BitMEX has partnered with Zodia Custody to enable institutional crypto derivatives trading via off-exchange collateral held in segregated custody.

The Kelp DAO attacker has moved $175 million of stolen Ether in an apparent bid to start laundering it after the $290 million exploit.

Shipping companies with vessels stranded near the Strait of Hormuz are being targeted by scammers posing as Iranian authorities, demanding Bitcoin or USDt for safe passage.

Promoters of flagged platforms may face fines of up to 5 million Philippine pesos ($89,000) or up to 21 years in prison under Philippine securities law.

New Bank of Korea governor Shin Hyun-song supported CBDCs and deposit tokens in his first address, while stablecoins were notably absent from his remarks.

STRC's dropped below its $100 par value, indicating that Strategy will likely pause Bitcoin buying this week, which could help the bears pull price down to $70,000.

A 12-bank European consortium led by Qivalis is partnering with Fireblocks to develop a regulated euro stablecoin under MiCA, targeting launch in the second half of 2026.

A fake police raid enabled a $1 million Bitcoin robbery, exposing the rise of wrench attacks and the shift from digital hacks to physical crypto threats.

The value of tokenized real-world assets on public blockchains is estimated at more than $29 billion, up more than 10% in the last 30 days.

Griff Green, a member of Arbitrum’s security council, said the group acted with input from law enforcement and “did not make this decision lightly."

US Senator Thom Tillis said members of the crypto and banking industries still need more time to be heard.

Crypto software developers are concerned about whether they may be held criminally liable for publishing their software, following high-profile convictions last year.

Coinbase’s x402 AI payments protocol has launched Agentic.market, a platform where AI agents can discover and use AI-friendly services.

The proposed AI dividend would be funded by taxes on AI use and equity stakes in AI companies, paying US citizens if automation meaningfully displaces workers.

The first scenario is cheaper but risks rsETH depegging 15%, while the second is costlier but better protects Ethereum mainnet and concentrates losses at the layer-2 level.

Prediction market platforms took center stage on HBO‘s "Last Week Tonight" on Sunday as host John Oliver addressed regulation, laws and market manipulation.

The funding supports a dual-licensed platform as Malaysia expands its regulatory framework for digital assets and tokenization.

While the regulator under Atkins has dropped several cases against crypto companies, the SEC still awaits passage of a market structure bill to clarify its authority over crypto.

Bitcoin bulls retain control over the market, but charts show $80,000 is likely to remain a stiff overhead resistance. Will altcoins rally as BTC price consolidates?

The purchase comes as the stablecoin issuer expands its investments across crypto infrastructure and financial services, including in Kaio, also announced today.

ETH price rising to $2,400 drove whales to open large ETH long bets, as technical indicators suggest a short-term ETH price rally toward $3,000.

Bitcoin bulls avoided a correction as US markets opened, but analysis warned that Strategy was responsible for much of the latest BTC price strength.

Bitmine bought 101,627 Ether last week, lifting holdings to 4,976,485 ETH, or about 4.12% of supply, as the company moves closer to its 5% target.

The Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation will test using Japanese government bonds as digital collateral on the Canton network with Mizuho, Nomura and Digital Asset.

ZachXBT challenged MemeCore to justify its valuation and explain what he claimed is insider-held supply, as the onchain sleuth widened a probe after the RAVE token’s collapse.

RAVE is trending inside a descending channel pattern, and is about to test the lower trendline target near $0.30 amid price manipulation concerns.

Strategy bought 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion last week, marking its third-largest BTC purchase on record.

With $75,000 possibly the new floor, Bitcoin is giving hints that a BTC price breakout is about to begin, based on two classic technical indicators.

Coinbase launched USDC loans for UK users backed by BTC, ETH and cbETH, expanding its borrowing product as Britain moves toward a crypto regulatory regime.

Crypto investment products recorded $1.4 billion in inflows last week as Bitcoin almost touched $78,000, with assets under management rising to $154.8 billion.

LayerZero said that Kelp’s DVN setup allowed the $290 million exploit, as investors questioned which protocol would step up to cover the shortfall.

Mastercard is testing stablecoin settlement with SoFiUSD to speed up card transaction clearing and help bridge traditional finance and blockchain.

Bitcoin saw a green weekly close despite renewed US-Iran war momentum, and a trader forecast that BTC price action would beat last week's local highs.

BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said US dollar stablecoins may pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.

Strategy’s Michael Saylor posted “Think Even Bigger” on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.

Brian Armstrong has now predicted that AI agents will not only transact onchain more than humans but will outnumber employees at his company very soon.

Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the company’s information up for sale for $2 million.

Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security.

Polymarket’s potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round.

EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.

Bitcoin briefly crashed below $74,000 on Sunday as Iran threatened retaliation for a US military seizure of an Iranian cargo ship.

The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol.

A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.

Volatility and upside have been declining with each Bitcoin halving cycle, but the new dynamics may not be permanent, according to Galaxy's Alex Thorn.

The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of Curve Finance.

Bitcoin foreshadows fresh market mayhem as it appears that the US-Iran war has returned, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz oil route.

Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle upstate New York Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers.

RaveDAO denies involvement in RAVE token price surge and crash as Binance and Bitget launch investigations into suspected market manipulation.

Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities executives have both aired early interest in getting involved in prediction markets, but are looking to steer clear of sports offerings.

A group of JENNER memecoin buyers sued Jenner and her late manager, Sophia Hutchins, in November 2024 claiming they lost thousands when the token plummeted in value.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins is under fire from Senator Elizabeth Warren, who says he “may have been deliberately trying” to mislead Congress about the agency’s enforcement activity.

The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers said.

SOL’s steady recovery alongside the wider crypto market has traders debating whether $100 could be the next stop for the altcoin.

Bitcoin miners have faced challenges over the past year, amid reduced block rewards, rising energy prices, a crypto bear market and geopolitical shocks.

The Iranian government chose Bitcoin as a payment method for oil tolls due to its confiscation-resistant properties, but only dollar stablecoins have been used so far.

Poland’s parliament has once again failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the crypto regulation bill.

Stablecoins promise seamless dollar movement, but fragmented liquidity is turning large transfers into complex execution problems, says Eco CEO Ryne Saxe.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, their strongest performance in over three months amid improving risk sentiment.

The SEC has sued crypto executive Donald Basile over an alleged $16 million scheme involving false claims about an “insured” Bitcoin Latinum token.

The USDC Bridge adds to Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, which often sees over $500 million worth of USDC transfers each day.

Canadians using X’s Cashtags feature are directed to online brokerage Wealthsimple, but there is not yet an equivalent for US users.

Most of the integrations are aimed at fighting deepfakes as the rise of AI-generated content makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish humans from AI.

Individuals and groups would be required to register with the Bank of Russia before offering certain crypto services, or potentially face fines and prison time.

Traders on the Polymarket prediction market platform place the odds of the Strait returning to normal traffic by May 31, 2026, at 73%.

A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.”

A confirmed cup-and-handle breakout on Ether’s chart and a double-digit increase in ETH accumulation wallet balances could be earlier signs of a longer-term rally for the altcoin.

Nearly a billion dollars in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours as the Bitcoin price rallied above $78,000.

Payward, the parent company of the Kraken crypto exchange, cited Bitnomial's regulatory licenses as the primary driver for the acquisition.

Bitcoin pole vaulted to $78,000 and altcoins soared after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was fully open. Will bulls be able to sustain the upward momentum?

The Bahrain-based lender lets institutional clients convert fiat currency to US dollar-pegged stablecoins directly from their accounts.

The country's finance minister supported the Qivalis initiative, launched in 2025, to create a euro-pegged stablecoin under the MiCA framework.

Bitcoin price rallied above $77,000 amid cooling geopolitical tensions and record-high back-to-back closes for the S&P 500.

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