Morgan Stanley Hires Blockchain Engineers for Ethereum, Polygon, Canton & Hyperledger Integration

Securitize announced a strategic partnership with the TRON blockchain to strengthen its tokenized securities infrastructure and expand digital-asset distribution across one of the industry's most active networks.

Circle’s CEO defended the company’s authority to freeze USDC after the $270 million Drift Protocol exploit and urged faster legal frameworks to enable rapid, lawful responses to crypto hacks.

Russia will prohibit cash-for-crypto transactions and require trades to go through cashless, bank-mediated channels, a senior central bank official said. The measure is meant to increase oversight of crypto-related flows and clamp down on informal peer-to-peer markets.

Aethir says it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, keeping losses below $90,000. Security firm PeckShield had earlier estimated the damage at about $400,000; Aethir pledged to compensate affected users.

Kraken has secured a master account with the Federal Reserve, but the risk-mitigation conditions tied to the account — and similar approvals that may follow — could introduce new vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system.