September 20, 2026
Lemon has decided to close its Brazilian operations and terminate about 15,000 local accounts after finding the country’s new crypto licensing capital requirements too costly for its business. Lemon said Brazil’s new capital requirements were “disproportionate” to the size of… …
HotShort has joined the Feixiaohao × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum as a co-organizer and will present its model for turning short-drama content and related revenue into blockchain-based assets at the Sep. 29 event in Seoul. Feixiaohao said the forum will… …
MultiversX has opened an investigation into a potential issue on its mainnet and said it expects to provide another update within 12 hours or sooner if the team reaches a clear finding. MultiversX has begun reviewing the mainnet issue MultiversX… …
A BaFin official has warned that centralized EU crypto supervision could place extra burdens on firms while reducing flexibility in applying MiCA rules. Centralized MiCA supervision could reduce flexibility The European Blockchain Convention’s Day 2 briefing attributed the warning to… …
The SEC has opened permissioned onchain trading to fully backed U.S. stock tokens, but the 32.5-hour trading week on NYSE and Nasdaq leaves automated markets without a live reference price for most of each 168-hour week. The SEC’s temporary exemption… …
The SEC has opened a five-year pathway for tokenized U.S. stocks that requires each approved token to carry the economic, voting, dividend, and liquidation rights attached to the underlying share. Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan told crypto.news that the legal… …
Ethereum Classic node operators have been urged to avoid a disputed Core Geth v1.13.0 release after several mining pool nodes briefly adopted the software before returning to the maintained Argos client. Classix said in a Sept. 16 incident report that… …
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet says Bitcoin’s quantum challenge centers on migration, as SHRINCS raises new wallet state and recovery risks. …
Kyobo Life and SBI completed a Canton Network test of direct yen-won stablecoin settlement without using the U.S. dollar as an intermediary …
Federal prosecutors have charged two Robinhood engineers with commodities fraud and wire fraud after each allegedly earned more than $50,000 by trading crypto perpetual futures with confidential listing information. Robinhood engineers allegedly traded before listings The U.S. Attorney’s Office for… …
BitBox has added a self-custody Lightning hot wallet to the BitBoxApp, letting hardware-wallet users make faster Bitcoin payments through their existing backup without recording another recovery phrase. BitBox Lightning wallet separates spending from savings BitBox announced the integration as part… …
Dollar stablecoins have grown to about $300 billion in circulation, prompting a Bank of England policymaker to warn that their expansion could increase demand for US Treasurys while creating new risks during periods of heavy redemptions. Stablecoins could extend the… …
TD Cowen has raised its price target for The Smarter Web Company to £0.73 ($0.99) from £0.64 ($0.87) while keeping its Buy rating after the Bitcoin treasury firm proposed a new perpetual preferred-share offering. TD Cowen analysts led by Lance… …
Bitcoin Suisse may cut up to 60 Swiss jobs after a Sept. 20 consultation while moving technology and back-office work overseas. …
BNK Investment & Securities has signed a strategic agreement with cultural-finance fintech EverTreasure to develop fractional investment and tokenized securities products tied to films, performances, musicals and artworks. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Sept. 14 that the two… …
UK crypto firms have been given a five-month application window, from Sep. 30 to Feb. 28, to seek Financial Conduct Authority approval before a new regulatory regime is expected to take effect in October 2027. The Financial Times published a… …
Bitcoin market sentiment has risen above 89 on an index tracked by CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, reaching its highest level since March 2024 before easing back. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said the last comparable burst of bullish sentiment came in March 2024.… …
A limited number of Greenberg Traurig documents have appeared on the dark web after an unauthorized actor accessed them, the international law firm has said. Reuters reported on Sep. 10 that Greenberg Traurig had confirmed the unauthorized access and dark… …