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Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop
Strategy's preferred stack and Bitcoin's price are facing two separate tests this week, and only one of them has been…
Dubai set for crypto firm influx as MiCA deadline pushes companies to reassess Europe
Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver says European founders are flocking to the UAE for faster licensing, a dedicated crypto reg…
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire sentenced to 30 years for fraud involving crypto
Guo was arrested in 2023 for orchestrating a more than $1 billion fraud conspiracy involving cryptocurrency.
Tether trades at 7% to 10% premium in India. Exchanges say its just supply and demand
Executives at major platforms CoinDCX and CoinSwitch say the premium reflects a demand-supply imbalance and thin loca…
UK sets capital, market abuse rules in landmark crypto framework
The FCA finalized UK crypto rules covering capital, stablecoins and market abuse ahead of Oct. 2027 implementation.
TD Cowen says crypto market structure bill passage ‘far from assured’ before midterm election
The passage of the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, before the November midterm election is "far from as…
SEC wraps up NanoBit crypto fraud case in final judgment, ordering over $5 million in fines
The SEC resolved its case against NanoBit after alleging the crypto platform lied to investors and stole their money.
Bitcoin’s $60K breakdown sets up a volatility shock as traders load up on downside hedges
Bitcoin’s break below the $60,000 area has pushed digital asset markets into a more defensive phase, ending months …
JPMorgan execs draw comparison between yield stablecoins and ‘shadow banking’
JPMorgan execs argued that stablecoin innovation can easily drift into “shadow banking” if yield payments are per…
MSTR jumps after Strategy says it may sell more Bitcoin to fund dividends and buybacks
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) shares rose Monday after the Bitcoin holder moved to reassure investors that it can…
What states can still do to crypto after GENIUS and CLARITY
Illinois just became the first state to tax crypto by the transaction. The new 0.2% levy hits nearly every trade, tra…
Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors
Aave's latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to rese…
Galaxy Research cuts CLARITY Act passing odds to 50% amid Senate calendar constraints
The CLARITY Act's uncertain passage highlights the ongoing regulatory ambiguity in the crypto market, affecting inves…
Binance founder CZ says MiCA application was ‘fully compliant’ and near approval before political forces intervened
Binance founder CZ says the exchange's EU MiCA application was close to approval before unnamed political forces weig…
Why a collapse in $1 trillion AI spending boom could hit Bitcoin traders first
Over the past year, the artificial intelligence trade has become one of the main pillars supporting global risk appet…
MiCA July 1 deadline could leave 10 million crypto users searching for a new platform in the EU
As MiCA takes full effect on July 1, SwissBorg's Alex Fazel told CoinDesk users should choose platforms built to with…
Bitcoin treasury investors are turning on companies diluting them to keep buying
On June 22, Strategy sold $335.5 million of its own common stock, set aside roughly $300 million of it in cash to bri…
Bernstein says prediction-market infrastructure rush could spark wave of M&A across consumer platforms
Bernstein said DraftKings' DKeX launch keeps prediction-market revenue in-house as consolidation reshapes trading and…
Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets
Prediction markets are drawing one of their largest sports audiences yet from the World Cup, but the surge is creatin…
CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 50% after Trump’s new demands
The CLARITY Act, the crypto industry’s most important bill in Congress, is running out of time. The bill, which wou…
Institutions dumped Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs but still bought XRP and HYPE again
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows dwarfed XRP’s weekly inflow, while selective demand for XRP and HYPE wrappers sho…
Europe’s unlicensed crypto firms face ‘wipeout’ as MiCA deadline hits
European regulator ESMA called on unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to wind down their businesses in an ord…
India’s USDT premium tops 8.5% as crypto remittance crackdown squeezes stablecoin supply: report
India's USDT premium topped 8.5% after Enforcement Directorate raids on Bengaluru crypto firms reportedly disrupted s…
Tether trades 8.5% above India’s dollar rate as policy pressure hits USDT access
The local rupee quote shows how enforcement pressure can make stablecoin liquidity more expensive before regulated ra…
Galaxy Research cuts Clarity Act 2026 passage odds to 50%, citing Senate calendar concerns
Galaxy's Alex Thorn said Senate calendar constraints and a lack of progress in negotiations make passage less likely …
China issues $44B cash injection giving Bitcoin bulls a new signal as fear grips market
PBOC's first overnight reverse repo gives traders a new liquidity gauge, but one injection does not reset Bitcoin's f…
BIS says stablecoins fall short as money, warns of emerging-market risks in annual report
The Bank for International Settlements argued in its annual report that stablecoins still fall short of money on sing…
OpenAI’s Luna name turned Terra’s dead token into a YOLO leverage trade
OpenAI introduced GPT-5.6 on June 26 as a limited-preview family of frontier models with three tiers: Sol as the flag…
Bitcoin’s biggest ETF is becoming the sell wall bulls have to break
IBIT still dominates the spot Bitcoin ETF market, but Farside's latest flow data shows its scale can now work in reve…
Ripple’s MiCA win is not a full license yet – Here’s what it still has to prove
Ripple secured preliminary approval as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider from Luxembourg's financial regulator, the CSS…