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Solana DvP, released October 6 under an MIT licence, aims to replace one- or two-day settlement cycles with finality in seconds, drawing on expertise shared by JPMorgan.
Independent investigator ZachXBT claims to have penetrated a Chinese criminal syndicate accused of laundering more than $1 billion in crypto on behalf of North Korea's Lazarus Group, with links drawn to the Bybit hack.
Hellenic Police dismantled an unauthorised crypto investment scheme spanning five Greek cities, arresting 17 people — nine of them active-duty military — accused of collecting more than $8 million from at least 10,000 participants.
Circle has asked the European Commission to replace MiCA's fixed bank-deposit reserve requirements for stablecoins with a liquidity-based test, a position that partly overlaps with concerns raised separately by European central banks.
After Bitget asked THORChain to block wallets tied to a September breach now estimated at $387.5 million, the decentralised network declined, citing its permissionless design and drawing a comparison to Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The EU markets watchdog will launch a new Union Strategic Supervisory Priority focused on artificial intelligence and tokenization, working alongside national regulators as its ESG disclosures priority winds down.
EBA, EIOPA and ESMA presented an autumn 2026 risk update to the EU's Economic and Financial Committee, pointing to reliance on non-EU providers, quantum computing and private credit growth, while describing the financial system as broadly resilient.
Tether has disclosed minimal exposure to offshore lender EQIBank, which faces liquidation risk after a US asset seizure tied to payment processor Capstone Limited, reviving debate over MiCA's reserve rules.
Solana's developer network has migrated to the Alpenglow consensus protocol, a day after the testnet made the same switch, as the network works towards replacing its decade-old finality model with one designed to settle transactions in 100 to 150 milliseconds.
Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner long viewed as the agency's most sympathetic voice on digital assets, has formally resigned, leaving the regulator with just two sitting commissioners.
CoinGecko data shows Hyperliquid generated $429 million in revenue over the first nine months of 2026, topping a ranking that excludes stablecoin issuers such as Tether and Circle.
A joint advisory from the US, Japan, Australia and Germany details how a North Korea-linked group called WaterPlum infected over 30,000 devices worldwide and drained more than 7,000 crypto wallets by posing as recruiters.
An automated MEV bot named Yoink intercepted roughly $7.7 million in rsETH before an attacker could complete a theft targeting a Safe module linked to Kelp DAO, prompting a 24-hour precautionary pause.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT says a Zcash-based privacy NFT project raised roughly $17 million beyond what it refunded to bidders, while delivering none of the governance, community or partnership features it promised.
An attacker exploited a low-liquidity oracle failure on Nostra Finance's Starknet money market, inflating NSTR token prices nearly 8,000 times to borrow roughly $3.5 million before Nostra suspended all platform activity.