Bitget confirms $351.6M exchange wallet breach; CEO says North Korea "very likely" responsible
Bitget says a compromised backend system and spoofed transfers, not private keys, allowed the theft, the largest crypto hack of 2026 by DefiLlama's count.
finance.yahoo · +10 outlets
Fed proposes reserve limits and capital standards for stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act
The proposals are the first concrete rulemaking to implement the US stablecoin law and will shape how issuers hold reserves.
theblock.co · +13 outlets
New York sues Polymarket, alleging illegal gambling operation
The suit tests state authority over prediction markets as federal regulators and courts weigh their status.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
XRP holders lost nearly $20M from 6,678 hardware and app wallets in six attack waves
XRPL.to traced the drains through September 20, and DCENT says exposed app wallet seed phrases must be replaced even on hardware devices.
Cryptoslate · +2 outlets
Bitcoin falls below $84K as bond yields hit highest since 2007; traders price in four Fed hikes by June 2027
A broad crypto sell-off followed a surge in Treasury yields, with spot bitcoin ETFs still logging $347M of inflows on the day.
Cointelegraph · +14 outlets
XRP hits $1.60 then slides as spot selling and escrow supply outweigh ETF demand
XRP rose about 16% in a week before shedding roughly 7% in a day, with ETF inflows reported near $18-20M daily against persistent spot selling.
finance.yahoo.com · +6 outlets
IBM connects Digital Asset Haven to Swift ledger for tokenized deposit transactions
The link ties corporate tokenized deposits into Swift's interbank messaging, a competitive development for cross-border payment networks including Ripple's.
theblock.co · +3 outlets
Cathie Wood's ARK tokenizes $1.3B venture fund with Securitize, giving onchain exposure to OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe
The move brings a major venture portfolio onchain, expanding tokenized private-market exposure beyond funds and treasuries.
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
KelpDAO sues LayerZero and its CEO over $292M rsETH bridge exploit
The suit assigns responsibility for one of 2026's largest bridge losses, a dispute that could set precedent for cross-chain security liability.
CoinDesk · +7 outlets
UK's largest banks complete world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits
The trial moves tokenized deposits from pilot to interbank settlement, a milestone for bank-issued digital money.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Ripple CEO Garlinghouse says he is not an XRP maximalist, puts customer needs first
The comments reframe Ripple's positioning away from maximalism as it pushes RLUSD and enterprise payment products.
The Crypto Basic · +8 outlets
Binance and Bybit offer $800K in XRP rewards to RLUSD holders to attract users
The campaigns pay users to hold Rippled's stablecoin over four weeks, excluding US residents, as exchanges compete for stablecoin liquidity.
Pluang · +5 outlets
XRP Ledger stablecoin market cap grows $67M in a week as lending proposal nears mainnet
RLUSD-driven growth and an approaching XRPL lending amendment point to expanding on-ledger credit and stablecoin activity.
The Crypto Basic · +1 outlets
XRP Ledger eyes October upgrade that banks have been waiting for
Ripple says the batch amendment hardens the ledger ahead of institutional use cases, with XRP holding a 15% weekly gain into the upgrade.
finance.yahoo.com · +10 outlets
Franklin XRP ETF overtakes Canary as second-largest spot XRP fund
Fund rankings are shifting fast in the young spot XRP ETF market, with 21Shares also reporting a $3.8M outflow.
The Crypto Basic · +4 outlets
XRP briefly tops $100B market cap, then slips below on profit-taking
XRP touched the $100B mark on September 22 before sellers pushed it back down, a round-trip on a closely watched milestone.
finance.yahoo · +3 outlets
XRPL volume hits $2.8B in a day driven by two obscure pools and only 185 trades
The concentration raises questions about how the feed values fills in illiquid issued-token pools, a data-integrity concern for the ledger.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets
Ripple to power Absa's digital asset custody push
The tie-up adds an African banking client for Ripple's custody technology as the digital asset custody market is projected near $4.3T.
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