Coinbase is looking to transform its Canadian business from a cryptocurrency trading platform into a comprehensive digital finance hub, but the company says regulatory modernization will be essential before that vision can become reality. Rather than offering only crypto trading, Coinbase wants to build what it calls an “Everything Exchange”—a single platform where users can…
Strategy’s unprecedented five-week pause in Bitcoin accumulation has reignited debate over whether the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder is quietly changing course. After years of relentlessly issuing shares and debt to buy more BTC, the company has now gone 35 consecutive days without disclosing a purchase—its longest confirmed accumulation drought in nearly two years. While…
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire the wallet-as-a-service business of Magic Labs, adding embedded non-custodial wallet technology used by more than 60 million users to its expanding enterprise infrastructure platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies said the acquisition is expected to close in the…
Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, plans to launch a regulated cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and digital asset depository by December 1, 2026, marking a major step in the country’s effort to integrate digital assets into its traditional financial system. The initiative follows the approval of Russia’s new cryptocurrency framework, which allows licensed financial institutions to provide crypto…
WEMIX has suspended bridges connected to WEMIX3.0 after discovering that a contract related to WEMIX$was compromised, leading to the unauthorized issuance of approximately 5,225,525 WEMIX$. According to an announcement on July 27, 2026, the abnormal transaction occurred at 18:17 UTC+9, causing assets to be converted into 30,736 WEMIX and 724,198.27 USDC.e before being moved out…
Singapore-based crypto payments firm Triple-A says it remains fully capitalized and capable of meeting all liabilities after unauthorized access to wallets containing company-owned digital assets, emphasizing that customer funds were never at risk due to its segregated custody model. The company identified the incident on July 25, 2026, and said the breach affected only its…
Samsung confirmed that it will bring stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, opening up another use case for digital assets directly within the default wallet on Galaxy devices. The news was shared by Samsung at the Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22, 2026, amid broader testing of stablecoins by payment companies, crypto exchanges, and digital asset…
On July 26, 2026, BitMart confirmed it will gradually shut down its trading platform under an orderly wind-down plan, suspending new user registrations and deposits starting that same day, before halting all spot, futures, and other trading services on August 26, 2026. The exchange stated that the exit process will be conducted in an orderly…
Franklin Templeton says agentic AI could become the “killer use case” that blockchain and crypto have been searching for over many years, as autonomous AI agents begin to require instant, programmable, and verifiable payment infrastructure without continuous human intervention. This view was presented by Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton,…
BitMEX will shut down its crypto trading platform on September 23, 2026, at 04:00 UTC, closing an 11-year chapter for one of the market’s oldest derivatives exchanges. According to an announcement on July 23, the exchange has immediately halted new account registrations and requested users to close open positions and withdraw assets before the closure….
