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.
Adam Aron said synthetic AMC shares could divert demand from the actual stock and strip investors of shareholder rights, drawing support from some tokenization executives.
U.S. payrolls rose by 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations and keeping unemployment at 4.1%, while Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 and Fed officials weigh a September rate hike amid mixed signals.
South Korea plans to begin rolling out a fully tokenized securities market by February 2027, using on-chain stablecoins for settlement after a three-phase roadmap that includes expanded tokenization of stocks, bonds, and funds.
The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to El Salvador’s official holdings since June 2025 originated from private donations, not public funds, as the country continues to expand its crypto holdings under an agreement with the fund.
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.
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.
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.