Coinbase led an industry lobbying effort that spread money across in-house teams, trade groups and dozens of outside firms during the first half of 2026.

The WaterPlum group compromised at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries and targeted software developers and IT professionals.

The cryptocurrency has retreated from last week's highs as Treasury yields remain elevated and geopolitical tensions weigh on broader risk assets.

Bitget says its $464 million-plus protection fund can cover the losses as investigators examine how attackers gained access to a critical wallet system.

After Congress was unable to advance the CLARITY Act in September, the SEC moved ahead with an "Innovation Exemption" allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade onchain while the agency considers more durable rules.

If businesses entering Country 196 use CoinFactory's infrastructure to tokenize assets, ownership structures or economic participation, the ecosystem gains a commercial model that does not depend solely on attracting users to a virtual world.

The SEC and CFTC are using their existing authority to advance digital-asset rules after the Senate failed to move a sweeping market-structure bill forward.