Morning Edition · Sunday, September 20, 2026
Crypto
Aztec Says a Proving-System Flaw Lets an Invalid Transaction Pass Verification on Alpha V5
Contributors found the defect through internal artificial-intelligence-assisted auditing and say the repair arrives only with the next network version, leaving current funds and applications exposed in the meantime.
Crypto
Three New Exploit Write-Ups Show Losses Coming From Checks That Were Never Written
Prime Finance lost about 425 wrapped HYPE to a replayed but validly signed oracle report, Likwid lost 74.31 BNB to a missing reserve update, and MultiversX spent Saturday investigating an undisclosed mainnet issue.
Crypto
The CFTC Sent Crypto Market Rules to the White House Days After the Senate Killed the CLARITY Act
The bill failed 49-50, well short of the 60 votes needed to advance, and agencies are now writing by regulation what Congress declined to put into statute.
Crypto
The SEC Granted Tokenized Stock Venues a Five-Year Exemption, and Peter Schiff Called It Bearish for Bitcoin
The order lets permissioned automated market makers trade tokenized shares outside the legal definition of an exchange, provided token holders keep dividends and voting rights.
Crypto
Researchers Target the Relayer Dependency That Links Shielded Withdrawals Back to Their Depositors
A new Ethereum Research proposal cites measurements of 1,049 Railgun withdrawals that were traceable through the account that paid the gas, while Miden shipped a wallet that proves transactions on the user's own device.
Crypto
Lagarde Intervened to Stop Binance's European License, the Wall Street Journal Reported, as Licensing Costs Push a Rival Out of Brazil
The European Central Bank holds no licensing authority under the bloc's crypto rules, and the Argentine exchange Lemon is closing about 15,000 Brazilian accounts rather than meet new capital requirements.
Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia Leaves the China-Led mBridge Digital Currency Settlement Platform
The world's largest oil exporter joined as an observer in 2023 and became a full participant in June 2024 before completing its proof-of-concept work and declining to continue.
Crypto
Attackers Are Getting Victims to Deploy Their Own Wallet Drainers Through Fake Trading-Bot Tutorials
TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics firm, traced 274.6 ether, worth roughly $517,000, from 224 victims who followed step-by-step videos promising an artificial-intelligence arbitrage bot.
Crypto
Ripple Says Asset Managers Are Building Around an XRP Ledger Upgrade That Makes Linked Transfers All-or-Nothing
Batch V1.1 lets an asset transfer and its matching payment succeed together or fail together, a settlement property banks normally buy from a clearing intermediary.
Crypto
Ether Waiting to Enter Staking Outweighs Ether Waiting to Exit by More Than Thirteen to One
The queue imbalance is building while United States spot ether funds recorded $141 million of net outflows over the week to 18 September.
Crypto
Robinhood Chain Fees Fell 97 Percent While Transaction Counts Stayed Near Their Highs
Roughly $1.5 billion a day still moves across the network, which secures $2.85 billion and remains at the least decentralized stage on L2Beat's scale.
Crypto
Bitcoin Rebounded Toward $81,300 as Saylor Answered a Venture Capitalist's Case Against the Asset
Fidelity's fund took in $310 million on Friday, partly offsetting a week of withdrawals, while venture capitalist Jason Calacanis argued the asset has been superseded and Michael Saylor rejected the comparison.