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IBM Joins Swift's Blockchain: 17 Banks Already Piloting It
IBM Plugged Into Swift's Banking Blockchain Here's Who's Already On It: The world's biggest bank messaging network just quietly went blockchain and IBM wants in. On September 25 - 2026, IBM connected its Digital Asset Haven platform to Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger, currently in beta. The move lets banks move tokenized deposits across Swift's network using an ISO 20022 messaging adapter meaning banks can tap blockchain rails without ripping out their existing payment systems. Swift isn't a small player here. It connects over 12,500 financial institutions across more than 200 markets, moving the equivalent of world GDP every two to three days. So when Swift adds blockchain to that stack, banks pay attention. The First Live Transaction Already Happened HSBC and Standard Chartered beat everyone to the punch, completing the first live transaction on the ledger back in August proof the system works outside the lab. Meet the 17 Founding Banks Swift's ...
Visa Is Shutting Down the Meme Coin Credit Card Loophole
Buying meme coins with a credit card came with an unexpected perk: some users could earn ordinary credit card points and cash back on their crypto purchases. Visa is now moving to close that loophole. The issue centered on how meme coin purchases were classified by payment processors . Some Crossmint-powered checkouts used merchant category code (MCC) 5815 , a category intended for digital media such as movies, music and audiobooks, rather than a crypto-specific category. That meant a meme coin purchase could look to the card network like a normal digital-media purchase. How the loophole worked Users of Robinhood Wallet and Fomo could purchase certain meme coins using credit cards through Apple Pay or Google Pay. According to The Block's testing, transactions made with Visa and Mastercard cards were classified as digital-media purchases and could earn normal card rewards, including points and cash back. The classification mattered because crypto purchases are generally t...
Crypto Funds Just Posted Their Best Week of 2026 — $3.5B in a Single Week
"Bitcoin ETFs Go 5-for-5: Crypto Funds Hit Biggest Inflow Week of the Year" Digital asset investment funds pulled in $3.5 billion last week, according to CoinShares latest Digital Asset Bi-Weekly Digest the largest single-week inflow recorded in 2026. The surge pushed total assets under management across crypto funds to $173 billion globally. Bitcoin Led the Charge US spot Bitcoin ETFs were the standout performer, hauling in $2.39 billion and staying positive on all five trading days of the week. Ethereum products weren't far behind, adding $690 million over the same stretch. Together, these flows pulled year-to-date totals back into positive territory up to $8.6 billion for 2026 so far. What Sparked the Rally? CoinShares attributes the strength to the removal of uncertainty following the Federal Reserve's recent rate decision. Once the outcome became clear, investors who had been sitting on the sidelines started deploying capital again. The US Dominated But Who Else...
Upcoming IPOs Are Back. Here’s What Investors Should Beware Of
The IPO market is getting busy again, with major private companies across AI, fintech, technology, space and consumer businesses moving closer to public markets. Names such as OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX, Oura and Strava have appeared in the 2026 IPO pipeline, although the status and timing of individual listings can change. Some companies have filed, while others remain confidential filers or are simply being discussed as potential candidates. That creates an opportunity for investors to gain access to companies that were previously available mainly through private markets. But an IPO can also make it easier to buy into a company before the market has fully figured out what it is worth. The IPO price is not automatically a bargain One of the biggest mistakes investors can make is assuming that getting shares at the IPO price means getting in early at a cheap valuation. The IPO price is determined through the offering process and reflects what the company and its underwriters...
Vitalik Says AI Will Make Crypto More Secure
What if the same AI that helps hackers find vulnerabilities could also make your crypto harder to steal? That is the possibility Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is pointing to. He argues that AI could make software fundamentally harder to break by making formal verification practical at a much larger scale. Formal verification uses mathematical proofs to confirm that code follows specific security rules. Instead of relying only on testing to find bugs, developers can prove that certain parts of a program behave as intended. But Buterin says there is a bigger challenge. The Hardest Part Is Defining Security According to Buterin, defining what “secure” actually means is harder than verifying the code . A security definition needs to account for more than obvious bugs. It may also need to consider compromised servers, leaked keys, network attacks, metadata and hardware vulnerabilities. If an important threat is missing from the definition, a perfect mathematical proof will no...
Binance Added Stock Options for More Than 1,000 Equities
The line between crypto exchanges and traditional financial markets is getting harder to see. On September 1, Binance launched options on more than 1,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs for eligible users outside the United States. But the more interesting part isn't simply the number of assets. It's how the contracts are structured. Binance is connected to the actual shares Binance's options are physically settled . That means exercising an option can result in the underlying stock or ETF shares being delivered rather than simply paying the trader the difference in price. The infrastructure behind the product is also tied directly to traditional securities markets. Binance's ADGM-regulated broker, Nest Trading Limited, routes orders to Alpaca Securities , which handles execution, clearing, settlement and custody. So a Binance option on an actual U.S.-listed security ultimately connects to the underlying equity. That's much closer to how conventional stock op...
Tokenized Stock Volume Just Exploded — But Three Platforms Control Most of It
Tokenized stocks are moving beyond being a crypto experiment. Over the past 30 days, on-chain transfer volume jumped more than 415% to $29.5 billion , while monthly active addresses climbed 209% to about 1.3 million . The number of holders also reached roughly 2.36 million . But there's something more interesting beneath the headline numbers. Most of the market is still controlled by three platforms. The three giants According to RWA.xyz data, the total value of tokenized stocks distributed on-chain reached approximately $2.54 billion . Of that: Ondo: $842.8 million Kraken xStocks: $609.3 million Binance bStocks: $599.9 million Together, they represent roughly 81% of the market . That's a remarkable level of concentration for a market growing this quickly. Why is this happening? The products are becoming easier to access. Coinbase recently brought tokenized U.S. stocks to Base for eligible non-U.S. users, while Bitwise introduced automated portfolios using t...
Bitcoin Is Still 20× Smaller Than Gold
Bitcoin is getting bigger, but it's still nowhere near gold's market cap. Gold's total market value is currently around $32 trillion , while Bitcoin sits near $1.6 trillion . That puts Bitcoin at roughly 5% of gold's market cap . To match gold, Bitcoin's market cap would need to grow by about 20× . With roughly 20 million BTC circulating, that would put Bitcoin near $1.6 million per coin assuming gold's market cap stays around today's level. The interesting part isn't whether Bitcoin reaches gold tomorrow. It's how much ground Bitcoin could close if institutional adoption keeps accelerating. 5% today. 100% would be a completely different financial landscape.
The Coldcard Exploit Shows There Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Crypto Wallet
For years, hardware wallets have been promoted as one of the safest ways to store cryptocurrency. The idea is simple: keep your private keys offline, away from hackers, and your assets remain secure. The latest exploit involving the Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard is challenging that belief. Security researchers say attackers exploited a vulnerability affecting Coldcard wallets, with blockchain analysis now estimating that roughly $70 million worth of Bitcoin was stolen from more than 1,100 wallets . The incident has become one of the biggest hardware wallet security events in recent years, raising fresh questions about how investors should think about self-custody. A Reminder That No System Is Perfect The exploit doesn't mean hardware wallets are unsafe. It does, however, show that no storage method is completely immune to risk. Hardware wallets are designed to protect users from online attacks, malware and exchange failures. But like any piece of technology, they stil...