The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a first-of-its-kind sectoral determination covering Iran’s digital assets sector, enabling sanctions against any person worldwide who…
Iran and Oman have resumed high-level discussions on managing transit through the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway that carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil. The talks focus…
BlackRock has reduced the minimum value required for eligible investors to convert Bitcoin into shares of its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) from $25 million to $1 million. The change, implemented…
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited has become the first traditional bank to serve as an authorised distributor of HKDAP (“HKD At Par”), the first regulated Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin.…
Canada is set to announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States after relations between the two countries deteriorated sharply. U.S. President Donald Trump warned Canadian leaders on Monday to “fall…
Nigeria, long regarded as Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market, faces growing risk of losing its regional leadership as new tax guidelines increase compliance costs and could drive trading activity offshore, according…
PwC Nigeria has warned that Nigeria’s newly issued tax guidelines on virtual assets introduce greater clarity but also create practical and legal uncertainties that could raise compliance costs and operational…
An attacker spent approximately $951 to seize control of Term Labs’ vault governance and drain an estimated $8.5 million from strategy vaults on August 23, 2026. The incident has become…
Ethereum researchers have published a concrete design for a post-quantum public key registry aimed at protecting the network’s validators from future quantum computing threats. The proposal, led by Thomas Coratger…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) shares declined nearly 4% in U.S. trading on August 24, 2026, following a larger drop in Hong Kong after the company announced a major…
