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‘That’s the wrong question’: Bitwise CIO reframes bitcoin bottom debate, points to long-term drivers
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said Galaxy, NYDIG, and Standard Chartered disagree on bitcoin's bottom, but all three expect…
IMF says Nigeria’s stablecoin adoption is ‘testing the limits’ of monetary and regulatory frameworks
The IMF said stablecoin adoption in Nigeria is testing monetary and regulatory frameworks, while warning of digital d…
Bitcoin miner IREN enters Europe with Nostrum acquisition as AI pivot accelerates
The acquisition adds about 490 megawatts of secured power in Spain as IREN expands beyond Bitcoin mining and builds i…
Benchmark says SEC’s NMS proposal is the ‘most consequential’ US crypto rule this year
Benchmark said the SEC's proposal last week to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e) is the year's "most consequential" U.S. c…
Congress moves to rebuild crypto crime task force after DOJ dismantled its dedicated crypto team
The bill avoids market regulation while trying to rebuild federal coordination for hacks, tracing, and victims. The p…
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.
Asia’s top Bitcoin holder wants to turn its BTC pile into income, but the returns hide new risks
The Siiibo deal gives its BTC treasury regulated rails, but the product terms will decide whether investors get acces…
Bernstein says Robinhood could see ‘strong tailwinds’ as World Cup drives record prediction market volumes
Bernstein projects Robinhood’s prediction market revenue to increase from $150 million in 2025 to $586 million in 2…
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 tops $65,000 as reports of US-Iran peace deal ease geopolitical fears
The rally reflected improving risk sentiment following reports that the U.S. and Iran have reached a peace agreement,…
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 …
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.”
US export order removes Anthropic Mythos model access fueling crypto bets on AI that is beyond government reach
The US government has issued an emergency export control directive forcing artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic …
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…
CFTC sues New Mexico in latest bid to assert authority over sports betting markets
New Mexico is the next state in the CFTC's crosshairs as the fight continues over regulatory jurisdiction over sports…
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…
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…
Sam Bankman-Fried appeal denied as court backs 25-year sentence for FTX collapse
The upheld sentence underscores the judiciary's firm stance on financial misconduct, potentially deterring future cry…
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…
South Korea finance ministry says tokenized stocks are securities, not crypto assets, opening door to taxes: report
South Korea’s finance ministry said tokenized stocks are securities, opening potential taxation as early as H2 2026…
Bitwise’s Dragosch sees up to 20% further downside for bitcoin, puts ‘max pain’ scenario at $48,000
Bitwise's Dragosch sees up to 20% more bitcoin downside, with the long-term holder cost basis at $48,000 the "max pai…
CLARITY Act moves to a fight between cops and coders
On June 10, administration officials hosted law enforcement groups at the White House to resolve the provision most l…
Avalanche Treasury shares fall 38% on Nasdaq debut after $675 million merger
The company intends to accelerate the growth of the Avalanche ecosystem and plans to acquire over $1 billion worth of…
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…
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…
U.S. House bill would erect crypto-theft task force across law enforcement agencies
New legislation from a bipartisan duo would set up a multi-agency group under the U.S. attorney general to take a lea…
Hungary to scrap Orban-era crypto rules that carried jail terms: reports
Hungary will decriminalize crypto trading, reversing Orban-era rules that carried jail terms and led platforms like R…