India’s local crypto exchanges get just 0.7% of inflows, Chainalysis reports
Chainalysis’s new regional chapters separate national crypto participation from domestic exchange business, with Brazil-based platforms receiving 12.5% of inflows.
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Drift hack recovery opened near one cent per dollar lost
Drift's October 1 launch quote valued DFX near one cent per USDT lost, while redemption ends future pool participation for the tokens burned.
Vitalik-inspired AI payment system can send expired deposits to its treasury
zkAPI offers an exit without server clearance, but challenged spending states, vault pauses and note expiry can constrain recovery.
Lido’s proposed staking route needs over 13 times the default entry bond
A higher entry bond lowers collateral per ETH at full balance, but funding and operator profiles determine fee-efficiency gains.
3x Bitcoin and Ether futures funds clear SEC listing hurdle
The products target triple daily futures-benchmark returns before fees, while registration effectiveness and a first trading date remain unconfirmed.
The same Fed rate hike can help stablecoins and hurt Bitcoin borrowers
When you hold a dollar stablecoin, somebody else may be earning interest on the assets backing your balance, while a company borrowing to buy Bitcoin has to find the money to pay its lenders. Both businesses are crypto-native, but a…
Binance will hold some Brazil crypto deposits until users explain where the money came from
From Nov. 1, affected international deposits will remain pending until customers provide required transfer details.
Stablecoins may not drain banks of dollars but they can still make lending more expensive
Here's a hypothetical scenario: you want to use $100 out of your bank account to buy newly issued stablecoins. The company issuing the stablecoins takes your dollars, puts them in its own bank account, and gives you a balance you…
Bankers sue to overturn OCC trust-bank rule used by crypto firms
The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the OCC in federal court in Washington on Oct. 2, two weeks after the agency approved Agora National Trust Bank, Catena Trust Bank and Bastion Platforms. American Banker reported that the complaint asked…
Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing
Companies can own a mountain of US government debt without betting that bond prices will rise. Hedge funds buy Treasury securities and sell futures against them to collect a small pricing gap, borrowing most of the purchase money to make…
ESMA proposes ending EU custody and transfer services for non-compliant stablecoins
Non-compliant tokens could lose licensed custody and transfer access if the proposal becomes law, with exit rules still unresolved.
Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023
Six US banks have failed in 2026 so far, which is one more than in 2023 and enough to make another banking-crisis headline practically write itself. But before we start reliving Silicon Valley Bank, it's worth looking at what those…