Crypto

ecb chief lagarde kept binance out of europe report says By one account, the biggest crypto exchange on the planet came close to running legally within the European Union. Then the head of the European Central Bank intervened, and the door closed.

ECB Chief Lagarde Kept Binance Out of Europe, Report Says

bitcoin has no ceo to rush a quantum fix vanecks matthew sigel warns Nobody can walk into a room and instruct Bitcoin's developers to ship a patch. That governance gap is the piece of the quantum computing debate that usually gets glossed over, and it's exactly where VanEck's Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, began when CNBC put the question to him on Friday.

Bitcoin Has No CEO to Rush a Quantum Fix, VanEck’s Matthew Sigel Warns

congress stalls so the cftc routes its crypto rulebook through the white house Just 48 hours after the Senate failed to pass the Clarity Act, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission delivered a crypto rulemaking proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget. What's inside it is anyone's guess. That isn't a figure of speech — the CFTC released no details whatsoever.

Congress stalls, so the CFTC routes its crypto rulebook through the White House

treasury tehran crypto exchange handled part of irans 2 million hormuz passage fees Tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz have paid Iran somewhere between $1 million and $2 million apiece this year. According to the U.S. Treasury, a slice of those payments has moved through a Tehran-based cryptocurrency exchange since June.

Treasury: Tehran crypto exchange handled part of Iran’s $2 million Hormuz passage fees

one us forfeiture case ties tether binance and a 1 5 billion iranian oil pipeline together The number prosecutors are asking for is $61 million. The number they describe in the same document is north of $1.5 billion. That spread — roughly 4 cents on the dollar — is the sharpest available snapshot of what on-chain enforcement currently reaches, and what it doesn't.

One US forfeiture case ties Tether, Binance and a $1.5 billion Iranian oil pipeline together

visa circle and ripple back velocity lifting its series a to 48m Three names you would not normally find on the same term sheet — Visa, Circle and Ripple — have all backed a London payments startup whose product is designed to stay invisible to you.

Visa, Circle and Ripple back Velocity, lifting its Series A to $48M

aave v4s umbrella proposal the dao absorbs the first losses before underwriters do Before a single volunteer underwriter takes a hit, Aave's DAO would swallow the first 33 ETH of bad debt on Core WETH. That's the line in TokenLogic's Sept. 11 Umbrella proposal that deserves a second read, because it flips the usual pecking order of who absorbs the damage when a liquidation goes wrong.

Aave V4’s Umbrella proposal: the DAO absorbs the first losses before underwriters do

Kraken’s Ink rollup finally gets a front door on Uniswap

arbitrum launches 115k buildathon reserving a podium spot for robinhood chain builders In Brief:

Arbitrum launches $115K Buildathon, reserving a podium spot for Robinhood Chain builders

coinbase wires community banks into stablecoins and owns the rails underneath A small-town business reaching a stablecoin rail now has three parties standing in the path. The customer relationship belongs to the bank or credit union. The payments-platform link comes from Moov. Custody and movement components come from Coinbase, per its announcement. To the customer, it all looks like a single bank-branded product.

Coinbase Wires Community Banks Into Stablecoins — And Owns the Rails Underneath