Stablecoin firm Rain said on Friday that it raised $250 million in a Series C round led by ICONIQ, which valued the company at $1.95 billion. The announcement lands as more investors, consumers, and financial firms push deeper into digital-asset…
Barclays buys stake in Ubyx stablecoin settlement firm today
Barclays bought a stake in U.S. stablecoin-settlement company Ubyx on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, and marked its first investment in a business focused on stablecoins. Barclays linked the move to its plan to explore “new forms of digital money” and…
Was Crypto Theft of 35 Million Linked to LastPass Breach?
Crypto Theft tied to the LastPass breach has moved from a one-time shock to a long-tail drain. TRM Labs reports that investigators traced about $35 million in stolen cryptocurrency to Russian cybercriminal infrastructure. The trail shows how attackers moved assets…
BTCturk hack drains $48 million from Turkey crypto market
Turkey’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, BTCturk, entered 2026 under heavy scrutiny. A new hack drained about $48 million from its hot wallets. The incident marked the third major security failure at the exchange in less than two years. Many Turkish…
Spot crypto ETF trading volume reaches $2 trillion level
U.S. regulators and asset managers have turned spot crypto ETF trading into a core channel for institutional access to digital assets. In less than two years since the first spot Bitcoin ETFs launched in January 2024, U.S. products have already…
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump for release
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein has re-entered public life after announcing that he left prison early, a little over a year into a five-year sentence for his role in the 2016 Bitfinex breach. In a post shared on X, he said…
Did ZachXBT uncover an EVM hack hitting many wallets?
Less than a day into the new year, blockchain investigator ZachXBT warned that a fresh exploit was quietly draining small balances from hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets across Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks. His early alert turned scattered user complaints into…
BNB Chain’s 2025 upgrades cut fees 98% as users hit 4.8m
BNB Chain’s 2025 story shows clear changes that touched users, traders and builders each day. The network ran two major hard forks, Lorentz in April and Maxwell in June. Both upgrades aimed at faster execution and lower costs, based on…
SEC Democratic commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to leave role
When SEC Democratic commissioner leaves, the move is more than a quiet staff change in Washington; it comes at a decisive moment for crypto regulation in the United States. Caroline Crenshaw, the sole Democrat on the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Can US Crypto Regulation Move Stablecoins Into Finance?
US Crypto Regulation entered a new phase in 2025, when lawmakers finally moved from vague guidance to a concrete rulebook that targeted stablecoins, market structure, and exchange-traded products. For years, the United States relied on enforcement and speeches, while capital…