Kakaopay Securities and Dinari have launched a partnership to determine if Korean-listed shares can be tokenized for international distribution. The collaboration aims to leverage Dinari’s existing blockchain infrastructure to offer global investors, including those in the United States, digital access to South Korean corporate assets.
Institutional clients in Japan can now move US dollars around the clock using Citi’s private blockchain-based Token Services, creating a direct alternative to the stablecoin infrastructure currently under development by the nation’s largest banking groups.
Apple has released security updates for iOS and iPadOS to address a critical CoreGraphics vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-86950, which may have already been leveraged in sophisticated, targeted attacks. While the company confirmed the flaw allows for arbitrary code execution, it remains unclear if the exploit specifically targeted cryptocurrency assets.
Shareholders of The Smarter Web Company have cleared the regulatory path for a new class of perpetual preferred shares, dubbed MORE, by overwhelmingly approving the necessary amendments to the firm's articles of association. The move provides the board with the mandate required to pursue an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.
KB Kookmin Bank has secured a strategic agreement with BNY to integrate the U.S. financial giant’s new Pay-to-Wallet capability, enabling the South Korean lender to route cross-border remittances directly into retail digital wallets using established correspondent banking infrastructure and SWIFT messaging.
The Liquid Network has launched an independent security audit of its Elements v23.3.4 software, marking a critical step in the phased restoration of Bitcoin peg outs. Withdrawals remain suspended following a September exploit that drained approximately 4,000 BTC from the federation reserve, forcing a comprehensive overhaul of authorization protocols.
MoonPay has officially entered the South Korean market, establishing a local unit in Seoul to serve as the launchpad for its broader Asian expansion. The company is partnering with major domestic financial institutions to integrate won-denominated stablecoins into global payment networks and cross-border remittance systems.
Blockchain.com is moving toward a U.S. public offering of roughly $500 million before the end of 2026, according to recent reports. The move signals a push for liquidity, even as the firm eyes a valuation between $4 billion and $6 billion—a sharp retreat from its $14 billion private-market peak in 2022.
Gold suffered a rare 3.4% single-day collapse on September 28, a decline statistically significant enough to represent a three-standard-deviation event. As U.S. Treasury yields surged toward 2007 levels, the precious metal’s slide signaled a broader market repricing that has left non-yielding assets, including Bitcoin, under intense macro pressure.
Spanish tax authorities have clarified that cryptocurrency held in self-custody wallets falls outside the scope of Form 721 reporting, provided the owner retains exclusive control of their private keys. The ruling establishes that the location of the assets is secondary to the presence of a third-party custodian.
South Korean lawmaker Han Dong-hoon is spearheading a renewed campaign to postpone the nation’s cryptocurrency tax, slated for January 2027. Citing a lack of robust infrastructure to track overseas assets, Han argues that current enforcement mechanisms remain insufficient to ensure fair and consistent application of the 22% levy.
The NEAR Intents protocol has intercepted over $50 million in cross-chain transfers linked to the recent $387.5 million Bitget exchange hack. By utilizing its SHIELD security system, the platform identified and rejected suspicious transactions before they could be finalized, highlighting a growing divide in how decentralized protocols handle illicit assets.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has granted Coinbase Clearing LLC registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization, allowing the exchange to settle fully collateralized futures, options, and swaps using USDC. The approval marks the final piece of the company’s internal, end-to-end regulated derivatives infrastructure.
Democratic investigators on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations have identified Tether’s USDT as a primary financial lifeline for Iranian shadow banking, reporting that 84% of 846 sanctioned crypto wallets linked to Tehran and regional militant groups relied almost exclusively on the stablecoin to circumvent U.S. sanctions.
Chainlink has introduced a connection framework allowing financial institutions to interface with Swift’s blockchain ledger while retaining full custody of their transaction-signing keys. The integration, powered by the Chainlink Runtime Environment, enables banks to automate workflows between internal systems and Swift’s shared infrastructure without delegating security authority.
A wallet linked to the recent $387.5 million Bitget breach has successfully laundered roughly $6.3 million in Ethereum into Bitcoin through the decentralized exchange THORChain, despite a direct plea from the exchange to block the attacker’s addresses.
The Cardano Foundation is partnering with the UCLA Anderson School of Management to integrate blockchain curriculum and startup support into the university's entrepreneurship ecosystem. The multi-year agreement aims to bridge the gap between academic research and commercial application by providing fellowships, masterclasses, and project-based learning opportunities for Los Angeles-based founders.
Nikhil Chandhok, an executive at Circle, warns that American regulatory hesitation toward dollar-backed stablecoins could cost the nation $1 trillion in potential overseas demand. Speaking at a recent event, he argued that foreign users are eager to adopt digital dollars if given a viable, modern payment architecture.
The platform formerly known as Wallet in Telegram has rebranded to Walt, signaling a strategic separation from Telegram’s internal infrastructure. While Telegram prepares a broad rollout of its own self-custodial Gram wallet for its billion-plus users, Walt will pivot toward advanced financial services like perpetual futures and tokenized assets.
Number: Strategy deployed $294.4 million in a single week to bolster its treasury, channeling funds into 1,665 additional Bitcoin and a $151.7 million repurchase of its Series A preferred stock, STRC. The aggressive capital allocation, detailed in a Sept. 28 filing, underscores the company's dual-track treasury management strategy.
With 1,616 new domain extension applications moving through the ICANN approval pipeline, D3 has introduced Frontier, a crypto-native points system. By depositing assets into specific Solana and Hyperliquid vaults, users can now earn priority access to register names under these upcoming internet extensions before they hit the general public.
Tether has blocked approximately $550 million in USDT linked to Iranian interests throughout 2026, acting on intelligence provided by U.S. authorities. The move targets wallets associated with the Central Bank of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, and Hezbollah as part of a broader crackdown on sanctioned networks.
Tether and Shiga Digital are launching a suite of self-custodial wallet products aimed at expanding access to Bitcoin, USD₮, and gold-backed tokens across Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council. The initiative leverages Tether’s open-source Wallet Development Kit to provide financial infrastructure for both individual users and institutional banking clients.
The European Securities and Markets Authority is pivoting from rulemaking to active enforcement, establishing operational resilience, liquidity management, and regional presence as its primary supervisory targets for 2027. This shift signals a new era of scrutiny for crypto asset service providers operating within the European Union.
Kevin Lee, Chief Strategy Officer at BingX, argues that modern traders no longer view markets as isolated silos. With macro events triggering simultaneous volatility across Bitcoin, commodities, and equities, Lee is pushing for a unified trading model that allows users to execute strategies across asset classes from one balance.
BitMine Immersion Technologies has officially surpassed six million Ethereum tokens, acquiring an additional 17,362 ETH over the past week to solidify its position as one of the largest corporate holders of the asset. The company is now within 98% of its stated goal to control 5% of the total circulating supply.
Institutional investors on Bybit can now leverage Franklin Templeton’s $686.64 million tokenized government money fund as off-exchange collateral. The integration allows firms to maintain custody of their Benji-issued shares while securing USDT or USDC trading credit lines through the exchange’s institutional arm, ByCustody.
A wallet identified by on-chain researchers as belonging to Wintermute has accumulated $126.25 million in short positions on the Hyperliquid exchange, with Ethereum accounting for the largest share of the exposure as major digital assets retreat from their recent peaks.
A user named Shuang Fei lost $340,000 in digital assets after an attacker allegedly exploited an active API key left behind following a security recovery process. While the exchange claims the matter is now fully resolved, the specific terms of the settlement and the technical cause of the breach remain undisclosed.
Four days after a sophisticated exploit drained approximately $387.5 million from its hot and warm wallets, Bitget resumed Bitcoin withdrawals on September 28 at 08:00 UTC. The exchange is now executing a phased restoration of services while investigators work to trace the stolen assets across multiple blockchain networks.
