Why Is Blockstream Refusing to Pay the Exploiter? Blockstream has rejected a demand for a 10% bounty from those responsible for the Liquid Network exploit, saying it will not pay for the return of the remaining 598.5 BTC while warning that recovery efforts could now involve law enforcement, exchanges and blockchain forensic specialists.”Return the bitcoin,”
Alpha Ladder Finance has launched access to xStocks through WealthX, giving eligible institutional and accredited investors in selected Asia-Pacific markets access to tokenized economic exposure to U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds. The offering is available through CAMP, the Client Asset Management Platform operated by Alpha Ladder affiliate MetaComp, with investment services provided by MAS-regulated Alpha Ladder
Trading volume for real-world asset perpetual futures remained above $120 billion in August, highlighting the rapid growth of crypto-native markets offering synthetic exposure to traditional financial assets. CryptoRank data put August RWA perpetual volume at approximately $122 billion.Although substantial, the figure represented a 13.5% decline from July’s record $141 billion and marked the first monthly contraction
India’s securities regulator and central bank have officially launched Demat 2.0, a new market infrastructure pilot that records tokenized corporate bonds on distributed ledgers and settles payments using the Reserve Bank of India’s wholesale digital rupee. SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey and RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the initiative at Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on
Anthropic says China- and Russia-linked actors were among groups attempting to use its Claude AI models for cyberattacks, surveillance and weapons-related work, revealing how rapidly artificial intelligence is being integrated into state security and criminal operations.The findings appear in Anthropic’s September threat-intelligence report, covering activity the company identified and disrupted between December 2025 and August
Ethereum developers have tentatively agreed to activate the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Sepolia testnet on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, providing the clearest public-testing milestone yet for the network’s next major upgrade. The date replaces an earlier September 28 target discussed by core developers. However, October 6 remains tentative and depends on developers achieving a stable Glamsterdam
India’s largest integrated agricultural warehousing company, Arya.ag, is bringing its crop-collateral infrastructure onchain as part of a project designed to make agricultural lending more transparent and easier for banks to verify. The system, developed with Finternet Labs and Avalanche, connects records covering grain deposits, electronic warehouse receipts, collateralization and loan status through a dedicated Avalanche
Why Is Bitwise Closing Its Dogecoin ETF? Bitwise will liquidate and close its spot Dogecoin exchange-traded fund less than a year after launch, ending a product that failed to build sustained trading activity despite an initially stronger debut.The final day of trading for the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, which trades under the ticker BWOW, is expected
Why Does the Coinbase-Moov Partnership Matter? Coinbase is extending its stablecoin infrastructure deeper into the U.S. banking system through a partnership with payments platform Moov that could make digital-dollar services available to more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions.The partnership combines Coinbase’s digital asset infrastructure with Moov’s payments technology, giving financial institutions access to
Why Does Armstrong Think Bitcoin Has Bottomed? Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he believes Bitcoin has already reached its low for the current market cycle and could trend higher over the next one to two years as the cryptocurrency approaches its next halving.“I personally think we’ve seen the bottom of the bitcoin price in this