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 was less…
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 without…
AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators’ Control—Here’s What We Know
An OpenAI agent’s breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain.
Bitcoin’s Quantum Problem: Three Ways Researchers Are Trying to Fix It
Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving from theory to logistics, even as “Q-Day” remains hypotheti
SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don’t Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works
New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn’t a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look “opt-in.”
SEC clears regulatory hurdle as crypto token buybacks hit record $638 million
Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hyperliquid accounted for roughly $370 million and…
The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent
In 2021, Christie’s sold a Beeple NFT for $69.35 million, and Sotheby’s took another $24.40 million for 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, giving cartoon primates the kind of auction-house treatment usually reserved for Fabergé eggs. But now, not…
Fed proposed stablecoin rule could trigger a 48-hour liquidation run
The Federal Reserve’s proposed rules for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises include a crisis clock measured in hours. An issuer whose reserves fall below the value of its outstanding tokens would have 24 hours to notify the Fed and submit…
Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green
Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026 flows back into positive territory.
Washington has $114 billion reasons to want Tether around
Not that long ago, Washington fined Tether for misleading people about the dollars behind its tokens. Today, the company’s insatiable appetite for American debt is the main argument for sending those tokens further around the world. The distance…