Nomura subsidiary Laser Digital confirmed to Cointelegraph that it is in talks with Japan’s FSA to apply for a crypto trading license, eyeing the country’s institutional investors.

Crypto hack losses dropped 37% in Q3 to $509 million, but September saw a record surge in million-dollar incidents, led by exchange and DeFi exploits.

Kazakhstan is advancing a dual model by piloting its digital tenge CBDC alongside the Evo stablecoin as part of its push to become a crypto hub.

Bitcoin futures buyers came in force for “Uptober” as buy volume outpaced sell volume by nearly $2 billion near new BTC price all-time highs.

Tether’s co-founder Reeve Collins said all forms of money, including dollars and euros, will likely be represented on the blockchain within the next five years.

Analysts told Cointelegraph in July that whales and treasury companies stacking BNB, along with regular token burns, were sending the coin’s price higher.

Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury has reached $77.4 billion, surpassing the market capitalization of major banks and equaling the GDP of some nations.

Conensys boss Joe Lubin has confirmed that SWIFT will leverage the Ethereum layer 2 Linea blockchain to build its crypto payments ledger.

There is a Unity engine vulnerability that allows third parties to inject code into mobile games, potentially compromising crypto wallets, sources have told Cointelegraph.

When the AI delegates rollout, it will be done in stages, with early models similar to chatbots, then representing large groups, and finally, each DAO member.