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Standard Chartered has added institutional spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum to its Dubai FX platform. CoinDesk reports that the cryptocurrencies are available through the bank’s existing eFX infrastructure used for dollar and euro trading.
Standard Chartered has launched institutional spot trading for Bitcoin and Ether in the UAE, Cointelegraph reports. The bank said it is the first major global bank to provide this access in the region.
Nearly $10 million could be stranded on an Ethereum layer 2 after deposits were halted and the network announced plans to shut down. CryptoSlate said users must follow differing exit procedures before New Year’s Eve to avoid possible loss.
New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve conflicting appeals-court rulings on whether states can restrict prediction markets’ sports products. It is the first state to seek the court’s review of the issue.
Public Citizen’s analysis of FEC filings found record corporate political donations of $646 million over 18 months. Crypto led sectors with $206 million, while crypto, AI and online betting together spent $344 million.
CrowdStrike and federal authorities disrupted Russia-based Sality malware, which allegedly redirected copied Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses for eight years. More than 15,000 infected machines have been isolated.
Thai businessmen sued Tether over its freezing of $42 million tied to a $61 million pig-butchering case. They did not dispute involvement in the scam but argued that Tether lacked authority to freeze the funds.
CryptoSlate reported that a layer-1 blockchain paused for about four hours after a $4.9 million exploit. An emergency patch disabled binary-options settlement, while researchers linked an address holding roughly 1,980 ETH to the incident.
A lawsuit alleges Tether froze $42.4 million in USDT after an informal U.S. law-enforcement request, more than three months before authorities obtained a seizure warrant, CoinDesk reports.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs had their strongest month of 2026 in August as BTC rose about 25%. Their year-to-date net outflows fell 66%, while Ether ETFs reached $732 million and XRP ETFs $502 million YTD.
