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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...
The SEC Just Sent It's Crypto Custody Rules to the White House
The SEC has sent a major proposed overhaul of its crypto custody rules to the White House for review. Submitted on August 25, 2026 , the proposal could provide clearer rules for investment advisers and funds holding digital assets for clients. The full proposal hasn't been made public yet. But we know which laws are at the center of it: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 . The White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs can request changes before the proposal returns to the SEC for consideration and a public comment process. The bigger picture? The SEC isn't just figuring out how to regulate crypto trading. It's increasingly working out how traditional investment firms can safely hold crypto for their clients. And clearer custody rules could make it easier for more institutions to enter the market. Crypto custody is becoming a Wall Street infrastructure issue.
From Stock Fraud to a $24M Crypto Ponzi
Brent Kovar's crypto case wasn't his first encounter with financial fraud allegations. In 2009 , the SEC sued Kovar over an alleged $12 million pump-and-dump scheme involving SkyWay Global. According to the SEC, Kovar and his associates promoted false claims about the company's business, helping inflate its stock price and trading volume before selling 76.65 million shares for more than $12 million in profits . Fast-forward to 2026, and a federal jury has convicted Kovar over a $24 million crypto Ponzi scheme through Profit Connect. The alleged pitch had simply evolved: From hyping a stock → to promising AI-powered crypto mining. Different technology. Same old promise of easy money.
The SEC Just Changed the Crypto Game — And Most Traders Haven’t Realized It Yet
Bitcoin's price is getting most of the attention in crypto right now. But something potentially much bigger happened this week in Washington. On August 18, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new framework called “Regulation Crypto Assets” that could fundamentally change how some crypto projects raise money, launch tokens and eventually transition their tokens away from being treated as investment contracts. And the timing is particularly interesting. Because Congress is simultaneously trying to pass the CLARITY Act , which would create a broader statutory framework for digital assets. In other words, America's crypto rulebook is being rewritten from two directions at once. A potential new fundraising route for crypto projects One of the most significant parts of the SEC proposal is what it could mean for token issuers. The proposed framework creates two exemptions from traditional Securities Act registration requirements for qualifying cryp...