SBF’s cohorts at FTX take last SEC hit, Ellison banned from company roles for decade

Three of the top former executives at FTX and its affiliates have accepted final punishments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the agency resolves its enforcement cases connected to the exchange’s collapse, the SEC said in a litigation notice on Friday. As former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continues his federal prison sentence on his…

40% AVA AI Coin Genesis Supply ‘sniped’, Claims Bubblemaps

Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps said a cluster of 23 wallets linked to the deployer of the Solana-based AI token Ava accumulated around 40% of the token’s supply at launch, raising new questions about insider coordination around the project’s debut. The sybil wallet cluster related to the deployer shared similar patterns, including being funded in a…

Blockchains Quietly Prepare for Quantum Threat as Bitcoin Debates Timeline

Quantum computers still cannot break Bitcoin, but several major blockchains are preparing for a future in which they might. In the past week, Aptos proposed post-quantum signature support as Solana tested quantum-resistant transactions. Meanwhile, parts of the Bitcoin community renewed calls to accelerate work on quantum-safe upgrades. These developments point to a growing anxiety across…

Blockchains Quietly Prepare for Quantum Threat as Bitcoin Debates Timeline

Quantum computers still cannot break Bitcoin, but several major blockchains are preparing for a future in which they might. In the past week, Aptos proposed post-quantum signature support as Solana tested quantum-resistant transactions. Meanwhile, parts of the Bitcoin community renewed calls to accelerate work on quantum-safe upgrades. These developments point to a growing anxiety across…

Malaysia’s Royal Stablecoin and Asia’s Shift to Tokenized Money

Key takeaways RMJDT is a ringgit stablecoin pitched for payments and cross-border trade. Its treasury and validator setup is designed to make onchain settlement function like reliable infrastructure. Across Asia, stablecoins are being brought under licensing and reserve and redemption rules. Tokenized assets are increasing demand for tokenized settlement in local currencies, not just USD….

Blockchains Quietly Prepare for Quantum Threat as Bitcoin Debates Timeline

Quantum computers still cannot break Bitcoin, but several major blockchains are preparing for a future in which they might. In the past week, Aptos proposed post-quantum signature support as Solana tested quantum-resistant transactions. Meanwhile, parts of the Bitcoin community renewed calls to accelerate work on quantum-safe upgrades. These developments point to a growing anxiety across…

Bitcoin’s ‘most oversold’ weekly RSI hints at BTC price rebound in 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) traders expected a short-term bounce as a key BTC price metric sank to its lowest levels in almost three years. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView revealed extremely “oversold” conditions on the BTC/USD relative strength index (RSI). Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s “most oversold” RSI, historically tied to major BTC price rallies, suggests a price…

Jump Trading Hit with $4B lawsuit Tied to Terra’s $50B Crash

The administrator of Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy, Todd Snyder, has filed a lawsuit seeking $4 billion in damages from trading company Jump Trading and multiple executives. According to a Friday Wall Street Journal report, the lawsuit alleges that Jump Trading unlawfully profited from and contributed to the 2022 crash of Terra. Alongside the company, the suit…

Blockchain Fragmentation Is Costing Tokenized Assets Billions

Fragmentation across blockchain networks is already imposing a measurable economic cost on the tokenized asset market, with inefficiencies translating into up to $1.3 billion in annual value drag.  In a report sent to Cointelegraph, real-world asset (RWA) data provider RWA.io argued that while blockchains accelerated innovation, they also created walls that trap liquidity and prevent…

Synthetix Returns To Ethereum Mainnet After 3 Years

Perpetuals trading platform Synthetix is returning to Ethereum’s mainnet, with its founder arguing the network is now more than capable of supporting high-frequency financial applications after years of network congestion drove derivatives activity elsewhere. “By the time perp DEXs became a thing, the mainnet was too congested, but now we can run it back,” Synthetix…