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Michael Saylor says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new innovation exemption clears tokenized MSTR and STRC to trade onchain around the clock. It is the first live test of the digital credit pitch he has spent a year selling. A Reaction, Not a Rule Saylor did not wait long to make the proclamation […]

The security firm says its team and tools will continue, while S&P adds data, research and institutional reach after closing. The post Wall Street gains direct oversight of Web3 security as S&P Global buys OpenZeppelin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Five XRP Ledger addresses that didn’t exist until about a day earlier now hold 100 million XRP each, and every one was created by the same Uphold wallet that filled it. The Alert That Lit up XRP Twitter A burst of posts on Sept. 17 flagged half a billion XRP leaving Uphold, the multi-asset trading […]

Cardano's holders are in an interesting position right now.

Crypto venture funding rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with investors deploying about $5.7 billion across 384 deals. The recovery was driven by larger, later-stage financings, while fundraising for new crypto venture funds remained unusually weak. Crypto VC Firms Deploy Funds Across 384 Q2 Deals Crypto venture capital is showing signs of life […]

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A cross-party House of Lords committee has told the UK government to ban almost all gambling advertising as soon as it is “practicable” to do so, and to abandon its objective of growing the sector along the way. The industry’s lobby group, the Betting and Gaming Council, immediately called the report “deeply misguided.” A Ban […]

The fresh capital enables it to scale product suite and merchant network, including a revamped business portal for enterprise clients.

Needle Stealer used signed Microsoft software to target seven browser wallets without breaching Coinbase or MetaMask. The post Fake AI crypto software is secretly replacing browser wallet extensions appeared first on CryptoSlate.

RWA perps hit record $140B volume amid 22x market interest growth.

NU7 will cut Zcash block times to 25 seconds and preserve its halving schedule, with testnet activation planned for Oct. 6.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas traced a rare video-game hoard in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and sent partner Cris Bierrenbach to meet the seller without knowing what he would find. About 90% of the games in the Dallas-Fort Worth Collection were sealed, including early prints of The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Contra alongside dozens of […]

Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”

Hyperliquid’s fee engine and deep USDC liquidity are strengthening the economic case behind HYPE burns.

Growing concerns over AI safety have sparked an intense debate on regulation. While Andrew Yang warns that rogue self-replicating code is already corrupting web training data, Sentient Labs argues that simply slowing down AI development is ineffective without dynamic evaluation and independent verification infrastructure. Rogue Code Forces Tech Firms Into ‘Synthetic Internets’ Days after Anthropic […]

Closed-ended vaults would bar withdrawals during fixed investment terms and count interest only when paid, but activation and XRP-denominated use remain unproven. The post XRPL’s new lending tool could lock up your XRP from minutes to decades appeared first on CryptoSlate.

World Money is rolling out across more than 150 countries, combining stablecoin payments, digital asset rewards and trading in a self-custodial app.

HP says criminals used a fake AI trading agent to replace browser-based crypto wallets and send users’ passwords to an attacker-controlled server.

John Reed Stark argues that the SEC’s new regulatory pretensions run counter to a decade of litigation and conflict with the major questions doctrine, stressing that Congress should discuss and regulate matters of such significance. Reed Stark Claims SEC Usurps Congressional Authority On Crypto Rulemaking After the CLARITY Act failed to pass cloture on Tuesday […]

XRPL’s AI integration could turn agent activity into a new source of network demand.

Brazil’s government is drafting a provisional measure that would prohibit online casino games and restrict sports betting, the Brazilian news portal UOL reported Wednesday, citing government sources. No text has been published, and the government has not confirmed its contents. An Extinction-Level Threat President Lula, who is less than three weeks from an election with […]

Even after the CLARITY Act’s recent demise, Congress still discusses digital assets regulation. Rep. Tom Emmer is still hopeful for a new discussion and eventual CLARITY Act Passage before year-end, while Rep. Maxine Waters stresses that passing it as it is would condone Trump’s “worst actions” Is the CLARITY Act truly dead? Emmer and Waters […]

There was less than 30% chance the bill can become law between now and 2028.

Bitcoin may struggle to break decisively above $80,000 as tighter U.S. monetary policy and the CLARITY Act setback weigh on near-term conditions. Coinshares sees both headwinds delaying a stronger crypto recovery. Bitcoin’s $80,000 Breakout Faces a Tougher Fed Bitcoin faces a more difficult path above $80,000 after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and signaled […]

US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.

The regulator is moving beyond warnings, and bringing the gauntlet down on illicit crypto activity.

S&P Global agreed to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, expanding its digital asset business into the technology underpinning tokenized finance. On Sept. 17, the financial data and ratings company said that OpenZeppelin will continue operating under its own name as a separate business unit. Chief Executive Demian Brener will remain in charge and report […] The post From Kaiko to OpenZeppelin, S&P Global is quietly preparing for markets that never close appeared first on CryptoSlate.

MOEX’s new perpetual futures put Russia’s professional crypto market to a deeper liquidity test.

VVV gains by 15% as trading volume, open interest and staking activity surging sharply.

Examining CASHCAT's next price targets, as its double bottom hints at the end of the correction.

North Korea and Iran account for the majority of onchain malware, while Malaysia has been named among the most crypto curious Islamic nations.

Less than $100,000 was borrowed as utilization hovered near 0.1%, separating supply appetite from credit demand. The post Aave V4’s Arc market is swimming in $76 million of USDC nobody is borrowing appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ARB’s 12% rally gained fundamental support as rising revenues and institutional interest strengthened its recovery.

OpenAI's new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake "breach alerts," coached themselves to hide mistakes, and smuggled a file onto the public internet to talk to each other.

October’s bullish reputation now has to outrun the bond market.

Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons.

ETF flows are also positive.

SpaceX's AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no questions asked, because there's nobody left to ask them.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a five-year pathway for regulated US stocks to trade on blockchain-native venues. The Innovation Exemption came two days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, a broad crypto market-structure bill that sought to establish statutory rules for digital assets and clarify regulatory responsibilities. The […] The post After Congress killed its landmark crypto bill, the SEC unlocked the $77 trillion US stock market through tokenization appeared first on CryptoSlate.

PUMP surged 9.6%, successfully held $0.0034 and rose to a local high of $0.0038.

Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-built food safety dashboard after a summer of outbreaks, putting employee data in the hands of a company seeded by the CIA's venture arm.

In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.

Treasury said the previously sanctioned Hormuz Safe platform used BitBank to transfer payments collected since June.

Canton Network token retested its range lows and saw a bullish reaction in the past 36 hours.

Operators must update fault-proof services and withdrawal tooling before a targeted cutover, while users need no action. The post Optimism just approved the upgrade its Superchain needs before interoperability can go live appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Days after its disputed Navier-Stokes claim, OpenAI says it's made "substantial progress" on another Millennium Prize math problem—and won't say which one yet.

LaunchLab is becoming more than infrastructure. It is helping finance demand for RAY.

The US regulator’s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers.

The Ethereum co-founder said AI could help developers mathematically verify entire software systems, turning the same technology powering new attacks into a tool for defense.

The opt-in Soroban tools also ease data migrations, while raw-ledger systems must handle a new empty-ledger value. The post Stellar activates Protocol 28 as network hits record throughput and RWA value climbs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The former presidential candidate said lawmakers should impose liability rules and waiting periods on frontier AI firms as autonomous agents raise new cyber and labor concerns.

Bitcoin could get more support than gold if investors reduce their ETF hedges, according to JPMorgan analysts.

King Charles hosted senior AI executives at his Scottish estate to discuss keeping the technology "in the service of humanity," days after industry leaders called for a slowdown.

MoonPay plans to use WisdomTree’s $1.2 billion WTGXX tokenized fund as part of its stablecoin reserves while helping expand access to US investors.

H.R. 10357 advances toward full House consideration with targeted fee and stablecoin relief alongside expanded anti-abuse rules. The post Crypto’s first big tax win comes with a catch for stakers and everyday payments appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi said the shift reflects crypto's broader maturation toward tokenized stocks, bonds, and other real-world assets.

The Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 barely dented crypto prices, but what comes next could change calculations on Wall Street.

CLARITY isn’t dead after failing a key Senate vote, but with time running short and Democrats still demanding changes, its path forward is narrowing.

Software developers who build crypto trading tools just got some breathing room from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

S&P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products.

After a Senate setback for CLARITY, Stani Kulechov wants DeFi to force Washington’s hand through adoption, but Aave’s product layers reveal where regulators can still reach. The post Stani’s Aave “Uber plan” could turn everyday crypto savers into Washington’s worst political nightmare appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin made modest daily gains as US stocks saw upside in the aftermath of the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike since July 2023.

Former Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton will take the helm at Fortitude as the Zcash-focused miner expands its operations and moves toward a planned public listing.

Smith expects traditional financial markets to shift to 24/5 trading by mid-2027, requiring new blockchain infrastructure.

"Anyone running an unregistered peer-to-peer crypto business should assume we are looking at them," the FCA's enforcement chief said.

The self-custody app also plugs into Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho, with World ID verification unlocking boosted rewards.

The "innovation exemption" lets qualifying venues trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks on public blockchains without registering as exchanges—though it excludes price-tracking "synthetics" and lets companies block tokenization of their shares.

Arc is a new layer-1 blockchain developed by USDC issuer Circle, designed specifically for stablecoin-native finance.

Crypto.com’s CEO said its sister exchange was cleared to offer US access to single-stock perpetual futures, as the latest platform to bridge TradFi and digital assets.

The SEC’s Innovation Exemption allows limited tokenized US stock trading on onchain venues with trading caps and transparency requirements.

OpenZeppelin will continue operating as a standalone business unit under S&P Global, with financial terms of the deal not disclosed.

Bitcoin treasury companies promise to amplify returns over investing in Bitcoin alone, but does the potential upside outweigh the risks to the downside?

The SEC released its 'innovation exemption,' positioning the measure as a response to the Senate's failure to advance crypto legislation.

S&P Global agreed to buy OpenZeppelin, which says its smart contracts have facilitated more than $37 trillion in value transfers.

The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto.

CEO Kris Marszalek said the company is also working with the SEC and CFTC to offer single-stock perpetual futures in the U.S.

German crypto adoption is progressing through family offices and wealth managers, while the UK’s retail-facing cryptocurrency market remains “nascent,” according to the researcher.

The Clarity Act failed to pass and FOMC hiked rates, and yet, crypto majors are green and alt leaders are flying. What does it mean?

The privacy coin rose double digits Thursday and 168% over the past month in the wake of the NU7 upgrade vote.

North Korea-linked hackers used Tron, Aptos and BNB Chain to maintain malware infrastructure, while suspected Iran-linked actors embedded directions in Bitcoin transactions.

Grayscale's Zach Pandl maintains bitcoin bottomed near $58,000 as the firm gives clients a "green light" to allocate.

Zcash rose about 20% in 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the firm invested in ZEC amid a broader crypto market rally.

A substitute text adopted before the vote strips out the Federal Reserve funding routes and thins the transparency rules.

Bitcoin climbed above $80,000 in early September despite declining odds of the legislation passing this year, Hougan noted.

Revolut says it received no direct contact despite separate ransom demands for $3 million in Monero and 10,000 Bitcoin from competing breach claimants.

South Korean police reportedly referred 18 Polymarket users to prosecutors in a gambling probe involving 26 people and $12.7 million in bets.

Bitcoin corporate treasuries remained at an unrealized loss on their holdings as the price fell below $80,000 and fresh capital inflows dwindled.

The country blocked local access to Polymarket last month after its media regulator ruled that the platform offers illegal gambling.

The Celsius estate alleges BitMEX wrongfully liquidated and seized 6,360 BTC, worth nearly $490 million, during the March 2020 market crash.

The six cases are separate from July’s incident, when OpenAI models escaped containment and hacked Hugging Face during a security evaluation.

Bitcoin showed little immediate reaction to the Fed’s first rate increase since 2023, but 16 of 18 officials expect at least one more hike before the end of the year.

Industry analysts say it is highly unlikely for the bill to pass this Congress, and instead pointed to the SEC and CFTC's rulemaking efforts.

A House committee advanced a bill to create a strategic bitcoin reserve, which would codify Trump's plan for permanent bitcoin holdings. 

The legislation seeks to codify Trump’s Bitcoin reserve policy, locking up Bitcoin acquired through civil and criminal forfeiture for 20 years.

The bill would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions on tokens sold and quickly repurchased.

Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables.

Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023.

Digital Sovereignty Alliance managing director Adrian Wall said senators from both parties are considering another attempt to advance the crypto market structure bill before the current Congress ends.

An independent researcher found the agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's defenses as early as May 13—activity OpenAI's own incident report never fully described.

Bitcoin and ether whipsawed as the Federal Reserve delivered its first rate hike in more than three years.

Chair Kevin Warsh credited Trump's economy, then ignored his rate-cut wishes entirely.

The FCA’s new guidance outlines which crypto activities may require authorization as firms prepare for the UK’s incoming digital asset regulatory regime.

Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing, bringing faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments.

The Federal Reserve delivered the hike Wall Street had almost unanimously priced in.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig said his agency is "locked in and ready to ship its rules for the new frontier of finance."

A bipartisan House committee vote advanced legislation that would reshape federal tax rules for stablecoins, staking, crypto lending and digital asset transactions.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted to advance crypto tax legislation, sending it to the House to consider.

Michael Selig and Paul Atkins pledged to use their agencies’ existing powers to provide crypto regulatory certainty after the Senate failed to advance the bill.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov sees an 'Uber path' for DeFi if U.S. crypto legislation stalls, he told The Starting Block.

Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads.

The Clarity Act is "not fully dead," but the window for passing the crypto bill this year is now "extremely narrow," JPMorgan said.

Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse.

Anchorage Digital Bank added custody support for Etherlink and several Etherlink-based assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP ETFs shed roughly $593 million combined Tuesday, their heaviest single-day drawdown since June.

The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.

Cato favors voluntary safeguards, while Block Chairman Jack Dorsey backs independent testing and narrowly justified restrictions.

Overseas firms serving UK retail customers need authorization too, and nobody trades under the new rules before October 2027.

It should not have come as a surprise given the odds, but crypto majors, alts and memes all sold off anyway in the wake.

With Bitcoin sitting around $76,000, the argument from analysts is that dollar liquidity, not Congress, sets the floor from here.

The Home Office names crypto alongside fintech and AI as drivers of a threat the NCA puts at £100 billion a year in the UK.

The self-custodial wallet is expanding beyond The Open Network, with support for seven blockchains and more financial products planned.

The Hong Kong-founded exchange blamed a prolonged crypto winter and rising compliance costs, closing the books on a run that began in December 2017.

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