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.