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X now links U.S. Cashtags for stocks, ETFs and crypto to five partner platforms, where users can complete trades outside the social app.

South Korea has approved a pilot that will let public officials pay government operating expenses with blockchain based deposit tokens instead of physical government cards. According to The Chosun Daily, the Ministry of Science and ICT approved the project during…

Polymarket has stepped up talks with European and UK regulators as the prediction market platform seeks financial services oversight for its contracts instead of being regulated primarily under national gambling laws. According to the Financial Times, the New York based…

Australia’s 40-year economic outlook names AI among five major transitions while separate Treasury policy addresses tokenized finance.

Anchorage Digital selected LayerZero for stablecoin interoperability, starting with Tether’s USAT and extending to other bank-issued tokens.

Arthur Hayes says an AI credit bust could push U.S. authorities toward liquidity support, a scenario he argues could benefit Bitcoin.

Animoca Brands has suspended talks on its proposed reverse merger with Nasdaq listed Currenc Group after the companies determined that the expected closing timeline no longer fit their short and medium term plans. According to Animoca Brands, the decision was…

Circle has launched Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing in Circle Mint, letting eligible institutions use cirBTC collateral on Arc and Ethereum.

Ondo Finance now lets approved institutions mint and redeem tokenized stocks using underlying shares through Alpaca on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

Kakao Pay and KakaoBank signed an MoU with Fireblocks to test stablecoin infrastructure suited to South Korea’s regulatory and security needs.

Trueo plans to move its prediction market from Base to Ethereum, while Base markets remain live and TRUE migration stays open-ended for users.

Binance faces a U.S. federal probe over possible Iran sanctions violations as prosecutors review compliance controls and trading activity.

SlowMist has warned that attackers may have adapted the Darksword exploit chain to compromise devices running iOS 26.5 and extract private keys from self-custody crypto wallets. SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer 23pds said attackers are using Darksword to bypass Apple’s…

The SEC has opened a five-year route for tokenized U.S. stock trading, but TD Cowen has found that domestic investors, institutions, and listed companies show little appetite for the products. TD Cowen said U.S. investors already have efficient access to…

Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador has said the Liquid Network attackers lost any claim to white-hat status by retaining 598.5 BTC after returning 3,400 BTC from the roughly 4,000 BTC exploit. Immunefi founder and CEO Mitchell Amador told crypto.news that moving…

0G has launched its Ascend liquid staking product and introduced a five-step system that will let eligible users convert staked 0G tokens into credits for AI computing services. In a Sep. 21 press release shared with crypto.news, 0G said that…

Aurora Intents has processed more than $19 million across 1,718 swaps for the zkSNARKS auction, accounting for over half of the assets converted and deposited into the ZEC-denominated sale. Aurora Intents handled half of the auction volume Aurora Labs CEO…

Pepe price surged nearly 25% on Sep. 21 as the meme coin cleared a major resistance level, although an overbought 4-hour reading raises the risk of a short-term pullback. According to data from crypto.news, Pepe (PEPE) price traded around $0.00000499…

Bitcoin has broken above $85,000 as renewed U.S. buying and forced short covering have put Nansen’s next targets at $87,000 and $90,000, even as large crypto traders remain net short. Nansen Senior Research Analyst Nicolai Sondergaard told crypto.news that Bitcoin’s…

Crypto-backed super PAC Fairshake has prepared an expenditure of at least $30 million to oppose former Sen. Sherrod Brown’s return to the U.S. Senate following the failure of the CLARITY Act. Fairshake prepares its largest 2026 expenditure Eleanor Terrett, host…

Bitcoin Core developers have moved version 32.0 into release-candidate testing, with the stable software scheduled for a possible Oct. 10 release after weeks of public checks. Bitcoin Core 32 targets an Oct. 10 release Bitcoin Core’s official release schedule shows…

Strategy has spent $174 million repurchasing STRC preferred shares and $75.7 million buying Bitcoin, directing 2.3 times more cash toward its stock buyback even as it resumed BTC accumulation. Strategy divides $307.1 million among three uses Strategy’s Sep. 21 Form…

Coinbase has opened initial public offering access to eligible U.S. retail customers, starting with Oura’s $2.2 billion offering, as COIN shares gained more than 5% on Sep. 21. Coinbase IPO access starts with Oura Coinbase said in a Sep. 21…

Recently, geopolitical tensions, inflationary pressures, and shifts in U.S. interest rate policy dampened market risk appetite, causing Bitcoin to retreat rapidly from its highs and briefly drop to around $76,000.  However, as some of these pressures eased and capital flowed…