Francesco Campisi · 5 days ago Kalshi Insider Trading: White House Staffer Bet on Trump Speeches and Pocketed $107K A former White House teleprompter operator bet on Kalshi using advance knowledge of Trump's speeches, pocketing over $107,000. The CFTC's $172,000 sanction is… RegulationUnited States
Hamza Ahmed · 5 days ago Cosmos Knew About the Bug Since April: A $5.7M Exploit Hit Six Blockchains Cosmos Labs admitted it knew about the vulnerability since April 25, 2026, but misjudged it as harmless. The result was a $5.7M exploit across six blockchains… SecurityHack
Giulia Ferrante · 6 days ago Bitcoin Options Expire at $6.4B as BTC Dips Below $78K After Jackson Hole Bitcoin options worth $6.44 billion expired Friday as BTC slipped below $78K. The Fed Chair's hawkish Jackson Hole speech mattered far more than the expiry. BitcoinMarketsMacroeconomics
Ilya Bratanov · 6 days ago Coinbase Brings Apple and Nvidia On-Chain: Do You Actually Own the Stock? Coinbase launches tokenized Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet shares on Base, usable in DeFi 24/7. But buying the token doesn't mean owning the stock outright. TokenizationCoinbaseDeFi
Giulia Ferrante · 6 days ago Italy Goes Contactless: 88% of POS Payments and What It Means for Crypto Italy's Banca d'Italia confirms 88% of card payments at POS are now contactless, 24% via mobile, with 16 billion-plus cashless transactions in 2025. What it… AdoptionPaymentsEurope
Giulia Ferrante · 7 days ago Bitcoin and Dogecoin for Bus Tickets and Tolls: Italian Patent Targets Crypto Payments An Italian company has patented a system for paying bus tickets, tolls, parking, and city-zone fees in Bitcoin and Dogecoin, with no banks involved. It's a… DogecoinBitcoinEurope
Hamza Ahmed · 8 days ago Cardano Shifts Core Engineers to BlockPQR: What Changes for ADA Cardano's core protocol engineers are moving to new independent firm BlockPQR, per Input Output's August 26 announcement. Organizational decentralization, not… CardanoAltcoins
Ilya Bratanov · 8 days ago ECB Pontes Launches in 2026: Tokenized Finance Goes Operational The ECB confirms Pontes, its central bank money settlement bridge for tokenized assets, goes live in autumn 2026. The longer-term Appia ecosystem targets 24/7… TokenizationEuropeBanks
Giulia Ferrante · 8 days ago Revolut Launches EURR: Euro Goes On-Chain Inside the App Revolut has launched EURR, its first euro-pegged stablecoin, built into the app. Denmark, Poland, and Portugal go first, with wider EU rollout to follow in… StablecoinsEuropePayments
Ilya Bratanov · 8 days ago EU Crypto Sanctions Expand August 25: What Every CASP Must Know EU sanctions now extend to all MiCA-authorized CASPs as of August 25, 2026. A new tool lets the EU block crypto dealings with third countries that help Russia… SanctionsMiCAEurope
