Tether has secured an unqualified opinion from KPMG U.S. following a comprehensive audit of its 2025 financial statements. The review confirmed a reserve surplus of $6.814 billion at year-end, marking a significant transition from the company’s previous reliance on periodic reserve attestations to a full-scale annual financial examination.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scheduled a three-hour inaugural meeting for August 20 to address the shifting landscape of digital assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets. This session marks the first formal gathering of the agency's Innovation Advisory Committee as it navigates the intersection of emerging technology and financial regulation.
Saturn has struck a strategic partnership with Ondo to incorporate tokenized securities into its structured products, marking a move to integrate institutional-grade assets into its sUSDat offering. Alongside the product expansion, Ondo has completed an undisclosed strategic investment in Saturn to deepen the collaboration between the two firms.
Morph has debuted a non-custodial payment platform for USDC and USDT, allowing businesses to accept stablecoin transactions directly into their own wallets. By bypassing third-party custodians, the service aims to streamline settlement for freelancers and organizations while maintaining user control over private assets.
Four Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group entities are launching a proof of concept to test Japanese government bond repo transactions on the Canton Network. The project aims to replace traditional market infrastructure with automated, 24-hour on-chain settlement, marking a significant step in Japan's broader push toward blockchain-based financial systems.
A security breach at shipping provider ShipMonk has compromised the personal data of 13,689 Trezor customers. While hardware wallets and Trezor’s internal systems remain secure, the incident has exposed names, phone numbers, and home addresses, heightening the risk of targeted phishing attacks against users across multiple countries.
Robinhood Ventures Fund II has priced its initial public offering at $25 per share, raising $200 million as the firm expands its retail-focused private market access. The new fund, which debuts on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RVII, provides public-market investors a conduit into private-company portfolios.
Ethereum dropped 2.4% to $1,872, erasing gains from the latest U.S. inflation report as traders unwound positions. The decline leaves the asset testing critical support levels, with technical indicators and a cooling fee economy complicating the path toward a recovery above the $1,900 psychological threshold.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is launching a proof-of-concept to modernize Japanese government bond repo settlements using the Canton Network. By synchronizing traditional book-entry records with blockchain ledgers, the project seeks to shift institutional trading toward real-time intraday cycles while maintaining compliance with Japan’s existing securities infrastructure.
Monaco’s government has introduced Bill No. 1131, a legislative proposal designed to overhaul the Principality’s digital asset regulation. By aligning local requirements with European Union standards and Financial Action Task Force guidelines, the bill aims to replace the existing 2022 framework with a rigorous, centralized licensing system for service providers.
Binance has captured the second-largest share of the tokenized stock market, with its bStocks product reaching $610.6 million in value just two months after its debut. This rapid ascent displaces xStocks in the sector rankings, which have seen total market volume balloon to $2.7 billion over the past year.
Brazilian treasury firm OranjeBTC is preparing to launch the Digital Yield ETF, or DIGY11, on the B3 stock exchange this September. Instead of tracking Bitcoin directly, the fund will focus on preferred shares from U.S.-based companies that hold significant Bitcoin reserves, aiming to provide local investors with monthly income.
Tokyo-based Metaplanet has inaugurated its BitBonds program, securing 200 million yen through four private debt placements. The unsecured senior bonds, distributed via the company’s internal securities arm, mark a shift toward recurring fixed-income funding as the firm continues to navigate its significant Bitcoin treasury strategy.
The Seoul Southern District Court sentenced Delio CEO Jeong Sang-ho to 15 years in prison, finding him guilty of defrauding customers of 70 billion won—approximately $49.2 million. Following the ruling, the judge ordered Jeong into immediate detention, citing a significant risk that the executive might attempt to flee.
Charles Schwab has integrated direct Bitcoin and Ether trading into its retail brokerage, charging a 0.75% transaction fee. This move incorporates digital assets into a financial ecosystem managing $13.1 trillion in client assets, positioning the firm to capture demand from millions of active brokerage accounts seeking consolidated investment management.
Copper Markets (US) Inc. has secured registration as an SEC broker-dealer and FINRA member, marking the infrastructure firm’s official expansion into the American institutional market. This regulatory milestone allows the company to provide a suite of services, including qualified custody, staking, and OTC trading, within a domestic securities framework.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted Franklin Templeton a no-action letter, allowing its registered mutual funds and ETFs to invest in the firm’s blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, known as FOBXX, despite legacy custody rules designed for physical securities.
Hyperliquid has opened its Foundation-operated low-latency data nodes to qualified third-party infrastructure providers, effectively replacing high staking requirements with a standardized monthly fee. Under the new model, firms can access critical market data for under $1,000, creating a more accessible path for developers and smaller trading teams.
Less than a month after finalizing its takeover of the Korbit crypto exchange, Mirae Asset Group is injecting 50 billion won—roughly $35 million—into the operator, Digital X. The move aims to stabilize the firm’s finances following a year marked by significant operating losses and increased market competition.
A newly disclosed set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Zoomsday, allows attackers to seize control of a target's device during a Zoom call without requiring any user interaction. By exploiting the platform’s annotation system, hackers can bypass traditional social engineering, posing a severe threat to high-profile cryptocurrency users.
South Korean regulators have finalized a risk-based framework for domestic crypto transfers to overseas platforms and self-hosted wallets, moving away from rigid transaction ceilings. Approved by the Cabinet on August 11, the new rules mandate that virtual asset service providers implement internal monitoring for transfers exceeding 10 million won.
BitGo Holdings reported $4.33 billion in second-quarter revenue, a 79.6% year-over-year increase fueled by digital asset sales and stablecoin expansion. Despite the top-line growth, the company posted a $19 million net loss, reflecting a sharp reversal from the $38.3 million profit recorded during the same period last year.
Securitize Corp. reported a $21.7 million net loss for the second quarter, a sharp decline from the $6.1 million loss recorded during the same period last year. Following the release of its first earnings report as a public company, shares of the tokenization firm fell 21% in after-hours trading.
The Blockchain Association has formally backed Custodia Bank’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the Federal Reserve’s refusal to grant the crypto-focused institution a master account. The industry group warns that current lower court rulings grant regional Fed banks unchecked authority to exclude lawful businesses from essential financial infrastructure.
Goldman Sachs has agreed to purchase Neos Investments in a deal valued at up to $2.25 billion, securing a dominant position in the crypto-linked income ETF market. The acquisition brings over $30 billion in assets under management into the bank’s portfolio, including three prominent Bitcoin and Ethereum options-income funds.
Crypto valuations outside Bitcoin could surge as protocols increasingly tie network fee revenue to their native tokens. Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, argues that a shift toward buyback and burn models—mirroring corporate equity strategies—is poised to reshape market demand over the next 24 months.
A malformed routing update from infrastructure provider Teraswitch briefly knocked 102 validators offline on August 12, forcing the Solana network to operate near its critical threshold for transaction finality. While the mainnet continued to produce blocks uninterrupted, the incident revealed persistent vulnerabilities in validator hardware concentration.
Rosherville Pty Ltd has formally notified the Australian Securities Exchange of its intent to seek Federal Court permission to pursue legal action against former officers and directors. The move marks a new chapter in the fallout from the exchange's abandoned, multi-million dollar CHESS replacement project.
Market speculation surrounding Metaplanet reached a fever pitch this week when trackers flagged the movement of 5,014 BTC, worth roughly $322 million, from company-linked wallets. CEO Simon Gerovich moved quickly to quell fears of a liquidation, confirming the massive transfer was merely a routine internal custody operation.
Thirty-five victims of cryptocurrency kiosk fraud have recovered $171,332 in full, marking the first concrete results of Arizona’s legislative crackdown on ATM-based scams. Since the law took effect in September, the state has positioned itself as a regulatory middle ground between total prohibition and unchecked kiosk expansion.
