Hunter Biden is defending his new LAPTOP memecoin as it launches Wednesday, saying it is meant to reclaim a controversy that has been used against him for years. The project plans to airdrop tokens to wallets that lost money on Donald Trump’s TRUMP token while critics and blockchain officials have distanced themselves from the effort.
The CFTC is urging a federal judge to dismiss CME Group's lawsuit challenging the regulator's approval of cryptocurrency perpetual futures, arguing the exchange cannot prove financial harm and that the dispute is unwarranted.
Industry experts are divided on whether stablecoin wallets will replace traditional bank accounts or evolve alongside them. While stablecoins offer faster, cheaper cross-border payments, banks are expected to retain key roles in savings, lending, and regulation, potentially transforming into programmable platforms that integrate with digital currencies.
Hunter Biden is defending his new LAPTOP memecoin as it launches Wednesday, saying it is meant to reclaim a controversy that has been used against him for years. The project plans to airdrop tokens to wallets that lost money on Donald Trump’s TRUMP token while critics and blockchain officials have distanced themselves from the effort.
Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain used by exchanges, halted all transactions after losing $320 million worth of bitcoin in a security exploit attributed to a software bug.
Bitget is engaging major financial institutions like BlackRock to expand tokenized ETF distribution across Asia, leveraging strong regional crypto adoption and investor demand.
Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has provisionally approved OpenReserve Bank, a blockchain lender backed by major crypto investors, for a full-service national bank charter centered on on-chain settlement and institutional services.
Hunter Biden is defending his new LAPTOP memecoin as it launches Wednesday, saying it is meant to reclaim a controversy that has been used against him for years. The project plans to airdrop tokens to wallets that lost money on Donald Trump’s TRUMP token while critics and blockchain officials have distanced themselves from the effort.
Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.
DBS and Citi completed their first weekend cross-border USD payment using tokenized deposits on Swift's Digital Ledger, settling in minutes. The transaction represents the second verified live use of Swift's blockchain ledger as the network competes with round-the-clock digital payment systems.
A Transaction v1 feature activates Wednesday, allowing complex proofs and large multisig operations to fit in one transaction while forcing services that read Solana to update.
Data tracked by lending platform Curve data tracked 704 soft-liquidation instances lasting a median 14.5 days, showing how some DeFi loans can survive for weeks after entering the 'danger zone.'
The U.S. Justice Department has confiscated over $560,000 in cryptocurrency destined for Hamas and seized control of domains and servers used by the group to raise funds. FBI agents took over key infrastructure, including Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations and gather intelligence on thousands of potential donors.
AMC CEO Adam Aron has publicly condemned Robinhood's tokenized AMC shares, claiming the company had no involvement or authorization, highlighting growing tensions around synthetic stocks created without corporate consent.
Standard Chartered has launched institutional spot crypto trading for BTC and ETH on its Dubai FX platform, becoming the first global systemically important bank to offer this service in the UAE. The move highlights the UAE's more accommodating regulatory framework, though attracting substantial hedge-fund business may require adding derivatives and providing reliable liquidity.
OpenAI is allocating $1 billion in subsidized access to its Daybreak cybersecurity platform over six months, but crypto exchanges, custodians, and blockchain protocols are notably absent from the priority list, even as open-source maintainers guarding billions in bitcoin and ethereum code face escalating AI-powered threats.
The XRP Ledger saw a drop in active accounts but a surge in trade size and overall value, with order‑book volume up 79% and held assets exceeding $4 billion. Institutional infrastructure grew while retail participation waned.
Bitcoin ETFs remain $1 billion from breaking even in 2026 despite strong August and September inflows, with May-June losses still weighing heavily on performance.