Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, DeFi and Web3 news in brief.
Chainlink’s institutional exposure expanded this week as Grayscale added LINK and Bitwise advanced its ETF plans. LINK reached $15.80, its 2026 high, before retreating to about $14.43 on September 30. Grayscale’s latest…
HSBC has named its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HSBC RedCoin, targeting more than 3.3 million PayMe users. The bank plans to launch it before year-end through PayMe and its Hong Kong mobile…
Binance Pay now lets eligible overseas visitors to Japan spend USDT at most PayPay-supported merchants nationwide. The service launched Sept. 30 through HIVEX, a payment interoperability framework connecting overseas QR payment services…
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said the exchange is not very optimistic about recovering much of the roughly $388 million stolen in its Sept. 24 security breach. Bitget revised its estimate to $387.5…
El Salvador is backing Sivar, a new app for sending and holding dollar-backed stablecoins. Modveon, a Palo Alto startup, developed the app with payments running on Coinbase’s Base network. The project targets…
Former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Eric Chase Saavedra received 21 months in federal prison on Sept. 28 for abusing his law enforcement authority on behalf of crypto businessman Adam Iza. U.S.…
Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon has urged South Korea to delay its planned crypto tax by at least two years. The levy is scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2027, with…
Strategy bought 1,665 BTC for about $142.7 million between Sept. 21 and Sept. 27, lifting its holdings to a record 847,666 BTC. The company paid an average $85,681 per bitcoin, including fees…
The Solana Foundation appointed former Binance global CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees as general manager of payments on Sept. 24. The appointments target…
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said preliminary evidence points to a possible North Korean connection after hackers moved about $351.6 million from the crypto exchange. The incident affected parts of Bitget’s hot and…
Crypto casino Duelbits has gone offline after attackers drained about $7 million from its hot wallets on Sept. 24. The attackers moved stolen assets across four blockchains, with about $6 million later…
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said Thursday that the era of pure crypto exchanges is ending as users seek broader financial services. He made the comments as Bybit launched its “Make Your Move”…
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