Japan’s biggest payment network opens its doors for crypto via Binance Pay
The September 30 launch supports verified visitors at participating offline stores, with automatic yen conversion and merchant exceptions.
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Base’s Cobalt upgrade adds another rule to affect token balances
Scheduled for September 30 at 18:00 UTC, Cobalt would let B20 issuers opt into seizure policies independent of ordinary transfer restrictions.
US court blocks victims from 127,000 seized Bitcoin, and petition rules are blamed
The Sept. 25 order found no plausible link to the seized wallets; any DOJ remission depends on forfeiture and a discretionary decision.
Three hidden flaws in Uniswap’s StablePair hook drain LP returns
StablePair can retain rebalancing value for liquidity providers, but fees anchored to a configured rate leave token and inventory risk with LPs.
Bitcoin enters its best season after a 43% surge, with $147,000 suddenly on the math
Bitcoin is closing its strongest quarter since 2024 after leaving US stocks and gold far behind despite surging bond yields. The largest digital asset has gained about 43% in the third quarter, putting it on course for its second-best third-quarter…
New Bitcoin upgrade catches hidden key leaks hiding the exact fix
BIP461 would make compliant ECDSA signatures reproducible, enabling comparisons that flag deviations without proving malicious firmware.
Brazil’s largest energy giant tests Cardano to fix carbon double-counting
Its research platform represents aviation fuel benefits as transferable tokens that are retired after a claim, while commercial scale remains unquantified.
Standard Chartered says Ethena’s ENA could crush Bitcoin and Ethereum returns by 2028
Ethena highlighted Standard Chartered research as current USDe supply remains below the first milestone for revenue-funded token purchases.
Bitget’s hackers turn to Zcash after $50 million laundering route gets blocked
Hackers behind Bitget’s $387.5 million breach are turning to Zcash's privacy features to hide the stolen funds as crypto firms increasingly block other escape routes. About 2,746 ZEC worth roughly $3.9 million was transferred Wednesday into Zcash’s Ironwood shielded pool…
Kalshi’s $40 billion growth story hits tough questions about its trading volume
Kalshi is ending a trader-volume incentive program nearly a year early as scrutiny of activity in its crypto markets intensifies. The prediction-market operator told the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that its Volume Incentive Program will terminate no earlier than…
Aave’s $50 million lending plan could lose money without a single default
The proposed BTC and ETH loans would pair custodied borrower collateral with DAO assets securing a separate source of funding.
Bitcoin fails to sustain $85,000 breakout, and bond yield spikes are blamed
BTC slipped back below $84,000 after briefly topping $85,000 following August PCE data, while oil recovered and gold eased.