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Swift’s first live ledger transfer links tokenised deposits to bank settlement rails
HSBC and Standard Chartered have completed the first reported live transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. Swift’s own design documents show why the milestone is about bank interoperability—not the disappearance of existing settlement systems.
The transaction moves Swift’s project from a published design and readiness announcement into reported live use. The more important architectural point is that the shared ledger coordinates tokenised bank money across institutions while retaining established compliance, credit and settlement controls.
Transaction volumes, currencies and corridors; the treatment of final settlement; how quickly more pilot banks join; and whether Swift publishes measurable gains in liquidity, speed and operating cost.
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BusinessIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Bank Leumi and Galaxy target early 2027 for in-app crypto trading
Bank Leumi and Galaxy have announced a partnership intended to let Leumi and PEPPER customers buy, hold and sell bitcoin, ether and solana inside Leumi Trade. The companies expect availability in early 2027, but the reviewed primary sources do not show a live customer service or announce a product-specific regulatory approval.
Why It MattersA bank-integrated route could remove account-opening and transfer friction for customers who already use Leumi. Its significance will depend on the final custody, execution, pricing, withdrawal, compliance and customer-protection terms—not simply on the presence of three assets inside an existing app.
EthereumIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Sharplink's planned $200 million Lido allocation adds a new layer of treasury risk
Sharplink says it will stake $200 million of ether through Lido and hold the resulting wstETH with Anchorage Digital. The plan could add staking rewards and DeFi flexibility, but it also adds protocol, liquidity, custody and execution dependencies that ordinary ETH ownership does not carry in the same form.
Why It MattersThe plan moves part of a public company's treasury from direct ETH exposure into a liquid-staking token. That may generate staking rewards and make the position usable in DeFi, while adding smart-contract, validator, withdrawal, market-liquidity, custody and governance risks.
RegulationIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. SEC cancels crypto offering-rule meeting without setting a new date
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cancelled an open meeting that was due to consider whether to propose a tailored offering regime for certain crypto investment contracts. The official notice gave no reason and announced no replacement date.
Why It MattersThe cancellation delays the point at which issuers, investors and the public might see proposed text and respond to it. It does not establish that the idea has been abandoned, adopted or connected to a separate legislative delay.
BitcoinIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Strategy’s bitcoin-only playbook meets a cash reality
After selling 1,690 BTC and raising $653 million in stock, the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder says its multibillion-dollar cash reserve is what shorter-term credit investors actually want.
Why It MattersThe company is still built around bitcoin. But cash—not another coin purchase—is now carrying the promise that preferred dividends get paid through a long downturn.
MarketsIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Bitcoin slips to $64K as BlackRock says the mood is turning
The asset manager says bitcoin’s break from equities strengthens its case as a portfolio diversifier, even after a bruising year.
Why It MattersFive straight ETF inflow sessions suggest institutions may be testing the waters before price momentum returns.
BusinessIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Keel switches off all of its U.S. bitcoin mines for an AI future
The former Bitfarms parent has ended U.S. mining and is converting sites for AI and high-performance computing.
Why It MattersThe pivot shows where infrastructure operators now see stronger margins—and what they are willing to leave behind.
EthereumIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Ethereum’s new north star: privacy first, quantum-safe by design
A living roadmap through 2029 puts privacy, post-quantum security, native rollups and zero-knowledge proofs at the centre.
Why It MattersThe priorities move Ethereum’s debate from near-term scaling towards the network’s long-term survival and usability.
BusinessIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Bitdeer’s revenue jumps 47%. Its shares still sink 15%.
Quarterly revenue reached $228.8 million and bitcoin output nearly quintupled, but a $92.3 million net loss overshadowed the gains.
Why It MattersInvestors are demanding profitable execution—not just bigger mining output and a fashionable AI narrative.
BitcoinIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. H100 triples its bitcoin stack—at a 70% dilution cost
A share-funded deal added 2,455 BTC and lifted the Swedish company’s holdings to more than 3,500 BTC.
Why It MattersThe headline treasury growth is real, but so is the price paid by existing shareholders through dilution.
SecurityIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Crypto attacks cost $110M in July; bug researchers earned $2.32M
Immunefi says researchers earned $2.32 million for confirmed bugs while attackers took roughly $110 million.
Why It MattersAudit competitions are surfacing more serious flaws per engagement than conventional audits, changing how protocols buy security.
EthereumIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Bitmine’s ether hoard reaches 5.81M—nearly 5% of supply
The treasury added 7,391 ETH in a week, with 5.07 million ETH now staked and three million shares repurchased.
Why It MattersOne company’s growing ownership of a meaningful share of ETH raises both treasury and concentration questions.
DeFiIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Standard Chartered ties its $200 Chainlink target to tokenisation
The bank initiated coverage with a $200 end-2030 target and a thesis built around $4 trillion in tokenized assets by 2028.
Why It MattersThe call reframes LINK as financial infrastructure—but depends on adoption, fees and reliability scaling together.
SecurityIllustration: Crypto News Today · AI-assisted editorial artwork. Researchers link Kimsuky to a local AI stack for crypto attacks
Researchers found the state-linked group using local language models to create polished finance lures while Git-based tools delivered malware.
Why It MattersCheap, private AI tooling makes targeted phishing faster to produce and harder for crypto teams to dismiss at a glance.
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