SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom,' will leave the agency on Oct. 2 after years advocating for clearer digital asset regulations, even as the SEC releases new crypto policy guidance.
Bond market volatility has surged to March highs while bitcoin and stock volatility remain near yearly lows, creating an unusual divergence that suggests equities and crypto are shrugging off rising rate uncertainty for now.
Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.
New York has filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an unlicensed gambling business in the state and seeking to halt its activities without a gambling license while reclaiming alleged illegal profits.
The Virtual Asset Technical Exchange brings together investigators, law enforcement officials, and crypto-security specialists to exchange intelligence on a wide range of crimes involving digital assets.
By building a shared multi-bank network, Canada's dominant lenders aim to modernize core clearing infrastructure while keeping capital within the banking system.
Legal analysts emphasize that prolonged congressional delays convert regulatory clarity into a major competitive advantage for international financial centers.
The Bitget hacker has moved approximately $83 million in stolen XRP from holding wallets, with Ripple unable to freeze the native XRP tokens on its ledger. Meanwhile, Bitget confirms its protection fund will cover the $387.5 million loss and plans to resume withdrawals starting September 28.
New York has filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an unlicensed gambling business in the state and seeking to halt its activities without a gambling license while reclaiming alleged illegal profits.
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.
Crypto investment firm RockawayX is investing $150 million to bring private credit and yield-generating assets onchain, betting that real-economy lending will become a major crypto market. The firm launched Catapult, aiming to grow tokenized real-world assets from $38 billion to $10–20 trillion by 2030.
A Sixth Circuit panel ruled that Kalshi's sports event contracts are not swaps, placing them under state gaming laws instead of federal CFTC oversight, adding to a growing circuit split that may prompt Supreme Court review.
Ethical hackers transferred 52.37 BTC associated with the July Coldcard exploit to a recovery trust, according to Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn. Victims can search their wallet addresses on cryptorecoverytrust.com to check for recovered funds.
Bitcoin's 10% September gain puts it on track for its first July-to-September winning streak since 2012. The 2012 precedent was followed by a sharp October drop and a rally exceeding 2,000% from the monthly low.
The European Central Bank aims to invest a portion of its reserves in tokenized securities through the Pontes platform, enabling direct engagement with blockchain-based financial markets while building toward broader integration of central bank money in tokenized finance.