Blockchain & Digital Assets

August 25, 2026 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recently highlighted vulnerability in Ledger’s Ethereum application for its hardware wallets has drawn attention in the cryptocurrency community. The issue involved a race condition in certain clear-signing processes. In these flows, users review human-readable transaction details on the device screen before approving them. Security… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent filing with federal regulators, US banking associations have called for stronger customer identification standards to cover more of the stablecoin ecosystem. The Bank Policy Institute (BPI), working jointly with The Clearing House Association, submitted comments on a proposed rule from the Financial… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO has announced a partnership with Sui to enable digital securities, or tokenized assets. The company says its services will integrate directly with the Sui blockchain to support trading, issuance, custody, and more for institutional-grade digital securities. Sui is a layer-one blockchain created specifically for… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) tokenized stocks are now on Base using its B20 standard. The group quickly points out that these are “real ownership” and not a “workaround,” as each digital asset represents 1-to-1 shares held by a custodian. The digital asset is not a synthetic product… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A federal jury in Nevada has found Las Vegas businessman Brent C. Kovar guilty of running a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency fraud that prosecutors described as a classic Ponzi scheme. The verdict, delivered after a nine-day trial, holds Kovar responsible for taking roughly $24 million from at… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hyperliquid Policy Center has formally urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish a coordinated regulatory approach for perpetual contracts. In a comment letter submitted on August 24, 2026, the group responded to a joint… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Blockchain Association, an industry advocacy group for digital assets, has voiced strong support for key elements of proposed federal rules implementing customer identification requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. In a comment letter submitted on August 21, 2026, the organization… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 5:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) has announced that its South Korean subsidiary has obtained official registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider. This development enables the firm to deliver specialized custody and transfer solutions tailored to professional clients within one of the region’s fast-growing cryptocurrency ecosystems…. Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget Chief Executive Officer Gracy Chen has expressed strong skepticism that the United States government will actively purchase Bitcoin on the open market to expand its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve before the end of President Donald Trump’s current term. In a recent interview, Chen described such… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent academic analysis indicates that elevated carbon pricing within the European Union could be redirecting greenhouse gas emissions linked to cryptocurrency mining toward Russia. This dynamic represents a form of carbon leakage that current EU policy tools struggle to address effectively. The research examines… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperledger Besu, an open-source Ethereum execution client written in Java, has resolved a set of security weaknesses that could have compromised node stability. The fixes arrived in version 26.7.1, made available on July 27, 2026. Developers strongly recommended that operators apply the update without delay…. Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether’s Bitcoin mining venture in Uruguay has come to an abrupt end following a protracted disagreement with the country’s state-owned electricity provider over power allocations. The collapse of the project, estimated by one individual familiar with the details to have involved roughly $120 million in… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fasset, a Los Angeles-based platform focused on stablecoin-powered digital banking, has secured a $1 billion valuation after closing a $68 million Series C funding round. Japan’s SBI Group (TYO: 8473) has reportedly led the investment, reinforcing support for the company’s strategy centered on cross-border payments… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sandbox, the blockchain-based metaverse and gaming platform, faced a significant security incident involving its cross-chain bridging infrastructure. The vulnerability allowed an unauthorized party to generate large volumes of SAND tokens without proper collateral on the Base and BNB Smart Chain networks. Security researchers first… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle (NASDAQ:CRCL), a leading dollar stablecoin issuer (USDC), has drawn analyst interest in recent days, including price target changes. Circle went public a bit over a year ago (June 5, 2025) at an initial public offering (IPO) price of $31 a share. So far, investors who… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent issued a statement declaring, “We are now entering the endgame,” when it comes to the war with Iran. Bessent promised to launch the greatest financial offensive ever targeting another nation while stating the Trump administration had destroyed… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A London High Court has ordered the closure of Key Coin Assets Ltd, an unauthorized cryptocurrency investment firm, after an investigation revealed that nine investors who reported the matter to Action Fraud had collectively handed over more than £300,000. The Insolvency Service granted the winding-up order… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Ethereum-based fixed-rate lending platform Term Finance has suffered substantial losses after an attacker manipulated its governance system. Security researchers estimate the damage at around $8.5 million, with the majority of assets drained from the protocol’s specialized vault products on August 23, 2026. According to… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 4:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russia’s central bank has relaxed the criteria for individuals seeking qualified investor status by introducing a domestic financial knowledge examination and related certificates. The change, set to take effect on August 31, 2026, aims to make the designation more attainable through demonstrated understanding of markets… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 3:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI tools are transforming cryptocurrency-related illicit activities, with overall adoption climbing sharply according to recent findings from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. The company’s 2026 AI-in-Crime Adoption Index scores the use of artificial intelligence across crypto crime at 54 out of 100, placing it in… Read More