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Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA has approved the country's first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a milestone that marks a significant expansion of regulated Bitcoin access in one of Eur
One trader warns that ZEC could fall toward a historical level at $597. Could it? The chart marks no support that low, and the nearest one is $1,060.09, though price just slipped under $1,187
Initia has halted its Layer 1 blockchain and connected rollups after an attacker exploited a previously unknown software vulnerability to mint unauthorized tokens and withdraw approximately $
A hacker exploited a previously unknown bug in Initia's blockchain infrastructure on October 23, 2026, minting and bridging out roughly $2.7 million in digital assets before the network's val
A hacker reportedly minted $2.7 million in unauthorized crypto on the Initia blockchain, forcing the network to halt operations entirely. The incident raises urgent questions about how the pr
Sophon is shutting down its Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, and anyone still holding a balance there has to get it out by November 25, according to the project. After that, infrastructure and we
Binance Futures launched four new USDT-margined perpetual contracts on October 21, 2026 tracking Constellation Energy, Bank of America, Interactive Brokers and Medtronic stock The contracts,
Developer activity around Hedera is climbing. According to Chainspect data, the number of developers on the @hedera network has risen by more than 57% over the past seven days, while the numb
@Aster_DEX, the exchange behind $ASTER, now runs Bitcoin, Ether and Solana perpetual futures quoted in $USDC and backed by USDC deposited on @arc. Arc says this makes the stablecoin a trading
Nasdaq-listed brokerage Futu has opened $BNB deposits and withdrawals for eligible professional investors in Hong Kong, allowing clients to move the token between self-custody wallets and Fut
@ethena, the protocol behind $ENA, has made its USDe dollar token native on @XLayerOfficial, the layer 2 network run by OKX. Users can hold and swap the token across the chain. The first inte
$USDT on @BNBCHAIN recorded $3.69T across 471 million transfers over the past 30 days, about 2.5 times the combined total of Tron and Ethereum, according to data from rwa.xyz. The figure plac
