Nasdaq has planned to advance pan-European tokenized trading through a partnership with Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenized asset settlement platform Seturion. As the collaboration aims to connect Nasdaq’s European trading venues to Seturion that supports both private and public distributed ledger technology (DLT) and settlement using both traditional money or digital
U.S. prosecutors are seeking a retrial for Roman Storm, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash. This comes after a federal jury issued a mixed verdict in the previous trial. The case has received considerable attention in the cryptocurrency industry because it has the potential to set the
KAST, a stablecoin infrastructure firm, has secured a significant $80 million in a Series A funding round co‑led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital. After this investment, the company’s estimated total value is about $600 million, as it mainly supports the expansion of its stablecoin‑powered financial platform According to the KAST announcement
MEXC, the fastest-growing global cryptocurrency exchange, redefining a user-first approach to digital assets through true zero-fee trading, today released its January-February 2026 security report. The data underscores how operational rigor in asset protection and regulatory compliance translates into measurable institutional trust. The report documents 34 successful fraud blocks totaling $4.09
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Binance exchange and its founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), secured a legal win after a U.S. Court dismissed all claims on cryptocurrency transactions allegedly linked to 64 terrorist attacks globally between 2017 and 2024. The court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to prove that Binance knowingly supported the attacks. According to
Helios Finance, the company behind the specialized Bitcoin-native lending protocol and credit card, has raised $1M in funding to bridge the gap between long-term Bitcoin holding and real-world liquidity. The round saw participation from top-tier venture firms including Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, 3Commas Capital, and the BitcoinFi Accelerator. A select
Payments company Strike got a virtual currency licence and a money transmitter licence (MTL) from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), permitting the firm to provide its Bitcoin services to residents and businesses in New York. Permitted in February, the approvals authorise Zap Solutions, Inc., which does
The team at Aave Labs has reportedly spent around $1.5 million on a huge audit program, marking one of the most thorough security reviews in DeFi so far. The review process lasted around 345 days and comprised various security companies and a large public audit contest. The period of moving
U.S. banking regulators have made an important step toward incorporating blockchain technology into the traditional financial system by pointing out that tokenized securities need to be treated the same as traditional securities for capital regulatory purposes under current regulations. On March 5, the official U.S. Federal Reserve website released a
