TL;DR Parts of the EU Cyber Resilience Act’s vulnerability-reporting regime are now applicable. Manufacturers must issue early warnings for actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours. Commercial crypto wallets can fall within the broader category of products with digital elements. One of the more practical pieces of Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act is starting to matter for […]
Archives for September 19, 2026
Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions
TL;DR Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology. Stablecore’s infrastructure reaches more than 3,000 U.S. banks and credit unions. The integration covers custody, trading and stablecoin payments. Coinbase is trying to make crypto considerably easier for smaller U.S. banks to offer without asking them to rebuild their technology stack. […]
Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iranian Crypto Sanctions-Evasion Network
TL;DR U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank. OFAC says the platform was part of a network tied to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani. Treasury alleges the infrastructure helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin connected to the IRGC. The U.S. Treasury has targeted another part of Iran’s crypto infrastructure, this time […]
SEC Grants Five-Year Exemption For Tokenized Stock Trading Venues
TL;DR The SEC has granted temporary exemptions allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on qualifying on-chain venues. The relief lasts five years after publication. Venues still face conditions around investor rights, smart contracts, trading halts and disclosures. The SEC has taken one of its clearest steps yet toward bringing public-company shares on-chain. The Commission […]
FCA Crypto Authorisation Gateway Opens September 30
TL;DR The FCA’s application window for Britain’s new crypto regime opens September 30. Applications in the main window can be submitted until February 28, 2027. The new regulatory regime itself starts October 25, 2027. Crypto firms operating in the UK are getting close to a date that matters a lot more than another consultation paper. […]
CleanSpark Prices $2.276B Secured Notes For Sandersville Data Center
TL;DR CleanSpark has priced $2.276 billion of senior secured notes due 2031. The notes carry a 7.875% coupon. Proceeds are earmarked for further data-center infrastructure development. CleanSpark is going back to the capital markets in a big way. The Bitcoin miner has priced $2.276 billion of senior secured notes due 2031, carrying an annual interest […]
Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what’s replacing it
The Clarity Act would have cleared that up and also elevated the SEC’s sister agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to new authorities — most importantly full supervisory powers over the crypto commodity spot markets. Spot markets are where commodities trade directly, and since bitcoin BTC$81,440.88 and Ethereum’s ether ETH$2,646.34 were eventually determined to be […]
Chainalysis Warns Malware Operators Are Turning Blockchains Into Dead Drops
TL;DR Chainalysis says cyber attackers are increasingly storing malware instructions on public blockchains. It calls the technique “Blockchain Dead Drops.” The blockchain itself is not compromised; attackers are using its public, persistent data layer. Cybercriminals have found a new use for public blockchains, and it has nothing to do with moving money. Chainalysis says a […]
Ethereum ETFs Add $29.4M Friday As Fidelity Leads Reported Flows
TL;DR U.S. Ethereum ETFs recorded $29.4 million in net inflows on September 18. Fidelity’s FETH brought in $26.2 million. The move followed three consecutive sessions of net outflows. Ethereum ETF flows finally turned positive on Friday, although the rebound was considerably smaller than the one seen in Bitcoin funds. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $29.4 […]
‘We have lost control’: Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks
The concern extends to banks. Van der Chijs believes AI could expose vulnerabilities in legacy banking software, threatening confidence in institutions that depend on interconnected systems. Within crypto, he sees exchanges and other businesses built around bitcoin as more vulnerable than the underlying network. His concerns have not displaced an expansive view of AI’s economic […]
