Crypto Breaking News

BitGo Holdings has appointed Alex Rozman as chief compliance officer, effective September 21.

Coinbase has partnered with Stablecore to bring digital-asset services into existing US banking systems.

Huawei is accelerating the debut of its next-generation AI chip by several months, aiming to replace Nvidia in China and compete on the global stage. The Ascend 960DT chip will now be launched in the first quarter of 2027. Another variant of the new series, dubbed 960PR, will be delivered in the third quarter. Bloomberg's Anthony Stephens reports.

WisdomTree has partnered with MoonPay to expand US access to its WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund, known as WTGXX.

Turkish officials are trying to stop a meltdown at some of the country's most prominent asset managers from infecting the wider financial industry. Several top finance executives were either detained or given travel bans as part of a widening investigation related to mass outflows from asset managers this week. Bloomberg's Beril Akman reports.

Galaxy has launched two institutional vaults on Kamino, expanding its Galaxy Curation platform into the Solana ecosystem.

The Bank of Japan has raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, citing inflation risks from higher import and energy costs.

The global debate over artificial intelligence risks entered a new phase this week amid clashing views from tech executives over whether frontier labs should slow the development of the technology. Leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Google DeepMind put forward the need for self-regulation checks on growth that give AI models more control. Meanwhile, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta said they're developing tools to check, control and regulate AI risks as US President Donald Trump called the alerts a "hoax". The call for caution saw a rotation out of tech stocks at the start of the week as investors questioned whether there's a need to reprice the pace of the booming AI buildout.

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate, ramping up the pace of hikes to the fastest in 36 years. Bloomberg journalists and an economist discuss what this means.

Splash has patched the validator exploit after an attacker drained its Cardano-based ADA/OADA StableSwap pool on September 13.

Stellar has activated Protocol 28 after a scheduled mainnet vote, adding infrastructure designed for larger smart-contract deployments.

Optimism governance has approved Upgrade 20, a change needed for the network’s planned Superchain interoperability.