Zcash developers are weighing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting after the Orchard bug raised supply verification questions.

Zcash Open Development Lab said the network briefly became unstable as miners upgraded, while the Zcash Foundation said there was no evidence of an exploit.

Russian ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 processed over $110 billion in transactions despite Western sanctions, according to CertiK.

The payments giant said USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD and other stablecoins will support new settlement options across multiple blockchains.

Despite the planned wind-down, TapTools says it is open to being acquired or taking on external resources to continue maintaining the platform.

MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a dollar stablecoin on Stellar, as the remittance company deepens its push into blockchain-based global payments.

The Sui Network's first two outages were caused by bugs introduced in its 1.72 update, while an interim fix deployed to restore the blockchain triggered the third.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has proposed letting SMEs use digital assets, virtual assets and intellectual property as loan collateral.

The outage was caused by the same network update software bug that disrupted the protocol on Thursday, which resulted in nearly six hours of downtime.

ICE’s CEO said regulators need to create a “level playing field” for launching 24/7 onchain perps contracts, which are already trading on exchanges such as Hyperliquid.

The Sui mainnet has resumed after a bug in a network update took it offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes.

The Bank for International Settlements' collaboration with seven central banks and more than 40 institutions concludes a two-year project with a prototype settling wholesale payments in seconds.

The Justice Department and the CFTC allege that Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo profited $1.2 million on Polymarket after accessing non-public information at work.

Payment volume on crypto-linked credit and debit cards has been steadily increasing since 2024, reaching about $7.8 billion in cumulative transactions this month.

Binance CEO Richard Teng denied a new WSJ report alleging $850 million in Iran-linked transactions flowed through the exchange to the IRGC.

Repeated bridge exploits and shrinking yields are making institutions question whether DeFi’s risks still justify the returns, says Symbiotic’s Putiatin.

Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion has partnered with Societe Generale, SG-FORGE and flatexDEGIRO to build a pan-European blockchain securities settlement system.

Bankr recommends that affected users create a new wallet, generate a new seed phrase on a clean device and revoke approvals if remaining assets can’t be moved.

Pump.fun pulled in $124.7 million in Q1 2026, making it Solana’s largest revenue generator even as memecoin activity cooled, while the network’s RWA market cap crossed $2 billion.

Several SEC officials reportedly didn’t support the decision, while tokenization platform Securitize flagged risks with enabling third-party platforms to issue tokenized stocks.

Japan’s biggest brokerages are racing to bring crypto investment trusts to retail investors, as regulators move to formally allow crypto-holding funds by 2028.

LayerZero has come under scrutiny since it was exploited in April, as crypto protocols reevaluate their cross-chain providers and seek safer alternatives.

The testnet system uses post-quantum cryptography and zk-STARK proofs to protect encrypted transaction data from future quantum computing attacks.

Arkham’s new map links OFAC‑sanctioned Tron wallets to Iran’s central bank, putting Tehran’s alleged onchain reserves and counterparties in full public view.

JPMorgan’s filing comes nearly three weeks after rival investment bank Morgan Stanley launched its own money market fund, the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio.

The world’s largest post-trade infrastructure provider will integrate Chainlink technology into its tokenized collateral platform ahead of a Q4 2026 launch.

The new portal lets LMAX clients deposit digital assets into custody and use them as collateral to trade FX, metals, CFDs, perpetual futures and crypto.

Exodus Movement reported a $32.1 million net loss in Q1, with revenue down 36.8% to $22.7 million amid a drop in monthly active users.

Bakkt posted a net loss of $0.41 per share in Q1 as revenue fell 77% to $243.6 million on lower crypto trading volumes.

The white hat hacker said the decision to exploit Renegade’s dark pool was made to protect the funds and safety of DeFi users.