Solana Moves Alpenglow Upgrade to Public Testnet

The Alpenglow upgrade replaces TowerBFT with the Votor voting protocol, shrinking transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds.

Anchorage Digital Selects LayerZero for Cross-Chain Stablecoins

America's first federally chartered crypto bank is routing its stablecoins across 170-plus chains through LayerZero's OFT standard, starting with Tether's USAT.

Infosys Partners With Chainlink to Bring Institutional Finance Onchain

The $40 billion IT services firm is standardizing Chainlink's data, interoperability and compliance stack across its institutional client base.

September 30 Crypto Licensing Deadlines: UK Opens Its Gateway as Australia's Grace Period Ends

Crypto license deadlines hit UK and Australia on September 30, 2026, while the US CLARITY Act stays stalled. See what exchanges and custodians must file.

Binance Lists Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token With Seed Tag

Trading begins at 11 a.m. UTC on September 24 with HYPE paired against USDT, USDC, and the Turkish lira, marking Binance’s first spot listing of the token.

5 Crypto Events to Have on Your Radar This Fall

Crypto’s fall conference calendar spans Europe and Asia, spotlighting payments, tokenization, infrastructure, developers, finance and blockchain adoption.

Remote by Design: How Coinspaid Builds a Global Team That Works

Coinspaid’s remote-first model combines global hiring, employee flexibility, clear ownership, structured development, and purposeful in-person collaboration.

MoonPay to Acquire North Capital and Expand into Onchain Capital Markets

The crypto payments firm is buying a SEC-registered broker-dealer and alternative trading system to give tokenized securities a regulated route onchain.

EU Watchdogs Warn Quantum Computing Could Break Blockchain Encryption

The ESAs say quantum computing could undermine the cryptography behind blockchains and that the risk may materialise faster than any viable commercial application.

AmericanFortress Unveils Zero-Knowledge Proof for Cross-Chain Wallet Verification

AmericanFortress's new zero-knowledge proof lets a cross-chain bridge confirm a payout wallet shares hidden ownership with the deposit wallet.

Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for $16M Coinbase Phishing Scheme

Ronald Spektor posed as a Coinbase representative to move victims' funds into a wallet he controlled, then laundered the proceeds through gambling services.

Blockchain.com and NYSE Partner on Tokenized Securities Trading

The non-binding agreement still needs regulatory approval but would let tens of millions of Blockchain.com users trade tokenized U.S. equities onchain.

Bitwise and Vise Launch Crypto Model Portfolios for Wealth Advisors

The new Core and Thematic models sit inside the same portfolio as a client's equities and fixed income, rebalanced and tax-managed on Vise's schedule.

RUSI Launches Crypto and International Security Taskforce

The Crypto and International Security Taskforce will convene government, law enforcement, and industry leaders to shape policy on crypto's security risks and legitimate uses.

Citrea Acquires Crest to Bring Zcash-Style Privacy to Bitcoin

The acquisition will make private Bitcoin transfers and cross-chain swaps standard in a mobile wallet built on Citrea's Bitcoin-secured environment.

ARK Invest Tokenizes ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum via Securitize

The actively managed venture fund's tokenized interests are now live on Ethereum, extending ARK's partnership with Securitize into onchain capital markets.

Solana Foundation Appoints Rachel Conlan as CSO and Jamal Raees as Payments GM

Rachel Conlan joins from Binance and Jamal Raees from Polygon Labs as Solana Foundation strengthens its institutional and payments leadership.

Ondo Launches Intelligent Portfolios Powered by BlackRock

The three tokens, issued by Ondo Global Markets, let investors mint a single token to hold a weighted basket of assets instead of rebalancing positions.

TRON Surpasses $30 Trillion in Total Transaction Volume

TRON has crossed $30 trillion in cumulative transaction volume, a milestone the blockchain attributes to its dominant role in stablecoin settlement and payments.

How Employees Build Their Careers at Coinspaid

Coinspaid supports career growth through feedback, development plans, learning opportunities, and internal mobility across blockchain and fintech.

Bitget Confirms $351.6 Million Hot Wallet Breach

CEO Gracy Chen said the breach was contained to hot and warm wallets, with cold wallets secure and the full loss covered by Bitget's User Protection Fund.