The SEC Is finally modernizing transfer-agent rules. Wall Street must not repeat the ‘paperwork crisis’
If ownership data is split across a token wrapper, a specialpurpose vehicle (SPV), a broker’s internal ledger and a transfer agent's offchain database, we are…
XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion
The regulated operator is mirroring ownership of selected investment funds on XRPL while keeping its existing database as the official record. Source:CoinDesk
Blockchain.com targets $500 million IPO this year at up to $6 billion valuation
The Londonbased crypto services company confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year.…
Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse
Coinbase joins Kraken in bringing US derivatives infrastructure inhouse, after Kraken’s parent acquired Bitnomial and its CFTCregulated exchange, clearinghouse…
SEC Charges Registered Investment Adviser Zoe Financial for Failure to Disclose Conflict of Interest
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New Yorkbased investment adviser Zoe Financial Inc. for failing to fully and…
OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US…
Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.…
Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents
Block joins Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase in backing x402, an open payment standard enabling agentic AI commerce. Source:Cointelegraph
Sequans exits Bitcoin treasury strategy after selling remaining 314 BTC
The Francebased semiconductor company has fully unwound a Bitcoin treasury that once held more than 3,200 BTC as more firms scale back crypto holdings.…
SoFi tie-up shows stablecoins can provide alternative blockchain settlement rail
SoFi dives deeper into payments as it moves its entire card program to blockchainbased settlement using its SoFiUSD stablecoin, with more than $25 billion in…
Brooklyn man sent to prison for 12 years for stealing $16M in a Coinbase phishing scheme
The fraudster managed to scam about 100 people across the United States, convincing them of transferring funds to him, claiming their accounts had been hacked.…
Winners and losers of the SEC’s new tokenized stocks rules
The SEC has opened a fiveyear path for tokenized stocks, but only some products and venues fit the model. Will Uniswap, Robinhood, Coinbase or Kraken come out…