Polish prosecutors detained Olympic Committee president Radosław Piesiewicz over an alleged luxury-watch bribe from collapsed crypto exchange Zondacrypto, deepening a probe that already drew the prime minister's accusations of Russian intelligence ties.
The Ethena Foundation proposed a fee switch directing 95% of net protocol revenue to ENA buybacks, ending future investor unlocks, and buying out early backers who sold tokens.
Core Lightning developers confirmed AI-submitted vulnerability reports are real and urged node operators to upgrade or run offline mode while patches are prepared under a two-week embargo.
The UK is writing a new "innovation" duty for the Bank of England covering digital payments and stablecoins, while keeping financial stability as the primary objective — a shift in how a major central bank frames crypto-adjacent payment rails.
StarkWare says it executed the first quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction via signature grinding routed through MARA's Slipstream, while a same-day BIP from Blockstream proposes a compact post-quantum signature scheme whose security proof is still unfinished.
The SEC sent its crypto custody rule overhaul to the White House for OIRA review on Aug. 25, a procedural step toward letting advisers and funds hold digital assets under updated rules while the CLARITY Act idles in the Senate.
A federal judge pushed Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's retrial to April 2027, leaving his acquittal motion undecided and extending legal uncertainty for crypto-privacy tool developers.
Thirty-nine state banking associations, led by the Texas Bankers Association, are building a permissioned, industry-governed blockchain for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and smart payments — with a 2027 target.
LayerZero launched ATLAS, exchange infrastructure for crypto and tokenized markets built on its Zero blockchain, with ZRO climbing more than 16% on the news.
Chainalysis says Operation Lighthouse flagged over 7,700 crypto accounts and generated 14,300 leads against child sexual abuse material networks, with Binance and Coinbase among cooperating exchanges.
