Year: 2026
S&P Global Agrees To Acquire Smart Contract Security Firm OpenZeppelin
TL;DR S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin. OpenZeppelin is one of the best-known smart contract security and auditing firms in crypto. Financial terms were [more…]
dtcpay Completes $25M Series A As SBI Group Joins Stablecoin Payments Push
TL;DR Singapore payments company dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A. Vertex Ventures led the original round, with SBI Group joining as a strategic [more…]
Binance Announces 24/7 FX Perpetuals With USD/BRL Contract Set For September 21
TL;DR Binance is moving into round-the-clock FX perpetual futures. The first announced contract is USD/BRL against USDT. Trading is scheduled to begin September 21 with [more…]
Coinbase Files To Bring Single-Stock Perpetual Futures To US Market
TL;DR Coinbase Financial Markets has submitted a CFTC product filing for single-stock perpetual futures. Initial contracts cover Apple, Tesla and Nvidia. Trading is not live [more…]
Bastion Wins Conditional OCC Approval For National Trust Bank Charter
TL;DR Bastion has received conditional OCC approval to form a national trust bank. The charter is non-depository and geared toward custody and digital asset services. [more…]
VanEck Flags Heavy Executive Dilution At Bitcoin Treasury Firm Metaplanet
TL;DR VanEck has taken a closer look at dilution inside Metaplanet’s Bitcoin treasury strategy. Its analysis points to executive option capacity equal to 22.4% of [more…]
6 days left to get ahead at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Current ticket pricing ends in 6 days on Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders at Disrupt and save [more…]
EU Cyber Resilience Act Brings 24-Hour Vulnerability Reporting Into Force
TL;DR Parts of the EU Cyber Resilience Act’s vulnerability-reporting regime are now applicable. Manufacturers must issue early warnings for actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours. [more…]
Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions
TL;DR Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology. Stablecore’s infrastructure reaches more than 3,000 U.S. banks and credit unions. [more…]
Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iranian Crypto Sanctions-Evasion Network
TL;DR U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank. OFAC says the platform was part of a network tied to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani. [more…]