News

ethereums zkevm speed battle is won says vitalik buterin who now wants According to Vitalik Buterin, the race to make zero-knowledge Ethereum fast is finished. He doesn't mean it is nearly done. He means it is done. Now he wants the teams building these systems to stop chasing benchmarks and start proving their systems can't break.

Ethereum’s zkEVM Speed Battle Is Won, Says Vitalik Buterin, Who Now Wants Security Put First

kraken owner payward agrees to buy lithuanias saldo bank becoming firs For years, crypto exchanges have rolled out products that resemble banking services while remaining just beyond the edge of the formal banking system. Now Payward, which owns Kraken, is paying to get inside.

Kraken Owner Payward Agrees to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, Becoming First Crypto Company to Acquire an EU Lender

jon snow and the stark family reunite in game of thrones legends hand of the king event The finale sent Jon Snow back to the Wall seven years ago, and now he's making a comeback. You won't find him on HBO or in a new novel, though. He's showing up in Zynga's mobile RPG Game of Thrones: Legends, as part of the Hand of the King event.

Jon Snow and the Stark Family Reunite in Game of Thrones: Legends’ Hand of the King Event

standard chartered starts custodying rlusd and ripples wall street gains are leaving xrp behind On Wall Street, Ripple is gaining ground. XRP, however, isn't sharing in the gains.

Standard Chartered Starts Custodying RLUSD, and Ripple’s Wall Street Gains Are Leaving XRP Behind

strategy puts 192m into strc buyback while adding just 21 5m in bitcoin Strategy spent almost nine times more on repurchasing its own preferred stock last week than it did on Bitcoin. In a Monday update, the company said it put $192.4 million toward buying back STRC preferred shares and $21.5 million toward 250 BTC.

Strategy Puts $192M Into STRC Buyback While Adding Just $21.5M in Bitcoin

tom lee signals bitmine is close to finishing its ethereum buying after another 32m eth purchase Bitmine Immersion Technologies is now 99% of the way toward holding one out of every 20 Ethereum tokens in existence, and its chairman says the company has nearly finished buying.

Tom Lee Signals Bitmine Is Close to Finishing Its Ethereum Buying After Another $32M ETH Purchase

u k high court says chinese law will decide fate of 61000 seized bitcoin A ruling handed down by the U.K. High Court on Oct. 12 could mean that about 16,000 Chinese fraud victims recover only what they originally put in, plus interest, from one of the biggest crypto money laundering cases ever recorded.

U.K. High Court Says Chinese Law Will Decide Fate of 61,000 Seized Bitcoin

fsb calls for stablecoin failure planning and greater cross border data sharing among regulators At the start of 2025, the stablecoin market was worth roughly $206 billion. Today it stands at $306 billion. Through all of that growth, nobody has watched these tokens go through a real collapse. According to the Financial Stability Board, the G20's financial watchdog, that is exactly the problem.

FSB Calls for Stablecoin Failure Planning and Greater Cross-Border Data Sharing Among Regulators

lighter permanently retires 2452017 lit as q3 2026 buyback cycle wraps up In Brief:

Lighter Permanently Retires 2,452,017 LIT as Q3 2026 Buyback Cycle Wraps Up

xrp stays above key support even as a decade old ledger bug that could have minted 18 trillion tokens is revealed For ten years, the XRP Ledger's code contained a bug that could have created 18 trillion XRP in one transaction. The details became public on Sunday, and XRP hardly reacted.

XRP Stays Above Key Support Even as a Decade-Old Ledger Bug That Could Have Minted 18 Trillion Tokens Is Revealed