Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights The White House nominated Nathan Anonick and Matthew Rowland as potential CFTC commissioners. The nominations include one Republican and one Democrat, an unusual move for the administration. The Senate Agriculture Committee has not yet scheduled a confirmation hearing. White House Names Bipartisan CFTC Nominees Alongside its announcement of two nominees for the Securities ...
Key Highlights OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Wallet to let its AI agents make payments on behalf of users. The payment feature was developed with American Express, Mastercard, and Visa. ChatGPT Wallet will initially be available only to Pro subscribers. OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Wallet for AI-Powered Payments OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Wallet, a payment feature designed ...
Key Highlights: Stablecoin assets on Solana increased 51% year over year to $15.7 billion in the first half of 2026. Tokenized-equity trading on Solana reached $4.9 billion, with the networkâs share of onchain spot trading rising to approximately 97%. Didovskiy said investors should track âprevalence,â measured by Solana-integrated applications and unique network users. Institutional Capital ...
Key Highlights Bitcoin is heading toward its sixth consecutive weekly decline, extending losses across November, the fourth quarter and 2026. Anthropicâs anticipated IPO has attracted orders worth roughly six times the shares available, Bloomberg reported. Anthropic aims to raise up to $64.4 billion through the offering, alongside a $26 billion private placement. Bitcoin Faces Sixth ...
Key Highlights The Swiss National Bank held 714,100 Strategy Inc. shares as of September 30, 2026, down 22,200 shares from the previous quarter. The stake was valued at $109.3 million despite the lower share count, while representing only 0.06% of the SNBâs approximately $192 billion portfolio. The filing highlights indirect Bitcoin exposure through Strategy, even ...
Key Highlights Herbert is calling for locally manufactured hardware wallets, physical tamper detection, and open-source designs. The October 2026 Ledger supply chain breach involved tampered hardware and was linked to estimated losses of $86 million to $100 million. Foundation Devices presents its US-built Passport and Passport Prime wallets as examples of the security model Herbert ...
Key Highlights $MEGA is shifting from network stewardship toward building first-party products on the MegaETH network. The organization has allocated $30 million from its existing treasury to fund new products, starting with an AI inference marketplace planned for December 2026. MegaETHâs total value locked fell from more than $245 million in May 2026 to approximately ...
Key Highlights: Utah has escalated its dispute with Kalshi by pursuing criminal enforcement against company executives. CFTC Chair Selig is defending the agencyâs claim that federal authority over event contracts and prediction markets is exclusive. New federal geofencing guidance puts prediction-market platforms between CFTC instructions and conflicting state court orders. Kalshi Faces Criminal Escalation as ...
Key Highlights Flare has joined LayerZero as a Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN). LayerZeroâs Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) issuers will be able to add Flare network-level verification to cross-chain security systems. Flareâs DVN is expected to launch on mainnet in early December, initially supporting Flare and Ethereum. Flare Joins LayerZeroâs Decentralized Verifier Network Flare, a blockchain ...
Key Highlights: Payward has added artificial intelligence as its fifth business pillar alongside trading, banking, asset management and infrastructure. The company plans to develop a personal finance agent and investment funds connected to its xStocks tokenized equities platform. Payward reported a 12% quarter-over-quarter increase in total platform margin as crypto trading activity recovered. Payward Expands ...
Key Highlights US Producer Price Index data for September was released after the latest CPI report exceeded expectations. Stronger-than-expected PPI data could reinforce expectations that US interest rates will remain elevated for longer. Bitcoin may face selling pressure if higher inflation supports the dollar and US Treasury yields, while weaker PPI data could encourage a ...
Key Highlights Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over delays in blacklisting Megaspeed, which is accused of rerouting advanced Nvidia chips to China. U.S. export controls on Nvidiaâs A100 and H100 processors began in August 2022 and have since expanded to newer models and China-specific variants. Estimates indicate that between 1 ...