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Circle agrees to buy cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million
The deal could grant Circle vital, regulated "last-mile" infrastructure, bridging the gap between stablecoins and traditional local banking systems.
A two-key breach could hand control of $91 billion in USDT to hackers, report finds
The rating agency's new framework combines Wall Street financial auditing with Web3 code reviews to evaluate both off-chain reserves and on-chain security.
Ukrainian police took down a crypto scam that stole up to $1 million a month
Investigators have identified 62 victims and say more than 46 Ukrainians took part in the alleged operation.
Better and Coinbase’s bitcoin-backed mortgages can reuse borrowers’ collateral
Better Mortgage can reuse the pledged bitcoin, and borrowers cannot recover their crypto until the main conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced.
Robinhood isn't backing down after AMC CEO demands halt to stock tokens
AMC boss Adam Aron called Robinhood’s stock tokens “synthetic equity” and threatened legal action. Vlad Tenev says the brokerage stands behind the product.
Kraken parent Payward delays IPO to second quarter of 2027 at earliest
The crypto exchange operator, which confidentially filed for a U.S. listing last November, had already put its IPO plans on hold amid difficult market conditions.
New Jersey becomes first state to ask Supreme Court to weigh in on prediction markets
After multiple appeals courts ruled differently about whether states can crack down on prediction markets' sports products, New Jersey asked SCOTUS to step in.
The token supercycle: everything of value is becoming programmable
Tokenization is not just about increasing access to tokens, whatever they may represent, but a fundamental shift in how value is created, owned, financed and moved, argues Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu.
North Korean hackers are moving tens of millions on Hyperliquid as Trump pushes to onshore the crypto platform
Blockchain data reviewed by CoinDesk shows wallets tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sold more than $30 million in bitcoin on the platform in the last three weeks alone.
Kalshi lays down first lifetime ban for ex-member of Congress George Santos
The prediction market platform banned Santos for manipulation as part of the industry's ongoing efforts to show it's dealing with bad behavior.
