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While allegations that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, transferred over $1 billion in funds to Iranian-linked wallets continue to dominate headlines, the company’s founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), has issued a statement on the matter. According to a report by Fortune, based on internal correspondence reviewed and anonymous sources, some auditors on Binance’s compliance team allegedly found evidence suggesting that over $1 billion in funds may have been transferred to individuals and entities with Iranian ties between March 2024 and August 2025. The report alleges that these transactions were routed through Tether (USDT) transfers conducted on the Tron network. This…

The crypto trading market and the growing number of decentralized financial platforms are developing at an incredible rate as there is always a need for faster transactions and lower fees. Bayse Markets, known previously as Gowagr, will be adding the Solana Network to its Infrastructure to improve consumers’ experiences and utilize high-speed transaction ability by Solana in the Bayse Markets trading platform which would ensure a high-quality user experience. Empowering Users with High-Speed Transactions Users will have the ability to deposit and withdraw assets directly from Solana as part of this integration. Solana’s architecture allows for impressive scalability, boasting transaction…

In a landmark development for blockchain interoperability and artificial intelligence, the cross-chain protocol deBridge has officially launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This pivotal innovation, reported by The Block, fundamentally empowers AI agents and developer tools—including prominent platforms like Claude—to directly execute on-chain activities. Consequently, a new era of automated, intent-driven blockchain interaction begins. deBridge MCP Server Bridges AI and Blockchain Execution The deBridge MCP server represents a significant technical leap. It functions as a dedicated interface that translates high-level user commands into secure, optimized blockchain transactions. Specifically, it allows AI agents to perform complex operations such as token…

Incident reports and blockchain analysis in the industry published by industry sites and security analysts reported a loss of $1.78 million at Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Moonwell after a critical oracle pricing error that briefly underpriced the Coinbase Wrapped Staked $ETH token (cbETH) at about $1.12 compared to its real market value of about 2,200. The wrong pricing due to the misconfigured oracle integration resulted in immediate liquidations and immediate collateral seizure of automated market participants. More than 1,096 cbETH were liquidated by liquidation bots and arbitrage participants as a result of the event, which increased the overall bad debt…

In its latest analysis, MakroVision assessed the technical outlook for Ethereum ($ETH). According to the report, Ethereum rapidly retreated to lower support levels after losing key support zones, experiencing a sharp and strong sell-off. The analysis noted that following strong selling pressure, the price initially reacted in the $1,730-$1,800 range. This area was described as acting as a short-term bottoming zone, and the market is currently seeking a temporary equilibrium. According to MacroVision, Ethereum’s medium-term structure clearly remains in a downtrend. The falling red trendline and successive lower peaks technically indicate that the downward trend continues. The analysis specifically highlighted…

Wall Street broker Bernstein said 2026 is likely to mark the start of a tokenization “supercycle,” with digital assets having probably bottomed after a weak end to 2025, making market dips an opportunity to add exposure to crypto-linked stocks. The broker says sentiment weakened late last year but underlying fundamentals remain intact, analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote in a Tuesday report. Bernstein maintained its bitcoin BTC$91,535.96 forecast of $150,000 in 2026, with a $200,000 target for the peak of the next market cycle in 2027. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around $91,600 at publication time. While bitcoin finished…

Passing the CLARITY crypto structure bill could improve market sentiment amid the ongoing downturn, according to United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.The stalling of the CLARITY bill over concerns voiced by crypto industry executives has negatively impacted the industry, Bessent told CNBC on Friday. He said: “In a time when we are having one of these historically volatile sell-offs, I think some clarity on the CLARITY bill would give great comfort to the market, and we could move forward from there. I think if the Democrats were to take the House, which is far from my best case, then the…

The innovation and crypto regulation are not usually in sync. Nevertheless, there is a new twist to the matter as one of the big platforms is making an attempt to keep ahead of both. An announcement published by BSCNews shows that Crypto.com is the first crypto-native organization to receive the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification on artificial intelligence systems management. This will position Crypto.Com in a special place. When most of the platforms discuss the adoption of AI, only a handful of them have configured their systems to be in line with an internationally recognized governance framework. Consequently, this action is an…

12 Chainlink standard integrations landed across 7 services on Ethereum, Solana, $BNB Chain, Polygon and Robinhood Chain. Bank of England chose the network for the 2026 Synchronisation Lab and CME launched $LINK futures expanding regulated access. Chainlink posted a weekly adoption update showing 12 integrations of the Chainlink standard across seven services and five chains: $BNB Chain, Ethereum, Polygon, Robinhood Chain, and Solana. New integrations named in the update included Asseto Finance, Ondo Finance, PokemonBNB, Polymarket, Robinhood, and Tessera. ⬡ Chainlink Adoption Update ⬡ This week, there were 12 integrations of the Chainlink standard across 7 services and 5 different…

A governance dispute inside the Aave ecosystem intensified after two detailed reports offered contrasting interpretations of the protocol’s past funding and contributions ahead of a vote on a proposed $50 million package for Aave Labs. Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller on Wednesday published what he called a transparency report reviewing Aave Labs’ historical funding and applied a return-on-investment framework to past DAO grants. Hours earlier, Aave Labs released its own contributions report outlining its role in building the protocol since 2017. The dispute centers on the “Aave Will Win” framework, a proposal asking tokenholders to approve funding worth…