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‘I’m not betting on a markup this month’: Lawyer outlines three issues still holding up the crypto market structure bill
Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bill as disputes over stablecoin yield, conflicts of interest, and De…
‘Backed by nothing’: Peter Schiff says bitcoin can’t rival tokenized gold in debate with CZ
Longtime gold advocate Peter Schiff said bitcoin’s demand is fading despite ETF inflows, corporate accumulation, an…
Kraken and Deutsche Borse strike partnership to link traditional and digital markets
Kraken and Deutsche Börse Group announced a collaboration to create a two-way bridge between traditional market infr…
‘New Golden Age’: CFTC’s Pham announces regulated crypto spot trading has arrived
Bitnomial has become the first exchange to list CFTC regulator-approved spot cryptocurrency products, the agency anno…
Russia to Include Crypto Payments in Balance-of-Payments Data
Russia is moving to formally include cryptocurrency in its economic calculations. According to Russian media reports…
American Bitcoin plunged 50% during a crypto rally, exposing a fatal flaw in the “Trump proxy” trade
Bitcoin (BTC) clawed back from $86,286 on Dec. 2 to $93,324 as of press time, up by 8%, while the Trump family’s Am…
Sports apparel giant Fanatics launches prediction market with Crypto.com
Like Polymarket and Kalshi, Fanatics Markets will let users trade contracts across sports, finance, economics, and po…
The Daily: UK passes crypto property law, Firelight launches XRP staking protocol on Flare, Trump brothers’ American Bitcoin plunges, plus more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Polymarket begins opening US app to users on the waitlist
The CFTC banned Polymarket from operating in the U.S. in 2022 for operating an unregistered derivatives exchange.
ETHZilla Buys 20% of AI Lending Platform Karus in $10M Deal to Tokenize Auto Loans
The companies plan to tokenize auto loans, with the first portfolios expected to be available by early 2026.
Stable, Theo Anchor $100M+ in Libeara-Backed Tokenized Treasury Fund ‘ULTRA’
Stable and Theo committed over $100 million to ULTRA, a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund managed by FundBridge Capital an…
Binance appoints co-founder Yi He as new co-CEO alongside Richard Teng
Yi He will lead the company alongside previous solo CEO Richard Teng, the exec announced during Binance Blockchain Week.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stocks up on more Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares
Ark Invest bought another 28,315 Coinbase shares on Tuesday, worth around $7.5 million, as it continued to rebalance …
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried praises Trump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president as he seeks clemency
SBF took to social media again on Tuesday to react to Trump's pardoning of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Her…
The Daily: Grayscale predicts new bitcoin highs in 2026, ‘Vanguard effect’ lifts crypto markets, Chainlink ETF debuts, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Kraken to buy Backed Finance in tokenization push ahead of IPO
Kraken has acquired Backed Finance, the tokenized-asset issuer behind its xStocks products, as the exchange pushes de…
Kraken Agrees to Buy Tokenization Specialist Backed Finance as RWA Trend Accelerates
The exchange has already teamed up with the Switzerland-based firm for its tokenized equity offering, xStocks.
BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein say tokenization could do for finance what the early internet did for information
The executives pointed to a 300% surge in real-world asset tokenization over 20 months as evidence that the shift is …
Kalshi tokenizes ‘thousands’ of its prediction markets using Solana
Kalshi has tapped Solana to move its prediction markets onchain and enable permissionless monetization of its "global…
Kalshi Launches Tokenized Event Bets on Solana Blockchain: CNBC
The prediction market is rolling out tokenized contracts on Solana to meet crypto traders where they already are, Kal…
If Bitmain gets hit, what breaks first in the US mining machine?
The US government has opened a security review into Bitmain, the Beijing-based manufacturer that sells most of the wo…
Crypto operating businesses ‘look strong,’ despite weak price action: Bernstein
Analysts pointed to Coinbase's expanding product lines, token launches, and new consumer apps as examples of "transfo…
Crypto exchange HashKey clears key hearing for Hong Kong IPO
After clearing the hearing, a company typically moves on to prospectus registration, followed by marketing, book-buil…
Crypto exchange volume drops to $1.6 trillion in November, lowest since June
Centralized exchanges' spot monthly volume fell to $1.59 trillion in November, down from $2.17 trillion in October.
Bitcoin Sentiment Sparks CZ Comment: Sell Greed, Buy Fear
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s blunt reminder about buying low and selling high landed at a tense time for crypto…
Tether Shuts Down Uruguay Mining Operations Over Energy Tariffs
The company had planned to invest up to $500 million in Uruguay, but cited high energy prices and regulatory hurdles …
European Asset Manager Amundi Debuts Tokenized Share Class on Ethereum
The tokenized share class provides investors with blockchain-based access to Amundi’s euro cash fund, enabling fast…
The Daily: Upbit flags private key vulnerability, MegaETH to return funds from pre-deposit campaign, Do Kwon requests 5-year jail cap, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi tokenizes money market fund on Ethereum
The initiative was launched with CACEIS, which provides blockchain-based transfer agent infrastructure and a 24/7 dig…
Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor
For two centuries, factories chased cheap hands and dense ports. Today, miners roll into windy plateaus and hydro spi…