Iran’s use of bitcoin for tolls in the Strait of Hormuz may intensify economic tensions, challenging traditional sanctions and financial systems. The post Iran uses bitcoin exchange for Strait of Hormuz tolls, US claims appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint....

Solana has cut its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds, increasing the rate at which the network produces slots by nearly 17% without raising its overall processing ceiling by the same amount. According to blockchain data, the…...

Bitcoin traded above $77,400 after the BOJ raised rates to 1.25%, while spot ETFs added $159.5 million and momentum cooled....

XRP Power is developing a cloud-based computing platform aimed at making blockchain participation more accessible to digital asset users. As digital assets continue to develop, access to computing infrastructure has become an increasingly important part of blockchain-related activities. For users…...

Bolivia has committed to developing a regulatory and supervisory framework for cryptocurrencies as part of its economic program with the International Monetary Fund, with the government seeking to limit illicit capital outflows through digital asset markets. The Bolivian Ministry of…...

dtcpay closed a $25 million Series A with SBI Group joining as a strategic investor to fund stablecoin payment expansion in Asia and Europe....

The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot....

Circle has introduced Arc Studio, an AI coding agent that generates full stack onchain applications, smart contracts and agents from natural language prompts. According to an Arc announcement on Sept. 17, Studio can produce frontend interfaces, backend logic and smart…...

JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said in a note this week that Bitcoin (BTC) could draw more price support than gold if hedging demand in the ETF market eases, with short interest in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) sitting near its highest level of the year. IBIT’s put-to-call...