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India files charges against 8 defendants in alleged $20 million Coinbase spoofing scam
India's Directorate of Enforcement charged Chirag Tomar and associates over an alleged $20 million Coinbase spoofing …
CFTC hires SEC crypto task force adviser with blockchain forensics chops
The CFTC staff appointment came amid the US Congress seeking to overhaul federal financial regulators’ roles over d…
MiCA Deadline Puts EU Crypto Users And Exchanges On Notice
The EU’s MiCA framework is moving deeper into its live compliance phase, with user access and exchange licensing no…
Kraken launches crypto perps trading in the US on Kraken Pro
Kraken completed its acquisition of the fully CFTC-licensed exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage Bitnomial in May.
How the SEC’s five-year plan could accelerate tokenized capital markets
The agency that spent the better part of a decade defining crypto policy through enforcement has published a five-yea…
HYPE ETFs quietly pulled $161M in one month as Wall Street buys crypto’s on-chain exchange bet
One month after THYP launched on Nasdaq, the three US-traded spot HYPE ETFs have pulled in $161 million in net inflow…
SEC Proposes Reg NMS Rule Changes That Could Affect Tokenized Stock Trading
The SEC proposed rescinding Regulation NMS Rules 611 and 610e.
Millions of EU crypto users face exchange cutoff as MiCA deadline hits in days
On July 1, 2026, the temporary permission that lets crypto companies keep operating in Europe while they wait for a p…
Hester Peirce Farewell Speech Highlights SEC Crypto Rulemaking Divide
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a farewell speech titled “Peirce Out.”
Coinbase quantum report flags exchange cold wallets among millions of bitcoin exposed by address reuse
The report lays out possible solutions to the abandoned coins problem, such as setting a deadline for migration and t…
Legacy sportsbooks are chasing prediction markets that already trade billions each month
DraftKings told investors on June 9 that its prediction markets business is scaling fast, and the market liked what i…
Aave Proposal Moves To Add Circle Wrapped Bitcoin As Collateral
Aave Labs has proposed onboarding Circle Wrapped Bitcoin to Aave V3 and V4 Core on Ethereum, but the listing still ne…
SEC targets 20-year-old rule standing between Wall Street and blockchain trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving to dismantle a stock-trading rule that has governed Wall Stree…
Former SEC Chair Gensler rejects CFTC claim of authority over prediction market sports betting
Gary Gensler is calling malarkey the claim that the CFTC has jurisdiction over prediction markets, specifically sport…
Kraken Adds USDCx Support On Canton As Institutional Stablecoin Rails Expand
Kraken has added USDCx deposits and withdrawals on Canton, expanding exchange connectivity for institutional stableco…
Binance, Bybit and Bitget cancel SpaceX tokenized IPO campaigns after allocation shortfall
Binance, Bybit and Bitget canceled SpaceX IPO access products as tokenized stock platforms struggled to source the un…
Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for new trial in FTX fraud case
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his 25-year sentence after accusing the original court of not giving hi…
Crypto exchanges are opening a two-front war for the stock market
Binance, Kraken, Bybit, and Gemini are moving to add US stocks and ETFs to their crypto trading apps, making a direct…
Kraken Becomes Official Crypto Exchange Supporter Of FIFA World Cup 2026
Kraken says it has become the Official Crypto Exchange Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026, bringing crypto back to …
AI buildout weighs on bitcoin demand but future gains could reverse trend, Relai CEO says
Julian Liniger, CEO of Relai, said the current bitcoin bear market is driven in part by liquidity absorbed by AI inve…
SEC’s proposal to scrap key NMS rules a major unlock for tokenized US stocks: analysts
Galaxy's Thorn said this would remove barriers that prevented DeFi automated market makers from trading tokenized US …
Coinbase for Agents sets up dedicated accounts for AI bots to trade and pay for users
AI agents will get access to trade, manage money, and make payments on behalf of Coinbase users via dedicated accounts.
Community bank group launches new ad campaign targeting Clarity Act stablecoin reward language
A key group representing small to mid-sized community banks plans to launch a new ad warning of risks in digital asse…
South Korean police book Bithumb CEO as bribery suspect in lawmaker hiring probe: report
Police are investigating whether Bithumb CEO Lee hired lawmaker Kim's son as a favor and whether Kim later used his p…
Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
Mastercard unveils Agent Pay for Machines to support autonomous AI transactions, including stablecoins
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines infrastructure will support high-volume, low-value payments by autonomous AI agents.
MegaETH-based MNX raises $6.4 million pre-seed at $40 million valuation to build AI-focused futures exchange
MNX, a decentralized futures exchange focused on the AI economy, has raised $6.4 million in a pre-seed funding round.
Crypto’s killer app may be selling stocks after its own tokens failed retail
A Delphi Consulting analysis of 652 CEX listings from January 2025 onward found that a user buying every new token ac…
Circle wants wrapped Bitcoin to look bank grade before institutions trust it as collateral
cirBTC gives Circle a BTC wrapper, but the harder test is whether custody, reserves, liquidity, and redemption contro…
Backpack US appoints former SEC Acting Chairman Piwowar to board amid push for crypto perps
Michael S. Piwowar was appointed by President Barack Obama and served as an SEC commissioner from 2013 to 2018.