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Arun | Senior Cybersecurity & Blockchain Strategist. Arun is a cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience leading security operations for global institutions. A frequent speaker at international Cybersecurity and Blockchain conferences, he has been a lead contributor at CryptoNewsBytes since 2017. ✍️ By combining two decades of security leadership with deep-dive reporting on AI, emerging threats, and crypto regulations (including the CLARITY and GENIUS Acts), Arun provides institutional-grade clarity for the evolving 2026 digital asset landscape. 🛡️🌐

Ondo Finance Just Connected Tokenized Funds to DTCC’s 85% of US Mutual Fund Infrastructure. Here Is What That Means.

Key Points ▶ Ondo Finance’s subsidiary Oasis Pro Markets became the first tokenization platform to join DTCC’s Fund/SERV network on September 16, 2026. ▶ Fund/SERV processes more than 85% of US mutual fund transaction activity, connecting fund companies, wealth management…

Hoskinson Keynotes Washington DC Crypto Summit (GBA) With World Bank, SEC and UN on September 30

Key Points ▶ Charles Hoskinson keynotes the Government Blockchain Association Future of Money, Governance and the Law 2026 summit at the National Press Club in Washington DC on September 30, 2026. ▶ He also participates in a Capitol Hill Roundtable…

USDC Has Nearly Halved USDT’s Lead in Five Years. Here Is What the Data Actually Shows

TL;DR ▶ The total stablecoin market has grown from $27 billion at end-2020 to $303 billion in September 2026, a nearly 12x increase in five years. ▶ USDT still leads globally at 59% of total stablecoin supply ($183B) but its…

A Hacker Stole $7.8M in rsETH. A Bot Named Yoink Stole It Back First and Hacker went back with $0

TL;DR ▶ On September 15, 2026, an attacker exploited a flaw in a Gnosis Safe wallet on Ethereum and attempted to drain 2,900 rsETH worth approximately $7.8 million. ▶ The attacker made one critical mistake: they broadcast the exploit transaction…

CoinEx Is Shutting Down After Nine Years. Here Is What You Need to Do Before December 22

TL;DR ▶ CoinEx founder Haipo Yang announced on September 15, 2026 that CoinEx will cease operations in an orderly wind-down. Withdrawals open until December 22, 2026. ▶ Reason: prolonged crypto market downturn, collapsing trading volumes, and compliance costs that have…

Revolut Attackers Are Now Publishing Stolen Passports and Selfies Daily Until Revolut Pays

TL;DR ▶ The attackers who obtained Revolut customer data via a fake government request on September 12 have begun publicly posting stolen passports and selfies on X and Telegram, starting September 13. ▶ Their demand: “We are going to start…

Hoskinson: If You Share Ideas With AI, They Are Not Yours Anymore. Midnight Fixes This

TL;DR ▶ Hoskinson said in a September 2026 YouTube video: “If you share your ideas in AI with these frontier models in the cloud, they are not your ideas anymore.” ▶ The trigger: mathematician Jay Cummings alleged ChatGPT used his…

Revolut Handed Passports and Bitcoin Records to Fake Government Request. Here Is Everything We Know

TL;DR ▶ Revolut confirmed on September 12, 2026 that it disclosed passports, selfies, IBANs, and full Bitcoin transaction histories to an unauthorized third party who impersonated a government agency. ▶ The fake request used a legitimate government domain email that…

India Just Put $620 Billion of Corporate Bonds on a Blockchain and The RBI Is Settling Them

TL;DR ▶ India’s SEBI launched Demat 2.0 on September 10, 2026: a pilot that issues corporate bonds as native digital tokens on a permissioned distributed ledger and settles them against the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee. ▶ Three companies have already…

LAPTOP Memecoin: Hunter Biden Launched It. It Crashed 99%. Here Is the Full Story

TL;DR ▶ Hunter Biden launched $LAPTOP on Coinbase’s Base network on September 9, 2026. One billion tokens. Founders including Biden hold 30% locked for six months. ▶ The token hit $316 in the first two minutes of trading then crashed…