News
Binance puts hot-wallet hit near $6.3B
Binance puts the hot-wallet incident near $6.3 billion and says a compromised DevOps laptop may have allowed unauthorized …
Exchanges
News
Binance investigates security issue, pauses withdrawals
Binance says it is investigating a potential security issue and that user funds are safe. It paused withdrawals on several …
Policy
Resolução BCB nº 602 lets Brazilians pick which products a crypto exchange may pitch them from 31 March 2027, but anyone who never makes the choice keeps getting every offer
Resolução BCB nº 602, adopted 23 October 2026 and published 26 October 2026, makes Brazilian exchanges let individual clients …
Guides
Is SMS 2FA enough to protect your crypto exchange account? The text code follows your phone number, and a SIM swap or port-out can move that number before the authenticator app, the withdrawal allowlist, and the anti-phishing code are on
SMS codes follow the phone number, so a SIM swap can take them. Switch to an authenticator or a passkey, turn on a withdrawal …
News
France would bar services on non-MiCA stablecoins
France’s Treasury, the AMF, the Banque de France and the ACPR want EU law to bar licensed crypto companies from non-MiCA …
Policy
FCA CP26/36 consults until 18 November 2026 on draft UK guidance for crypto activities that would not need a licence from 25 October 2027
FCA CP26/36 is draft UK guidance, open until 18 November 2026, on crypto activities that would not need a licence from 25 October …
Policy
CNV Resolución General 1172/2026, from 16 October 2026, rewrites Argentina's PSAV rules for exchanges and custodians, and a monthly client, volume and custody report in the new format applies from 1 November.
CNV Resolución General 1172/2026 rewrites Argentina’s PSAV rules from 16 October 2026, and a new-format monthly report on …
News
ESMA: three months to drop non-MiCA stablecoins
ESMA told EU national regulators that MiCA-authorised crypto firms should stop serving EU clients with non-compliant stablecoins, …
Policy
CFTC advance notice RIN 3038-AF80, released 5 October 2026, asks how to regulate retail crypto trades offered with leverage, margin, or financing, and it is now in the Federal Register with comments due 14 December 2026
The CFTC’s 5 October 2026 advance notice, RIN 3038-AF80, covers retail crypto leverage and a new crypto asset market …
News
Schuman and eToro launch Eurøpe Consortium
Schuman Financial, Nasdaq-listed eToro and nine other European firms announced the Eurøpe Consortium in Paris on 5 October 2026, …
News
CFTC registers Coinbase Clearing as a DCO
The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026, permitted to clear only …
Guides
What is a destination tag or memo? On XRP, Stellar, Cosmos and similar networks the receive address alone is not enough, and a missing or wrong tag is how exchange deposits look confirmed on-chain while the desk never credits you
Your exchange deposit needs both address and destination tag or memo. Miss either and the chain can confirm while your balance …