Crypto news

Solana ETFs draw record $188 million in a week as Bitwise takes two-thirds of inflows

All seven funds attracted money, while Friday’s $87 million intake set a daily record.

• Solana

South Korea weighs crypto market makers after JPYC trades at 4 times peg

Crypto market making is effectively restricted under South Korea’s manipulation rules, but regulators are reconsidering the approach after a JPYC spiked on Upbit this month.

Vitalik Buterin says Hegotá could be Ethereum’s last ‘normal’ fork

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin said PeerDAS marked the start of Ethereum’s transition “from being just a blockchain to being something much more powerful.”

• Ethereum

Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures decline as Trump won’t rule out more Iran strikes

Trump on Sunday didn’t rule out additional strikes on Iran before the midterm elections, even as he said the war could end soon.

• Nasdaq
• Bitcoin

Zano rolls blockchain back a month after Gateway Address exploit

The Zano blockchain has been restarted at the block height that came immediately before Hard Fork 6, which introduced Gateway Addresses.

THORChain under fire over Bitget, ETH evolves beyond blockchain: Hodler’s Digest

THORChain refuses to blacklist addresses linked to the Bitget hack. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving from being a mere blockchain, into a world cryptographic computer.

• Ethereum

Onchain analyst links $18.4 million in Robinhood Chain memecoin extractions to single rug-pull operation

The creators of 10 Pons V2 launches exempted a set of wallets from Pons' anti-sniping tax; those wallets went on to buy most of each token's supply, per onchain data.

• HOOD

AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know

An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain.

Bitcoin's Quantum Problem: Three Ways Researchers Are Trying to Fix It

Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving from theory to logistics, even as "Q-Day" remains hypotheti

• Bitcoin

‘It’s really not just a blockchain anymore’: Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s path to 2030

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum is "really not just a blockchain anymore" and laid out how its design will change by 2030 in a post.

• Ethereum

SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works

New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look "opt-in."

Bitcoin ETFs turn positive for 2026 with $2.4 billion weekly inflow, their largest since October

The inflows pushed bitcoin ETFs' year-to-date net flows back above zero, after the funds sat roughly $5.8 billion in the red just two months ago.

• Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green

Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026 flows back into positive territory.

• Bitcoin

How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators

After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough?

Kalshi loses appeal over Ohio and Tennessee sports betting laws, widening circuit split

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Kalshi has not adequately shown its sports event contracts are swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act.

AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning

An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with AI models topping the leaderboards.

• Bitcoin

Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone

Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark controls.

• GOOGL

US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether

Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license.

• Tether

SEC crypto FAQ addresses token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit

Promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, SEC staff said.

Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO

The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.