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Korea's first won-backed stablecoin, KRW1, is expanding into global payments infrastructure through a partnership that integrates it into card products usable across a large existing merchant network. It's a different kind of stablecoin story than the usual dollar-pegged launches, since it's a
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India's securities regulator has launched a pilot program, referred to as "Demat 2.0," to issue and settle corporate bonds as blockchain tokens on a private ledger. Three companies have already used the framework to raise a combined figure above $100 million in tokenized corporate debt.
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The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets has issued a no-action letter allowing the Depository Trust Company (DTC) to run a three-year pilot tokenizing DTC-custodied assets on supported blockchains, launching in the second half of 2026. DTC isn't a household name, but it
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly flagged rising risks tied to how fast autonomous AI agents are expanding their role in crypto, and how independently they're now able to act. It's worth unpacking what the actual concern is, since "AI risk" gets used
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Abu Dhabi Global Market's Financial Services Regulatory Authority has recognized Ripple's dollar-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, as an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token, letting licensed firms in the jurisdiction use it for permitted activities. RLUSD has reportedly surpassed $1 billion in market capitalization since launch. The approval itself
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The SEC has proposed an update to its transfer-agent regulations that would let blockchains function as official transaction ledgers, and it's holding a roundtable with major financial institutions on September 17 to discuss round-the-clock U.S. trading. Neither is final policy yet, but together they
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On September 6, an attacker withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC, worth about $320 million at the time, from the federation reserve behind Blockstream's Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain used for faster settlement between exchanges and institutions. Within a day, most of the funds were already back. This one
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Harmony has announced plans to shut down its mainnet and migrate its native token, ONE, to Ethereum, following a final-block snapshot and airdrop process. It's a notable example of a Layer 1 blockchain winding down its own infrastructure rather than continuing to operate independently. What's
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On September 2, 2026, the SEC and CFTC announced a joint initiative to develop rules specifically covering leveraged and margined crypto transactions. It's a narrower, more technical move than a broad market-structure bill, but it targets exactly the kind of trading that's grown fastest on
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The Senate's cloture vote on the motion to proceed with the CLARITY Act is scheduled for September 15, the day after the chamber returns from recess. It's a procedural vote, but it functions as the real test of whether the bill has enough support to move
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Russia's regulated crypto trading framework takes effect this September, with retail investor caps and a mandatory digital ruble rollout. Here's what's confirmed.
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Evernorth, an XRP treasury company backed by Ripple, has cleared an SEC step toward a Nasdaq listing. Here's what's confirmed about the deal and the vote.