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FINRA Panel Orders Charles Schwab to Pay $1.34 Million Over Crypto Scam

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel has ordered Charles Schwab to pay nearly $1.34 million after an elderly client's funds were transferred to...

NEAR Makes Hyperliquid Perps Confidential by Default

NEAR Protocol has launched confidential perpetual futures trading through its existing Hyperliquid integration, making position ownership private by default. The update went live on...

Hyperliquid Launches Manual Borrowing With HYPE and BTC Collateral

Hyperliquid has launched manual borrowing, adding a lending function directly to its trading infrastructure. The feature lets users post HYPE or BTC as collateral...

Arbitrum Nears 2026 High as RWA Activity and Robinhood Adoption Drive Network Growth

Arbitrum is gaining renewed attention as its blockchain becomes a major venue for real-world asset tokenization and financial applications. The ARB token has also...

Robinhood’s Venture Fund Bets $25 Million on Crusoe as Bitcoin Miner Turns to AI

Robinhood Ventures Fund I has invested about $25 million in Crusoe, backing the company's transformation from a Bitcoin mining business into an AI infrastructure...

State-Linked Hackers Drive 420% Surge in Onchain Malware Activity

Hackers linked to North Korea and Iran are increasingly using public blockchains to support malware operations, according to new research from Chainalysis. The firm...

U.S. Sanctions BitBank Over Alleged Bitcoin Transfers to Iran’s IRGC

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, accusing the platform of helping move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to...

Circle Launches Arc Studio to Build Onchain Apps With AI

Circle has launched Arc Studio, an AI coding agent designed to help developers build onchain applications, smart contracts and AI agents using natural-language prompts....

Galaxy Brings Institutional Stablecoin Yield Vaults to Solana Through Kamino

Galaxy has expanded its onchain finance business to Solana with two new stablecoin lending vaults on Kamino. The launch gives users access to Galaxy...

Zcash Nears $1,400 as Holders Preserve Bitcoin-Style Halvings

Zcash surged toward $1,400 on Thursday after coinholders backed the network's next major upgrade while preserving its existing Bitcoin-style halving schedule. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency...

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Bill Advances After 28-21 House Committee Vote

A U.S. bill aimed at putting the federal government's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law cleared a key congressional hurdle this week, signaling continued momentum...

Arc Mainnet Posts $410.8 Million in DEX Volume as Memecoin Launchpads Dominate Day One

Circle's Arc blockchain recorded $410.8 million in decentralized exchange volume during its first public mainnet day, with memecoin launchpads generating about 82% of the...