CoinEx quits after 9 years as crypto trading activity concentrates at biggest exchanges
Crypto exchange CoinEx is shutting down after nine years, citing shrinking revenue and rising compliance costs as the reasons the exchange is no longer viable. The centralized crypto platform said Sept. 15 that it will wind down operations in stages,…
Wall Street Bets on Fed Rate Hike: Here’s What It Means for Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump
Nearly every major bank now expects the Fed to raise rates for the first time in three years. Markets have mostly priced it in, but the political fallout could run deeper than one hike.
Coinbase-Backed Crypto Group Warns of Midterms Payback After Clarity Act Fails
The Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto will add senators’ votes to its scorecards as it rallies crypto voters ahead of November’s elections.
7-day blockchain outage wipes out a full week of staking rewards after emergency aelf shutdown
aelf, a blockchain network built around its AELF MainChain and tDVV dAppChain, has restored public node access and several core services after malicious smart-contract activity led to a controlled recovery. The incident halted block production for…
OpenAI’s Brockman Says Safety Concerns Have Already Slowed Its Most Advanced AI Work
Greg Brockman says OpenAI delayed launches and reworked its processes after a pre-release model broke out of a sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face.
Crypto Reacts: Bitcoin Slides as Clarity Act Fails to Clear Senate Vote
The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the crypto industry’s marquee bill Tuesday. Bitcoin dropped as the no tally mounted, but the move stopped well short of panic.
Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote
The crypto market structure bill failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate.
Ethereum builders face a choice between locking up too much cash or relying on trusted brokers
During a Sept. 8–11 Lido discussion, Commit-Boost contributor Jason Vranek pointed out that builders supporting protocol-backed payments deal with costs from idle Ethereum, failed deliveries, and offers they wished to cancel. Those costs could make…
A new XRPL upgrade could concentrate XRP ownership inside banks instead of retail wallets
A proposed XRP Ledger (XRPL) upgrade could let banks and fintechs absorb XRP costs so customers never need to hold the token. The Sponsor amendment, based on the XLS-68 Sponsored Fees and Reserves proposal, would let a company pay account reserves and…
Circle’s Arc launch ties Wall Street firms to the network without making them its safety net
Circle is tying major financial institutions to its Arc blockchain as operators, investors, and future users ahead of its Sept. 16 mainnet launch. BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard, and ICE are among 11 outside institutions Circle named as founding…