Crypto Mom warns DEFI vaults may be securities
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce), widely known in crypto circles as "Crypto Mom," issued a pointed warning on Wednesday that some decentralized finance vaults and onchain lendin
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SEC pays Coinbase $150K over Gensler's vanished texts
Coinbase has settled its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, closing a years-long fight that came to rest on a batch of text messages the agency
Crypto lost $764M to hackers last quarter, and code wasn't the problem
The crypto industry lost nearly $764 million to hackers in the second quarter of 2026, but the bigger finding from security firm @hackenclub is where the money actually went, and why. Keys, N
Japan Could Launch Its First Bitcoin ETF By 2028
A Legislative Foundation for Bitcoin ETFs Japan is on course to approve its first Bitcoin $BTC exchange-traded fund as early as 2028, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. The catalyst is a s
Coinbase Business Tops 5,000 Companies As Payment Platform Expands
Coinbase Business has processed more than $1 billion across over 5,000 companies as the exchange expands its crypto payment, trading and treasury platform for small and medium-sized businesse
12 Crypto Regulators to Watch in 2026
The 12 crypto regulators to watch in 2026 are the SEC, CFTC, FCA, ESMA, European Commission, EBA, UK Treasury, VARA, MAS Singapore, Hong Kong SFC, U.S. Congress, and the bank and payments sup
Zilliqa Ledger app flaw exposes private keys, halts ZIL transfers
Zilliqa has suspended native ZIL transactions after disclosing a critical flaw in its Ledger application that can allow attackers to recover private keys from public transaction signatures. S
GTN and Payward partner to expand global capital market access through xStocks
The partnership marks the next phase of xStocks, expanding the tokenised equities framework beyond U.S. stocks and ETFs to include equities from international markets and, over time, other as
Crypto vaults could fall under SEC rules, Hester Peirce warns
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce has warned that some crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws, depending on how o
Tesla Says It Did Not Sell Its Bitcoin Holdings in Q2 2026
Tesla says it did not sell any of its Bitcoin holdings during the second quarter of 2026, leaving its corporate crypto treasury unchanged for the period and keeping the automaker’s closely wa
8 Biggest Crypto Lawsuits of All-Time
The eight biggest crypto lawsuits of All-Time are FTX and Alameda Research, Terraform Labs and Do Kwon, Binance, Celsius Network, Genesis Global Capital, Unicoin, PGI Global, and the Coinbase
GTN and Payward partner to expand global capital market access through xStocks (23 Jul)
The partnership marks the next phase of xStocks, expanding the tokenised equities framework beyond U.S. stocks and ETFs to include equities from international markets and, over time, other as