Payments
Institutional

Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure

US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where…
Sep 25, 2026
Payments

Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled “Bitget Exploiter 8,” locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker…
Sep 25, 2026
Payments

Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% of Group Assets

A federal court order lists $79.1 million seized. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Sep 25, 2026
DeFi

Aave Adds Coinbase Stock Tokens as Collateral on Base

Seven stock tokens back USDC loans in a dedicated V4 market with a 21 million USDC borrowing cap. Access is…
Sep 25, 2026
Payments

Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist

The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in…
Sep 25, 2026
Payments

Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure

While Tether’s stated ceiling places its maximum exposure under $64 million, the incident underscores lingering counterparty risks in fiat gateway…
Sep 25, 2026
Payments

SEC’s Hester Peirce wants to end crypto’s KYC honeypots before stablecoin rules create more of them

Covered direct issuer customers would still provide identifying fields, while reliance on another institution remains conditional. The post SEC’s Hester…
Sep 25, 2026
DeFi

Fed’s Stablecoin Proposal Sets Capital Charges and Presumes Some Yield Deals Are Prohibited

The Federal Reserve’s GENIUS Act proposals would set reserve and capital rules for the stablecoin issuers it supervises and an…
Sep 25, 2026
Infrastructure

Block Adds Bitcoin Lightning to x402 Standard

The Lightning payment specification has been merged into x402’s repository, while a Python implementation still awaits review and real-node testing.…
Sep 25, 2026
AI

Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents

Block joins Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase in backing x402, an open payment standard enabling agentic AI commerce. Read Full…
Sep 25, 2026