Stablecoins' “next battleground is in emerging markets,” one expert said, as Circle looks to expand USDC's reach where rival Tether has long been strong.
A fake government email tricked digital bank Decryptnews into exposing customer data, including passports, home addresses, and Bitcoin transaction histories, highlighting vulnerabilities in AI-assisted impersonation and authorization systems.
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.
Kalshi plans to seek regulatory approval for roughly 60 perpetual futures tied to stocks like Tesla and Nvidia, sparking a debate over whether the SEC or CFTC should oversee these 24/7 contracts.
The LAPTOP memecoin, tied to Hunter Biden, crashed 98% due to bot activity and thin liquidity, leaving traders with six-figure losses, while the team denied insider advantages and plans to add liquidity tokens.
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.
Stablecoins' “next battleground is in emerging markets,” one expert said, as Circle looks to expand USDC's reach where rival Tether has long been strong.
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.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk have agreed on an unusual position: frontier AI development may need to slow as systems become capable of helping build their own successors.
India’s Demat 2.0 pilot is issuing corporate bonds as blockchain tokens and settling them in the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee. The program has already supported ₹1,025 crore in issuance and may later expand to secondary trading and retail investors.
Polish prosecutors have charged Roman Ż., a former business partner of missing Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek, with fraud as part of a widening investigation into the exchange's collapse and $94 million in customer losses.
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 London-based bank plans to put interest-bearing retail savings onchain, expanding tokenization beyond institutional pilots to mass-affluent savers.
Hunter Biden's upcoming 'LAPTOP' memecoin launch on the Base network is facing intense backlash from crypto traders and public distancing from associated brands.
Hunter Biden’s new LAPTOP memecoin launches on Base on Sept. 9, allocating tokens to former TRUMP holders, his Substack followers, and a mailing list run by Andrew Callaghan, with a large portion subject to burning based on future political and market events.