The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has reportedly met with major American bank leaders this week as officials assessed potential cyber threats that Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence system poses. According
Solana‑based Drift Protocol’s $270m exploit has become a live test of how Circle, DeFi builders and lawmakers share responsibility when stablecoins sit at the center of a hack. Circle’s chief
Zcash price shot up over 21% today, extending its gains over the past week to over 60% as privacy coins see renewed demand from investors. According to data from crypto.news,
ECB backs shifting supervision of systemic crypto firms and venues from national regulators to esma as part of a wider eu capital markets integration push. The European Central Bank (ECB)
Simplechain raises $15m to build an RWA‑first layer 1 and dataipo protocol, extending ex‑jd.com and ant group execs’ push into compliant asset tokenization. Real‑world asset (RWA) startup SimpleChain has raised
Animoca‑backed Anchorpoint is preparing to launch HKDAP, a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, as part of Hong Kong’s push to make bank‑grade fiat tokens core financial infrastructure. Anchorpoint Financial Technology,
Coinbase Asset Management and MarketVector’s COINSOV index uses inverse volatility weights to blend Bitcoin and gold, targeting better risk‑adjusted ‘store‑of‑value’ returns than static mixes. Coinbase Asset Management and global index