HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live tokenized deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger, per CoinDesk. Here's what it signals for settlement.

Ethena has added a $1 billion FalconX facility to back USDe collateral, cutting its reliance on volatile funding rates. Here is what changes for the stablecoin.

Fidelity Digital Assets says Bitcoin's volatility is now lower than roughly 98.5% of all days in its history, with BTC near $64,600 as of August 19, 2026.

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says he is optimistic the CLARITY Act will pass, with a September 15 cloture vote now the target for the market structure bill.

Bitcoin fell 14.2% in Q2 2026 yet institutional ETF holdings rose 7.5%, per CryptoSlate. Banks added, hedge funds trimmed and sovereign holders sat still.

Maya Protocol halted its cross-chain network after an attacker chained six separate bugs to drain $1.7M, exposing how compounding flaws slip past audits.

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says he is coming out of retirement to lead Flop Labs, where miners sell compute and AI agents spend $FLOP to run inference.

The FBI has reportedly identified alleged first-wave attackers in the Coldcard hardware wallet theft, per Bitcoin Magazine. What self-custody users should know.

Visa is scouting stablecoin settlement partners licensed in the US, UK, Canada and Singapore after Mastercard acquired BVNK, deepening a fight over crypto payment rails.

Rizon now lets Deel payouts land directly in its US dollar account, spendable on the Visa card. Here is what the payroll integration changes for cardholders.