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Canada’s largest lenders are exploring tokenized Canadian-dollar deposits for interbank payments, signaling coordinated work on regulated payment infrastructure.
Binance bought $100 million of Circle stock and agreed to a five-year USDC promotion deal with monthly incentives, making paid distribution central to the arrangement.
Hydra’s legacy-tracing migration left older cardano-node images unable to start on its devnet configuration, while a newer tested image started successfully.
Hydra updated cardano-node to 11.1.2, but separate cardano-cli and Docker Compose pins required follow-up fixes after two CI jobs broke.
Leios prototype w38a reverted a change that charged execution units for sub-transaction Plutus scripts across protocol versions, pending a gated return.
Leios prototype-2026w38a patches w38 without a state wipe or respin and includes fixes for volatile-DB growth during sync and a named post-crash database failure.
Circle is reported to have opened Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing for institutions, but Morpho remains responsible for variable lending terms and liquidation risk.
A Cointelegraph report citing Bloomberg says the Manhattan U.S. Attorney is leading an inquiry into whether Binance knowingly permitted Iran-sanctions violations. The matter is alleged and unadjudicated.
Strategy resumed bitcoin buying as Strive and Bitmine also added assets, putting focus on whether corporate treasury purchase cadence continues.
After the CLARITY Act lost 49–50 in the Senate, Fairshake said it would commit $30 million against Sherrod Brown’s Ohio Senate bid.
The Eurosystem deployed Pontes for wholesale tokenized-asset settlement in central-bank money and the ECB began work on a small tokenized-debt investment.
Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $999 million in net inflows Monday, the biggest day since October 2025, but one session does not establish lasting demand.
Bitcoin rose from a reclaim of roughly $81,000 to an intraday high above $87,000 as short liquidations climbed. The key next receipt is whether ETF inflows persist once forced covering fades.
A critic cited repeated identical $5,500 trades in alleging inflated Kalshi crypto volume, and Kalshi’s crypto lead responded publicly. The allegation remains unverified.
A question in the European Commission’s MiCA review asks whether staking’s current treatment is adequate and what requirements staking-service providers may need. No rule has been decided.
Cardano's treasury vote rejected Pogun's proposed 12.29 million ADA withdrawal, while Charles Hoskinson said future products will not default to Cardano. The record does not establish a link between the two.
The Bank of Russia has drafted a 1% capital cap covering banks’ own crypto holdings and crypto-linked instruments. Customer assets may be excluded, depending on custody conditions.
TheBlock, citing the Wall Street Journal, reports that Polymarket faced a $10 million fraud attempt and a separate attack compromising nearly 500 accounts.
Reported moves by Hana Bank and the Bank of Korea point to faster settlement ambitions, but the available evidence remains limited to observed reporting.
Bitcoin’s rally coincided with short covering, falling asset-manager longs and barely positive weekly ETF demand, leaving institutional conviction unproven.
Bitcoin moved above $81,000 and reclaimed its 50-week moving average, but coverage says one weekly close does not confirm a new bull market.
ZetaChain holders approved winding down the Cosmos-based L1 and migrating ZETA to Solana, but the migration still requires one more vote.
Cointelegraph reported that WaterPlum used fake recruiter offers to target developers, infecting 30,000 devices and stealing $10.7M in crypto, according to a report.
Grayscale is splitting ZCSH shares three for one after reported inflows topped $233 million in under a month. Per-share NAV falls proportionately, leaving holders’ value unchanged.
