OG.com cleared by SEC to offer single-stock futures, says Crypto.com CEO

Crypto.com’s CEO said its sister exchange was cleared to offer US access to single-stock perpetual futures, as the latest platform to bridge TradFi and digital assets. Source link

Hut 8 co-founder warns of AI risks as he moves profits back into bitcoin (BTC)

The concern extends to banks. Van der Chijs believes AI could expose vulnerabilities in legacy banking software, threatening confidence in institutions that depend on interconnected systems. Within crypto, he sees exchanges and other businesses built around bitcoin as more vulnerable than the underlying network. His concerns have not displaced an expansive view of AI’s economic…

Kalshi Files to Bring Perpetual Futures to US Stocks

Kalshi has filed to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, joining Coinbase in a push to bring crypto-style derivatives to traditional equity markets. The prediction market filed the proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission and submitted it to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval on Friday. The CFTC…

Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what’s replacing it

The Clarity Act would have cleared that up and also elevated the SEC’s sister agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to new authorities — most importantly full supervisory powers over the crypto commodity spot markets. Spot markets are where commodities trade directly, and since bitcoin and Ethereum’s ether were eventually determined to be commodities, it…

Bastion conditionally OK for US trust bank

 Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted it preliminary conditional approval for a US trust bank charter. The charter adds federal supervision from the OCC to the state licenses Bastion already holds, according to a news release on Friday. Still, the proposed bank could not accept…

Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report

Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes. Source link

Bitcoin ETFs shed $450M in biggest outflow since June

The $450 million withdrawal came as Bitcoin fell 2.5% and the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with Fidelity and BlackRock funds leading the outflows. Source link

Haruko hack hits 15 crypto clients, with exchange API details, trading data and funds stolen

The London-based firm provides portfolio, risk-management and trade-data infrastructure to institutional digital-asset firms. Its platform connects with centralized exchanges, custodians, blockchains and decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocols, giving clients a consolidated view of their positions, transactions and risk exposure. “GSR has not been impacted by any rumored breach,” a company spokesperson said. “3iQ was not affected by…

Banks Now Account for Nearly 1 in 4 EU MiCA Crypto Providers

Banks are rapidly expanding their presence in Europe’s regulated crypto market, with traditional lenders now accounting for nearly one in four providers listed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework (MiCA). The number of banks on the EU’s MiCA crypto provider list doubled to about 80 from roughly 40 between June 26 and Sept….

US Bitcoin reserve bill passes House Committee

US lawmakers took a step on Wednesday to put US President Donald Trump’s executive order to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve into law.  The American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8957) passed the US House Committee on Financial Services in a 28-21 vote. The bill would establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a separate…