The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash a plane carrying 174 passengers mainly from Israel was Omani, according to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu. :Evening Briefing Europe
THE BLOCK: The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the network behind the ruble-backed A7A5 token as a significant transnational criminal organization.
Treasury said A7A5 was created to evade sanctions and transact internationally, while linking the A7 Network to Iran's Nobitex exchange and North Korean hacks of crypto exchanges.
THE BLOCK: Fiserv's digital asset platform has gone live with Bank of North Dakota's dollar-backed coin as its first use case.
The stablecoin runs on Solana and is designed for interbank transactions among more than 90 participating banks and credit unions in the state.
THE BLOCK: Copper launched institutional trading access to Hyperliquid perpetuals through its APIs and in-platform interface.
The integration lets clients trade Hyperliquid perpetuals through Copper while keeping assets secured in its non-custodial MPC infrastructure.
THE BLOCK: Forward Industries increased its Solana treasury by nearly 949,000 SOL during the last quarter, bringing total holdings to 8.5 million SOL, or roughly 1.4% of the circulating supply.
The company said the solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 added during the quarter came at an average cost of $83.
THE BLOCK: 71% of senior leaders at the UK's largest financial institutions expect tokenization to reshape financial services, according to Lloyds' 10th annual Financial Institutions Sentiment Survey.
Faster payments and settlement were the most-cited benefit, followed by collateral and liquidity management.
The Hungarian government has no plans to send military equipment to Ukraine, according to the deputy foreign minister, sticking with the policy adopted by the previous nationalist leader Viktor Orban