
Banks Are Building Their Own Onchain Cash, and They Want It to Replace Stablecoins
Lloyds just completed the UK's first public blockchain deposit transaction. The ECB has a roadmap. Banks are coming for stablecoin territory.
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Lloyds just completed the UK's first public blockchain deposit transaction. The ECB has a roadmap. Banks are coming for stablecoin territory.

Google searches for 'Help With Mortgage' have hit an all-time high, surpassing the 2008 financial crisis. Crypto markets reflect the stress with ETH down 4.2% and Fear at 26.

CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal have been arrested by Thane Police on criminal breach of trust charges tied to an Rs 71 lakh fraud case.

CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal were questioned by Mumbai police after an FIR was filed over an Rs 71 lakh impersonation fraud scheme.

Average Bitcoin production cost hits $88,000 while BTC trades near $69,000. Network difficulty drops 7.8% as miners bleed cash and pivot to AI.

Resolv Labs USR stablecoin exploit on March 22, 2026. 50 million USR minted with 100K USDC, triggering a 74% depeg. Official response pending.

Grayscale submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a HYPE ETF on Nasdaq under ticker GHYP. Coinbase is the custodian. Bitwise and 21Shares filed earlier.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $253M in two days as the broader equity sell-off hit $64B in 3 months, the largest SPY/QQQ outflow on record. One analyst sees BTC at $55K.

The DarkSword exploit chain uses six iOS vulnerabilities to deploy Ghostblade, a data stealer targeting 13 crypto exchange and wallet apps on unpatched iPhones.

A class-action lawsuit alleges Gemini concealed plans to pivot to prediction markets, exit three regions, and cut 25% of staff before its September 2025 IPO.