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The BIS has argued that tokenised bank deposits should carry most everyday and wholesale payments, leaving stablecoins in narrower roles. Project Agorá's real-value tests make that more than a theoretical preference—but not yet a production system.
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HMRC’s first dedicated cryptoasset Capital Gains Tax table records £13.799 billion of disposal proceeds and £1.377 billion of gains. Our analysis finds that 240 people—about 1.4% of those included—reported 52% of the gains captured in the table.
Sources: HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs · HM Revenue & Customs
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Term Labs says a governance exploit affected its vaults. It has since shut every Term Meta Vault, revoked DAO governance roles and stopped new deposits while keeping withdrawals open.
Sources: Term Labs · Term Labs
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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.
Sources: CoinDesk · Swift · Swift · Standard Chartered
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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.
Sources: Galaxy Digital · Bank Leumi · Bank Leumi · CoinDesk
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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.
Sources: Sharplink, Inc. · Lido Docs · Lido Docs · Decrypt
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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.
Sources: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Decrypt
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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.
Sources: CoinDesk · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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The asset manager says bitcoin’s break from equities strengthens its case as a portfolio diversifier, even after a bruising year.
Sources: The Block
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The former Bitfarms parent has ended U.S. mining and is converting sites for AI and high-performance computing.
Sources: The Block · Keel Infrastructure
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A living roadmap through 2029 puts privacy, post-quantum security, native rollups and zero-knowledge proofs at the centre.
Sources: The Block · Ethereum roadmap
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Quarterly revenue reached $228.8 million and bitcoin output nearly quintupled, but a $92.3 million net loss overshadowed the gains.
Sources: The Block
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A share-funded deal added 2,455 BTC and lifted the Swedish company’s holdings to more than 3,500 BTC.
Sources: The Block · H100 Group
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Immunefi says researchers earned $2.32 million for confirmed bugs while attackers took roughly $110 million.
Sources: The Block
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The treasury added 7,391 ETH in a week, with 5.07 million ETH now staked and three million shares repurchased.
Sources: The Block · Bitmine Immersion Technologies
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The bank initiated coverage with a $200 end-2030 target and a thesis built around $4 trillion in tokenized assets by 2028.
Sources: The Block
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Researchers found the state-linked group using local language models to create polished finance lures while Git-based tools delivered malware.
Sources: The Block · Genians
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