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Brazil will require regulated crypto firms to report transfers of $10,000 or more involving self-custody wallets from Oct. 1. The measure covers incoming and outgoing transactions and precedes additional checks, including possible delays for some outbound transfers from January 2027.
Goldman Sachs is bringing its roughly $100 billion FTIXX Treasury fund to eligible institutional crypto firms through Lynq. The fund will remain a traditional product, with Lynq providing a new distribution channel rather than creating a tokenized version.
Chainlink’s CCIP 2.0 lets institutions operate or hire independent verifiers for cross-chain transfers, five months after the $292 million Kelp DAO hack. The upgrade preserves Chainlink’s 16-node default system while changing the role of its separate Risk Management Network.
Ether.fi is ending its final structural link with EigenLayer as restaking yields weaken and risks rise. The protocol is shifting toward cards, borrowing and vaults after the wider sector’s profits and fee generation declined sharply.
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok warned that AI agents could automatically move household cash from low-interest checking accounts to higher-yield alternatives, draining the inexpensive deposits banks use to fund loans and creating a slow-motion bank-run risk.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2409, barring state public officials and employees from issuing meme coins and restricting platforms from listing certain politically connected tokens from 2027. The measure arrives as Congress debates ethics rules for politicians’ crypto ventures.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2409, banning state public officials from issuing memecoins. The measure was presented as an anti-corruption response to President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP token, whose sharp collapse caused billions in reported losses for buyers.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning state and local public officials from issuing memecoins and restricting certain related offerings to residents. The measure applies to tokens issued from Jan. 1, 2027, while a separate law expands digital-asset money-laundering enforcement.
CryptoSlate said UK consumers’ practice of keeping cash at home underscores the value of payment access during app failures, card declines, or power outages, reinforcing continued interest in money that can be used without centralized permission.
CryptoSlate reports that Sygnum is holding trading collateral for Bitget’s institutional clients, while a withdrawal pause leaves retail balances dependent on Bitget’s own controls and available funds.
IBM has connected 17 banks to the SWIFT ledger, while Digital Asset Haven’s ISO 20022 adapter supports tokenized-deposit instructions. Final settlement remains with existing systems, and CryptoSlate says cloud risk persists.
U.S. prosecutors are seeking $84.2 million from a Caribbean bank linked to Tether and are also targeting a Montana payments firm. Both entities are accused of moving money without a license, according to Decrypt.
Tether said it had limited exposure to EQIBank, where it holds some assets, after US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars. The case involves an $84 million seizure.
Tether says its maximum EQIBank exposure is below $64 million after an $89 million U.S. asset seizure. The episode highlights continuing counterparty risks in fiat gateway networks relevant to USDT market participants.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged governments to help guide AI development after an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on an Australian Medicare data portal, according to Cointelegraph.
The Federal Reserve opened two GENIUS Act proposals for comment: one requiring supervised stablecoin issuers to fully back tokens with safe assets, and another creating an application process for banks seeking to issue stablecoins.
