Australia is preparing to end a major regulatory grace period for cryptocurrency businesses, with firms covered by existing financial-services licensing requirements facing potential enforcement action from October 1 if they have not taken the required steps by September 30. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued a final warning that businesses relying on its sector-wide
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed a decision on new listing standards for options tied to crypto exchange-traded products, moving a closely watched deadline from September 27 to November 11, 2026. The SEC disclosed the extension on September 21 in connection with Nasdaq ISE filing SR-ISE-2026-42. The exchange is seeking to amend its
How Did the Coinbase Phishing Scheme Work? A Brooklyn man who stole nearly $16 million from about 100 Coinbase users through a yearlong phishing and social engineering operation has been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. Ronald Spektor, 23, of Sheepshead Bay, pleaded guilty on September 2 to a 31-count indictment that included
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded another heavy inflow session on September 22, with Bitcoin, Ether and Solana products attracting a combined $905.8 million, according to finalized Farside Investors data. Bitcoin ETFs dominated with $714.7 million of net inflows, following the exceptional $999 million recorded on September 21. Ether funds added another $162.2 million, while
The cryptocurrency market experienced significant momentum as digital assets surged following a wave of event-driven catalysts and technical breakouts, with Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) emerging as one of the standout performers. The token rallied 20.78% to $0.0110 in a 24-hour window, significantly outperforming a flat broader market and decoupling from minor dips in Bitcoin. This remarkable
What Happened to the FTX Estate’s Ether? Wallets linked to the FTX bankruptcy estate and Alameda Research transferred roughly $75 million worth of ether to crypto market maker Wintermute, putting another large block of assets from the collapsed exchange’s estate into the hands of a major liquidity provider. Onchain analyst EmberCN tracked six wallets transferring
Intel stock (NASDAQ: INTC) rose 12.14% on Monday to close at $121.78, its sharpest single-day gain in months, and the move sits on top of an admission the company made only days earlier. Last week, chief executive Lip-Bu Tan told a technology conference that “CPU demand is so high that we can only supply 50%
What Did Binance Buy From Circle? Binance has invested $100 million directly in Circle Internet Group as part of an expanded five-year commercial agreement designed to increase USDC usage across the crypto exchange. Circle issued Binance approximately 1.24 million Class A shares at $80.84 each in a private placement that closed on September 17. The
The NEAR price rose about 23% on Monday to trade above $4, and the reason sits one layer beneath the token itself. NEAR Intents, a cross-chain swap service built on the NEAR blockchain, has become a routing layer for Zcash trades, and as ZEC demand surged, the volume flowing through NEAR’s infrastructure surged with it,
Bitcoin closed last week above its 50-week moving average for the first time in 45 weeks, a long-term trend level that Galaxy Research has tracked as a ceiling during bear markets, and the reclaim has drawn attention because of what it has meant historically. Bitcoin’s weekly candle closed at $81,159 on September 20, about 3%