June 29, 2026 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Private credit firms are pouring billions into buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing, helping the sector expand rapidly even as regulators, credit rating agencies, and analysts highlight growing risks to consumer finances. BNPL services let shoppers split purchases into smaller installments / more flexible payments,… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have identified more than 250,000 potential security misconfigurations across GitHub Actions workflows in thousands of popular open-source projects. The findings highlight how easily automated development pipelines can become entry points for attackers targeting the software supply chain. Kaspersky’s Global Research and… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX has parted ways with several senior leaders in a swift leadership transition made public on June 29, 2026. The company has removed its Chief Executive Officer Stephan Lutz, Chief Financial Officer Ina Steiner, and Head of Growth Raphael Polansky from their… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Loopring, one of the earliest projects to bring zero-knowledge rollup technology to Ethereum, has announced the immediate closure of its decentralized exchange and automated market maker (AMM). The decision, shared publicly on June 28, 2026, ends all crypto trading activity on the platform and takes… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Research, part of Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY), has lowered its estimate for the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 to a coin-flip 50 percent probability. The revision, detailed in the firm’s latest weekly research note, marks a drop from the 60 percent odds assigned… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 1:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) says it will sell Bitcoin holdings to buy back its own shares. Strategy, the original digital asset treasury firm that has become a proxy for Bitcoin, is expected to sell up to $1.25 billion of BTC. The company also updated its dividend policy… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, part of the House Financial Services Committee, has scheduled a “field hearing” on “How the Clarity Act Unlocks Innovation. This hearing will take place in New York City on Friday, July 17th at 10AM ET…. Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Changpeng Zhao or CZ, the founder of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has shared his assessment of the headwinds facing Bitcoin and other digital assets in 2026. He attributes the ongoing challenges to a blend of influences working together, rather than any one isolated trigger. The… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BNY) will start offering support for USDC, Circle’s (NYSE:CRCL) dollar based stablecoin, for its customers by July. Stablecoins, typically viewed as part of the crypto ecosystem, may be better understood as an improvement to the existing transfer and payment  rails…. Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is developing a revised open banking proposal that would allow consumers to share their bank and credit card data with fintech companies at no initial cost, while permitting banks to charge those companies for access once a certain volume of… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO says that Muriel Siebert & Co. has selected their platform to enable tokenization. tZERO states that Muriel Siebert & Co. is a broker dealer with “institutional distribution reach” and around $20 billion in wealth management assets. tZERO will facilitate digital securities for the broker… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin continues to struggle as it trades below $60,000 and well below its all time high of over $130,000. Everyone who was betting that BTC would continue its march higher is in a world of pain. Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) is struggling as the original Bitcoin proxy… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published an in-depth examination of a sophisticated exploit that drained at least $7.5 million from JaredfromSubway.eth, widely regarded as Ethereum’s most active sandwich-attack operator. According to insights from Chainalysis, the incident unfolded over June 20–21, 2026, when an unknown attacker… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent development within India’s cryptocurrency sector has highlighted how the country is not yet full prepared to enable responsible digital assets adoption. The local premium on Tether‘s USDT stablecoin has climbed above 8.5 percent. This marks a sharp increase from the typical range of… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a detailed new article examining program obfuscation, which he describes as one of the most ambitious and difficult goals in modern cryptography. In the post titled “Obfuscation: building the final boss of cryptography (Part I),” he maps out the… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 6:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) has opened a consultation to help shape the blueprint for the UK’s next-generation retail payments infrastructure. Launched on 25 June 2026, the process invites feedback on how a new core system can deliver greater resilience, broader user choice, and… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 3:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SBI Holdings has agreed to acquire bitbank, one of Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges, in a deal valued at approximately ¥46.7 billion (around $289 million). The transaction, announced on June 25, 2026, positions the financial services giant to significantly expand its footprint in the domestic digital asset… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 2:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation on June 25, 2026, establishing the first comprehensive state-level framework to regulate Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services in Illinois. The measure, Senate Bill 3561, creates the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Loan Consumer Protection Act and places short-term financing products under the supervision… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 1:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore have jointly published the Phase 1 report of the PayNow Generation 2 initiative, charting a clear path to evolve the nation’s flagship instant payments platform. Released on 25 June 2026, the document… Read More

June 29, 2026 @ 12:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French hardware wallet maker Ledger is warning that rapid progress in artificial intelligence and quantum computing is creating an unprecedented shift in digital asset security. The company’s experts describe the current moment as a turning point where existing defenses may prove insufficient against evolving attacks,… Read More