Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 5.5, expanding its Claude 5.5 lineup with a smaller model aimed at high-volume business workloads. The company says the model costs about 75% less to run on…
Cross-border payments firm Conduit Technology has sued Tether over $2.76 million in USDT that it says the stablecoin issuer froze without legal justification. The company filed the case in the U.S. District…
Greece is preparing legislation that would impose a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, marking the country’s first comprehensive tax framework for digital assets. The draft bill has entered public consultation…
Metaplanet used a large Bitcoin sale to demonstrate that its treasury can provide liquidity without reducing its long-term holdings. The Japanese company sold 10,000 BTC during the third quarter for about $790…
Tether has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s National Bank and the Alatau City Authority to explore a stablecoin linked to the Kazakh tenge. The agreement also covers real-world asset tokenization…
The U.S. Treasury Department has fined Amidi LLC $200,000 for failing to report a $92,478 investment in Chinese robotics and artificial intelligence company Noematrix. The penalty marks the first civil enforcement action…
Samsung will begin rolling out USDC transfers on Solana through Samsung Wallet in the United States, giving eligible Galaxy users a new way to send money across borders without installing a separate…
World Liberty Financial is moving to expand USD1 stablecoin payments into mainstream online commerce through a new partnership with payment infrastructure provider Mesh. The announcement came Wednesday during a stablecoin panel at…
Russia has formally opened its regulated cryptocurrency market to its first exchange operators and digital depositories. The Bank of Russia added nine organizations to official registers on Oct. 6, marking a major…
Robinhood has added about $25 million worth of Bitcoin to its corporate balance sheet, marking the trading platform’s first disclosed purchase of BTC for its own books. The move places Robinhood among…
Crypto trading firm GSR is committing $100 million of its own capital to a new vault business focused on onchain credit, targeting growing institutional demand for blockchain-based financial products. The initiative marks…
BlackRock is pushing tokenized money-market funds closer to the center of institutional collateral markets, arguing that investors should be able to post fund shares directly instead of redeeming them for cash first.…
Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved about $103 million in cryptocurrency in a series of transactions, with 833.6 BTC sent to Coinbase Prime and 40,285 BNB routed to an unlabeled address.…
Abstract, the consumer-focused Ethereum layer-2 backed by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo Inc., will shut down on Dec. 15 after failing to achieve product-market fit despite major brand partnerships and hundreds of thousands…
Ether.fi is moving deeper into the stablecoin market with a new U.S. dollar token built through Ethena’s Whitelabel platform. The move gives the crypto platform a branded dollar asset while targeting more…
Binance has launched a new promotion aimed at attracting first-time users to its tokenized stock products through Binance Convert. The campaign offers eligible participants a chance to share up to 110 SPCXB…
Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Private Markets, a new platform designed to give eligible investors onchain economic exposure to private companies before they go public. The first offering will target a pre-IPO…
Google Cloud will shut down Blockchain Node Engine and Blockchain RPC on Dec. 15, 2026, forcing customers to migrate their blockchain infrastructure before the deadline. Google Cloud has partnered with Quicknode as…
Binance has seen a sharp decline in its reported Bitcoin reserves since Sept. 20, highlighting a major shift in crypto exchange flows as large holders move BTC away from the platform. Reported…
Coinbase is working with advisers at six global systemically important banks as financial institutions continue to explore broader Bitcoin exposure, the company’s chief business officer said. The development adds to growing evidence…
The U.S. Treasury Department has withdrawn a long-standing proposal that would have required banks and crypto businesses to report certain transfers above $10,000 involving self-custody wallets. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or…
A long-dormant ENA whale has sold 37.725 million Ethena tokens through BitGo, marking a major move by a wallet that had remained inactive for more than a year. The transaction was worth…
THORWallet has added native Monero support to its self-custody app, giving users direct access to the Monero network for sending and receiving XMR. The move expands the wallet’s multi-chain capabilities while adding…
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says a Chinese organized crime network laundered more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency stolen through multiple attacks linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. He detailed the investigation on Oct.…
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