DeFi

HSBC and Standard Chartered Win Hong Kong’s Inaugural Stablecoin Licenses

The HKMA selected two issuers from a pool of 36 applicants under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025.The Hong Kong Monetary...

Visa Direct Integration Lets OwlTing Users Fund USDC Straight From a Debit Card

The integration marks the latest expansion of Visa's stablecoin infrastructure, which now spans settlement, card spending, and direct on-ramp capabilities.Nasdaq-listed fintech firm OwlTing Group...

Bhutan has sold 70% of its bitcoin in 18 months. It may have stopped BTC mining too.

Bhutan is quietly unwinding one of the most unusual bitcoin experiments any government has ever run.The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred roughly 319.7 BTC...

Bitcoin Surges Past $73,000 as Hot CPI Meets Fragile Ceasefire

The March inflation print came in hotter than expected, but a tame core reading and easing oil prices gave risk assets room to rally.Bitcoin...

Scroll Users Paid $50K in Excess Fees After Team Cranked L1 Fees by 1,280x

The Ethereum Layer 2 network raised its L1 data cost scalars 1,280x over six days before rolling them back yesterday.Users on Scroll, an Ethereum...

Nakamoto seeks reverse stock split as shares fall 99% from peak

Bitcoin BTC$73,335.16 treasury firm Nakamoto (NAKA) is resorting to a familiar Wall Street playbook as it looks to lift its beating-down share price and...

Volatility compression grips crypto markets ahead of U.S. inflation report: Crypto Markets Today

The crypto market held steady on Friday, with bitcoin BTC$73,120.75 trading little changed at $71,700 and ether (ETH) at $2,180, extending the low-volatility price...

Covenant AI Leaves Bittensor Amid Decentralization Concerns, TAO Drops 18%

Bittensor subnet developer Covenant AI said Friday that it is leaving the decentralized artificial intelligence network, accusing Bittensor of operating under a concentrated governance...

Aethir Stops Bridge Hack After Contract Exploit

Aethir, a decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure designed for artificial intelligence, confirmed an attack on its bridge contracts and said it halted the exploit.The platform...

BTC moves up to $72,400 after March inflation data

As expected, U.S. inflation accelerated last month, driven mostly by rising energy costs linked to the Middle East conflict. Core prices, though, surprised to...

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Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading...

North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen bank funds through crypto

North Korean authorities arrested former military hackers accused of...

Mirae plans to turn crypto exchange Korbit into something Korea hasn’t seen before

Korbit currently holds less than 1% of South Korea's...

Poolin files for bankruptcy after collapse from bitcoin’s biggest mining pool

Bitcoin mining company Poolin has filed for bankruptcy alongside...

Fidelity joins push for Senate passage of CLARITY Act

Fidelity called on the US Senate to pass the...