Crypto & Web3

A UC San Diego-led team impersonated a hardware security module without extracting its key.

Strive bought 1,107 BTC for $94.5 million last week, lifting its holdings to 27,462 BTC, with its SATA preferred stock supplying 85% of the capital.

The flagship digital asset surged past $120,000 for the first time in history, fueled by record institutional inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, a weakening dollar, and persistent sovereign demand from Middle Eastern wealth funds.

Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.

The Ethereum Layer-2 ecosystem has crossed $80 billion in total value locked across Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync, and Starknet, with Coinbase's Base network emerging as the highest-throughput chain by daily transaction count.

Democrats on the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence published a report alleging that USDT had become a key tool for the Iranian government.

Bitcoin extends last week's pullback as Trump rejects Iran's ceasefire plan, sending oil above $100 and yields higher ahead of Wednesday's PCE report.

Some stolen assets have been frozen, but Bitget has yet to disclose how much has been recovered as investigators continue to assess a possible North Korea link.

Altseason is almost here and early signs suggest traders are becoming more selective, with capital flowing into revenue-generating protocols across a number of different narratives.

Bitmine has staked 84% of its tokens, a position it projects will generate some $358 million a year in staking rewards.

Strategy sold 1.47 million MSTR shares for $246.2 million, using the proceeds for Bitcoin purchases and STRC preferred stock repurchases.

The Gary Gensler era is long gone and now the SEC is providing clarity on what crypto protocols can and can’t do with their tokens.

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 28, 2026

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market shares can be used as collateral for USDT or USDC trading credit lines on Bybit while earning yield on the underlying assets.

Decentralized finance's total value locked has reached $250 billion — a new all-time high — powered by Aave's V4 cross-chain liquidity, Uniswap V4's programmable hooks, and an influx of institutional capital seeking permissioned DeFi exposure.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s legislation bars public officials from issuing meme coins and exchanges from listing tokens tied to politicians.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 28.

Tokenized real-world assets — spanning U.S. Treasuries, private credit, real estate, and trade finance — have crossed $50 billion in on-chain value, marking the most significant maturation milestone in institutional DeFi history.

Solana's blockchain infrastructure processed 100 million daily transactions for the first time in September 2026, driven by consumer application growth, Visa's USDC settlement integration, and a DEX trading volume record of $12 billion in a single day.

President Biden signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, creating the first federal licensing framework for dollar-pegged digital currencies and positioning USDC for institutional dominance.