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TL;DR U.S. prosecutors have charged a Vietnamese national with money laundering tied to alleged cryptocurrency “pig butchering” schemes. Prosecutors say wallets controlled by the defendant received roughly $53.3 million linked to fraud schemes targeting U.S. victims. One victim allegedly transferred about $16 million after being directed to a fake crypto investment platform. U.S. prosecutors have […]

TL;DR Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will step down on October 16 and remain as an adviser through the end of 2026. Founding leader Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO from October 17. The leadership change comes during an unusually active period for U.S. digital-asset legislation and regulation. One of Washington’s most influential crypto […]

TL;DR Evercrest Technologies, the company behind KelpDAO, has filed a civil claim against LayerZero entities and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino. The lawsuit concerns the April exploit that drained 116,500 rsETH, worth about $292 million at the time. KelpDAO alleges LayerZero reviewed and endorsed the bridge configuration later blamed for the attack; those claims have not been […]

TL;DR Strategy is asking shareholders to approve daily dividend record dates for STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK. The proposed change would alter payment frequency without changing dividend rates or increasing total regular dividend obligations. Shareholders are expected to vote on the amendments at a special meeting on October 28. Strategy is proposing an unusual change […]

TL;DR Aave V4 on Base has launched an Equities Hub accepting seven Coinbase tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral. Eligible non-U.S. users can deposit tokens representing Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla shares to borrow USDC. The tokenized equities are collateral-only at launch and use Chainlink market data for pricing. Tokenized stocks are starting […]

TL;DR CleanSpark has completed the closing of $2.276 billion in senior secured notes. The Bitcoin miner says proceeds will support data-center expansion and refinancing of existing credit facilities. The financing has closed, making this different from an earlier announcement of a proposed debt raise. CleanSpark has completed one of the largest financing transactions of the […]

TL;DR SEC staff has published new FAQs explaining how federal securities laws may apply to crypto-asset buybacks, network upgrades and secondary-market activity. The guidance says a buyback can become relevant to an investment-contract analysis when an issuer presents it as a way to create yield or returns. The FAQs are staff guidance, not a new […]

Bitget says unauthorized transfers affected approximately $351.6 million held across parts of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure. The exchange says its cold wallets were not affected and its $464 million-plus User Protection Fund covers the loss. Withdrawals have been temporarily suspended while Bitget investigates the breach with law enforcement and security firms. **ID:** N25-10 […]

Paxos Labs has launched PAXGy, a token backed by PAXG that can increase in value relative to gold over time. The underlying reserves are deployed to vetted institutional borrowers through the gold-leasing market. PAXGy is live across platforms including OKX, X Layer, Uniswap, 0x and Ether.Fi, but the return is not guaranteed. **ID:** N25-09 **Site:** […]

HIFI has raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital. The company says the funding will expand stablecoin payments, cards and infrastructure for tokenized capital markets. HIFI says its platform currently processes more than $7 billion in annualized volume across 87 countries. **ID:** N25-08 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY **Author:** NewsBTC Editorial Team […]

The Solana Foundation has appointed former Binance global CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer. Former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees has joined as general manager of payments. The Foundation says the hires are aimed at accelerating institutional adoption and payment activity on Solana. **ID:** N25-07 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY **Author:** NewsBTC Editorial Team **Focus […]

The Clearing House has selected Quant to provide the interoperability and transaction-management layer for its On-Chain Money Initiative. The planned network will let financial institutions clear and settle tokenized deposits while connecting to existing RTP and CHIPS payment rails. Participating institutions are expected to gain access in the first half of 2027. **ID:** N25-06 **Site:** […]

IBM Digital Asset Haven can now connect financial institutions to Swift’s blockchain-based shared ledger through a beta integration. Banks can instruct tokenized-deposit transactions using existing ISO 20022 payment messages. Swift’s ledger is already being tested by 17 first-mover institutions, while IBM is also adding an on-premises version of Digital Asset Haven. **ID:** N25-05 **Site:** NewsBTC […]

Ondo has launched three tokenized portfolios based on investment strategies developed by BlackRock specifically for the platform. The products package baskets of tokenized assets into individual onchain tokens. BlackRock designed the model strategies, while Ondo Global Markets issues and operates the tokenized products. **ID:** N25-04 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY **Author:** NewsBTC Editorial Team **Focus Keyword:** […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have announced a lawsuit against Polymarket US. The state alleges the prediction platform is operating illegal, unlicensed gambling in New York. The lawsuit seeks to stop the activity and asks for fines, forfeiture of alleged illegal gains and restitution for users. **ID:** N25-03 **Site:** NewsBTC […]

ARK Invest is tokenizing its ARK Venture Fund through Securitize. The fund has roughly $1.3 billion in assets and invests across private and public technology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. The move tokenizes ownership and administration of the existing fund rather than creating a new crypto fund. **ID:** N25-02 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY […]

The Federal Reserve has proposed two new rulemaking packages for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. Board-supervised issuers would have to fully back tokens with permitted reserve assets and meet standardized capital and risk-management requirements. The proposals are not final rules yet, with a 60-day public comment period ahead. **ID:** N25-01 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** […]

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 25, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, recorded the deepest combined BTC and ETH futures order book depth within the 0.03% band, and the lowest median slippage for a $300,000 silver futures sell order among all surveyed exchanges, according to TokenInsight’s Crypto Exchange Liquidity Report for September 2026. […]

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 25, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, will return to TOKEN2049 Singapore as a Platinum Sponsor, with a broader on-site presence spanning interactive booth experiences, product showcases and conversations on the MEXC Stage. The event will give users, partners and industry participants more ways to engage directly with […]

TL;DR Bitcoin fell below $85,000 after stronger U.S. business data pushed Treasury yields higher. S&P Global’s flash U.S. Composite PMI rose to 58.4 in September, the strongest reading since July 2021. The move shows how quickly Bitcoin’s recent rebound can be challenged when markets price in tighter monetary policy. Bitcoin’s rebound has run into a […]