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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…
Strive adds 2,500 BTC to treasury as Saylor’s Strategy sells
In an initiation note, Benchmark said the company has "one of the most differentiated capital structures in the bitco…
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…
Hamilton Lane’s tokenized HLSCOPE fund launches on Tron, marking first Securitize product issued on the once-maligned blockchain
Hamilton Lane’s tokenized Senior Credit Opportunities Fund will be the first Securitize-issued asset to launch on T…
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.
Bitcoin slides toward $70,000 as Strategy’s BTC sale, geopolitical risks weigh on crypto
Analysts said the size of Strategy's bitcoin sale was relatively trivial, but sent a bearish signal to the broader ma…
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.
TON revives Gram token brand as Telegram CEO Durov says network is ‘returning to roots’
The Gram rebrand follows network upgrades, fee cuts, and Telegram's push for a larger role in TON governance.
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.…
Strategy bitcoin sale timing throws wrench into $20 million Polymarket pool
A Polymarket pool asking whether Strategy would sell any of its bitcoin before May 31 had drawn more than $20 million…
Bitmine acquires 26,497 ETH as it targets a slower approach to 5% of Ethereum’s total supply
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said the company would reach its 5% acquisition target of Ethereum's total supply "sometime …
IREN lands $3.65 billion A-rated financing for Microsoft AI buildout
The debt package helps IREN cover about 96% of the GPU spending needed to fulfill the Microsoft contract.
Japan's ruling party supports crypto ETF trading, yen-based stablecoins
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said the country should create a legal framework for trading crypto ETFs in a…
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.
Digital euro is key to counter stablecoin risks, says ECB’s Schnabel
Isabel Schnabel, an ECB board member, said Monday that central banks should respond to stablecoin risks with strong r…
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…
How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto
Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an inter…
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…
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…
‘The banks will not accept it’: Dimon escalates battle over stablecoin rewards in CLARITY Act debate
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned the current CLARITY Act framework could u…
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…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon blasts Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong, plans to fight Clarity Act
Dimon said Coinbase's Armstrong is spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get Clarity Act passed.
U.S. regulator says 24/7 trading is great for crypto, may not be fit for other sectors
As the CFTC issued landmark approvals for crypto perpetual futures contracts, it explained in a related advisory that…
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 …
Texas appoints CleanSpark exec, bitcoin miner CEO to Strategic Bitcoin Reserve committee
Texas is seeking a custodian to transition reserve assets from Blackrock's IBIT into direct bitcoin holdings.