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A Lloyds Banking Group survey finds nearly three-quarters of UK finance leaders expect tokenization to transform financial services, with faster settlement leading the case.…
Chainalysis has attributed a $387M Bitget hack to North Korea-linked actors, pushing the regime's 2026 crypto theft total past $1 billion.…
Circle is lobbying the EU to scrap mandatory bank-deposit reserve rules for stablecoins, while also seeking a foreign issuer recognition pathway — but central banks are resisting.…
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has linked the majority of XRP stolen in the $387M Bitget hack to North Korean state-sponsored actors.…
A San Francisco Fed study finds stablecoin treasury holdings partially offset China's retreat, but a maturity mismatch limits the substitution effect.…
Drift opens DFX recovery token claims for victims of its April 1 exploit, with a 299.5M token cap tied 1:1 to verified USDT losses.…
European stablecoin issuers argue that euro-only tokens fall short for global business payments, making a direct case for USD-denominated stablecoins within the EU market.…
Japan's SMBC Nikko is partnering with Uniswap to build a regulation-compliant DeFi gateway, with a mid-2027 target that could reshape how traditional finance meets on-chain liquidity.…
The CLARITY Act fell one vote short in the U.S. Senate, with Senator Cynthia Lummis condemning Democrats for a defeat that now clouds crypto's regulatory future.…
Blast Layer 2 is shutting down due to unsustainable costs, leaving $63.5M locked in its canonical bridge. Users must withdraw by Oct. 26 via the standard interface.…
Visa reports nearly 200% year-over-year growth in stablecoin-linked card payment volume, with business programs now accounting for roughly 17% of total activity.…
Europe's markets regulator wants to pull DeFi access providers, staking, and crypto lending inside the MiCA regulatory perimeter — a move that could reshape how millions access crypto services in the EU.…