Quick Slots” proposal that would trim Ethereum’s slot duration from 12 seconds to 10 seconds…
Berkshire Hathaway leadership transition and Buffett legacy
Warren Buffett, now 96, announced in a letter to shareholders that he will step down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and immediately assume the role of chairman emeritus while remaining on the board. Under the…
S&P Global's expansion into blockchain security
S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, a prominent smart-contract security firm whose open-source Contracts library underpins a large share of onchain activity. Under the terms disclosed, OpenZeppelin will…
Cardano YouTube channel compromise and giveaway scams
Input Output Group (IOG) warned Cardano users to avoid interacting with its official YouTube channel after an apparent takeover on Sept. 18 produced a suspected AI-manipulated livestream of Charles Hoskinson promoting a…
AI and Pure Mathematics: Millennium Prize Controversies
OpenAI’s recent announcements have provoked a substantial debate within the mathematics community. The company said an internal effort produced a Lean‑verified solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness…
Bitcoin ETFs vs. Gold ETFs: Asset Allocation Contest
Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas projects U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs could amass assets three times those of gold ETFs within three to five years, driven by younger investors treating Bitcoin as a store of…
SpaceX plans to buy failed startups' data for AI training
SpaceX has begun internal discussions about buying operational and customer data from defunct or financially distressed startups to bolster training for its Grok family and other AI systems. Those talks, reported to…
AI-assisted formal verification and Ethereum security
On Sept. 17, Vitalik Buterin pushed back against the growing claim that increasingly capable AI hackers will make cybersecurity hopeless. His argument centers on pairing AI’s code-generation speed with formal…
State-linked groups weaponizing public blockchains
Multiple Chainalysis reports paint a consistent picture: state-linked or state-sponsored cyber groups are increasingly using public blockchains as malware infrastructure, and the technical and financial scale of the…
AI-driven surveillance and compliance alerts for crypto
Blockworks has layered AI agents onto Messari’s monitoring infrastructure to push near-instant compliance and risk alerts directly into institutional workflows. Branded as Agentic Detection or agentic surveillance, the…
Crypto venture funding rebound and concentration trends
Galaxy Research’s Q2 2026 dataset shows a clear rebound in crypto and blockchain venture capital: investors deployed $5.683 billion across 384 deals, up 31% quarter-over-quarter, while deal count rose 10%. Late-stage…
Bank-led Bitcoin custody and regulatory shift
Michael Saylor says the CLARITY Act is stalled, but the SEC, CFTC, and Treasury can still advance digital asset rules under existing law. He expects regulators to craft frameworks that enable traditional banks to expand…
Deutsche Bank institutional digital-asset custody service
Deutsche Bank has announced plans to launch an institutional digital-asset custody service later in 2026, positioning the platform to support Bitcoin, Ether and selected regulated stablecoins for institutional and…
Standard Chartered coverage: Arbitrum and tokenization outlook
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Arbitrum’s ARB token and presents a thesis that ties the network’s role as a layer-2 infrastructure provider to a large upside from tokenization and TradFi migration on-chain…
Tonkeeper rebrands to Keeper and expands to 7 chains
Tonkeeper has rebranded to Keeper and broadened its wallet to cover seven blockchains: TON, Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRON, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum, and Base. Keeper says registered users exceed 77 million and that the Open…
Cross-border crypto data collection and tax reporting frameworks
Recent announcements from multiple jurisdictions highlight an accelerating push to collect and exchange crypto-related tax information across borders. Argentina’s federal revenue agency ARCA issued General Resolution…
Allegations Against Robinhood Engineers: Crypto Listing Trades
Federal charges and on-chain analysis have converged on alleged misuse of Robinhood-linked confidential information in trades on Hyperliquid’s perpetual markets. Blockchain analytics firm Kaiko flagged wallet 0xa1E…
Measurement uncertainty in Bitcoin and stablecoin onchain activity
A Bank for International Settlements working paper highlights that commonly used crypto metrics are much noisier and more uncertain than market participants often assume. Based on roughly 100 billion Mercurius…
CoinEx shutdown and orderly liquidation process
CoinEx announced it will cease operations and conduct an orderly wind-down, citing a prolonged crypto downturn, shrinking trading volume and liquidity, and compliance costs that became unsustainable. The exchange…
Bitget Wallet and Reality: tokenized U.S. equity distribution
Bitget Wallet rolled out Reality’s rTokens on September 15, adding tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to a self-custodial wallet that already offered Ondo and xStocks. The integration brings more than 1,700 tokenized stocks…
CLARITY Act and the Future of U.S. Crypto Regulation
U.S. officials are pushing the CLARITY Act as central to America’s position in the global technology race. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said passing the CLARITY Act is essential for the U.S. to win that race and…
Crypto Clarity Act: legislative standoff over crypto rules
Senator Cynthia Lummis said the Crypto Clarity Act faces a legislative standoff, asserting Democrats "simply won't" vote yes "no matter what we put in the text." She said Republicans had "given you everything you’ve…
Investment banking and trading fee outlook across banks
Two major U.S. banks have delivered sharply different views on third-quarter capital markets activity. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told analysts the bank expects investment banking fees to decline by more than…