Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is in advanced acquisition talks with leading küresel crypto derivatives exchange Deribit, reports Bloomberg. According to the story, the companies have notified Dubai regulators (where Deribit is licensed …
South Korean financial authorities are planning sanctions against crypto exchanges who are operating illegally in the country, business newspaper Hankyung reported on Friday. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) classified a number of exchanges who …
The German financial supervisory authority BaFin said it identified “serious deficiencies” in Ethena’s synthetic USDe stablecoin. Ethena is the yield-generating protocol. The stablecoin has a market cap of $5.4 billion. Ethena said on X …
HK Asia Holdings (1723) said it bought another 10 bitcoin (BTC) for $858,581. The Thursday purchase took the Hong Kong-listed company’s total to around 18.88 BTC at a cost of roughly $1.72 million. The acquisitions were made via open market …
A mysterious crypto trader that made millions trading derivatives this year has been identified as William Parker, a convicted fraudster, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. Parker made $6.8 million on one position after going long on BTC just …
The U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions watchdog removed Tornado Cash from its küresel blacklist Friday. The crypto mixing tool has been accused of helping North Korea’s Lazarus Group launder stolen funds from its various hacks and thefts, and the U …
The crypto industry’s Fairshake political action committee is flooding Republican candidates with last-minute money in special congressional elections in Florida. Two U.S. House of Representatives seats had been opened by resignations when their …
Short-term price dips are par for the course in bitcoin’s (BTC) bull markets, but one indicator suggests the current decline from recent highs may reflect a deeper structural shift in market dynamics. Bitcoin was trading around $84,000 as European …
Strategy (MSTR) will likely soon be in the market for additional sizable bitcoin purchases after pricing an upsized sale of its latest preferred stock issue. The company sold 8.5M shares of its 10% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock at price …
The Trump administration is preparing to restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and integrate blockchain technology into its procurement system, Wired reported, citing a memo circulating among State Department staff. The …
