The latest in digital assets, markets and regulation.
Metaplanet will issue $329M in convertible bonds to repay Bitcoin-collateralized loans and fund share buybacks, aiming to reduce debt reliance without selling its 44,000 BTC holdings.
Colorado's network of over 300 Bitcoin-accepting merchants shows uneven adoption, with some venues like Moonflower Coffee embracing the tech while others, such as Fifth House, refuse despite having compatible Square registers.
Binance released its free AI trading assistant for English users on October 12 after testing with 150,000 beta participants, offering portfolio summaries and market news but not autonomous trading.
Binance announced the winners of its Agent OS Mini Hackathon, with rewards set to be distributed within two weeks to recognize innovative community-led development projects.
Blur will shut down its blur.io website frontend on November 12, 2026, while keeping the on-chain protocol active, and its lending platform Blend will cease matching new loans.
London’s High Court ruled that Chinese law governs ownership claims to 61,000 seized Bitcoin, rejecting English law arguments and leaving property rights assessment for future proceedings.
Bitcoin rose over 2.5% to $83,944 on Tuesday, defying a 7.4% weekly loss in South Korea's KOSPI index driven by semiconductor stock declines.
Bybit launched USDC-funded stock trading for non-US users, enabling access to over 1,000 US equities and ETFs through a brokerage partnership with Alpaca.
Basel Committee rates Australia, Japan, Korea, and Switzerland compliant with leverage ratio rules, while Canada and the UK are deemed largely compliant.
Ledger identified LTE-enabled implants in wallets sold by CryptoBilis that stole recovery phrases, prompting loss estimates up to $103 million and causing multiple vendors to terminate the reseller's authorization.
Bitfinex Securities launches capital raises for CMCC Global's tokenized Crest and LBAF funds, marking the first such offerings under El Salvador's digital asset framework.
OKX introduced a unified tokenized stocks feature enabling 24/7 trading of supported issuer tokens under one ticker to simplify user access and streamline crypto-based equity trading.