tokenization
India's First Tokenized Bond Marks a Watershed for Asian Capital Markets
HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank have acquired India's first tokenized bond issued by REC, settled via CBDC in a landmark transaction reshaping Asian debt markets.…
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cryptocurrency
$320 Million Drained From Liquid Network in Latest Crypto Security Crisis
Hackers extracted $320 million from the Liquid Network blockchain, with the company describing the perpetrators as "purported white-hat hackers" in a post on X.…
blockchain
Chainlink Hits Eight-Month High as Bottomline Bridges 600+ Banks to Blockchain
LINK surges to an eight-month high after Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT provider moving $16 trillion annually, selects Chainlink to link 600+ banks to blockchain settlement rails.…
cybersecurity
Trezor's ShipMonk Breach Expands: 67,000 More US Customers Caught in Data Leak
Trezor confirms 67,000 additional U.S. customers were affected by a data breach at fulfillment partner ShipMonk, significantly widening the incident's scope.…
banking
Deutsche Bank Settles $176M Lawsuit With Former Banker for Undisclosed Sum
Deutsche Bank has reached an undisclosed settlement with a former banker over a $176M lawsuit, raising fresh questions about the lender's legal exposure.…
bitcoin
Standard Chartered Becomes First G-SIB to Offer BTC and ETH Spot Trading in UAE
Standard Chartered has launched institutional Bitcoin and Ethereum spot trading through its Dubai DIFC unit, claiming a historic first among global systemically important banks.…
blockchain
Blockstream Patches Liquid Network After $320M Exploit, Funds Declared Safe
Blockstream has confirmed its bridge nodes are patched and funds safe to return following a $320M exploit on the Liquid Network sidechain.…
bitcoin
$320M Bitcoin Breach Exposes Fault Lines in Blockstream's Liquid Network
Around 4,000 BTC worth $320M was drained from Blockstream's Liquid Federation wallet on a Sunday afternoon, raising serious questions about federated sidechain security.…
regulation
Philippines Eyes 12-Month Freeze on New Payment Operators Amid Crypto Crackdown
The Philippines proposes a 12-month moratorium on new payment operator licences while tightening crypto rules, threatening to slow Bitcoin adoption across the archipelago.…
regulation
OCC's Hard Line: How bunq and Wise Fell Short of Federal Charter Standards
The OCC rejected charter bids from neobank bunq and payments giant Wise, exposing how capital gaps and AML history can derail even the most ambitious fintech expansions.…
bitcoin
Coldcard Third-Wave Attacker Moves 45% of Stolen Bitcoin as Galaxy Tracks Laundering
A third-wave Coldcard attacker has moved 45% of stolen Bitcoin, while Galaxy reports 82% of all funds across attack waves remain dormant in original addresses.…
bitcoin
Coldcard Hacker Moves $7.7M in Methodical Third-Wave Bitcoin Drain
A sophisticated attacker linked to the Coldcard hardware wallet breach has moved $7.7M in Bitcoin across 293 vaults, emptying them largest-first.…