New SEC guidance confirms that liquid staking tokens can count as digital commodities and that token buybacks on working networks do not trigger securities law, clarifying a major regulatory uncertainty for Ethereum staking and DeFi.
A sophisticated theft targeting crypto exchange Bitget's hot wallet exposed criminal actors and prompted stablecoin issuers to freeze accounts, illustrating both the scale of exchange risk and the limits of on-chain asset controls.
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ARK's tokenized venture fund (holding OpenAI and Anthropic stakes) launches on Ethereum with retail access via Securitize at lower subscription tiers, trades 24/7.
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Ondo released three professionally managed investment tokens built on BlackRock models, bringing structured financial products to onchain investing.
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Kalshi attributes unusual trades in its ether perp market to liquidity incentives, contradicting an earlier enforcement probe report.
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A bridge handling Ethereum deposits lost nearly all user funds in coordinated transfers, marking another significant loss in cross-chain infrastructure.
South Korea's KB Securities, Optimism, and Securitize partner to launch tokenized bonds and funds on OP Mainnet, with regulatory phase one beginning February 2027.
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Kelp's developers claim LayerZero approved the single-verifier setup that enabled the April attack, then shifted blame to Kelp rather than accept responsibility.
Major stock exchange teams with crypto platform to deliver tokenized equities and ETFs to retail traders, accelerating institutional asset tokenization.
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Three fintech platforms are coordinating to link onchain shares to official shareholder records, building on the SEC's recent innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading.
Tom Lee's company has accumulated nearly 6 million ether as its chairman argues institutions remain underweight crypto and could increase exposure.
Weekly security report from the ecosystem's authoritative incident tracker shows attack patterns and threat actor activity across Ethereum and the crypto ecosystem.
The SEC approved conditional relief allowing distributed ledger trading venues to operate without Exchange Act registration, enabling permissioned decentralized finance platforms to list and trade tokenized US securities and ETFs for the first time.
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A CSE-listed company formally adopts onchain treasury and operations through ether.fi Cash, demonstrating corporate use of Ethereum and its L2s.
The ratings giant buys the leading smart contract security platform to help banks and asset managers evaluate onchain risks as tokenized finance scales.
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