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.

Japan Adds Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex to Asset Freeze List

Tokyo added Garantex to an asset freeze list covering 33 Russian entities and nine individuals, alongside restrictions on 35 shadow-fleet vessels.

Zcash Activates NU7 on Testnet, Cutting Block Times to 25 Seconds

Zcash has activated its NU7 upgrade on the public testnet, running 25-second blocks and a fee-funded security reserve before the November mainnet launch.

Crypto.com and OKX Alumna Diana Pires Co-Found BYTEX Agentic Trading Infrastructure

Diana Pires co-founds BYTEX, an open-source agentic trading infrastructure company. The ex-Crypto.com and OKX exec leads commercial strategy and partnerships.

OKX and ICE File to Launch 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading

OKXICE, the joint venture of crypto exchange OKX and NYSE parent Intercontinental Exchange, has notified the SEC of plans to trade 63 tokenized U.S. stocks around the clock.

Binance Rolls Out Binance Intelligence, a Three-Part AI Suite for Users and Developers

Binance's new AI suite adds a free assistant and a 19.99 USDC trading agent, repackaging tools released since March as exchanges compete on agentic trading.