Cryptocurrency

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDt stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, according to a senior executive.Sber will adapt its existing products and gradually expand its offerings as Russia’s new...

Real Trump Coins has denied launching, promoting or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token that briefly appeared across its online presence before collapsing, blaming the promotion on “third-party bad actors.”The denial came after the Real Trump Coins X account...

Polygon has disclosed several previously private security vulnerabilities that could have disrupted its proof-of-stake network, after deploying fixes through two recent hard forks.The vulnerabilities affected Polygon’s Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion and flaws...

The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) on Stellar has climbed roughly 360% in 2026 to nearly $4 billion, up from $868.8 million at the end of last year, according to a Dune Analytics dashboard maintained by Stellar.The network’s...

Tokenized stock activity surged over the past 30 days, with monthly transfer volume climbing more than 415% to $29.5 billion, according to data from RWA.xyz.Monthly active addresses rose more than 209% to around 1.3 million, while the number of...

AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet. Source link

Key TakeawaysStarkware’s QSB made a quantum-safe bitcoin transaction on Aug. 26 with zero consensus changes.Bitcoin gains an opt-in quantum hedge, but QSB cost $150-$200 and required hours of GPU work.Starkware still wants a Bitcoin soft fork after the QSB...

A Solana-based token promoted by a Trump-linked coin brand collapsed within hours of its launch, raising questions over who was behind it and its unusual trading activity.Real Trump Coins, a brand US President Donald Trump publicly promoted in 2024,...

The Bank for International Settlements is renewing its criticism of stablecoins, questioning their credibility as everyday money as governments worldwide build regulatory frameworks around the tokens.BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos, a candidate to succeed European Central Bank...

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended a nine-day inflow streak as Bitcoin fell below $78,000, while several altcoin ETF categories continued to see inflows.Bitcoin ETFs recorded $201.8 million in net outflows on Friday, ending nine consecutive trading sessions...