Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Core developers postponed the October 26 Glamsterdam hard fork on the Hoodi testnet after security researchers identified risks that proposed gas changes could affect existing smart contracts
Major lenders including JPMorgan, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are limiting third-party AI tools that log in with customer credentials amid concerns over independent actions
Cloud platform detects anomalous activity, pauses builds and orders credential rotation as investigation continues into possible exposure of environment variables
Former employee and shareholder of stablecoin issuer Circle has filed a federal lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause through cryptocurrency ventures tied to foreign investment
Coinbase Derivatives will halt futures and perpetual futures trading for nine hours on October 24 while users retain full account access
Financial authorities in South Korea say consultations on a new digital asset law are nearly over, but lawmakers continue to debate whether income tax on cryptocurrency should begin in 2027 before the full regulatory system is in place
Andreessen Horowitz is shifting the branding of its dedicated crypto investment vehicle to a16z Frontier while broadening the fund’s remit to include AI, autonomous machines and other frontier technologies, following a $2.2 billion raise for its latest vehicle
Ethereum researchers have filed a draft proposal that would cut the network’s expected transaction finality from 16 minutes to about four minutes by decoupling block selection from finality voting, with broader benefits for capital efficiency and security
Blockchain analytics firm Dune Analytics has introduced standardized feeds delivering onchain trade information across more than 200 decentralized platforms on 12 networks, including spot trading and perpetual futures, with updates arriving roughly one second after execution
Ripple has joined forces with Arf to deliver RLUSD-powered settlement liquidity directly on the XRP Ledger, giving licensed payment firms short-term working capital for cross-border transactions without tying up large reserves in multiple markets
