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BitMEX shuts Sept 23, BitMart winds down; Coach JV sees final capitulation before next cycle. Satsuma sold 668 BTC. CLARITY Act still pending.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says $100 trillion could migrate on-chain as tokenization and institutional adoption replace retail speculation as the market's primary driver.
Bybit secured a court order freezing $1.5B in stolen assets after suing North Korea's Lazarus Group over the February hack, testing legal recovery after state-linked crypto thefts.
Kimsuky built three local AI environments using Ollama, GPT4All and Msty, Genians found. The group is also deploying AI-generated phishing for crypto targets.
DTCC's tokenization pilot wrapped with 30 firms, and the clearing house launches its service in October. NYSE's venue plans still hinge on instant settlement.
Kimsuky built local LLM environments using Ollama and GPT4All, generating fake crypto and finance documents to strengthen phishing lures, Genians said.
Australian regulator AUSTRAC suspended Cryptolink’s 96 crypto ATMs for three months after the company failed to report transactions and ignored official information requests.
The FCA is developing standards for tokenized gold, aiming to use digital tokens as collateral in wholesale markets. The move is part of a broader UK push to modernize financial infrastructure.
FCA in talks with major banks on tokenized gold framework. London handles 70% of global gold trade. Tokenized gold could serve as collateral in OTC derivatives, securing London's edge against Shanghai and Hong Kong.
North Korea and the Lazarus Group are named defendants in Bybit's $1.5B suit. About $48.4M is recovered and $30.5M frozen across 28 exchanges as the case proceeds.
Crypto is up 2% in July while gold surged 7% after weak jobs data. Binance gold futures saw $2.5B in volume Friday. This week's CPI print will test whether the macro tailwind is still there.
The FCA has held early talks with banks on regulating tokenized gold, while HSBC's Hong Kong product has processed over $2.2 billion across 276,000 transactions.
Robinhood's UK crypto debut via Bitstamp puts 50+ assets at zero trading fees. HOOD rose 0.77% premarket; Bernstein keeps a $160 target for the stock.
Robinhood launches crypto trading for UK retail investors via its mobile app, taking on Coinbase and Revolut in Europe's largest crypto market under MiCA rules.
The People Power Party amendment would push the 22% levy from 2027 to 2030, while a separate bill seeks to scrap it entirely. The government backs the 2027 start date.
Mastercard's $1.8B acquisition of BVNK brings stablecoin settlement in-house, positioning the card network for faster cross-border payments.
Kraken delists 21 tokens, trading paused since May. Balances left after the Aug 27 cutoff convert at market prices Sept 1-5, a thin-liquidity risk.
The first quantum crypto attack would leave no forensic trace, execs say, with Tether's keys and exchange wallets at higher risk than Satoshi's $63B hoard.
CYS surged 223% in the week before Upbit listed it. The exchange delayed trading twice. The price move preceded the announcement. No evidence of insider trading has surfaced.
NYSE President Lynn Martin is steering the exchange's blockchain strategy toward settlement infrastructure, not tokenized stocks. The goal is to cut post-trade friction.
The first sign of a quantum crypto hack may be wallet thefts with no breach. Tether's minting keys could be the bigger target for attackers.
Concentric turned a $4M BVNK bet into Mastercard’s $1.8B win after Coinbase’s larger offer cratered on chemistry. Visa walked, Stripe loomed.
More than 100 blockchain projects have shut down in 2026, including BitMEX and Moonbeam, as altcoin crashes and security exploits wipe out firms without dollar revenue.
UMX's beta lets professional investors trade real U.S. stocks using crypto collateral and stablecoin transfers, bridging digital and traditional markets.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, citing China and North Korea threats. Senate vote postponed to Sept. 15 amid ethical concerns over Trump's crypto earnings.
Robinhood UK now offers crypto via Bitstamp infrastructure after FCA registration. The $200M acquisition gives the platform a head start before 2027 rules.
Esper's op-ed pushes the CLARITY Act as a national security priority. The Senate's Sept. 15 vote on advancing the bill is the next concrete hurdle.
Kimsuky is using AI to create fake documents and assist with coding. The group's shift toward automation threatens an industry already hit by $972 million in first-half losses.
A US federal judge froze stolen assets linked to the 2025 Bybit hack. The civil suit against North Korea, its intelligence agency, and the Lazarus Group tests whether court orders can recover funds criminal enforcement has not.
Stablecoin rails would power 24/7 settlement; NYSE's instant-settlement platform still awaits regulatory authorization, and no launch date has been announced.