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.
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’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.
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 Coldcard hacker has transferred roughly $7.7 million in bitcoin, about 45% of the funds taken in the third wave of attacks, using THORChain and CoinJoin to conceal the trail. Galaxy Research says the attacker has emptied the 11 largest vaults linked to the thefts.
Bitcoin is now in a distribution phase as whales sell below $83,000, with all wallet cohorts shifting to net selling for the first time since early June, though a potential golden cross offers some hope for bulls.
A brand new ZCAT token charges a 3% tax whenever the token moves and uses the proceeds to distribute ZEC to holders, creating an unusual link to one of crypto's hottest assets.
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.
Better Mortgage can reuse the pledged Bitcoin, and borrowers cannot recover their crypto until the main conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced.
New Jersey has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether prediction markets tied to sports contracts are gambling products regulated by states or federally regulated swaps overseen by the CFTC.
A historical analysis of bitcoin price performance from 2010 through 2026 demonstrates that the vast majority of the asset's annual returns occur during a tiny fraction of the calendar year.
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.