US Treasury Sanctions Iran's Nobitex in Sweeping Crypto Crackdown
The US Treasury's OFAC has sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges including Nobitex, raising global compliance stakes and threatening crypto liquidity corridors.…
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The US Treasury's OFAC has sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges including Nobitex, raising global compliance stakes and threatening crypto liquidity corridors.…
The SEC granted a five-year conditional exemption allowing tokenized NMS stocks to trade on permissioned AMMs, while the CFTC extended software relief to introducing brokers — a dual regulatory shift.…
The SEC has approved tokenized stock trading even as the long-awaited Clarity Act fails to advance, signaling regulators won't wait for lawmakers.…
Crypto.com's CEO confirms sister exchange OG.com has been cleared by the SEC to offer U.S. investors access to single-stock perpetual futures.…
S&P Global is buying stablecoin code auditor OpenZeppelin days after backing Kaiko, signaling a serious push to own crypto's verification layer.…
S&P Global is acquiring crypto security firm OpenZeppelin, targeting the technology risks behind stablecoins, tokenized funds, and onchain financial products.…
An Ethereum Safe wallet lost $7.73M in rsETH on Sept. 15 after an attacker exploited a custom module and rerouted funds through a rogue Uniswap V4 liquidity pool.…
Chainalysis reports a 440% surge in blockchain-hosted malware commands, with daily malicious writes jumping from 2.06 to 11.1 as state-linked hackers weaponize Chinese AI.…
The SEC has approved onchain trading of tokenized real stocks while banning synthetic copies and handing companies veto power over their own tokenized equity.…
Chainalysis finds onchain malware activity has surged 420%, with North Korea exploiting Tron, Aptos, and BNB Chain while Iran-linked actors hide commands inside Bitcoin transactions.…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has targeted three additional London locations tied to unregistered peer-to-peer crypto trading, with its enforcement chief warning operators they are being watched.…
The CLARITY Act failed to clear the Senate's 60-vote threshold, but tokenized stocks secured a temporary SEC exemption pathway, leaving broader crypto rules in limbo.…