Ripple Swell 2026 names Matt Damon as keynote speaker
Ripple named Matt Damon as a Swell 2026 keynote speaker as four finance and nonprofit leaders joined the Oct. 27–29 New York event.
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Coinbase to suspend BADGER and STORJ trading Sept. 28
Coinbase will suspend BADGER and STORJ trading on Sept. 28 after a listing review, but customers can continue withdrawing both tokens.
Real Trump Coins denies GOLD token launch
Real Trump Coins denied authorizing the GOLD token after its 99% collapse, blaming unidentified actors and reporting the matter to authorities.
Stablecoins fail payment credibility test, BIS says
BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos says stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale and favors tokenized bank deposits for daily use.
Tokenized stocks hit $29.5B as Coinbase joins Base
Tokenized stock transfers jumped 415% to $29.5 billion as Coinbase launched four share-backed equity tokens on Base for non-U.S. users.
Sberbank plans BTC, ETH and USDT-backed loans
.Sberbank plans loans backed by Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT after Russia’s new crypto rules take effect and regulators approve the assets.
Bitcoin Rally Builds on $2.8 Billion ETF Inflows
Bitcoin’s rally drew $2.8 billion in ETF inflows as futures leverage fell, though inflation and renewed fund outflows pose risks.
JPMorgan is weighing a stablecoin, and the bank that called Bitcoin a fraud ran out of reasons to wait
The Wall Street Journal reports that JPMorgan Chase is exploring a public stablecoin separate from its existing JPM Coin deposit token while 39 state banking associations form the BankChain Alliance and target a 2027 blockchain launch. The GENIUS Act gave…
Trump’s crypto bank is 49% owned by the UAE’s ‘spy sheikh’ and it just got a federal charter
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security advisor and brother of its president, holds the single largest stake in WLTC Holdings through StringZ Holding RSC. The Trump family owns 38%. On August 14, the OCC granted this…
The Sandbox minted 329 trillion unbacked SAND tokens in 5 hours and only $675K was stolen
A bridge configuration flaw on Base and BNB Smart Chain let attackers hijack LayerZero delegate permissions, mint trillions of phantom SAND tokens, and drain roughly $675,000 from the Ethereum vault before the team shut everything down. The $49 billion face…
UK police seize $1.4M tied to darknet market activity
A regional UK police force has seized 20.21 Bitcoin and other assets valued at more than $1.4 million after tracing the funds to darknet marketplaces active between 2016 and 2019. UK police recover 20.21 Bitcoin and other assets Avon and…
GOLD token crashes 99% after Trump-linked post, $1M dump
Trump Digital Gold has crashed 99% from its peak after wallets controlling 82.45% of the Solana token’s supply sold their holdings for about $1.01 million. GOLD wallets sold 82.45% of the token supply On-chain analyst EmberCN reported on Aug. 29…