Fri, October 30

Anthropic Targets November IPO at Potential $2 Trillion Valuation

Anthropic has rescheduled its initial public offering for November from October, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The extra time may enable Anthropic to reveal the third-quarter earnings to future investors. Investor meetings will be used to assess investor interest ahead of Anthropic’s determination of its offering size and

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

Coinbase Files With CFTC for US Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

Coinbase Derivatives has officially submitted a proposal to the CFTC seeking approval to bring perpetual futures. These are linked to the US stocks individually in the American derivatives market. These outmatch traditional futures, as perpetual contracts are ones that do not expire. It would give eligible users and traders 24/5

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

a16z-Backed Linera Shuts Down Operations as Funding Runs Dry

Linera, a16z-backed Layer 1 blockchain project founded by former Meta researcher Mathieu Baudet, has announced it is ceasing operations immediately. The team communicated the shutdown via Discord, not a press release, not a formal investor notice, just a message in a community server.  It stated that insufficient funding had made

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

Hong Kong to Launch 24/7 CBDC Settlement by End-2026

Hong Kong is expected to roll out the wholesale CBDC settlement after banking hours by 2026. This plan will utilize the EnsembleTX, which will be used to facilitate continuous settlement for tokenized deposits. EnsembleTX makes up the pilot stage for Project Ensemble, which is the tokenization project for Hong Kong.

September 18, 2026 2 mins read

Ethereum Glamsterdam Testnet Faces Builder Abuse Concerns

Glamsterdam will activate on October 6th for the Sepolia testnet, according to Ethereum developers. The upgrade is to undergo yet another round of testing by client teams who will develop software that is compatible. The developers requested that teams release software for Sepolia by September 29th, giving them just seven

September 18, 2026 2 mins read

SEC Opens the Door to Onchain Stocks With Five-Year Innovation Exemption

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a temporary, conditional exemptive relief order that allows Tokenised Securities Venues to trade tokenised NMS stocks using permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools, without being classified as an exchange under the Exchange Act.  Moreover, the order, dubbed the “Innovation Exemption,” marks

September 18, 2026 3 mins read

Binance’s EU License Bid Collapsed After Reported Lagarde Intervention

Binance had spent more than a year trying to establish a presence in Europe through Greece’s crypto licensing process. Binance submitted its application shortly before the end of 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal. Greek regulators said later that they would approve Binance’s application in early June. The company

September 18, 2026 2 mins read

FCA Raids Three London Sites in Crackdown on Illegal Crypto Trading

There has been increased scrutiny of peer-to-peer crypto trading that does not have FCA registration in the United Kingdom. The FCA carried out an investigation on September 10th alongside HM Revenue & Customs and the police. Cease and desist notices were served at all three premises after inspection. The notices

September 17, 2026 2 mins read

Vitalik Buterin Challenges AI Cybersecurity Doom Narrative

Vitalik Buterin dismissed all allegations concerning the ability of AI hackers to render cybersecurity indefensible due to advancements in artificial intelligence technology. Buterin said that AI could help improve the cybersecurity system by means of formal verification. This involves using mathematical proofs to assess the security properties of software. However,

September 17, 2026 2 mins read

H100 Group Sees Insider Buying as CEO Eirik Grøttum Acquires Over 407K Shares

H100 Group AB announced that its CEO, Eirik Grøttum, purchased 407,163 shares in the company through Kode Oslo AS. It is a company in which he serves as a board member, holds a 20% stake, and participates in investment decisions. The total consideration paid was SEK 621,887 at an average

September 17, 2026 2 mins read