Cryptocurrency

THORChain Faces Backlash Over Stolen Bitget Funds Routed Through Swaps

THORChain is facing a fresh dispute over its handling of stolen funds after Bitget and security researchers publicly asked the network to block addresses linked to the September 24 exploit. The argument has widened into a fight over whether a...

Strategy makes first back-to-back Bitcoin buys since June as accumulation picks up

Michael Saylor-led Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has made back-to-back weekly Bitcoin purchases for the first time since June, rebuilding its holdings after selling some of the cryptocurrency earlier this quarter. On Sept. 28, the company said it acquired 1,665 Bitcoin for $142.7 million...

PrimeXBT Insights: Bitcoin rallied through a rate hike; Can it rally through a bond selloff?

By Jonatan Randin, Senior Market Analyst at PrimeXBT In mid September the setup looked bad for Bitcoin. The CLARITY Act failed in the Senate on 15 September and the Fed hiked to 3.75 to 4.00% the next day. Bitcoin (BTC)...

Belarus Approves the Country’s First Crypto Banks: Report 

Bitcoin Magazine Belarus Approves the Country’s First Crypto Banks: Report  The first crypto banks have opened in Belarus, according to reports, after the European country earlier this year created a legal framework for Bitcoin banks.  While not yet named, the crypto banks...

Core Lightning patches flaw that could let revoked channel state escape penalty

Core Lightning, a Lightning Network node implementation, fixed a channel-close flaw in v26.06.7 that could let a peer broadcast an old, revoked channel state without triggering the penalty for cheating. Bitcoin Optech's Sept. 25 explanation of the now-public patch...

Visa Survey Finds US Stablecoin Interest Jumps to 56% With Bank-Style Safeguards

More than half of Americans would use stablecoins if they came with bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance, Visa said in a study released on Wednesday. The numbers were 36% without those safeguards and 56% with them. Those safeguards were...

Aave’s live stock-token loans expose USDC lenders to a weekend price gap

Aave's Base market has accepted seven Coinbase stock tokens as collateral for USDC loans since Sept. 25, giving the stablecoin suppliers who opt in exposure to a weekend pricing gap. Aave Labs said on Sept. 25 that its V4...

An $84 million US asset seizure just sparked a massive question for Tether

Tether has disclosed exposure to EQIBank as the bank fights a US seizure involving payment processor Capstone Limited, raising a question about access to assets that might back USDT. On Sept. 25, the stablecoin issuer told PYMNTS the exposure...

Solana’s plan for fairer trades stalls as block producers still choose which orders get in

A proposed Solana rule would let validators reject a block when transactions inside one entry batch are recorded out of fee-priority order. It would not decide which transactions make the block. The SIMD-0649 pull request closed on Sept. 25...

Socure Brings AI Identity Checks To Circle’s Arc Onramp

TL;DR Socure has integrated its RiskOS identity and fraud platform into the Arc Onramp experience. The system is designed to verify users and make fraud decisions as they move from fiat currency into USDC through applications built on Arc. The integration adds...

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Ledger wants customers to trust its new $849 device as criminals compromise existing wallets

Reservations are open for the data-only device, which pairs everyday apps with hardware approvals and targets 2027 delivery. Read the...