Iran said a September 14 meeting in Oman will focus on a new maritime passage in the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that any reopening of the strait still depends on US commitments under an earlier memorandum.

South Korean Democratic Party members said work on the Digital Asset Basic Law will move forward this year, but legislative review could be pushed into the first half of 2027 as parliament faces audits and budget deliberations.

Brazil's new central bank rules for virtual asset service providers impose capital, auditing, AML and reporting requirements that could sharply reduce the number of crypto exchanges able to remain in the market.

Bitcoin recorded a single-block reorganization at height 966500 after Antpool and Spiderpool mined competing valid blocks, with Antpool's block ultimately retained on the main chain and Spiderpool's block discarded.

Revolut said a limited number of customers had confidential data exposed after attackers used fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government domain, with documents, bank statements and Bitcoin transaction histories reportedly among the compromised materials.

Ampleforth’s 54th governance proposal has been flagged as a suspected malicious attempt to transfer nearly all USDC held by a time-locked treasury contract, putting about 2.5 million USDC at risk.

Thailand’s SEC has opened a public consultation on proposed stablecoin rules that would bar third-party wallet transfers and cap daily deposits or withdrawals at 5 million baht per operator, pending final regulatory decisions.

Poolin creditors were told the bid for the bankrupt miner’s asset auction has risen to $180 million from a roughly $52 million baseline, though the sale still requires U.S. bankruptcy court approval and final creditor recoveries remain uncertain.

Hugging Face said it has launched an Open Alignment Initiative and applied to join Anthropic’s Embedded Evaluator program, a process that could give outside researchers on-site access to inspect model training and safety practices if approved.

Grayscale research director Zach Pandl said U.S. crypto regulation can keep advancing even if Congress does not pass the CLARITY Act, citing ongoing work on stablecoins, token issuance, tokenized securities and perpetual futures.