SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce has submitted her formal resignation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, effective October 2. Pierce, also known as “Crypto Mom” in her advocacy of clear, rules-based regulation of the crypto industry, has been posted A copy of his resignation letter on his X account on Friday. In the letter, he … Read more
Update (September 25, 10:20 pm UTC): This article has been updated to clarify Christine Smith’s role with the Solana Policy Institute. Summer Mercinger, formerly a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will step down as CEO of the Blockchain Association and leave the advocacy organization at the end of the year after … Read more
OG.com Markets is seeking US regulatory approval to offer perpetual futures tied to individual stocks, as trading platforms push to bring popular derivatives products to US equity markets. on thursday Filing With the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), OG.com proposed new rules that would allow it to list cash-settled single-stock futures that never expire and … Read more
Update (September 25, 18:30 UTC). This article has been updated with additional details about Hsin-ju Chuang’s cause of death. Hsin-ju Chuang, a former partner at crypto venture firm Hack VC, has died at the age of 37, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. The county’s coroner’s death registry later listed her death as a … Read more
An iPhone Safari attack on the back of recent security warnings has yet to be linked to the cryptocurrency theft confirmed in SlowMist’s investigation. Multiple reports emerged this week urging iPhone users to update their devices immediately and warning that malicious Safari pages could reveal crypto private keys and seed phrases, some citing a range … Read more
Anthony Albanese says governments must help shape the development of AI, after earlier revealing that an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on the Australian Medicare data portal. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned artificial intelligence is developing at a “breakneck pace” and called on other countries to shape its development, after an OpenAI agent … Read more
Asian countries account for almost half of the adoption rate Almost half of the top 20 countries in grassroots crypto adoption are in the Asia Pacific region. According to the new Chainalysis release In the 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Japan ranks 4th, followed by South Korea (5th), India (6th), Thailand (8th), China (12th), Indonesia … Read more
The crypto treasury model has largely lost its initial advantage, with most digital asset treasury (DAT) companies no longer charging premiums that allow them to raise capital and accumulate more crypto without diluting existing shareholders, according to a new report by DWF Ventures. The report released Thursday showed that only four of the 20 largest … Read more
Stablecoin infrastructure company HIFI has raised $37 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital as the use of stablecoins for payments and cross-border transfers continues to grow despite weakness in the broader crypto market. Cross-border stablecoin flows rose 77.5% to $220.3 billion in the 12 months ending June 2026, even … Read more
The estimated computational cost of preparing a quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction fell below $67 a week after optimization, down from the roughly $320 spent on the first such mainnet transaction in August, according to Starkware. The findings come after participants in the Quantum-Secure Bitcoin Optimization Challenge found ways to reduce the GPU computations required to generate … Read more