Former Swift CEO joins stablecoin firm OpenTrade as chairman
Lazaro Campos takes the board role as the London-based company reports $300 million in assets locked and more than $1 billion in annual transaction volume.
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The chart bitcoin traders should be paying attention to
A market at an inflection point could shape inflation trends and the prices of risk assets, from bitcoin to tech stocks.
AI found a way to crash bitcoin nodes on Windows and Macs. It's now public
Three flaws a language-model scan dug up are the first disclosed under Core’s new rules for bugs that are easy to find.
Security failure at Indian certificate firm bites Ethereum as developers rush out fixes
A key blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some Teku and Besu setups trusting forged certificates. Default mainnet nodes weren’t exposed.
Utah charges predictions platform Kalshi with illegal gambling
Utah has filed criminal charges against betting platform Kalshi and its co-founders.
Bitcoin briefly dips below $80,000 as tech jitters and hawkish Fed weigh on crypto
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 as Alphabet and Samsung-drove tech weakness and a hawkish Fed hold triggered a broad risk-off move. Crypto futures saw $356 million in liquidations.
Mystery Wall Street Journal ad sparks new fight over tokenized stocks
A full-page warning urging CEOs to opt out of tokenized stock trading drew a response from Securitize and questions over who paid for it.
Bitcoin-backed mortgages are coming to Canada, but borrowers are still unaware of the cost
Prospective borrowers face collateral liquidation risks if bitcoin prices drop, though APX said property and crypto collateral will be handled distinctly.
CFTC chief poses questions about policing AI but calls it a road to 'autonomous trading'
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a forum in which the chairman, Mike Selig, suggested AI agents may usher in a financial revolution.
Crypto isn’t a partisan fight, proven by data
Treating crypto as a political battleground only makes it harder to build the secure, transparent, American-made financial system that most Americans say they want, argues DeFi Education Fund’s Jennifer Rosenthal.
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, as expected
A rate hike in December remains likely as the U.S. central bank continues to focus on inflation, which remains well above its 2% target.
Coinbase earnings: Wall Street divided on trading rebound after Robinhood crypto revenue sinks 55%
Coinbase faces a key earnings test as analysts debate the strength of its trading rebound following a sharp drop in Robinhood's crypto revenue.