SWAP (SWAP) — News

CFTC Wants Event Contracts Defined as Swaps, but Not Casino Games

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sent the White House two rules that would redraw the legal definition of a swap. That definition is at th...

Stolen Bitget Funds Converted to BTC via CoW, Chainflip: Report

Chainflip rejected an attempted deposit tied to the Bitget theft, returning the funds instead of allowing the swap to proceed.

GhostSwap Review 2026: Privacy-Oriented Crypto Swaps

GhostSwap is a cryptocurrency swap platform that’s predominantly built around three core principles: speed, user control, and privacy. Instead of oper...

Abracadabra Proposes Winding Down MIM at Four Cents on the Dollar

A Snapshot vote would liquidate the protocol, swap what collateral is left into ether and pay MIM holders pro rata. The team puts recoverable backing ...

NEAR Intents Says It Froze $503,000 in Bitget Hack Funds

About $166,000 passed through the swap system, while Bitget says NEAR Intents waived its recovery-bounty share.

HiddenSwap Launches HiddenPay: No-KYC Crypto Donation Buttons and Payment Links That Accept Any Coin

Creators, open source developers, and small businesses can now accept crypto donations and payments in any coin and receive Monero, Bitcoin, or the co...

Jumper to Launch JUMP Token Sale on Legion as it Spins Out to Build the Super-App for Onchain Finance

With more than $40 billion in lifetime volume and over 100,000 monthly active users, Jumper is entering its next phase of growth as an independent com...

THORChain Pushes Back on Bitget’s Demand to Block Hacker Addresses

An address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request, while OKX’s Star Xu challenged THORChain’s comparison with Bitcoin.

Paxos Labs Launches Gold Token That Can Earn A Return In Gold

Paxos Labs has launched PAXGy, a token backed by PAXG that can increase in value relative to gold over time. The underlying reserves are deployed to v...

Aptos Ships Mainnet Node v1.49.1 As Validator Upgrade Cycle Continues

TL;DR Aptos Labs has released mainnet node software v1.49.1 for validators and fullnode operators. The release follows the earlier v1.49.1 hotfix path...

Bybit Adds Support For Avalanche v1.15.0 Network Upgrade

TL;DR Bybit has confirmed support for Avalanche’s v1.15.0 network upgrade. The exchange is updating its Avalanche node infrastructure while keeping AV...

Ondo Opens In-Kind Minting for Tokenized US Stocks

Approved institutions can now swap existing share inventory for Ondo Stocks through Alpaca, removing the separate cash funding required by the platfor...

BitMEX Officially Shuts Today. Who Wins Its Users?

BitMEX shuts down today, closing out a controversial eleven-year run. It is the exchange that invented the perpetual swap, the product every crypto de...

ZetaChain Holders Back Solana Migration As Proposal 68 Passes With 99.4%

TL;DR ZetaChain Proposal 68 passed with 99.4% support and roughly 58% turnout. The plan would move ZETA to a native Solana SPL token on a 1:1 basis wi...

KRP2 Law Firm Expands Specialized SIM Swap Crypto Recovery Litigation Across Major US Jurisdictions

[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, FL, USA, September 22nd, 2026] Kaplan Rothstein Prüss Peraza (KRP2), a prominent cybersecurity and data privacy litigation fir...

ZetaChain Votes to Wind Down Layer 1 and Move ZETA to Solana

Proposal 68 passed with 99.4% support and 58% participation, but exchanges must confirm the swap before a second vote sets the snapshot, claims and sh...

OpenAI and Anthropic swap AI models in unprecedented safety stress test

This collaboration highlights the potential for improved AI safety standards through cross-evaluation, fostering industry-wide trust and innovation. T...

Zoomex to Host Traders After Party During TOKEN2049 Singapore, Connecting Traders and the Web3 Community

Industry KOL panels, an interactive session with F1 driver Ollie Bearman, live music, and grand prizes including a MacBook Air and iPhone Duo will hig...

Arkham unveils Transaction Explorer V2 with enhanced swap detection

Arkham's Transaction Explorer V2 simplifies DeFi transactions, potentially increasing user accessibility and understanding in decentralized finance. T...

CoinEx Cashes Out: Hong Kong Crypto Exchange to Shut After Nine Years

CoinEx, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange founded in December 2017 by mining pool ViaBTC, today (Tuesday) announced that it will cease operati...

Exodus reports 20% rise in crypto swap volume to $377M in August

Exodus' rising swap volume highlights increased trading activity among existing users, but future growth hinges on expanding its user base. The post E...

Bitcoin Gives Back Its Overnight Gain As Brent Tops $100

Bitcoin reached $79,701.36 overnight and had round-tripped the move by midday in New York, leaving it flat over 24 hours. Ninety-three of the 123 larg...

EagleSwap Announces Milestone of 10,000 Completed Swaps

Blockstream Hunts ‘White Hats’ After 4,000 BTC Leaves Liquid

The layer two (L2) sidechain known as the Liquid Network paused on Sunday following a so-called white hacker exploiting a bug in Blockstream’s Element...

Monero liquidity after exchange delistings: How traders compare XMR swap routes

Monero's delisting from exchanges complicates trading, leading to varied liquidity and pricing, necessitating careful route comparison by traders. The...

Best Ways to Swap USDT TRC20 to XMR: Rates, Fees, and KYC Conditions

Compare four no-account ways to swap USDT TRC20 to XMR: fees, minimums, settlement time and AML conditions side by side.

Ripple Prime launches Delta One for institutional total return swap trading

Ripple Prime's Delta One launch could reshape institutional trading by challenging traditional brokers and enhancing market accessibility. The post Ri...

Bessent bond buybacks narrow Treasury swap spreads

The bond buyback plan may temporarily ease liquidity issues but risks undermining market credibility and increasing future borrowing costs. The post B...

Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds Native Support for TRON, Bringing TRX and USDT-TRC20 to Millions of Users

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 21, 2026 — Bitcoin.com, one of the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency platforms, today announced that its sel...

MemeCore commits $1B in tokens to ZeroStack in equity swap that raises more questions than answers

The equity swap could significantly alter ZeroStack's financial landscape, impacting shareholder value and market perception. The post MemeCore commit...