June 2025 – Page 50

Bakkt Names Akshay Naheta as Co-CEO Amid Stablecoin Payments Push

Bakkt Holdings (BKKT) is bringing on Akshay Naheta as co-CEO and entering a strategic partnership with Naheta’s payments startup, Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), as the firm moves to unlock...

Bitcoin Sinks Amid Profit-Taking After FOMC Rally, Options Traders Still Eye 0K

Bitcoin Sinks Amid Profit-Taking After FOMC Rally, Options Traders Still Eye $100K

Bitcoin (BTC) and other major tokens lost more than 3% as Thursday’s rally was met with profit-taking during Asian morning hours Friday — in line with expectations. Overall crypto...

Australia Proposes New Crypto Regulation Structure, Plans to Integrate Digital Asset Into the Economy

The Australian Government announced an ambitious whole-of-government approach to regulating and integrating digital assets into the broader economy, inspired by work done in the European Union (EU) and Singapore....

Metaplanet, Japan’s Biggest Corporate Bitcoin Holder, Adds Eric Trump as Advisor

Tokyo-based Metaplanet is forming a strategic board of advisors with Eric Trump as one of the appointees, as the company continues to spur bitcoin (BTC) adoption, according to a...

Polymarket is 90% Accurate in Predicting World Events: Research

It turns out Polymarket is a crystal ball, which can predict certain events with nearly 90% accuracy, according to a Dune dashboard compiled by New York City-based veri scientist...

U.S. Bank Agency Cuts ‘Reputational Risk’ From Exams After Crypto Sector Cites Issues

U.S. national banks have been told by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that they'll no longer have to answer how controversial customers might damage their reputations...

SEC Chair Nominee Paul Atkins to Face Senate Panel Next Week

Paul Atkins, the nominee to take over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is set for a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, putting President Donald Trump's pick for...

Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Doesn’t Trigger Securities Laws, SEC Says

Proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining does not trigger federal securities laws, according to a Thursday staff statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which told mining operators they do...

Nasdaq’s Shift To Round-The-Clock Stock Trading Due to Crypto, Says Exchange Executive

Stock and other traditional financial asset traders across the world are wanting to be able to buy and sell assets around the clock, resulting in two of the biggest...