Bybit Pivots to Banking: Launches ‘MyBank’ with Personal IBANs
Bybit integrates retail banking with 'MyBank,' offering personal IBANs and 18 currencies in a bid to bypass traditional crypto-banking friction.
Universal Digital Launches USDU: The UAE’s First Central Bank-Registered USD Stablecoin
Universal Digital secures the first CBUAE registration for a USD stablecoin, anchoring reserves at Emirates NBD and Mashreq.
SEC Bifurcates Tokenized Stocks: “Synthetic” Issuers Face New Swap Classifications
New SEC guidance classifies third-party tokenized stocks as "security-based swaps," creating a regulatory moat for direct issuers while squeezing synthetic...
Cere Network Founders Hit with $100M RICO Lawsuit Over Token “Pump and Dump”
Investors led by Vivian Liu have filed a RICO lawsuit against Cere Network executives, alleging a $50 million pump-and-dump scheme...
Standard Chartered Signals $500B Liquidity Drain as Stablecoins Bypass Banks
Geoff Kendrick predicts a massive liquidity drain from regional banks as stablecoin market cap targets $2 trillion by 2028.
OpenAI ‘Bot-Killer’ Social Network Reports Send Worldcoin (WLD) Up 27%
WLD jumps 27% as reports surface that Sam Altman's OpenAI is building a social platform that may use Worldcoin's Orb...
Fairshake PAC Reloads With $193M War Chest for 2026 Midterms
With fresh $25M checks from Coinbase and Ripple, the crypto super PAC has nearly $200M ready to shape the 2026...
White House Summons Crypto, Bank CEOs to Salvage ‘CLARITY Act’ Amid Yield War
Administration intervenes after Coinbase withdraws support for the CLARITY Act, with banks warning of a $6 trillion deposit flight if...
Solana Validator Count Bleeds to 2021 Lows as Foundation Cuts Subsidies
Solana's active validator set shrinks by 65% as the Foundation ends voting cost subsidies, exposing the true economic cost of...
US Storm Knocks 40% of Bitcoin Mining Offline; Hashrate Plummets to 663 EH/s
A severe US winter storm forced a 40% drop in Bitcoin's global hashrate, pushing the network down to 663 EH/s...