SEC clears regulatory hurdle as crypto token buybacks hit record $638 million
Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hype
The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent
In 2021, Christie's sold a Beeple NFT for $69.35 million, and Sotheby's took another $24.40 million for 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, givin
Latest news
Fed proposed stablecoin rule could trigger a 48-hour liquidation run
The Federal Reserve's proposed rules for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises include a crisis clock measured in hours. An issuer wh…
Samourai Letter #7: Notes From The Inside
Bitcoin Magazine Samourai Letter #7: Notes From The Inside Syndicated from The Rage: Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez documents "…
Washington has $114 billion reasons to want Tether around
Not that long ago, Washington fined Tether for misleading people about the dollars behind its tokens. Today, the company's insatiable appeti…
An Austrian Economist Explains Why AI Will Make Everyone an Entrepreneur w/ Per Bylund
Bitcoin Magazine An Austrian Economist Explains Why AI Will Make Everyone an Entrepreneur w/ Per Bylund Per Bylund explains why AI’s predic…
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: BTC to Cross Key Price Level Against Gold
Bitcoin Magazine TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: BTC to Cross Key Price Level Against Gold Bitcoin-gold correlation hits a 6-year high. Sean breaks dow…
Katie Stockton: $93K BTC is the Key Price Level for the Bull Market
Bitcoin Magazine Katie Stockton: $93K BTC is the Key Price Level for the Bull Market Fairlead Strategies’ Katie Stockton breaks down techni…
Balancer fork’s 6 million BAL ask could cut holders’ redemption value
The fixed-base cost depends on how much granted BAL becomes eligible before the treasury snapshot; the fork's proposed return is conditional…
AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning
An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction…
Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.…
Fed stablecoin proposal would make circulation a capital cost for supervised issuers
At $1 billion outstanding with no non-reserve revenue, the proposed operating-risk baseline would be $20 million before adjustments. The pos…
Nearly $15B is moving off LayerZero, now a $292M lawsuit puts its security model on trial
Evercrest Technologies, the company behind KelpDAO, has sued LayerZero Labs, its Canadian affiliate, and CEO Bryan Pellegrino in British Col…
Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sports-event contra…
Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone
Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark …
Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding account…
Kalshi must lock out state users after major court loss
The Sixth Circuit ruled Sept. 25 that Ohio and Tennessee can apply their gambling laws to Kalshi's sports contracts. The court rejected Kals…
Fed requests comment on two proposals for stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act
US regulatory agencies missed a rule-making deadline under the GENIUS Act, a year after the law was signed. …
Why cash hoarding in the UK proves the world still craves permissionless money
You can spend weeks paying for everything with your phone and still feel better knowing there's some cash at home. That might sound old-fash…
Can You Still Get Free Crypto in 2026-2027? What Comes Next for Airdrops, Regulation and the Next Big Crypto Wave
Can you still get cryptocurrency for free in 2026 and 2027? An in-depth look at airdrops, crypto rewards, regulation, public adoption and th…
Bitcoin posts on X can pay even when Bitcoin doesn’t
You don't have to own Bitcoin to make money from people getting excited about it. On X, just posting about it can be a business in itself, a…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task Force.…
ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked
The tokenized ARKVX interest still comes with a fund-wide quarterly repurchase cap and no announced secondary venue. The post ARK partners w…
CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.…
EU faces September 30 clock to decide future of DeFi loans
Its MiCA review response points to crypto firms’ access routes while any new lending duties remain a future legislative choice. The post EU …
Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switc…