Japanese regulator requests tax filing exemption for trust-type stablecoins in 2027 reform
Japan's Financial Services Agency has formally requested that trusttype stablecoins be exempted from mandatory tax filing requirements beginning in fiscal year 2027, in a move…
Sberbank plans to add ether and USDT as collateral for crypto-backed loans: Report
Russia's largest lender, Sberbank, is reportedly preparing to expand its cryptobacked lending program by accepting ether and Tether's USDT stablecoin as collateral, a move that…
Here's 1 metric on U.S. debt that makes bitcoin's bull case look stronger than ever
The soaring cost of servicing America's national debt is emerging as one of the strongest arguments yet for bitcoin's longterm appeal, as investors weigh the fiscal pressures…
Ireland Bars Crypto From State Savings Scheme Targeting $203B in Deposits
Ireland has excluded cryptocurrencies from a new statebacked savings initiative designed to encourage households to invest a portion of the roughly $203 billion currently held in…
More Markets lending reserve drained for $9.3M: Blockaid
The decentralized lending protocol More Markets was hit by an exploit that drained roughly $9.3 million from one of its lending reserves, according to security firm Blockaid. How…
U.S. jobs report, Russia’s digital ruble rollout: Crypto Week Ahead
Traders and analysts are bracing for a datapacked week as the latest U.S. employment report and Russia's muchanticipated digital ruble rollout headline a stretch of events that…
Polygon Quietly Patched Security Flaws in Two Hard Forks Before Disclosing Them
Polygon addressed a pair of security vulnerabilities in its network through two hard forks that were rolled out quietly before the team publicly acknowledged the underlying flaws,…
Inside the high-stakes battle between digital dollars and Swift's massive money engine
The world's dominant messaging system for crossborder payments is facing a fresh challenge from blockchainbased rivals, but industry veterans argue that Swift's enormous scale and…
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet
As artificial intelligence agents grow more autonomous, they will increasingly need to transact with one another — and the financial system underpinning those exchanges may not…
Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test
Swift, the global messaging network that underpins roughly $1.5 quadrillion in annual financial transactions, is confronting a fundamental question about its future as…
Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows
Tokenized realworld assets may be far more active than surfacelevel data suggests, according to Katana's Matthew Fisher, who argues that conventional utilization metrics…
Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives
Ripple is moving to protect the XRP Ledger against the looming threat of quantum computing, joining a broader industry scramble to harden blockchain infrastructure before socalled…
US Cities Eye AI Data Center Limits as Study Flags Water Risks
Cities across the United States are increasingly weighing restrictions on artificial intelligence data centers, with Austin becoming the latest municipality to consider curbs as…
Charles Schwab Expands Crypto Trading Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum
Charles Schwab is broadening its cryptocurrency trading offerings beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, adding support for Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink as the brokerage giant deepens…
UK Police Seize $1.4M in Bitcoin Traced to Shuttered Darknet Markets
British authorities have seized roughly $1.4 million in Bitcoin that investigators traced back to nowdefunct darknet marketplaces, in a case complicated by the death of the man…
OneKey reproduces transaction replacement attack on outdated Ledger Ethereum app
Hardware wallet maker OneKey said it successfully recreated a transaction replacement attack targeting an outdated version of Ledger's Ethereum app, demonstrating a vulnerability…
The Sandbox pledges 1:1 repayment after $700K bridge exploit
The Sandbox has promised to fully reimburse users affected by a bridge exploit that drained roughly $700,000 in tokens, committing to a onetoone repayment funded from the…
Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Sparrow Issues Update After AI Flags Fixes
Sparrow Wallet, a popular Bitcoin desktop application favored by privacyconscious users, has released a new version featuring a batch of fixes that were largely identified through…
Trump cost investors $4.7B through crypto ‘schemes’: Public Citizen
Investors in various cryptocurrency ventures tied to US President Donald Trump have collectively lost an estimated $4.7 billion, according to a new report from consumer advocacy…
AI Finds Critical Flaw in Bitcoin Lightning, Devs Issue Emergency Warning
A serious vulnerability in Bitcoin's Lightning Network has been uncovered with the help of artificial intelligence, prompting developers to issue an emergency warning and rush to…



