digital assets

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.

BTC trades at $80,677 after Treasury bond-buyback expansion fuels 25% weekly rally; SOL validators debate proposals to slow issuance and boost burns as overbought signals flash.

Gemini's CFTC-regulated subsidiary will execute and clear prediction market bets routed through Apex's futures commission merchant to hundreds of brokerages serving tens of millions of retail investors.

River's July report shows 18.6 percent of U.S. adults now hold Bitcoin, up from 14.3 percent at the start of 2026, as spot ETFs and regulatory clarity drive retail adoption.

The exchange abandoned its full exit plan five days before its trading halt, hiring restructuring counsel and signaling balance sheet issues that contradicts analyst calls for a market bottom.

Ripple's prime brokerage unit raised $275 million in senior unsecured notes at 8.25% coupon, maturing in 2031, earning BBB investment-grade rating from KBRA.

Exchange accounts offer ease but counterparty risk. Hardware wallets cost $60 to $250 and keep keys offline. The choice determines whether you or someone else owns your coins.

With Bitcoin locked in its tightest range this cycle, active traders are chasing 5x-10x returns in smaller assets as institutional inflows remain absent.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee, now BitMine chairman, says tokenization and agentic AI will drive the ETH/BTC ratio well above its current 0.02994 reading.

Coinbase Derivatives went live Aug. 17 with the US500, a CFTC-regulated perpetual-style futures contract tracking America's 500 largest public companies.

KPMG physically verified 150 tons of Swiss-vaulted gold and confirmed a $6.8 billion surplus over liabilities, as CEO Paolo Ardoino pushes into emerging-market AI.

RWA.xyz data shows monthly active addresses up 35% to 572,000, with Ondo, Kraken and Binance leading on distributed value.

A 13F filed Aug. 13 shows UBS held 2.5 million IBIT shares at June 30, up 355 percent by share count from 549,000 at year-end 2025.

VARA's Aug. 13 approval lets Deribit pipe client spot trades directly into Coinbase's order book, adding hundreds of new assets and deeper liquidity.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says two institutions each managing over $1 trillion greenlighted crypto access during a bear market—a move absent in the 2022 downturn.

Bitcoin's 21-million-coin cap and decentralized architecture make it the first digital asset to replicate the scarcity that defines hard money.

The Swiss online bank's digital asset unit pulled in just $18 million in H1 2026, forcing management to trim full-year revenue guidance to $897 million from $934 million.

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet says a flagged 5,014 BTC transfer was a routine internal custody move, leaving its $2.73 billion treasury untouched.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net redemptions Aug. 12 while spot Ethereum ETFs attracted fresh capital, signaling divergent institutional positioning.

A software flaw let an attacker drain the tx bridge reserve Aug. 9 by triggering withdrawals against fake XRP deposits.

The tokenization platform missed analyst revenue and earnings estimates by wide margins, sending shares down nearly 20 percent after hours.

Securitize, the tokenization firm, reported a $21.7 million net loss and $14.4 million in revenue for Q2, missing analyst expectations in its first public earnings report.

Staked ETH has climbed from 30.0 percent of total supply in January to an all-time high of 34.4 percent, with large holders committing capital for the long term.

Active traders are turning to specialized Telegram channels for early signals on new coins, presales and market momentum.

CEO Phong Le says Strategy will resume Bitcoin buying once its STRC preferred stock returns to par value, after selling 7,000 BTC to cover shareholder obligations.

The Bitcoin-only conference at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre covers mining, treasury strategy, institutional adoption and open-source development.

The Senate's postponement of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act until September is hammering XRP, with open interest up 32 percent and technical signals pointing to a potential break below $1.

The asset manager withdrew proposed Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera exchange-traded funds from SEC review late Friday, ending plans for the single-token products.

Securitize holds $270.6 million in on-chain shares—6.9 percent of a tokenized stock sector that grew 31.84 percent in 30 days.

From Venezuela to Nigeria, people cut off from failing financial systems are using Bitcoin to pay bills, cross borders and keep businesses alive.

USDC circulation hit $73.3 billion at quarter end, up 19 percent year-over-year, as Circle secures its core distribution channel and bets retained capital beats shareholder payouts.

Matt Hougan says a 1 percent allocation from the $200 trillion institutional asset pool drives his decade-long price target, with financial advisers and family offices moving first.

The crypto-native market maker now operates under FINRA and SEC oversight, positioning itself for designated market-maker status on major U.S. exchanges.

A supervisory special agent allegedly used internal FBI access to pull crypto keys and transfer nearly $1 million from criminal targets' wallets to his own accounts.

The digital asset prime broker pulls its MAS application and pivots to derivatives as Bitcoin holds $63,734 during a prolonged market downturn.

The payment giant finalized its purchase of the London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, its largest digital currency investment to date, sharpening fiat-crypto interoperability across its network.