Tether’s USDT is reportedly central to Iran’s shadow banking network, per a new U.S. Senate report.

Citi partners with Coinbase to let merchants accept stablecoins at checkout while settling in fiat, with Coinbase converting tokens on Citi’s banking platform.

Citi and Coinbase are expanding their partnership to offer businesses stablecoin payment infrastructure linking fiat and crypto.

U.S. authorities sanctioned Xinbi, a major Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace, seizing or restraining over $52 million in crypto and disrupting its laundering services.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning public officials from launching memecoins.

Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet will activate the Glamsterdam upgrade on Oct 6 2026, adding proposer‑builder separation, block‑level access lists, and new gas pricing.

Solana reduced rent to 5080 lamports per byte and slotted time to 250 ms, while launching multiple protocol upgrades and validator improvements.

South Korea’s regulator will review legalizing crypto market making and tightening exchange oversight amid concerns over recent stablecoin price swings.

The Sixth Circuit ruled Ohio and Tennessee can enforce gambling laws against Kalshi’s sports contracts, rejecting Kalshi’s swap‑definition argument.

Bitget has patched a $388 million exploit and will resume withdrawals in phases, with losses covered by a user protection fund.

SEC staff clarified that token buybacks on functional networks do not automatically make tokens securities, but warns unfinished networks could cross the line.

The EU’s European Banking Authority proposes extending MiCA to regulate crypto lending, including leverage caps and a DeFi certification regime.

RedotPay finished a required financial audit to advance its U.S. IPO, countering reports that the listing was delayed.

Bitcoin Core 29.4 was released, fixing bugs and improving security.

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money‑market shares can now be used as collateral on Bybit, enabling stablecoin borrowing while earning yield on the underlying assets.

Werracle introduces a low‑gas, on‑chain AI oracle that can react within a single block to mitigate flash‑loan and MEV attacks.

Bitmine’s treasury now holds 6,001,302 ETH, about 4.9% of the circulating supply, after buying 17,362 ETH last week for roughly $47 million.

Bitcoin Core 30.3 has been released with bug fixes.

Bitcoin Core 31.1 has been released with bug fixes.

SEC charges Michael D. Williams and CMI Capital LLC for a $860,000 investment scheme targeting law‑enforcement investors.

Bitcoin Core released version 31.0 with bug fixes.

SEC censures OTC Link LLC, imposing a $575,000 penalty for repeated failures to comply with Regulation SCI.

The SEC proposes rescinding Rule 14a‑8, which governs shareholder proposals, and modernizing proxy solicitation rules to reduce federal preemption and align with current technology.

Cosmos Hub voters overwhelmingly veto a proposal to refund 1.2 million ATOM seized from a Neutron attacker.