A consortium backed by BlackRock and IFM Investors is in exclusive talks to acquire Stack Infrastructure’s Asia-Pacific data centre portfolio in a deal valued at between $20 billion and $25 billion. The group includes the BlackRock-backed Artificial Intelligence...
Binance has announced the listing of Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, on its spot market, applying the Seed Tag to the asset. Trading for HYPE/USDT, HYPE/USDC and HYPE/TRY is scheduled to begin at 11:00 UTC on September 24, 2026....
BitMEX has officially stopped all trading and deposits as of September 23, 2026, at 04:00 UTC, ending more than 11 years of operations. The crypto derivatives exchange, known for introducing perpetual swaps, said its parent company, HDR Global...
Animoca Brands and Nasdaq-listed Currenc Group have mutually agreed to suspend their proposed reverse merger, putting Animoca’s planned Wall Street debut on hold. The decision, announced on September 22, 2026, came after the companies’ exclusivity period expired and...
The European Central Bank (ECB) is bringing traditional finance on-chain with the launch of Pontes, a new platform connecting its TARGET settlement system directly to blockchain-based financial markets. The infrastructure allows banks and other financial institutions to settle...
The Bank of Korea (BOK) has launched a pilot programme for its first 24-hour international settlement network for the Korean won, allowing foreign investors to trade and settle transactions outside South Korea’s conventional banking hours. The system processed...
Cardano developer Input Output Group (IOG) issued an urgent warning on September 18, 2026, urging users to avoid interacting with its official YouTube channel following an apparent account hijack. The compromised channel reportedly hosted a fraudulent livestream featuring...
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly, has called for Zcash (ZEC) to shut down its development fund when its current term expires in 2028. In a post on X, Qureshi argued that the fund...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence will make cybersecurity impossible to defend, arguing that advanced AI could eventually give security teams an advantage over hackers. In comments on X, Buterin highlighted formal verification, a...
South Korean police have booked 26 domestic users of decentralized prediction platform Polymarket for illegal gambling, referring 18 of them to prosecutors. According to data released by the National Police Agency on September 17, the Gangwon Provincial Police...
