U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time
The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.
Binance pins crypto's worst-ever liquidation day on macro risks, not exchange failure
Binance says October 10's crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already hit.
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Lido's new stVaults will let L2s create their own rules for Ethereum staking
stVaults let other teams plug into Lido's staking system instead of building their own from scratch.
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The Lido Labs Foundation unveiled stVaults on the Ethereum mainnet on Friday.
In simple terms, stVaults let other teams plug into Lido’s staking system instead of building their own from scratch.
stVaults are isolated staking environments that allow teams to run custom validator configurations and optionally mint stETH, while remaining connected to Lido’s liquidity and DeFi integrations.
XRP-linked Ripple rolls out treasury platform after $1 billion GTreasury deal
New product lets companies manage cash, stablecoins and tokenized funds in one system, cutting cross-border settlement times from days to seconds.
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Ripple has launched Ripple Treasury, an enterprise platform that lets companies manage traditional cash and digital assets in one system, following its $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury.
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Binance to shift $1 billion user protection fund into bitcoin amid market rout
Binance will convert the stablecoin holdings in its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users to bitcoin over the next 30 days, with plans for regular audits
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Binance will convert the stablecoin holdings in its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users to bitcoin over the next 30 days, with plans for regular audits.
The exchange has pledged to replenish the fund to $1 billion if bitcoin price swings cause its value to fall below $800 million.
Binance framed the change as part of its long-term industry-building efforts
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Number of wallets with 1 million XRP is rising again
On-chain data points to underlying demand for XRP as ETFs pull in over $90 million.
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XRP has fallen about 4 percent so far this month, even as on-chain data point to strengthening underlying investor interest.
U.S.-listed spot XRP ETFs have attracted a net $91.72 million in inflows this month, bucking the trend of sustained outflows from bitcoin ETFs.
Criminal use of crypto spikes after years of steady decline TRM report says
While the increasingly professional bad guys crypto rocketed to $158 billion in 2025, it's still a decreasing share of overall digital assets activity
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A new TRM Labs report says illicit activity is back up after years of falling numbers, though the share of overall digital assets volume it represents is still on the decrease
The bad actors are much more sophisticated fom state-backed sanctions evasion infrastructure, to global networks that launder the proceeds of crypto heists
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Here's how China's response to Trump tariffs silently rocks bitcoin
China's exports remain resilient under US tariffs as the yuan stays tightly managed sending ripples all the way to the crypto markets
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China has responded to US tariffs by diversifying exports away from the United States and tightly managing the yuan, keeping its export engine resilient and its global market share rising.
JPMorgan says Beijing’s low-volatility FX framework prioritizes a stable, range-bound yuan to preserve competitiveness and counter deflation, while effectively tying the currency’s moves to the dollar.
This managed FX regime influences bitcoin indirectly through global dollar liquidity and tariff-driven macro cycles.
