Digital Assets

The federally chartered digital asset bank eliminated 17 percent of staff despite recent stablecoin expansion and a $100 million Tether investment.

SEC proposes rules allowing advisers and funds to hold digital assets in self-custody or via state trust companies, removing a key regulatory barrier to institutional adoption.

Bank of North Dakota's Roughrider Coin goes live on Fiserv's digital asset infrastructure, enabling real-time interbank settlements across Solana.

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled against Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey for their roles in the Fundsz digital assets and precious metals fraud scheme.

Ripple released 300 million XRP from escrow as major retail and institutional deployments expand across Asia and the Middle East.

A $400 million credit union signals Bitcoin adoption as strategic imperative, setting 2030 as the window for integration before competitive disadvantage widens.

The platform launches leveraged perpetual contracts on Bitcoin and Ethereum starting Sept. 29, undercutting fees to attract trading volume.

CEO Gracy Chen confirmed attackers spoofed transfer data by compromising a critical backend system, not by stealing private keys.

SEC staff clarified that token buybacks do not automatically create securities if the underlying network is operational, narrowing Howey test application to pre-launch systems.

ZEC token's rally to $1,600 inflated Grayscale's ZCSH fund to $1 billion in one month, with price appreciation accounting for 70 percent of assets.

Hardware wallets offer superior security for serious holders, but custodial exchanges remain the path of least resistance for most retail investors.

Michael Saylor defended Bitcoin's $1.6 trillion market cap after venture capitalist Jason Calacanis called it boring and compared it to outdated technology.

Jason Calacanis dismissed Bitcoin's rally as a dead cat bounce with no real use case, but Michael Saylor pointed to its $1.6 trillion valuation and role as digital capital.

Michael Saylor defends Bitcoin's $1.6 trillion valuation as digital capital, rejecting investor Jason Calacanis's claim the rally is a dead cat bounce

Bitcoin down just 1.5 percent in September despite a 25-basis-point rate hike and failed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, signaling seller exhaustion and positioning for gains ahead.

The temporary 'Innovation Exemption' allows qualifying venues to trade U.S. stocks onchain without exchange registration, clearing the path for crypto platforms to compete with legacy brokerages.

Federally chartered bank now lets regulated funds hold xU3O8, a blockchain token backed by physical uranium, settling in minutes instead of weeks.

Shareholder campaigns demanding executive replacements and liquidations reflect growing skepticism of corporate crypto holdings, with affected firms trading below their on-chain asset values.

The stablecoin legislation passed in July 2025 has shifted financial institutions from regulatory hesitation to deploying side-core systems for blockchain transactions and tokenization.

Later-stage financings drove the rebound across 384 deals, with U.S.-based companies capturing 73.5 percent of invested capital.

New Digital Assets Next Gen model portfolio positions XRP as second-largest holding, but six of seven underlying funds trade below launch prices

Bitcoin spot ETFs logged $160.04 million in net inflows on Sept. 14, snapping weeks of outflows as Ethereum, Solana and XRP funds also turned positive.

The token pairs against tokenized MicroStrategy shares on Robinhood Chain, posting $691,000 in 24-hour volume and attracting memecoin clones across multiple blockchains.

Ripple activated RLUSD and XRP on its GTreasury platform, enabling 1,000+ enterprises to manage stablecoins alongside fiat currencies in real-time cash operations.

The firm accumulated $29.65 million in HYPE tokens in 24 hours but is now underwater on its 3.029 million token, 14-day position acquired near $83.40.

The SEC's proposed amendments to custody rules for investment advisers and funds handling crypto assets entered pre-publication review on Aug. 25, advancing a new regulatory path after a prior safeguarding proposal was withdrawn.

Canary Capital's TRXS ETF debuts on Cboe, allowing U.S. investors direct staked TRON exposure with 1.10 percent fees and automatic yield compounding.

Christopher Jensen, ex-Franklin Templeton digital asset executive, now leads Nasdaq-listed StablecoinX, which holds a dominant stake in Ethena's governance token

The asset manager is filling product strategy, partnerships, and product management roles, signaling aggressive institutional positioning in digital assets.

The banks settled a cross-border transfer from Singapore to the U.S. in minutes on Saturday, bypassing conventional two-day settlement cycles via SWIFT's digital infrastructure.

Ripple's agreement with Florida Athletics places the XRP brand at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and funds financial education programs for student-athletes.

Treasury's financial crimes unit traced over 33,000 suspicious transaction reports filed between September 2023 and December 2025 to criminal operations in Myanmar and Cambodia targeting U.S. investors.

Legal team traces 5,500 BTC wallet linked to defunct Intersango exchange, recovering holdings purchased for £1,500 a decade ago

Treasury's financial crimes unit identified nearly 34,000 suspicious filings linked to 'pig butchering' fraud schemes targeting American victims

The NASDAQ-listed miner posted 174 BTC in August output and expanded total hashrate past 20 EH/s, signaling aggressive accumulation.

FinCEN analysis of 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act reports reveals criminal organizations using fake personas and stablecoin conversions to defraud U.S. investors

Solana-backed investor Kyle Samani joins Backpack's board as the regulated platform expands tokenized US stock trading on-chain.

Fewer than 85,000 blocks remain until the network's reward halves to 1.5625 BTC, cutting daily issuance by half and reshaping miner economics.

The regulator's fiscal 2027 reform request seeks to exempt trust stablecoins from inheritance tax filing requirements that trigger on every token transfer.

BitGo integrates NYDIG's institutional derivatives and financing business as NYDIG refocuses on Bitcoin mining and data center operations with over 3 gigawatts in development.

Japanese financial giant acquires 20 percent of Indonesian investment platform to distribute JPYSC stablecoin and deepen regional digital asset footprint.

The derivatives exchange discontinues its voluntary transparency page Sept. 1 following its Coinbase acquisition and shift to institutional custody.

The 20 percent stake in Indonesia's retail investment platform gives SBI direct distribution access for JPYSC across millions of users and a multi-asset trading infrastructure.

The proposed framework clarifies how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets, part of Chair Paul Atkins' modernization effort.

The SEC advanced proposed rules on Aug. 25 that would clarify how investment advisers custody digital assets, removing provisions the agency says no longer protect investors.

ZEC hit $880 on Aug. 23, its highest since 2018, then fell to around $814 as Grayscale's spot ETF began trading Tuesday under ticker ZCSH—a textbook sell-the-news unwind.

Seven consecutive days of net inflows have left spot Bitcoin ETFs $390 million short of October 2025's monthly record with four sessions remaining.

Bitcoin pulled back from $81,265 as the 50-week moving average capped gains; XRP surged 45% in seven days while spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $337.56 million in a single day.

XRP swung from $0.9877 to above $1.66 before a flash crash to $1.44, leaving the token near $1.47 as a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act looms Sept. 15

The Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund launches on HashKey Exchange, giving Asian professional investors regulated on-chain access to U.S. government money market instruments.