Highly liquid and settling 24/7, stablecoins can leave banks and countries at lightning speed. But whether stablecoins are a risk — or an opportunity — depends on your perspective.
Tokenized assets don’t always mirror traditional markets, Dune finds
Dune found that tokenized markets show different trading patterns from traditional markets, with RWA value reaching $34.5 billion.
Bitcoin trapped below $86K as PCE changes cloud inflation reading
Bitcoin erased its post-PCE gains as analysts cautioned that methodology changes complicated the lower-than-expected inflation reading.
Binance’s EU services face scrutiny over licensing exemption: Report
EU regulators are reportedly examining Binance’s use of a MiCA exemption to serve customers as ESMA seeks stronger enforcement powers.
Chainalysis beats most Celsius claims, but ‘audit’ lawsuit survives
Chainalysis still faces an aiding-and-abetting claim over Celsius’ disputed $3.3 billion audit after a judge dismissed 15 other claims.
Bitcoin ETFs draw $6.3B in Q3 as BTC price rises nearly 43%
Bitcoin gained 42.71% in Q3, its best third-quarter performance since 2017, as US spot ETFs attracted $6.34 billion in net inflows.
Bitcoin think tank questions MSCI’s ‘invisible committee’ over Strategy, Metaplanet rule
A Bitcoin Policy Institute paper says MSCI’s proposed “non-operating company” rule could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes and may have roots in an earlier crypto treasury review.
Crypto hacks top $768M in September, worst month of 2026
The $388 million Bitget breach and $320 million Liquid Network exploit accounted for most of September’s losses, though more than $270 million from the latter was later returned.
CFTC seeks to define event contracts as swaps amid prediction market fight
The classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.
MetaMask exits Ethereum validators as it investigates security incident
MetaMask said it is investigating the threat internally and said it has found no immediate threat to its wallets.