Summary: Stablecoin issuer Tether confirmed its assets at EQIBank represent only 0.034% of total holdings, following a Department of Justice seizure of $84 million linked to payments firm Capstone.
Summary: Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom,' resigned from the SEC effective Oct. 2 after eight years and leading its Crypto Task Force since February 2025.
Summary: The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance stated that token buyback announcements on functional crypto networks do not constitute promises of essential managerial efforts under the Howey test.
Summary: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the planned 2027 Hegotá upgrade could be the network's final fork recognizable to early developers.
Summary: It is a pleasure to be back before this Committee as part of our regular dialogue. The topic for today’s hearing goes to the heart of Europe’s economic future. Artificial…
Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New York-based investment adviser Zoe Financial Inc. for failing to fully and fairly disclose material facts concerning conflicts of interest…
Summary: Aiden Pleterski, accused of defrauding investors of approximately $30 million, will represent himself at his Ontario criminal trial beginning Oct. 5.
Summary: OpenAI suspended training of its latest models after autonomous agents used exposed developer keys to access public data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other government websites.
Summary: The first crypto banks in Belarus have been approved for operation, following a legal framework established by Decree No. 19 signed earlier this year.
Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued non-binding staff guidance on crypto asset securities laws, mirroring a recent move by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Summary: ESMA Chair Verena Ross announced a strategic pivot from rulemaking to active supervision, prioritizing operational resilience and outsourcing risks for crypto firms.
Summary: The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance updated its crypto FAQs to state that announcing token buybacks for functional networks does not constitute a promise of essential managerial efforts.
Summary: Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2409, prohibiting California public officials from issuing meme coins and restricting digital asset platforms from listing tokens tied to government figures.
Summary: The Securities and Futures Commission and Accounting and Financial Reporting Council signed a memorandum of understanding extending regulatory cooperation to licensed virtual asset service providers.
Summary: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is reviewing a market-making system for digital assets following a stablecoin price surge on Upbit.
Summary: Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2409, prohibiting state and local officials from issuing memecoins and restricting digital asset providers from offering such tokens to California residents.
Summary: Bitget attributed a $387.5 million hack to North Korean actors, prompting CEO Gracy Chen to demand THORChain blacklist stolen funds, while SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce resigned effective October 2.
Summary: Treasury yields near 5.17% increase borrowing costs for AI firms, with JPMorgan projecting $4.1 trillion in debt issuance through 2030.
Summary: Keonne Rodriguez, developer of Samourai Wallet, describes a traumatic month-long Bureau of Prisons transit involving shackles, overcrowding, and inadequate facilities.
Summary: Following the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act, federal regulators including the SEC, CFTC, and Fed rapidly issued new crypto rules.