Crypto news today

Bitwise controls 9,003,900 SOL—almost $1B—on Solana wallets. On-chain data confirms the stash. What does this mean for SOL liquidity and the broader market?

Ethena launches a self-custody app for daily payments, savings, and cross-border transfers in USDe, offering up to 6% APY rewards for users.

Singapore's MAS is considering recognizing certain foreign stablecoins and introducing a regime for jointly issued tokens. Public feedback open until October 16

PeckShield reports 50 crypto hacks in August—up 67% from July—yet total losses fell from $270M to $136M. Tectonic took the biggest hit this month.

Bitcoin stays around $78,000 even as global bond yields surge to multi-year highs. 10-year Japanese government bonds reach a 30-year peak. BTC remains steady.

OpenAI reportedly snapped up tens of thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio units for training computer-use agents and RL. Anthropic rents Mac minis from AWS. App

Russia rolls out crypto regulation: licensed exchanges, 300,000 RUB annual cap for retail, cross-border crypto payments, and Sberbank launches crypto settlement

Strategy calls out MSCI's proposal to limit 'non-operating' companies in MSCI indexes, arguing it's a targeted attack on crypto treasuries (DATs).

Anthropic is set to deploy 350 MW of compute at Hut 8’s Beacon Point campus in Texas via a $35B deal with Lambda, with Nvidia providing hardware.

July JOLTS data: 7.271M US job openings, slightly below the 7.33M forecast but above last month's 7.182M. What these numbers mean for the markets.

A fake Claude desktop app is spreading RevStealer malware, stealing crypto from over 50 wallets, browser passwords, messenger data, and documents.

Japan’s 10-year bond yield hits 3% for the first time since 1996. How will tighter Bank of Japan policy impact crypto, liquidity, and risk-on trades?

Ripple inks a major deal to boost institutional crypto custody and tokenized asset management in Asia, with Coincheck among the active players.

Kast rolls out a stablecoin-powered business platform after securing $80M, aiming to onboard 1,000–5,000 active companies by the end of 2026.

Shanghai teen Zhu Shuhan, 13, built Zai Chang, an AI-powered homework app. In just 3 days, it scored 86 orders and ¥18,295 (~$2,700) in sales.

CoinGlass data shows shorts heavily outweigh longs: over $5.12B in BTC shorts could get liquidated above ~$87,200, and $2.57B in ETH shorts near ~$2,730.

Solana's 7-day average fees hit nearly 9,200 SOL on August 27, up 80% in 3 months. 191M transactions, Jito validator tips at 2,073 SOL, SGP-0002 approved.

Aster delays the unlock of 400 million ASTER tokens—5% of supply—until September 17, 2027. No monthly unlocks in 2026. Buyback and burn mechanisms stay the same

Payward and the London Stock Exchange are bringing 100 leading UK stocks on-chain as xStocks tokens, tradable 1:1 in 110+ countries via Kraken and xStocks Allia

DFDV plans to raise up to $20M via Series C perpetual preferred shares to buy Solana (SOL) and related crypto assets, offering a floating 13% dividend.

MTS Bank is gearing up to roll out crypto trading in Q4 2026, offering buy/sell, storage, and transaction history. Unqualified investors face a 300,000 RUB annu

1789 Capital, with Donald Trump Jr. as a partner, is set to invest up to $300 million in Polymarket as part of a fresh funding round. Key deal details inside.

Pasqal and KACST team up in Saudi Arabia for a multi-year post-quantum cryptography project: testing quantum-resistant algorithms, key generation, and Pasqal pl

The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as VLOSE under the DSA, requiring OpenAI to address systemic risks by January 2027. Reddit, Roblox tagged VLOP.