Issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin and dominant settlement asset across crypto trading globally.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-ushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/Crypto chaos: Web3 salaries plummet 75%, $657M vanished in a tweet, 9,000 ATMs dark.Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupWeb3crypto-jobshackersregulationhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/Binance just launched Pre-IPO Perpetual Contracts, letting anyone on earth speculate on SpaceX's valuation before it goes public. Wall Street just got disintermediated.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbinancespacexderivativesdefiipoperpetual-futureshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act 68-30, creating America's first federal stablecoin regulatory framework. 68 senators just decided the future of USDC, Tether, and every dollar-pegged token in crypto.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationstablecoindefipolicyhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/THORChain was drained across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base simultaneously on May 15. RUNE dropped 12%, all trading and signing was halted, and the team still hasn't explained the attack vector.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefiexploitsecuritythorchainhackbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/The world's largest asset manager quietly filed SEC paperwork for two tokenized money-market funds specifically designed to let stablecoin holders earn Treasury yield — the same yield that Congress just voted to ban stablecoins from paying. The loophole is elegant. The implications are massive.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsblackrockstablecoinrwaethereumtokenizationregulationdefiinstitutionalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/In 30 days, Tether silently blacklisted 371 wallets and froze $515 million in USDT across Tron and Ethereum — no court order required. That's 40% of everything they froze in all of 2025, done in a single month. Here's how the kill switch works, who's using it, and what it means for crypto.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstetherusdtstablecoinregulationenforcementdeficompliancehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/Visa's stablecoin settlement pilot hit a $7B annualized run rate — up 50% in a single quarter — and just expanded to 9 blockchains including Base, Polygon, and Stripe's Tempo. TradFi isn't coming to crypto. It's already here.Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinvisapaymentsinstitutionalbasepolygonhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/DeFi United drops its technical rescue blueprint today, with Consensys, Aave, Compound, the Solana Foundation and 14 other protocols pledging $300M+ in ETH to re-collateralize rsETH after the $292M Lazarus-linked KelpDAO exploit. This is the most coordinated cross-protocol rescue in DeFi history.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecurityaaveethereumnorth-korealazarushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/DeFi hacks hit $606M in 18 days, while Kalshi and Polymarket battle for the U.S. crypto derivatives market.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupDeFicrypto-derivativesstablecoinsAIhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/Morgan Stanley's new MSNXX Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio quietly makes the $200B wealth manager the preferred reserve custodian for the entire stablecoin industry under the GENIUS Act.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinsinstitutionalregulationtradfigenius-acthttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/The sitting U.S. president is meeting the top 297 holders of his personal memecoin at Mar-a-Lago today — while the token sits 96% below its all-time high and Senate Democrats launch a formal investigation.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsmemecoinsregulationtrumppoliticshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/Mint Blockchain shut down April 17. Myria is pulling the plug on its L2 with an April 27 asset-bridging deadline. They're not alone — 20+ crypto projects went dark in Q1 2026. The NFT-era infrastructure bubble is officially over.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefinftethereumlayer2jobsmarkethttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/Grinex — the sanctions-dodging successor to Russia's notorious Garantex — shut down after a $13M hack and blamed 'Western special services.' The irony is too rich.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshacksrussiasanctionsenforcementdefiexchangehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/Tether is bailing out Drift Protocol with $148M after North Korea's $285M heist — but the real play is quietly replacing Circle's USDC as Solana DeFi's settlement currency.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisolanatetherusdtusdccirclenorth-koreahacksstablecoinshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/A fraudulent Ledger Live app slipped through Apple's review process, stayed live for roughly two weeks, and drained $9.5 million from 50+ victims before ZachXBT blew the whistle.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecurityhackappleledgerwalletzachxbthttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/The TRUMP token snapshot deadline is today. Whales have pumped $2.7M in 48 hours to buy their way into a presidential dinner. The Senate wants answers. And buried in the fine print: Trump 'may not be able to attend.'Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTtrumpmeme-coinsregulationbreaking-newswhale-watchdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/Hong Kong granted its first two stablecoin licenses to HSBC and a Standard Chartered–Animoca joint venture — picking just 2 from 36 applicants. The era of bank-issued stablecoins is here.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTstablecoinsregulationhong-konghsbcstandard-charteredbreaking-newsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/Bitwise dropped the Form 8-A for its Hyperliquid ETF (ticker: BHYP) today. Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas says that's the last filing before launch. HYPE is up 103% from January lows. Cantor Fitzgerald just called $200B market cap. Here's what it means.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTetfhyperliquidhypedefibreaking-newscrypto-jobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/You can't swap USDT for USDC at face value without slippage. A former a16z partner just raised $10M to build the clearinghouse that makes stablecoins actually fungible — and Stripe, MetaMask, and Phantom are already signed up.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinsa16zdefiinfrastructurehiringfundraisinghttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/ZachXBT just published a damning thread showing Circle had the power to freeze $232M in stolen Drift Protocol funds — during business hours, over 6 hours — and chose not to. It's part of a pattern spanning $420M across 15 cases since 2022.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecurityregulationstablecoinssolanahttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-created-fake-crypto-doj-wash-trading-sting/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-created-fake-crypto-doj-wash-trading-sting/The DOJ just unsealed charges against 10 crypto executives in a massive wash trading sting called Operation Token Mirrors. The FBI built its own Ethereum token — NexFundAI — to bait them. Here's the full breakdown and what it means for the industry.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMTdojfbicryptowash-tradingmarket-manipulationregulationnexfundaigotbitenforcementbreaking-news