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"No way this holds up in court or any future administration." The SEC just blessed some token buybacks. One crypto firm had asked for almost exactly that
A16z crypto's top policy lawyer says the SEC may have opened a huge crypto loophole.
Binance buys $100M Circle stake as US prosecutors probe its Iran controls
Circle once paid Binance $60 million to push USDC. Less than two years later, the crypto exchange has put $100 million back into Circle itself.
Robinhood engineer allegedly used listing secrets to trade on Hyperliquid
A Robinhood engineer allegedly turned confidential token listing info into profitable Hyperliquid trades after helping scale the company's crypto backend.
Solana's second-largest tokenized silver loses peg after wallet breach
SILV, a token designed to track one ounce of physical silver, depegged after issuer Dominion said several of its wallets were compromised.
Solana token hold times collapse 88% to just 42 seconds
Solana traders are flipping short-lived token positions in a median of just 42 seconds, down roughly 88% from 2024.
Crypto fund fraud case had a second convicted crypto scheme hiding inside it
A crypto fund that lied about its trading bot also steered investor money into another crypto venture that later ended in a fraud conviction.
Securitize needs $76M in H2 to reach the revenue estimate behind its SPAC deal
Securitize must make more than twice as much revenue in the second half as it generated in the first six months to reach the figures teased for its SPAC merger.
Bankr co-founder suspects "a critical security vulnerability" at X or "an inside job"
The co-founder of Bankr, an AI bot that turns social posts into crypto trades, is telling users to add a separate security check after attackers controlled its X account.
Crypto companies turned DeFi into one-click savings. Then came an SEC warning
An SEC warning about crypto vaults arrived just as Coinbase, Robinhood and Aave pushed the products toward mainstream users.
Coinbase fight over vanished Gensler texts will cost the SEC $150,000
The SEC will pay $150,000 in legal fees to settle a Coinbase-backed records lawsuit, although nearly a year of Gary Gensler's texts remains permanently missing.
Tether's three-way Bitcoin merger is dead. SEC filings show it was never actually a deal
Jack Mallers has left Twenty One Capital and Strike has walked away from Tether's three-way merger, although regulatory filings show the supposed deal never had binding terms.
Circle built USDC as crypto's clean dollar. Prosecutors say it rebuffed scam victims
Circle has long pitched USDC as the compliant stablecoin, but prosecutors in two states say the company declined requests to freeze stolen funds fast enough.
Securitize stock sinks over 40% less than a week after SPAC listing
Securitize stock slid more than 40% from its debut-day high days after the tokenization firm went public through a Cantor Fitzgerald-linked SPAC.
Citadel Securities-backed EDX Markets raises $76M to expand institutional crypto
EDX Markets raised $76 million from investors led by SBI Holdings as the crypto firm tries to build more bank-like market plumbing for institutions.
Securitize SECZ listing set for July 2 after $400M SPAC deal
Securitize SECZ listing is expected on the NYSE after the tokenization firm said its Cantor SPAC deal should raise about $400 million.
Securitize tokenization lawsuit sparks tZERO warning on IP rights
Securitize tokenization dispute moved further into public view as tZERO vowed to enforce patents it says cover regulated digital securities infrastructure.
Securitize sues tZERO over tokenized securities patent dispute
Securitize sues tZERO in Delaware federal court, asking a judge to rule that it didn't infringe tZERO's tokenization patents.
Axelar incident drains $4.6M from Secret Network bridged assets
Axelar hack hit assets bridged to Secret Network, with about $4.67 million worth of tokens taken, the project said.
Certora layoffs appear to hit smart contract security team
Certora layoffs surfaced after a web3 security researcher said the firm was cutting teams and letting researchers go.
tZERO accuses Securitize of infringing tokenization patents
tZERO accuses Securitize of infringing patents tied to tokenized securities infrastructure, opening a new legal front inside the tokenization market.
SEC delays tokenized stock plan after Wall Street pushback: report
A proposed SEC exemption for tokenized stocks has reportedly been delayed as market participants question how crypto platforms would handle dividends.
Blockchain.com IPO starts with confidential SEC filing
Blockchain.com IPO plans are moving forward through a confidential SEC filing, but the company still hasn't disclosed its valuation, share count or price range.