Donald Trump urged Congress to advance digital-asset market-structure legislation, accusing major banks of trying to undermine the administration’s crypto agenda amid a dispute over stablecoin yield.
Police in South Korea have arrested individuals allegedly paid in cryptocurrency to carry out “private revenge” attacks involving vandalism, threats and the spreading of food and human waste.
Ripple has upgraded its Ripple Payments platform to support a full stablecoin workflow spanning collection, custody, conversion and payout, as it deepens its push into institutional cross-border settlement.
The European Central Bank warned that widespread adoption of euro-denominated stablecoins could drain deposits from commercial banks and weaken monetary policy transmission.
Visa will expand stablecoin-backed cards to more than 100 countries by the end of 2026 through its partnership with Bridge, a subsidiary of Stripe.
Binance has launched seven AI Agent Skills that allow automated systems to access spot trading, wallet data and advanced order types through a unified interface.
The Central Bank of Brazil will require licenced cryptocurrency exchanges to submit daily asset sufficiency reports starting Jan. 1, 2027, aligning digital asset platforms with commercial banking-style prudential standards.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig said the agency aims to launch “genuine professional” crypto perpetual futures in the US within about four weeks as part of a broader regulatory overhaul.
The United States government transferred roughly 0.33 bitcoin on Tuesday in its first onchain movement of 2026, with the funds linked to wallets labelled “Miguel Villanueva Seized Funds” and valued at about $22,876 at prevailing prices.
Bitcoin traded around $68,783 on Tuesday, recovering from an intraday low of $66,300 as investors reassessed interest rate expectations against a backdrop of intensifying US-Iran conflict.
Ariomex has suffered a data leak exposing user and transaction records from 2022 to 2025, according to a report by US cybersecurity firm Resecurity.
More than $10 million in crypto flowed out of Iranian exchanges after US and Israeli strikes, according to blockchain analytics firms, highlighting heightened capital movement amid escalating geopolitical tension.
