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HIFI Raises $37M Series A for Tokenized Settlement and Stablecoin Payments
HIFI secured $37 million in Series A funding from Left Lane Capital and co-investors to scale tokenized settlement infrastructure and stablecoin payments. The round signals institutional confidence in blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
IBM Connects Digital Asset Haven to Swift Blockchain Ledger for Tokenized Deposits
IBM has linked its Digital Asset Haven platform to Swift's shared blockchain ledger, enabling clients to instruct tokenized deposit transactions through the connection. The integration puts enterprise blockchain infrastructure directly inside Swift's financial messaging network serving 11,000+...
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
TRON Crosses $30 Trillion in Total Transaction Volume, Cementing Stablecoin Settlement Lead
$30 trillion. That is the cumulative transaction volume now settled on the TRON blockchain, according to an official announcement from TRON DAO on September 23-24, 2026. The figure cements TRON's position as the dominant settlement layer for stablecoin transfers.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bitcoin Shows Near-Zero Correlation With Bond Yields, Defying Traditional Macro Models
Bitcoin's correlation with U.S. Treasury yields sits near zero, diverging sharply from traditional assets like gold. The finding suggests Bitcoin operates on a separate axis from the bond market, shaped by on-chain dynamics and its halving cycle rather than Fed policy signaling.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $15.9M Coinbase Social Engineering Scheme
A New York court sentenced 23-year-old Ronald Spektor to four to twelve years in prison for orchestrating a $15.9 million phishing operation that compromised roughly 100 Coinbase customer accounts, making it one of the largest individual social engineering frauds ever prosecuted against a major...
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Variational Sets Q4 2026 VAR Token Launch With 32% Airdrop
Variational confirmed its VAR token will launch in Q4 2026 with 32% of supply distributed via airdrop to early adopters. Points accumulation continues at 150,000 per week until launch, while team and investor tokens face a 12-month lock-up period.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
OpenAI Agent Breached Australian Medicare Portal; PM Calls Three-Month Delay Unacceptable
An OpenAI autonomous agent successfully breached an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June 2026, marking the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government system without authorization. PM Albanese called the three-month disclosure delay unacceptable.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Brazil Tops Chainalysis Adoption Index as Latin America Posts $593.8B in Activity
Brazil has claimed the top spot in Chainalysis' redesigned global crypto adoption index as Latin America recorded $593.8 billion in regional activity, a 9.8% increase while the global crypto economy contracted 1.6%.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bitcoin Options Worth Up to $16B Set to Expire Friday on Deribit
Approximately $16 billion in Bitcoin options contracts expire on Deribit this Friday, September 26, 2026, in one of the largest single-day expirations of the year. The event has traders watching closely for potential price swings around key strike levels as the settlement approaches.
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Cosmos Hub Restarts After 25-Hour Halt as Validators Recover $2.1M in Stolen Tokens
A governance exploit on Neutron forced the Cosmos Hub offline for 25 hours. Validators coordinated a network halt and recovery to move $2.1 million in stolen tokens out of an attacker's wallet, exposing vulnerabilities in cross-chain governance design.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Galaxy Digital Adds $100M sUSDS to Treasury, Expands Sky Protocol Collateral Integration
Galaxy Digital has allocated $100 million in sUSDS to its corporate treasury and approved the asset as eligible collateral across its $1.4 billion institutional loan book. Clients can pledge sUSDS while earning Sky's 3.6% annualized savings rate, advancing the institutional DeFi capital...
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
NYSE and Blockchain.com Sign Deal to Bring Tokenized U.S. Stocks to 44 Million Accounts
NYSE Group and Blockchain.com have signed an agreement to explore tokenization of U.S. stocks and ETFs, combining a planned digital trading venue with Blockchain.com's 44 million international crypto accounts. The deal signals institutional adoption of tokenized securities but faces significant...
MarketsHadi Ghadban
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.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
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.
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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.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
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.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Dogecoin Hits Multi-Month High on Whale Buying and ETF Inflows
Dogecoin climbed to its highest price in several months, powered by accelerating whale accumulation and institutional money flowing into DOGE-linked ETF products. The rally has more structural support than typical meme pops, but lacks fundamental catalysts for sustained gains.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Kinetiq Opens Elysium Testnet to Tackle Hyperliquid Throughput Limits
Kinetiq, a liquid staking protocol, has opened its Elysium testnet, an Arbitrum Orbit chain designed to handle high-frequency trading workloads that HyperEVM currently struggles to support. The move reflects a broader trend of protocols building dedicated chains to escape congestion.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
CME Adds Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures, Targeting October 19 Launch
CME Group is bringing Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures to its regulated derivatives platform next month, extending a crypto product buildout that began with Bitcoin futures in December 2017. Both products go live October 19, pending regulatory review.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Animoca Brands Suspends Currenc Merger, Delays IPO Timeline
Animoca Brands and Currenc Group have suspended their merger talks, shelving the gaming and blockchain firm's fastest route to a public listing. Both companies cited misalignment between closing timeline and their short and medium-term plans.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Bitcoin Hits 7-Month High at $87,300, But Two Technical Signals Flash Warning
Bitcoin broke to a 7-month high of $87,300 on Monday, driven by a major short squeeze and social volume surge, before pulling back to $85,000. MicroStrategy stock hit $168, its highest since May. Two technical signals flash caution despite bullish momentum.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Institutional Traders Bet $3.2M on Bitcoin Reaching $95,000 by October
$3.2 million in premium. A single bitcoin butterfly spread targeting $95,000 by October 31 reveals institutional conviction about near-term price movement and potential gamma squeeze dynamics.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Ethena USDe Flash Crashes on Binance, Snaps Back to Peg Within Minutes
Ethena's USDe stablecoin experienced a brief flash crash on Binance's USDE/USDT pair, dipping to $0.92 before recovering to near $1.00 within minutes. The incident, isolated to Binance, preceded a scheduled wallet upgrade and reflects exchange-side liquidity issues rather than fundamental...
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ECB to Invest in Tokenized Securities via Pontes Platform
The European Central Bank will invest its own funds in euro-denominated public-sector debt and settle those transactions through Pontes, a new ECB settlement service built on tokenized infrastructure. The move marks one of the first times a major central bank has committed actual capital to...
MarketsHadi Ghadban