OpenReserve and Revolut Win Preliminary OCC Approval for National Bank Charters
Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Rebounds to $680M as Capital Concentrates
XRP Ledger Shifts to Institutional Focus: Fewer Active Accounts but Larger Trades
Pineapple Financial Moves $1B in Mortgage Records to Injective Blockchain
AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Tokenized Shares Outrageous, Stock Surges
QuFi Brings Post-Quantum Verification to Bitcoin Testnet Without Protocol Changes
Ripple Signs Multi-Year Deal With Florida Athletics, XRP Logo Headed to The Swamp
Trezor Breach Exposes Up to 80,000 Customer Records via Shipping Partner ShipMonk
BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Doubles Total Donation to Reform UK, Reaching £8M
Trezor Breach Expands to 67,000 US Customers as 2019 Records Surface
FinCEN Links $12.7B in Crypto Fraud to Asian Scam Compounds as Operations Spread Globally
IMF Confirms El Salvador Bitcoin Reserves Built on Private Donations, Not Public Funds
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Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Rebounds to $680M as Capital Concentrates
XRP Ledger Shifts to Institutional Focus: Fewer Active Accounts but Larger Trades
Pineapple Financial Moves $1B in Mortgage Records to Injective Blockchain
AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Tokenized Shares Outrageous, Stock Surges
QuFi Brings Post-Quantum Verification to Bitcoin Testnet Without Protocol Changes
Ripple Signs Multi-Year Deal With Florida Athletics, XRP Logo Headed to The Swamp
Trezor Breach Exposes Up to 80,000 Customer Records via Shipping Partner ShipMonk
BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Doubles Total Donation to Reform UK, Reaching £8M
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Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Rebounds to $680M as Capital Concentrates
$680 million flowed into Southeast Asian crypto companies in the latest cycle, marking recovery from the 2022 downturn. But capital is concentrating in fewer, mature firms rather than spreading across the startup ecosystem, raising questions about innovation and long-term regional growth.
XRP Ledger Shifts to Institutional Focus: Fewer Active Accounts but Larger Trades
XRP Ledger's on-chain data through September 2026 shows fewer active accounts but higher transaction values and larger individual trades, signaling a shift from retail to institutional focus.
Pineapple Financial Moves $1B in Mortgage Records to Injective Blockchain
Canadian mortgage lender Pineapple Financial has placed $1 billion in mortgage records on the Injective blockchain, with plans to migrate more than $10 billion in historical loan data onchain in what would be one of the largest real-world asset deployments in the sector.
AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Tokenized Shares Outrageous, Stock Surges
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron publicly attacked Robinhood over tokenized stock offerings, calling them contemptible and outrageous and threatening legal action. The dispute centers on whether tokenized equities issued without company consent constitute unregistered securities violations.
Regulation
OpenReserve and Revolut Win Preliminary OCC Approval for National Bank Charters
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary national bank charter approval to both OpenReserve and Revolut on September 4, marking the most direct regulatory endorsement yet of crypto-native firms operating inside the federally chartered banking system.
BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Doubles Total Donation to Reform UK, Reaching £8M
Ben Delo, BitMEX co-founder, has donated an additional £4 million to Reform UK, bringing his total to £8 million. His contributions now dwarf all other donors to the party, raising transparency concerns about crypto industry influence on UK political financing.
FinCEN Links $12.7B in Crypto Fraud to Asian Scam Compounds as Operations Spread Globally
FinCEN has linked $12.7 billion to cryptocurrency scams operated from organized compounds in Southeast Asia, with monthly reported sums rising 18% on average. The agency warns operations are spreading beyond the region into South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, signaling the need for expanded...
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