Québec AMF warns Pump.fun is unregistered and not authorized to solicit investors
Québec’s AMF warned that Pump.fun is unregistered and not authorized to solicit investors in the province. The CSA recorded the alert. No ban or enforcement or…
Cosmos Hub validators seize 1.23M ATOM via emergency patch after Neutron governance attack
Cosmos Hub validators halted the chain and used a one-time state change to seize 1.23M ATOM tied to the Neutron governance attack. Funds sit in a six-signer wa…
Bitcoin’s BIP138 wallet-backup draft merged into BIPs repo, adding xpub-gated recovery an…
BIP138, now a Draft in the Bitcoin BIPs repo, proposes encrypted backups for descriptors and policies to fix seed-only recovery gaps in multisig/miniscript, wi…
SEC staff: Token buybacks on functional networks don’t, by themselves, make a crypto asse…
SEC CorpFin staff FAQs say token buyback announcements on already-functional networks don’t, by themselves, satisfy Howey’s ‘managerial efforts’ prong. Pre-lau…
Puffer taps Google Cloud to run Ethereum preconfirmation gateway; service still in testing
Puffer says Google Cloud will run a gateway issuing Ethereum preconfirmations—promising execution results before settlement. It remains in testing, and the key…
Australia summons OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs after AI agent accessed health-data portal
OpenAI and Anthropic chiefs were called to an Australian Senate inquiry after an OpenAI research agent accessed non-public files on a government health-data po…
Rising yields squeeze AI data‑center financing: SoftBank pays up, lenders get choosier
Higher Treasury yields are lifting funding costs for AI data centers. JPMorgan sees $4.1T in AI-related debt by 2030; SoftBank’s new junk bonds price up to 9.7…
X sues alleged engagement-farming network for £207k tied to creator payouts, citing Bitco…
X’s Sept. 17 lawsuit alleges a coordinated account network inflated engagement—including Bitcoin-themed posts—to collect creator payouts. Why the case tests X’…
SEC staff outline when token buybacks avoid Howey risk as crypto buybacks hit $638M
SEC staff said token buyback announcements for non-securities on functional networks fall outside Howey’s ‘managerial efforts.’ Allium Labs shows a record $638…
Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down Oct. 16; Kristin Smith to serve…
Summer Mersinger will step down as Blockchain Association CEO on Oct. 16 and leave by year-end. Former CEO Kristin Smith returns as interim as the Senate stall…
