An attacker hijacked Ostium's price oracle and traded on quotes from the future, draining between $18 million and $24 million from the Arbitrum DeFi exchange in about five minutes.
Governor Pritzker signed a law forcing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and xAI to hire independent auditors every year to check their models' safety. Violators face fines of up to $3 million.
Stablecoins are splitting into bank-issued and crypto-native camps as regulators tighten the rules. Here's what the shift means for exchanger owners — and how to avoid depending on a single token or network in 2026.
Japan's government granted $2.4 billion to state-backed Noetra, which will build a data center powered by 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips to train a homegrown AI model for robots and industry.
China's cyberspace regulator has cleared Apple Intelligence for local release, running on Alibaba's Qwen model instead of OpenAI. The approval ends a nearly two-year wait for Chinese iPhone owners.
A customer waits 20 minutes for a withdrawal and moves to a competitor with instant payouts. Here is how Lightning Network and Layer-2 cut withdrawal time and fees for an exchanger — and where the tech still falls short.
America's central securities depository ran its first live trades in tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Vanguard — real settlement on a blockchain, not a pilot.
Your published rate lags the market for a few minutes — and arbitrage traders pocket the difference. Here's what makes up an exchanger's spread, the manual-update mistakes behind it, and when automation pays off.
Japan's parliament has finished its crypto overhaul: digital assets are now financial instruments, income tax drops to a flat 20%, and unregistered operators face up to 10 years in prison.
The US Treasury froze four Tron wallets holding $131 million in USDT tied to Iran's central bank, part of the ongoing Operation Economic Fury as Middle East tensions escalate.
A practical guide to splitting crypto exchanger reserves across hot, cold and multisig wallets — how much to keep on hand, when multisig pays off, and where owners lose money.
The US and UK Treasuries released a ten-point roadmap aligning rules for tokenized securities and stablecoins, backed by the SEC, CFTC, FCA and Bank of England.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an order freezing new permits for a year for data centers of 50 megawatts or more, citing strain on the power grid and the risk of higher utility bills for residents.
The European Central Bank has picked 36 banks and payment firms — from Deutsche Bank to Revolut — for a year-long digital euro test, aiming to push dollar stablecoins out of European payments.
Exchanger clients rarely wait more than a couple of minutes for support before checking a rival's rate. Here's what AI support chat can actually do, where it breaks down, and how to pick a tool without compliance risk.
The Senate is back with roughly a month to pass the CLARITY Act, America's crypto market structure bill. Talks are stuck on ethics rules aimed straight at Trump's own crypto earnings.
On July 13, US authorities moved nearly $288 million in seized bitcoin and ether to Coinbase Prime, instantly fueling speculation about a possible sale of the strategic reserve.
After FTX collapsed with nothing behind the numbers, “trust me” audits stopped cutting it. Proof of reserves uses blockchain math to prove an exchange actually holds client funds — without exposing anyone's balance.
The UK Treasury handed Rachel Reeves a 12-month plan to move repo, bonds and funds onto blockchain rails. BlackRock, JPMorgan, Coinbase and Ripple are on board, with up to £33 billion in annual gains at stake by 2035.
AI-powered fraud detection is everywhere in crypto exchange operations, but the marketing outpaces reality. Here are five common myths about it — and what these systems genuinely do well for an exchanger.