September 30, 2026 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citigroup (NYSE: C) has extended its institutional blockchain liquidity platform, Citi Token Services, into Japan and the United Arab Emirates, bringing the network to seven live markets. The addition allows corporate and financial institution clients with accounts in those two jurisdictions to move funds around… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused four overseas-linked entities of running two overlapping “investment confidence” schemes that used WhatsApp, social media, and fake regulatory credentials to take more than $15 million from retail investors. On September 29, 2026, the agency filed two… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the incorporation of artificial intelligence into its brokerage platform. According to a statement Schwab distributed, the investment platform has launched “Charley,” an AI assistant to support customers. Beginning in October, the service will roll out to eligible users in the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of the Bitcoin-focused treasury company Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), has argued that digital tokens should play a larger role in how businesses raise money as artificial intelligence changes how firms are created and organized. In an essay, Saylor said AI will let… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian lawmakers have formally invited the leaders of two major artificial intelligence companies to appear before a Senate inquiry, following revelations that an autonomous OpenAI system gained unauthorised access to government websites. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who chairs the inquiry examining artificial intelligence and data… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, part of the US Senate, published a report on Iran and its use of crypto and shadow banking to evade financial sanctions. The report focused much of its information on Iran’s use of Tether, the issuer of USDT,… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform focused on secured debt offerings, says its relatively new EstateGuru Grow offering has grown from zero to €7 million invested in one year. In a blog post, EstateGuru shared that the service has grown every quarter. The company accepts investments… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is launching 24/7 trading in the US for “eligible” accounts, including equities and perpetuals, as part of its mission to become the top platform for active traders. At the same time, Robinhood shared an update on its anticipated agentic trading services. Robinhood announced… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has launched regulated crypto activities. Previously, crypto firms operated under a mix of limited registrations and opaque rules as policymakers worked to update the regulatory regime. These firms now fall under the remit of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which issued… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin is pressing into a densely packed band of long-term holder supply just as derivatives leverage has been stripped from the market. Glassnode’s latest on-chain maps show that more coins held by addresses inactive for months sit between $84,000 and $85,000 than in any other… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s regulated capital markets have taken a notable step toward integrating public blockchain infrastructure. CSD BR, a licensed registrar, central securities depository and settlement system, has launched the first stage of a partnership with Ripple that places selected ownership records on the XRP Ledger while… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is preparing to give US retail traders two capabilities that have long been more common in crypto markets than in traditional brokerage apps: perpetual futures and weekend trading in selected stocks and ETFs. The company outlined the plans at its HOOD Summit…. Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 4:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-chain bridges remain one of crypto’s most expensive weak points. They move value from one network to another, but they typically have no cryptographic way to confirm that the destination address is controlled by the same person who made the deposit. A substituted payout address… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 3:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a detailed essay arguing that the network is rapidly outgrowing the conventional idea of a blockchain. In “The Cryptographic World Computer,” he describes a hybrid system that fuses classic blockchain consensus with modern cryptographic tools and large-scale off-chain computation…. Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 3:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-based Marble, which builds infrastructure for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) programs, has reportedly closed a €6.5 million funding round. The raise would add fuel to a company that has spent the past several years trying to give banks, fintechs,… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 2:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has taken on an expanded role within institutional blockchain infrastructure after being named a Super Validator on the Canton Network. The appointment, disclosed on 28 September 2026, builds on work already under way through LSEG’s Digital Settlement House, or DiSH,… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:26 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore’s financial institutions should plan for their workforce alongside artificial intelligence adoption as AI changes jobs across the sector, Deputy Prime Minister and Monetary Authority of Singapore Chairman Gan Kim Yong said. Speaking at the Institute of Banking and Finance Distinction Evening on Sept. 24,… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A federal appeals court has sided with the US Department of Defense in its high-stakes dispute with Anthropic, allowing the Pentagon to keep the artificial-intelligence company off its military supply chain even as the startup prepares for what could become one of the largest initial… Read More