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US sanctions Nobitex and other Iranian crypto exchanges under ‘Economic Fury’ campaign
Sanctioned exchange Nobitex handled more than half of Iran's crypto inflows last year, according to the U.S. Treasury.
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…
Ethena taps Anchorage for secure offchain collateral in institutional lending push
Ethena began pivoting toward overcollateralized institutional lending in April as part of a major overhaul of USDe re…
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."
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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."
Aave Labs secures dual UK licenses for regulated crypto payments infrastructure through local subsidiary
Aave Labs has obtained FCA cryptoasset registration in the U.K. for its Push subsidiaries, unlocking zero-fee fiat on…
Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.
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…
Gemini crypto exchange launches AI data feed powered by Grok
The move comes as Gemini continues to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives, predictions, and other fina…
Sui blockchain experiences second ‘stall’ in five months
Sui said the blockchain is experiencing a "network stall," as block explorers show the protocol has not produced a bl…
Sequans completes bitcoin treasury unwind, refocuses on IoT semiconductors
Sequans said its remaining 658 BTC are now fully unrestricted after completing all convertible debt redemptions.
Standard Chartered compares Ethereum to Amazon during 2001 dot-com bubble burst, says ETH will catch up to internal metrics
Standard Chartered Bank has maintained its ether price targets of $4,000 by end-2026 and $40,000 by end-2030.
Samsung units to acquire $408 million stake in Upbit operator Dunamu
Major institutions in South Korea are seeking to expand into digital assets in preparation for the upcoming regulator…