Russia pays wages in digital rubles first time

Russia’s Ministry of Finance said on Friday that some of its employees had received their wages in digital rubles for the first time. Being paid in the central bank’s digital currency is available for citizens of Russia on a voluntary basis, and began on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to a Ministry of Finance press release….

NYDFS, Wyoming Strike Digital Asset Supervision Agreement

New York and Wyoming financial regulators have signed an agreement to coordinate oversight of crypto companies operating across both states, including licensing, examinations and potential enforcement actions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), announced Thursday by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Wyoming Division of Banking, applies to firms already regulated in either…

OpenPayd eyes more acquisitions as it targets year-end Nasdaq listing and U.S. launch

Crypto firms are taking different paths to the public markets: stablecoin payments company RedotPay is pressing ahead with U.S. IPO preparations, having recently completed a financial audit. Others are waiting, with Kraken parent Payward pushing its listing back to the second quarter of 2027 at the earliest, CoinDesk reported. OpenPayd has integrated with Circle Payments…

Illinois Agrees to Delay 0.2% Crypto Tax After Industry Lawsuit

Crypto advocacy organizations behind a lawsuit opposing Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax reported that state officials agreed to delay implementation by six months. In a Thursday filing in the circuit court of Sangamon County, Illinois, the crypto and blockchain advocacy group Digital Chamber said that Illinois would postpone a 0.2% tax on digital assets from Jan….

Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September but applications fall

The CryptoJobsList data for 2025 also shows no comparable August-September surge as would be expected if the end of summer was such a prominent factor. That said, 2025 was a subdued year for crypto hirings from start to finish. The most active month was October, with a mere 373 listings. The figures were flat throughout…

Community banks sue OCC

A community banks group sued a US bank regulator, claiming its decision to allow cryptocurrency companies to obtain limited national trust bank charters exceeds the authority Congress granted the agency. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) filed the suit Friday in the US District ​Court for the District of Columbia.  The group claimed the…

Trump expected to pick Clayton as AI czar

President Donald Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, as the new AI czar, CNN and other media reported Friday, citing unidentified sources. Cointelegraph reported Sept. 20 that Trump planned to create an “AI Force” modeled after the Space Force and appoint an artificial intelligence czar. The president posted on…

Wall Street giant BNY discusses infrastructure tie-up with Kraken parent Payward

Nasdaq Ventures agreed last month to invest $100 million in Payward at a $21 billion valuation while expanding the companies’ collaboration on tokenized equities. Under that agreement, Nasdaq and Payward will continue to develop the operational and commercial infrastructure for Nasdaq Equity Tokens. Payward will also adopt Nasdaq’s market-surveillance technology across its crypto, equities, tokenized-equities,…

Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow

Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows with $103 million, while Ether funds recorded a third straight day of net outflows. Source link

Zano Exploiter Created 36.9M ZANO Before Rollback

Update (Oct. 2 at 6:53 am UTC): This article has been updated to include a comment from Zano head of marketing and growth, Quinten van Welzen. Zano revealed that the attacker who exploited its Gateway Address vulnerability over the last month used it to create 36.9 million Zano (ZANO), along with 1.8 quadrillion Freedom Dollar…