The Pocket Bitcoin has now widened its August security breach scope following its full forensic analysis. According to the Swiss Bitcoin company, there were two data sets in connection to the security issue involving 5,411 users. While the first dataset included bank transactions records for 5,120 users, the second one
South Korea is moving to expand tokenized securities beyond fractional investment products, with plans to build infrastructure that can eventually support stocks, bonds, funds and other traditional securities. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced the policy direction on September 4 following a meeting of its public-private tokenized securities consultative body.
El Salvador and the IMF have reached a staff-level agreement on the combined second and third reviews of the country’s 40-month Extended Fund Facility arrangement. Subject to IMF Executive Board approval and the completion of agreed prior actions, El Salvador stands to receive approximately $140 million. It is equivalent to
Coinbase, America’s leading regulated centralized crypto exchange, has taken a regulatory step toward bringing single-stock perpetual contracts to the U.S. market by filing notice registrations with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its derivatives exchange and brokerage business. The crypto exchange confirmed the move in a post on X
Dogecoin (DOGE) is the first and most famous dog-themed token, and it hit $0.1007 on August 22 and has since retraced more than 17% to current levels. At press time, the meme coin is trading at $0.08318, with a value rise of over 3%, and with the volume settled at
The leading hardware wallet company, Ledger SAS, is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over an alleged $1.9 million cryptocurrency loss. Douglas Kim filed the complaint on August 27, 2026, seeking at least $500 million in damages. According to
Paul Atkins, the chair of the SEC, has framed the Regulation Crypto Assets as an answer to years of ambiguity. The regulation will make the American market more welcoming for crypto-based firms and innovators. According to Atkins, the former administration was too aggressive in its enforcement efforts and thus pushed
Standard Chartered has launched Bitcoin and Ether spot trading for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates, expanding its regulated digital asset services through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) entity. The British multinational bank announced the move on September 3, 2026, saying it has become the first global systemically
The largest altcoin, Ethereum (ETH), has strengthened its market structure after buyers successfully defended the long-term ascending trendline. The reaction from this macro support triggered a sharp recovery, allowing ETH to break through the initial resistance zone and turn that former ceiling into near-term support. ETH is currently trading at
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, again pushed back its planned initial public offering (IPO) to the second quarter of 2027 at the earliest, according to the CoinDesk report. The latest timeline extends the delay that began earlier this year, when Payward put its IPO plans on hold
