Payments
DeFi

S&P Global Agrees to Buy OpenZeppelin and Fold Smart Contract Audits Into Ratings

The ratings firm that cut Tether’s stability grade to its lowest level last year is buying the security company behind…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc’s first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday…
Sep 17, 2026
Payments

Chainflip to reset TRON USDT provider balances to zero following $736,000 exploit

Providers retain a separate on-chain record of what they are owed, but Chainflip has not disclosed repayment timing. The post…
Sep 17, 2026
DeFi

UK Sets Crypto Licensing Rules as Treasury Plans to Exempt Some Stablecoin Payments

The Financial Conduct Authority published final guidance on which crypto activities need its authorization, and said it will consult on…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle Switches On Arc Blockchain and Mints 10 Billion Tokens It Has Not Promised to Sell

The Layer 1 went live on Wednesday with more than 100 applications and a founding validator cohort that includes BlackRock,…
Sep 16, 2026
DeFi

Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation?

Stablecoin growth stayed below 6% while ETH and SOL gained more than 32%, leaving the inflow picture unresolved. The post…
Sep 15, 2026
DeFi

Stablecoin growth could boost dollar dominance, US Treasury demand: BoE official

A Bank of England policy maker said digital dollars could expand access to the US currency while turning stablecoin issuers…
Sep 15, 2026
Markets

CoinEx Shuts Down After Nine Years, Giving Users Until December 22 to Withdraw

The exchange says its reserves exceed 100% and that it will buy back its CET token at its 0.005 USDT…
Sep 15, 2026
Industry News

XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade

Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with 27 of 35 trusted validators…
Sep 15, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle’s Arc launch ties Wall Street firms to the network without making them its safety net

Ahead of the planned Sept. 16 launch, institutional validators offer ledger accountability without a blanket guarantee for applications or losses.…
Sep 14, 2026