India Is Testing Atomic Bond Settlement With CBDC
India’s Demat 2.0 pilot combines tokenized corporate bonds with digital-rupee settlement, testing whether securities and money can move together on programmable infrastructure.
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Read the latest crypto news, blockchain updates, market trends, and major developments across the crypto casino industry.
Perpetual Futures Are Escaping Crypto
Kalshi and Coinbase want to bring crypto-style perpetual futures to U.S. stocks, turning a market structure built around 24/7 trading into a mainstream finance product.
A Fake Government Email Exposed Revolut’s KYC Data
Revolut disclosed customer records after fraudulent requests arrived from a real government domain, showing why trusted data-request channels need their own security.
Ethereum ETFs Are Turning Staking Into a Competitive Advantage
Staked Ethereum ETFs are turning ETH’s native rewards into a product feature, shifting competition from basic price exposure toward yield, fees and validator execution.
A $7M Custody Gap Shows Why Exchange Balances Need Proof
Orionx is shutting down after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in customer assets outside its control, exposing what exchange account balances cannot prove.
Liquid’s $320M Bitcoin Incident Tests Federated Security
A bug allowed thousands of unbacked L-BTC to reach Liquid’s peg-out system, exposing how Bitcoin sidechains can inherit BTC as an asset without inheriting Bitcoin’s security model.
A New U.S. Bank Is Being Built Around Blockchain From Day One
OpenReserve is trying to build deposits, lending, stablecoins and settlement around blockchain from the start, testing what a genuinely onchain bank could look like.
Zcash Is Fixing One of Private Crypto’s Biggest UX Problems
Zakura’s new cryptography stack cuts private Zcash transaction creation from seconds to milliseconds, attacking a usability cost privacy coins have carried for years.
Australia Is About to Force Crypto Platforms Into Licensing
ASIC’s September deadline ends a major transition period for digital-asset firms, while Australia prepares a broader licensing regime for crypto platforms in 2027.
SEC Rewrite Could Bring Stock Ownership Onchain
The SEC is modernizing transfer-agent rules for blockchain securities, tackling the legal ownership records that tokenized-stock trading cannot solve alone.
Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming AI Power Companies
Hut 8’s role in Anthropic’s huge AI expansion shows why grid connections, land and power infrastructure may become more valuable than Bitcoin mining itself.
Cronos Halt Exposes DeFi’s Emergency Brake Problem
Cronos stopped and restored its blockchain after a Tectonic exploit, showing why DeFi needs emergency controls without making decentralization meaningless.
Solana’s First Binding Vote Puts Tokenomics to the Test
Solana approved faster SOL disinflation but rejected a larger fee burn, revealing how difficult changing a blockchain economy becomes once stakers can vote.
Prediction Markets Have an Insider-Trading Problem
A CFTC case involving White House speech information shows why prediction markets need clearer boundaries between informed trading and illegal access.
Banks Are Realizing Tokenized Deposits May Not Be Enough
Banks are moving deposits onto programmable rails, but interoperability and portability may leave room for stablecoins alongside tokenized bank money.