White-Hat Hackers Recover 52 BTC From Coldcard Exploit, $149M Remains Missing
Binance Buys $100M Circle Stake in Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal
William Blair Cuts EBITDA Estimates for Coinbase and Circle, Stays Bullish on Both
Canada's Big Six Banks Launch Tokenized Deposit System
Dogecoin Hits Multi-Month High on Whale Buying and ETF Inflows
Kinetiq Opens Elysium Testnet to Tackle Hyperliquid Throughput Limits
CME Adds Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures, Targeting October 19 Launch
Animoca Brands Suspends Currenc Merger, Delays IPO Timeline
Bitcoin Hits 7-Month High at $87,300, But Two Technical Signals Flash Warning
Institutional Traders Bet $3.2M on Bitcoin Reaching $95,000 by October
Ethena USDe Flash Crashes on Binance, Snaps Back to Peg Within Minutes
ECB to Invest in Tokenized Securities via Pontes Platform
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Binance Buys $100M Circle Stake in Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal
William Blair Cuts EBITDA Estimates for Coinbase and Circle, Stays Bullish on Both
Canada's Big Six Banks Launch Tokenized Deposit System
Dogecoin Hits Multi-Month High on Whale Buying and ETF Inflows
Kinetiq Opens Elysium Testnet to Tackle Hyperliquid Throughput Limits
CME Adds Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures, Targeting October 19 Launch
Animoca Brands Suspends Currenc Merger, Delays IPO Timeline
Bitcoin Hits 7-Month High at $87,300, But Two Technical Signals Flash Warning
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Bitcoin Hits 7-Month High at $87,300, But Two Technical Signals Flash Warning
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White-Hat Hackers Recover 52 BTC From Coldcard Exploit, $149M Remains Missing
White-hat actors have recovered 52.37 BTC worth $4.5 million from a Coldcard hardware wallet exploit that drained $154.1 million from victims. The recovered coins sit in a Crypto Recovery Trust for verified victims to reclaim, but 97.2% of stolen Bitcoin remains unaccounted for.
Binance Buys $100M Circle Stake in Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal
Binance acquired a $100 million equity position in Circle on Monday, pairing the investment with a five-year commercial agreement that commits the world's largest crypto exchange to actively promoting USDC adoption globally.
William Blair Cuts EBITDA Estimates for Coinbase and Circle, Stays Bullish on Both
William Blair trimmed EBITDA estimates for Coinbase and Circle on September 22 but held its bullish stance on both companies, arguing that crypto market recovery and USDC adoption position each for sustained profitability gains ahead.
Canada's Big Six Banks Launch Tokenized Deposit System
Canada's six largest banks are jointly piloting a unified tokenized deposit system to accelerate interbank settlement and reduce friction in domestic payments. The initiative represents one of the most significant coordinated blockchain deployments by a national banking sector to date.
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Visa Closes Memecoin Rewards Loophole, Grace Period Ends September 26
Visa is shutting down a creative workaround that let users earn memecoin rewards through ordinary credit card purchases, with the payment giant's grace period set to expire around September 26, 2026.
Coinbase and Payward File With CFTC for Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
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Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With Institutional Validators, USDC as Native Gas
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