Oluwapelumi Adejumo

Articles by Oluwapelumi Adejumo

Why TRON’s $30 trillion lifetime volume could become a trap

Crypto September 26, 2026

TRON has surpassed $30 trillion in lifetime transaction volume as its USDT-heavy network pushes deeper into payments and regulated finance. More than $94 billion of Tethers USDT now circulates on TR�...

Bitget’s $351.6 million hack pushes September crypto losses to 2026 high

Crypto September 26, 2026

Bitget has suspended withdrawals after unauthorized transfers drained about $351.6 million from a limited number of its hot and warm wallets. The crypto exchange detected the transfers at 18:31 UTC �...

New York sues Polymarket, seeks triple gains and $100,000 penalties over prediction markets

Crypto September 26, 2026

New York has sued Polymarket, alleging its US prediction market is an unlicensed gambling business operating across the state. On Sept. 24, Attorney General Letitia James asked a New York state cour�...

Bitcoin researchers target privacy coins with Zcash-style shielded transfers

Crypto September 26, 2026

Bitcoin researchers have proposed a system for private transfers directly on the network without requiring a soft fork or changes to its consensus rules. The Sept. 24 paper from [[alloc] init] resea...

BlackRock sees a new $5 trillion AI trade emerging for stablecoins

Crypto September 25, 2026

BlackRock says AI could create a new class of stablecoin customer: machines that spend continuously without human approval. The worlds largest asset manager sees increasingly autonomous AI systems p�...

Bitcoin slips below $85,000 as 5% Treasury yield returns to haunt risk assets

Crypto September 25, 2026

Bitcoin fell below $85,000 on Sept. 23 after stronger-than-expected US business activity sent Treasury yields higher and flushed leveraged longs. The reversal broke the momentum behind a rebound tha�...

Circle launches 24/7 stablecoin FX engine as it chases a slice of the $10 trillion currency market

Crypto September 24, 2026

Circle has switched on 24-hour stablecoin foreign-exchange settlement on Arc, targeting a global FX market that moves nearly $10 trillion daily. The service, called StableFX, allows screened busines�...

Circle pays millions for Binance distribution while its margins collapse

Crypto September 24, 2026

Circle is doubling down on Binance after USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin customer balances on the exchange nearly quintupled since their first agreement. On Sept. 22, the companies announced a new five-y�...

Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT

Crypto September 24, 2026

Fomopeek, a malicious iPhone app distributed through Apples App Store, has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT. Blockchain security firm SlowMist began investigating the app over the weeke�...

Strategy and Strive buy $183 million in Bitcoin as $85,000 rally revives treasury trade

Crypto September 22, 2026

Bitcoin treasury companies Strategy and Strive bought about $183 million of BTC last week as the cryptocurrencys rebound helped corporate balance sheets recover losses. Strategy Inc., the largest co�...