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Kraken debuts U.S. perpetual futures as crypto derivatives move onshore
Perpetual futures generated more than $60 trillion in volume last year, according to the crypto exchange, largely out…
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…
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% in second-largest negative adjustment of 2026
The cut hands surviving miners roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of active hashrate, but all-in production economics …
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…
SEC's big swing to clear tokenization path isn't likely to get resilience of full rule
Former SEC lawyers say that using its power to grant tokenization "innovation" efforts an exemption from securities l…
Hester Peirce Farewell Speech Highlights SEC Crypto Rulemaking Divide
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a farewell speech titled “Peirce Out.”
SpaceX’s IPO exposes the first crack in tokenized stocks – fragmented ownership and allocation
SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 11, raised $75 billion in the largest public offering in history, and…
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…
Tokenization mirrors the $20 trillion ETF boom as blockchain and AI converge, Ondo exec says
Tokenization is laying the groundwork for autonomous investing and real-time portfolio management, Ondo's new head of…
Kraken Prepares CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures Launch For US Traders
Kraken is preparing a regulated US perpetual futures launch through Bitnomial, potentially bringing one of crypto’s…
Bitcoin faces one of its biggest mining difficulty drops as miner margins collapse
The Bitcoin network is poised to execute one of the largest downward adjustments to its mining difficulty in its 17-y…
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…
Kraken Enables USDCx Deposits And Withdrawals On Canton Network
Kraken has added support for USDCx on Canton Network, expanding stablecoin settlement access for a privacy-enabled in…
SpaceX IPO scramble reveals difference between tokenizing a stock and getting one
Crypto platforms promised early access to the blockbuster SpaceX IPO through tokenized shares. The problem wasn't tec…
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…
The U.S. government is betting $2 Billion on quantum computing, and the defense side can't keep up
Pruden argues that to defend against a quantum computer capable of cryptographically relevant operations, we need pos…
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…
Ethena Labs to allocate $250 million to Securitize’s Tokenized AAA CLO Fund as it deploys on Solana
STAC is one of Securitize’s in-house offerings that provides onchain access to institutional-grade, floating-rate s…
Ripple chases AI’s machine economy as XRPL stablecoins near $1 billion
Stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has nearly doubled over the past month, putting the network within reac…
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 …
Americans secretly drove as much as $34 billion in offshore prediction market bets, new report claims
A new report from a boutique consulting firm claims that nearly a third of U.S. prediction market volume occurs on of…