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Crypto derivatives activity slumps to late-2023 levels, but US perp market opportunity emerges
The composition of that volume remains heavily concentrated among a handful of exchanges, with Binance maintaining it…
Coinbase invests in Ethena via open market purchase of ENA, flags new partnership
Ethena said the two companies have also become partners "to grow onchain finance and savings products."
Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren push Labor Dept. to scrap proposed rule that brings crypto into 401(k) plans
Sens. Warren and Sanders are pressing the DOL to strike down a proposed rule that would open up 401(k) retirement pla…
Backpack launches securities platform blending traditional and tokenized stock trading
Backpack Securities combines a U.S.-regulated brokerage for traditional equities ownership with a tokenization platform.
Following token-dumping scandal, Movement seeks new life as a Layer 1
Move Industries has partnered with several firms, including Circle, as it relaunches Movement as a Layer 1 and refocu…
Veda brings the vault stack behind Kraken DeFi Earn to Privy’s 2,000-plus developer teams
The same vault stack powering Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi's Liquid will be available via a self-serve API for develo…
MoneyGram debuts MGUSD stablecoin on Stellar for its global payments network
MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a USD stablecoin on Stellar backed by Bridge and Fireblocks, targeting 60M+ customers for c…
Mt. Gox moves $739 million worth of bitcoin to two addresses: Arkham
Mt. Gox transferred a combined 10,306 BTC to an unmarked address and its hot wallet early Tuesday, according to Arkham.
Robinhood closes $180 million WonderFi acquisition, entering Canadian crypto market
Users of WonderFi's crypto platforms Bitbuy and Coinsquare will be invited to continue on the Robinhood app.
Unable to recover from roughly $50 million hack, Radiant Capital is winding down
Radiant Capital said it hasn't been able to recover a meaningful amount of funds or raise new capital since the 2024 …
Grayscale sets 0.29% fee for its Hyperliquid ETF, undercutting Bitwise and 21Shares
Grayscale is set to launch its own Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund as soon as this week, setting a sponsor fee of 0.…
Dogecoin gains access to Paxos network used by PayPal and Venmo
House of Doge struck partnership with Paxos to integrate DOGE across the firm's enterprise-grade brokerage and custod…
Binance adds over 7,000 US stocks and ETFs for traders outside the United States amid super app push
Binance launched U.S. stock and ETF trading for non-U.S. users and has plans for tokenized equities on BNB Chain.
‘Gnosis will cover all user losses’ amid exploit related to Gnosis Pay, co-founder Koppelmann says
Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann said all user losses will be covered as containment efforts continue following an…
Coinbase launches Indian rupee rails with perps access in expansion push
The Nasdaq-listed company said it has established INR order books to provide dedicated liquidity for users in the cou…
Dev helps rescue $2 million locked in 2016 ICO contract for nine years with whitehat exploit
The developer told The Block that two of 48 eligible investors have already claimed 96.5 ETH that was unfrozen, worth…
How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sp…
SEC sues Privvy founder over $12.3 million crypto scheme as AI ‘bots’ turn out to be neither
The SEC alleges Fuller spent misappropriated funds on a roughly $1 million house, gambling, trading cards, travel and…
Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million in suspected key compromise, researchers say
The attacker took USDC, ether, tether and PAYG tokens before laundering a portion through ChangeNow and Binance.
Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry’s landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has b…
Court-ordered Circle freeze traps $12.6 million in Zama cUSDC contract amid Overnight Finance suit
Zama CEO Rand Hindi said the protocol's confidential USDC contract was "caught in a crossfire" and that his team is i…
Coinbase To Bring Global Crypto Derivatives To US Institutions After CFTC Nod
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now opened the path for Coinbase and other CFTC-registered exc…
US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says
Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. had seized "nearly $500 million" in Iranian crypto …
Bitcoin perps just got a US green light, but one catch could decide everything
The CFTC has moved true Bitcoin perpetual futures from an offshore-liquidity debate into a US-regulated test case, w…
Clarity Act Risks Regulation Without Oversight, Brookings Fellow Says
As Congress weighs crypto legislation, Aaron Klein says the CFTC needs more resources, independence and coordination …
CFTC opens door for crypto perpetual future contracts in US as Coinbase, Kalshi move forward
The CFTC opened the doors for perpetual futures contracts, giving way for Kalshi and Coinbase to offer those products.
Sui blockchain suffers more downtime following Thursday’s six-hour outage
Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."
Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets
The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate …
New lawsuit claims Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin is “Lost Property” worth under $10 per wallet
A New York lawsuit is seeking to treat some of Bitcoin’s oldest dormant wallets, including addresses tied to the cr…
OKX confirms $53 million investment to acquire 20% stake in Coinone crypto exchange
This marks the latest move by a global crypto giant to secure a foothold in South Korea, following Binance's acquisit…