Blast to Shut Down Ethereum Layer 2, Sets October 26 Withdrawal Deadline

Blast will shut down its Ethereum layer-2 chain after concluding that operating costs exceed revenue, giving users until October 26 to withdraw.

Treasury Sanctions Hamas Financing Network That Moved $2M Through Crypto

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Gaza-based Hamas commander and two French charity operators who moved over $2 million to the group using cryptocurrency wallets.

New York DFS and Wyoming Sign MOU to Coordinate Crypto Oversight

Two of the most active state crypto regulators agreed to share examination data and coordinate licensing for virtual currency firms operating across both jurisdictions.

Block Launches Its First-Ever Bitcoin Consumer Ad Campaign

Block’s “Bitcoin Does” campaign casts bitcoin as everyday, usable money, showing it working in nail salons, flower shops and split dinner bills.

Chainalysis Attributes $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea as 2026 Thefts Top $1B

Chainalysis traced September's $387 million Bitget theft to DPRK-linked actors in a new report, lifting 2026 North Korean crypto thefts above $1 billion.

Treasury Sanctions A7 Shadow Banking Network Used by Iran

Treasury's OFAC sanctioned the A7 Network and FinCEN proposed a rule blocking U.S. institutions from moving funds, including crypto, to its sub-agents.

ICBA Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Bank Charters

ICBA filed an Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit asking a federal court to block the OCC from granting national trust bank charters to crypto companies.

Drift Opens DFX Recovery Claims for April Exploit Victims, Initial Payouts Near 1%

Drift is letting April exploit victims claim DFX recovery tokens, one per USDT of verified loss, redeemable for a share of a growing recovery pool.

SEC Approves First 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETPs

The SEC's October 2 order clears six triple-leveraged commodity ETPs from the VS Trust, including the first 3x Bitcoin and 3x Ether products in the U.S.

IEX Launches Options Trading, Files to List Bitcoin ETF Options

The SEC's October 2 notice clears IEX to list options on crypto commodity trusts holding Bitcoin and other assets and to set IBIT position limits.

Binance Adds Mandatory Disclosures for Brazil's International Crypto Transfers

Starting November 1, Binance will ask Brazilian users to confirm the purpose and counterparty of cross-border crypto deposits and withdrawals.

Arizona Regulator Halts Unregistered Stablecoin Offering by IVT Media Group

The Arizona Corporation Commission alleges IVT Media Group sold unregistered Iron Vault Tokens while concealing its founder's financial history.

OpenWorld Completes VerifyMe Merger, Lists on Nasdaq as OPNW

The combined company began trading on Nasdaq under OPNW, led by digital-assets veteran Matthew Shaw as it builds tokenization infrastructure.

Greek Police Arrest 17 in $8 Million Crypto Pyramid Scheme

Seventeen suspects were arrested, including two alleged ringleaders, after raids across nine Greek regions targeting a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme.

Ethereum Foundation Launches zkAPI for Private AI Payments

zkAPI lets users deposit credits into an Ethereum vault and authorize metered API use with zero-knowledge proofs, decoupling payments from identity.

Microsoft X Account Hijacked to Promote Clippy Crypto Scam

Microsoft's X account briefly pushed a Clippy-themed cryptocurrency scam before the company secured the account and removed the unauthorized posts.

Anchorage Digital Lays Off 17% of Staff Amid Sector-Wide Cost Pressures

The federally chartered crypto custodian is trimming roughly one in six employees as it confronts sector-wide cost pressures and a second round of layoffs.

Featherlend Brings Brazil's Selic Rate On-Chain With BRZ Morpho Markets

Transfero's Brazilian real stablecoin can now be lent and borrowed in two isolated Morpho vaults on Polygon, with tokenized treasury and dollar collateral.

Canary Capital Amends PEPE ETF Filing, Sets Out Cboe BZX Listing

The amended S-1 details the trust's sponsor, custodians and a CoinDesk-linked benchmark as the fund seeks SEC approval to trade on Cboe BZX.

Hyperion DeFi Buys Back Shares and Retires Legacy Debt

The first U.S.-listed DeFi company on Hyperliquid cleared its Avenue Capital loan and bought back shares at $3.21 each, leaving it debt-free.

Arbitrum Pauses New Stylus Activations in Security Action

The Ethereum layer-2 network paused the activation step that makes Stylus contracts callable, while existing contracts keep running and user funds stay safe.