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INTRODUCING | Tether Turns USDT into a Private-Credit Financing Rail with the StableFund
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (314+ words) Tether is expanding USDT beyond crypto trading and into private credit, launching a $400 million fund with Fasanara Capital that could grow to $3 billion with additional institutional capital. Fasanara will source and underwrite the loans. The structure embeds USD₮ into SME…...
REGULATION | Block Seeks U.S. Trust Bank Charter for Bitcoin, Stablecoin Custody
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (242+ words) If approved, the bank would not accept deposits or offer loans unlike conventional commercial banks. Jack Dorsey’s payments company, Block, has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured…...
PRESS RELEASE | CATASTROPHE Coalition of South Africa Demand No Restrictions on Cross-Border Crypto Payments by Businesses
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (534+ words) CATASTROPHE claims that restrictive draft rules will harm domestic enterprises and jobs, slow economic participation, and isolate South Africa from the global digital economy. Taskforce Representing Regulated Crypto Platforms and Members of the Public Urges National Treasury and SARB to…...
CASE STUDY | Why the World’s Largest Bitcoin Institutional Holder Doubled Down on Stock Buyback Over BTC Purchases
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (679+ words) That matters because the same pool of cash is used to acquire Bitcoin, manage Strategy's capital structure, and support other treasury operations. In other words, every dollar directed toward the STRC buyback is capital that is temporarily unavailable for Bitcoin…...
MARKET ANALYSIS | Strategy Doubles STRC Stock Buyback Authorization to $2 Billion
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (260+ words) Strategy has doubled the size of its preferred-stock repurchase program to $2 billion extending efforts to push its STRC shares back toward their $100 stated value. The company repurchased about 1.81 million STRC shares for $176.3 million between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7 2026, its largest weekly…...
REGULATION | Australia Cancels, Suspends, Refuses 45 Crypto, Remittance Registrations as AML Scrutiny Intensifies
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (417+ words) AUSTRAC said the businesses were removed for reasons including lacking the capacity to operate, being dormant or inactive, failing to provide designated services for extended periods, insolvency, holding inappropriate registrations or failing to notify the regulator of material changes. The…...
INSTITUTIONAL | Capital B Becomes Second-Largest Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Holder in Europe
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (256+ words) French-listed bitcoin treasury firm, Capital B, said it bought 376 bitcoin for €25.3 million ($29.4 million), taking its total holdings to 3,521 BTC. The purchase is the company’s largest bitcoin acquisition since September 2025 when it bought 551 BTC. Capital B said the latest purchase was…...
REGULATION | South African Financial Regulator Bars Africa Bitcoin Corp CEO and Executives for 20 Years
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (242+ words) South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has barred Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC) CEO and two senior executives from providing financial products or services or holding key positions at financial institutions for 20 years. The regulator’s decision affects MILESTONE | Altvest Becomes…...
CASE STUDY | The Shutdown of this L2 Network Highlights the Risks of Choosing Smaller Blockchain Networks
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (475+ words) The network and its block explorer are expected to shut down with ~$10 million in assets left on the chain potentially impossible to recover. Nearly $10 million in crypto assets is at risk of becoming unrecoverable after Silicon Network, an Ethereum layer…...
CASE STUDY | Bitcoin Settlement Network, Liquid, Hit by Over $300 Million Exploit
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (203+ words) Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based settlement network used by cryptocurrency exchanges, halted new transactions after about $320 million worth of bitcoin was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a security exploit. Around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in the wallet were taken by…...