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Latest Digital Assets stories
- France Recorded 47 Crypto-Linked Kidnappings and Attempts in Four Months
A broader count covered 90 cases through mid-August. Thirteen active judicial proceedings involve 95 suspects under formal investigation, including 13 minors.
· Technology
- OCC Details TD and BMO Cases in Review of Nine National Banks
The 2020-25 review covered policies tied to political or religious beliefs and lawful business, and described restrictions affecting digital-asset firms at institutions it did not identify.
· Regulation
- SEC Official Urges Exchange Listings for Regulated Alternative Funds
Daly’s remarks were separate from the SEC’s Sept. 30 proposals on fund fees, interval-fund repurchases and multiple share classes, which remain open for comment.
· Regulation
- OCC Report Lists Digital Asset Businesses Among Sectors Facing Limits
Digital asset issuers, exchanges and administrators were among businesses subject to restrictions, which were often attributed to financial-crime considerations.
· Regulation
- Cobo Wallet App Will Close Dec. 1 With a Nov. 30 Transfer Deadline
Balances left in the app after shutdown will incur a monthly 2% management fee, with a minimum charge equivalent to $100.
· Business
- MSCI Adopts New Index Exclusion Rules for Non-Operating Firms
The rules take effect after the Nov. 30, 2026, close, and MSCI will identify affected companies on Nov. 11.
· Investing
- Morgan Stanley expands Bitcoin ETF lending as portfolio adoption shows positive signs
Morgan Stanley is seeing early signs of Bitcoin entering broader portfolio allocations. The bank has raised lending limits against Bitcoin ETPs and is exploring loans backed by spot crypto.
· Investing
- Binance's bStocks Tops $1 Billion in User Assets About Four Months After Launch
Cumulative trading exceeded $40 billion, with average daily trading above $300 million.
· Business
- Thai SEC and AML Office Investigate Digital-Asset Firms Over Gambling-Linked Transactions
The inquiry focuses on whether firms adequately managed transactions potentially connected to online gambling.
· Regulation
- Australia's ASIC Seeks Input on Capital and Custody Rules for Crypto Firms
One option would require platforms without qualifying third-party custody to hold $9.7 million in net tangible assets or 10% of average revenue, whichever is greater.
· Regulation
- Lummis Criticizes Banking Access Limits for Digital-Asset Firms
Sen. Cynthia Lummis said Americans should not lose access to banking services because of their industry or political beliefs.
· Regulation
- BitGo Agreement Restricts How It Can Use Clients’ Crypto Assets
The terms allow segregated on-chain wallets or omnibus off-chain wallets, with exceptions for client authorization, unpaid amounts and legal requirements.
· Business
- OCC Review Finds Nine Banks Restricted Service to Digital-Asset Firms
The review covered policies from 2020 through September 2025 and examined nearly 100,000 complaints and about 420,000 pages of documents.
· Regulation
- BlackRock’s Digital Asset AUM Reaches $79.632 Billion in Q3
The Sept. 30 total was up 63% from $48.8 billion at the end of June. The category generated $39 million in quarterly base fees and securities-lending revenue.
· Business
- Zaria Raises $5.2 Million to Develop Digital-Asset Lending
Lightspeed led the round. Zaria monitors crypto collateral and provides backup loans for structured financing deals.
· Business
- Payward Announces Memorandum With Bektenov
Payward co-CEO David Ripley also joined a discussion on digital assets and artificial intelligence at AI & Digital Bridge 2026.
· Business
- Hyperscale Data Plans Tokenized Preferred Stock Offering of Up to $33.5 Million
The plan covers up to 1,340,947 shares of 13.00% Series D preferred stock at an assumed price of $25 per share.
· Business
- ARK Invest Keeps Bitcoin (BTC) Outlook Intact as Stablecoins Gain Ground
ARK raised Bitcoin’s digital-gold market assumption by 37% but cut its emerging-market safe-haven penetration rate by 80%.
· Investing
- Michael Saylor says bitcoin is at start of bull market, can reclaim $100,000
Michael Saylor said bitcoin is entering a bull market as regulation, banking adoption and digital credit turn supportive, adding that the asset should move back above $100,000.
· Investing
- Australia Proposes Retail Protections for Crypto-Settled CFDs
The proposal would apply existing leverage limits, margin close-out rules and negative-balance protections to qualifying digital-asset-settled contracts.
· Regulation
- Apple Market Cap Hits Record $5.06 Trillion as Shares Rise 1.74%
Apple shares reached $346.892 in early U.S. trading Tuesday, pushing the company’s total market value to a new high.
· Investing
- Federated Hermes Plans First Directly Issued Tokenized Fund Shares
The $911.6 billion asset manager is working with Prometheum to offer blockchain-based fund share classes through traditional brokerages and financial advisers in early 2027.
· Business
- Talent Shortage Is an Adoption Barrier for 42% of Financial Institutions
Eighty-eight percent of banks have allocated or plan to allocate 2026 budgets for digital asset infrastructure, while 68% plan to work with crypto-native companies.
· Business
- Russia’s Sberbank Wins Approval to Operate as a Crypto Exchange
The bank was also registered as a digital depository and plans to introduce its first crypto products through existing customer interfaces on Dec. 1.
· Regulation
- CoinSwitch Ventures Rebrands as BlackLane Capital, Targets $100 Million
The firm plans to shift most of its capital allocation to direct equity and raise its maximum investment per deal to $5 million.
· Business
- WisdomTree Continues Five-Year Exploration of Tokenization
The firm is examining how digital tokens can represent asset rights and support more efficient, transparent transactions.
· Business
- Maryland Appoints Hedera Policy Chief to Digital Asset and Blockchain Task Force
Nilmini Rubin, Hedera’s chief policy officer, joins a state panel assessing the economic and regulatory implications of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
· Regulation
- Crypto.com Introduces Tokenized U.S. Stocks for Eligible EEA Users
The offering gives eligible users in the European Economic Area access to tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds through the Crypto.com app.
· Business
- TROOPS Agrees to Conditional Merger With EFFORCE Group
The Nasdaq-listed company plans to expand into digital-asset infrastructure, sustainability initiatives, carbon credits and green certificates. Financial terms and a closing date were not disclosed.
· Business
- WisdomTree Posts Nearly $1.2 Billion in September Net Inflows
Assets under management fell to $168.93 billion, while tokenized AUM rose 65% year to date.
· Business
- Anseta Joins Cosmos Partner Network to Support Tokenization Efforts
The partnership adds Anseta’s financial-institution solutions to Cosmos’ efforts to expand digital-asset activity and tokenization strategies.
· Business
- Strategy Buys 334 Bitcoin as STRC Buybacks Reach $176 million
The purchase lifted Strategy’s holdings to 848,000 BTC. Michael Saylor later posted a message that could signal another acquisition without confirming one.
· Business
- 3iQ Secures In-Principle ADGM Approval for UAE Digital-Asset Business
The Category 4 license approval covers 3iQ Middle East Ltd. and supports a regulated platform for institutional digital-asset investors.
· Regulation
- 3iQ Middle East Gets Conditional Abu Dhabi Category 4 Approval
The UAE-based sister company must satisfy remaining requirements before receiving final permission to conduct regulated activities in Abu Dhabi Global Market.
· Regulation
- India’s Sitharaman, Singapore’s MAS Discuss Tokenization and Regulatory Challenges
The talks focused on interoperability, trusted settlement arrangements and tokenization’s potential efficiency gains. No specific policy changes were announced.
· Regulation
- CFTC Chair Puts Crypto Oversight on Existing Law as CLARITY Act Stalls
Michael S. Selig said the agency will use existing authority to oversee certain leveraged crypto trading while Congress has not sent the market-structure bill to the president.
· Regulation
- Brazil’s B3 Targets Early 2027 for Tokenized-Asset Infrastructure
The exchange is building infrastructure for tokenized assets in a regulated environment, including potential collateral use cases and stablecoin-related services.
· Business
- Solana Foundation Executive Predicts ‘Token Supercycle’ Over Next Decade
Nick Ducoff says money, assets and ownership could increasingly move onto the internet as tokenization expands across finance and other sectors.
· People
- Cardano Foundation Supports University of Nicosia Blockchain Course
The Fall 2026 online course offers free instruction for Weeks 1–8 and a €199 Advanced Track for Weeks 9–12.
· Technology
- SonicStrategy Completes First Tranche of C$2.25 Million SYN Private Placement
The Toronto-listed digital asset infrastructure company received 7,922,535 SYN tokens instead of cash. The shares remain restricted under Canadian securities law until Feb. 9, 2027.
· Business