CLARITY Act Failure Hands Coinbase a Stablecoin Rewards Edge, Bitwise CIO Says
Chainalysis Traces $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea, Pushing 2026 DPRK Crypto Theft Past $1 Billion
XRP Holds $1.50 as Tightening Range Points Toward $2 Test
Hyperliquid Directs $14.6M in USDC Yield Toward HYPE Token Buybacks
Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Victory in Illinois Sports Contracts Ruling
Banking Group Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charter Authority, Targeting Protego Approval
European Issuers Push for USD Stablecoins Under MiCA Framework
Blast Ethereum Layer-2 Shuts Down After TVL Drops 98% From Peak of $2.3 Billion
BNY Mellon in Advanced Talks With Kraken Parent Payward on Crypto Infrastructure Partnership
Centrifuge Launches Three Tokenized Funds on Arc Blockchain
IMF Waives El Salvador Bitcoin Breach, Unlocks $138M Payout
FlashLoopAdapter Exploit Drains $305K From Two Ethereum Safe Wallets
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Chainalysis Traces $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea, Pushing 2026 DPRK Crypto Theft Past $1 Billion
XRP Holds $1.50 as Tightening Range Points Toward $2 Test
Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Victory in Illinois Sports Contracts Ruling
Banking Group Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charter Authority, Targeting Protego Approval
Hyperliquid Directs $14.6M in USDC Yield Toward HYPE Token Buybacks
European Issuers Push for USD Stablecoins Under MiCA Framework
Blast Ethereum Layer-2 Shuts Down After TVL Drops 98% From Peak of $2.3 Billion
BNY Mellon in Advanced Talks With Kraken Parent Payward on Crypto Infrastructure Partnership
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North Korea crossed a grim milestone this week. Chainalysis has formally attributed the $387 million breach of crypto exchange Bitget to DPRK-linked threat actors, pushing the regime's total cryptocurrency theft in 2026 above $1 billion.
XRP Holds $1.50 as Tightening Range Points Toward $2 Test
XRP has spent the past several sessions pinned around $1.50, grinding in a $1.45-$1.60 band after recovering sharply from the $1.00 support level. The range is tightening, and the next directional move is likely to be significant.
European Issuers Push for USD Stablecoins Under MiCA Framework
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Regulation
CLARITY Act Failure Hands Coinbase a Stablecoin Rewards Edge, Bitwise CIO Says
The U.S. Senate's rejection of the CLARITY Act did not rattle crypto markets. It rallied them, and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan argues the bounce was no accident. In a client memo dated September 30, 2026, Hougan identified four crypto sectors that structurally benefited from the...
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DeFi
Hyperliquid Directs $14.6M in USDC Yield Toward HYPE Token Buybacks
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Centrifuge Launches Three Tokenized Funds on Arc Blockchain
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