OrbitX Introduces Stablecoin-Powered QR Payments Across 15+ Global Markets
OrbitX has officially launched its QR payment functionality, enabling users to convert stablecoin balances into local currency purchases at point-of-sale...
Year: 2026
Tron’s Justin Sun Pulls 10,000 ETH and Sends $12.3M to Poloniex
Tron founder Justin Sun has redeemed 10,000 ETH from Lido since Aug. 26, and roughly $12.3 million of it has...
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s...
Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’
Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an...
Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein
Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts...
New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B
Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.Bitcoin (BTC)...
Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback
Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.Layer-1 blockchain Cronos...
Swiss stablecoin sandbox enters testing phase, adds two new partners
Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss...
Jupiter Mobile Adds Physical Pokémon Card Ripping Feature
Decentralized finance platform Jupiter has integrated its Gacha trading digital card platform directly into the mobile app, allowing users to...
Chelsea’s USDC Jersey Deal Triggers Fears for Hong Kong Fans
The deal has sparked concerns among Hong Kong fans, who fear that wearing the team’s jersey could make them liable...
Sixteen Years After 12,000 Tons of Orange Peels, a Costa Rica Forest Grew Back
Tree biomass jumped 176% on a degraded plot inside Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area after 12,000 tonnes of orange peels...
Casino Lobby Blames Prediction Markets for First Flat NFL Betting Season
The American Gaming Association expects citizens to wager $29.5 billion with regulated sportsbooks on the 2026 NFL season, the first...
Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment...
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.Purported white-hat hackers returned 3,400...
Capital B Buys 376 Bitcoin for $29.4M as Treasury Grows to 3,521 BTC
France-listed Capital B has acquired another 376 bitcoin after raising fresh capital from investors including Adam Back and TOBAM. The...
