Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights: Polymarket is launching Protocol V2, replacing its legacy 2019 Gnosis CTF architecture with a complete mainnet transition scheduled for November 2. The upgrade consolidates markets into a single ERC-1155 position contract, adopts pUSD as collateral, and utilizes a multi-oracle aggregator featuring UMA and Chainlink. Following formal verification by Certora and extensive auditing, testing ...
Key Highlights: Polymarket is transitioning to Protocol V2, with a full mainnet switchover scheduled for November 2. The upgrade replaces the 2019 Gnosis CTF architecture with a single ERC-1155 contract, pUSD collateral, and a multi-oracle aggregator including UMA and Chainlink. Canary market testing runs from October 5 to October 30 following audits and formal verification ...
Key Highlights The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved new exchange-traded products (ETPs), marking a major regulatory step for digital asset integration into mainstream finance. Trading activity for Bitcoin showed a temporary standstill with reported price and 24-hour volume metrics at zero as market participants paused to evaluate the regulatory development. Market analysts ...
Key Highlights Bitcoin fell 1.2% to roughly $85,600 during Tuesday morning trading in Asia after failing to sustain a breakout above $87,000. Major altcoins traded mostly lower, led by BNB’s 2.5% decline, while select tokens including ADA, GRT, NEAR, and HYPE posted solid gains. Market analysts point to a tightening technical triangle pattern, warning that ...
Key Highlights: Ethereum developers released Prysm version 7.2.1 to ensure validators support a new 200 million gas limit on the Sepolia testnet. The update precedes the activation of the Glamsterdam upgrade scheduled for October 6 at 13:53:36 UTC on Sepolia. The testnet trial evaluates whether the network and node hardware can handle more than triple ...
Key Highlights The U.S. Department of the Treasury and FinCEN have officially withdrawn a controversial December 2020 regulatory proposal targeting self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets. The agency also withdrew a separate proposal that sought stricter reporting and recordkeeping measures for crypto mixing transactions. The unhosted wallet rule, which was left pending for nearly six years, would have ...
Key Highlights Firms like Rain and Modern Treasury are actively pursuing national trust bank charters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to provide federally regulated custody and fiat services. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) filed a federal lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, asserting the agency exceeded ...
Key Highlights: Firms like Rain and Modern Treasury are actively pursuing national trust bank charters to offer digital asset custody and fiduciary backing under federal oversight. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing the agency exceeded its authority by granting light-touch charters to ...
Key Highlights: The Solana Foundation has introduced a Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) program designed to offer an open, public standard for institutional atomic settlement. J.P. Morgan contributed institutional settlement insights to shape requirements, including escrow isolation and compliance features under Solana’s Token-2022 standard. The program aims to transition institutional tokenization initiatives from isolated trials into repeatable, large-scale ...
Key Highlights Analyst Farrell projects Bitcoin could climb past $100,000 before the end of 2026, though an earlier target of $115,000 for this year now appears out of reach. Mounting U.S. sovereign debt and Treasury buyback interventions funded by short-term bills are driving private money creation and monetary debasement. Real-world asset tokenization and SEC frameworks ...
Key Highlights The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is alerting investors to sophisticated relationship-based investment frauds and impersonation schemes targeting digital asset owners. Fraudsters increasingly leverage artificial intelligence, fraudulent websites, and social engineering to fabricate trading profits, extract withdrawal fees, and solicit crypto wallet credentials. Recent SEC enforcement actions highlight the threat, including actions ...
Key Highlights Hyperliquid executed a major deflationary move by purchasing and permanently burning 112,580 HYPE tokens valued at $10.15 million. The buyback was funded from $14.5 million in USDC interest routed to the Assistance Fund on October 3 following its August activation, leaving roughly $4.4 million for future repurchases. HYPE responded by breaking past the ...