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Japan added Garantex to its asset-freeze list on October 2, requiring government permission for any payments or capital transactions involving the sanctioned Russian exchange.
Digital-asset dealmaking hit a record $9.7 billion in disclosed value in the first half of 2026, up 44% year over year – while the Clarity Act sat stuck in the U.S. Senate.
Brazilians head to the polls in a first round that lands squarely on crypto’s regulatory doorstep – licensing, self-custody reporting and a shelved stablecoin tax all hang in the balance.
Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer now targets Bitcoin $300,000 by 2029 on a Power Law model, with a near-term $100,000 call after abandoning his flat-2026 view.
BNB Chain tokenized stocks just passed $1 billion — about 30% of the $3.7B market — as BNB Chain overtook Ethereum for the first time in tokenized equities.
The Independent Community Bankers of America sues the OCC in D.C. federal court, arguing crypto trust charters bypass the limits Congress set on banking oversight.
DTCC Tokenization Service Launches to Replace Legacy Financial Infrastructure The DTCC tokenization service is real, and it arrives this month. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation — the quiet plumbing that settles $4.7 quadrillion a year in US securities — kicks off its DTC Tokenization Service in October 2026, moving tokenization from experimental pilots into … Read more
Bitget Breach Highlights Third-Party Security Risks The Bitget breach was the largest crypto theft of 2026: a $387.5 million heist from the exchange on September 25, 2026, carried out with a zero-day exploit targeting third-party security appliances, according to investigations by SlowMist and Mandiant. The attack, suspected to be the work of the Lazarus Group, … Read more
ChainUp announces the return of its flagship pre-TOKEN2049 event, focusing on institutional infrastructure, enterprise scale, and direct dealmaking. ChainUp‘s exclusive pre-TOKEN2049 event, The Institutional Ark, returns on October 6, 2026, at Monti at 1-Pavilion for C-suite leaders, capital allocators, and fintech builders. Backed by award-winning event execution recognized at the Marketing Events Awards, the evening … Read more
How the EU-India regulatory MoU reshapes cross-border market access, clearing standards, and transparency for UAE and MENA digital asset traders.