Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, coCEO Arjun Sethi said. Source：CoinDesk
Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The fiveyear deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.…
Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some…
KelpDAO sues LayerZero for the largest exploit 2026 has seen so far
The crosschain lending protocol accused LayerZero and its cofounder Brian Pellegrino of failing to disclose weaknesses in their protocol, which led to the $292…
Someone was trying to sell Ondo Finance after founder Nathan Allman's death
The company has vehemently denied that it was shopping for buyers. Allman’s estate declined to comment. Source：CoinDesk
Bullish, Alpaca and Apex Fintech form coalition to push issuer-backed tokenized stocks
The group aims to link onchain shares to official shareholder records following the U.S. SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading. Source：CoinDesk
Companies keep raising prices. The Fed is trying to get them to reconsider.
Inflation pressures have been so persistent this year in part because businesses have been able to pass along higher prices to consumers. Source：MarketWatch
Crypto casino Duelbits goes offline after $7 million hot wallet hack
Attackers drained Duelbits' hot wallets across four blockchains; about $6 million in stolen funds now sits in a single Ethereum address. Source：CoinDesk
New York sues Polymarket over alleged illegal gambling business
The action filed by state lawmakers followed a similar lawsuit against prediction markets company Kalshi in July that alleged the platform was running an…
UK’s largest banks complete world’s first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits
Barclays, NatWest, and HSBC and others used tokenized deposits for remortgages and a marketplacepayment test, taking bankissued digital cash beyond a single…
European stablecoin issuer Qivalis sees transformation of global trade finance
JanOliver Sell, the CEO and founder of Qivalis, said the entire trade finance supply chain is moving into stablecoins. Source：CoinDesk
Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes
The ARK Venture Fund is bringing exposure to soughtafter private tech companies onchain through Securitize, first on Ethereum then potentially expanding to…