A Middle East supply shock pushed oil and the dollar higher, forcing roughly $550 million in mostly long crypto positions to unwind as traders awaited Wednesday

The purchase pace slowed even as the company's preferred-share buybacks continued, showing the treasury model is now funded as much by capital markets as by cas

The mark-to-market swing restores accounting profits a quarter after heavy write-downs, though the gain is unrealized and tied to bitcoin's price.

The Treasury unit dropped plans that would have designated mixing a primary money laundering concern and required reporting on transfers to private wallets, whi

The Japanese treasury company says the round trip was meant to demonstrate liquidity to credit rating agencies, at a higher per-coin repurchase cost.

The consumer chain closes despite 400,000 users and 144 apps, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.

The approvals clear the first triple-leveraged crypto funds, expanding retail leverage access while CLARITY Act market-structure legislation remains stalled.

FinCEN withdrew long-pending self-custody and mixer reporting proposals, though the DOJ is still pressing its Tornado Cash prosecution.

The exchange is pushing beyond crypto trading into stablecoin payments and tokenized assets, following a joint venture with NYSE parent ICE.

BTC was rejected at $87,000 for a third time since late September as rising Treasury yields and equity strength pulled capital elsewhere; ETH, SOL and BTC ETFs

Users must bridge assets off the layer-2 network before the shutdown, ending one of the higher-profile consumer crypto L2 bets.

Gemini would serve as custodian, setting up a fee and structure rivalry with Grayscale's existing Zcash ETF (ZCSH).

The approval clears the first triple-leveraged crypto funds, expanding retail access to amplified BTC and ETH exposure despite the stalling CLARITY Act.

The roadmap proposal signals a long-horizon shift in Ethereum's core design priorities, including new privacy and AI-related work.

Sepolia is one of the final rehearsals before mainnet activation of the upgrade aimed at boosting Ethereum's capacity and efficiency.

The backing supports OKX's move beyond exchange operations into stablecoin and tokenized-equity products, including an ICE joint venture for 24/7 US stock tradi

Igloo says a consumer-only chain proved unsustainable, and funds left on Abstract after Dec. 15 will be inaccessible.

Institutional demand weakens while derivatives positioning shows aggressive selling without breaking the broader price structure.

The proposal marks a significant US regulatory push to formalize spot crypto exchange supervision, a shift from years of enforcement-led policy.

The reversal removes reporting requirements that industry groups had long argued were unworkable and privacy-invasive.

On-chain movement of seized assets often precedes government auctions, which can weigh on market sentiment.

The backing signals continued institutional appetite for exchange infrastructure even as valuations stall.

The shutdown underscores consolidation pressure among Ethereum layer 2 networks competing for limited users and liquidity.

The disclosure adds the brokerage to the list of public companies holding BTC as a treasury asset.

A Middle East supply shock drove oil higher and forced leveraged crypto longs out, with layer-2 tokens leading losses while bitcoin held near its 21-day moving

The exchange's raise places stablecoin issuers and a major bank among its backers as OKX pushes beyond spot trading into payments and tokenized assets.

The $35 billion manager, an investor in Ripple's $500 million raise, will route multi-asset prime brokerage through Ripple's unit.

The approval widens access to amplified crypto exposure for US brokerage accounts, raising questions about retail risk.

The venture would put Nvidia, Tesla and Apple exposure onchain, with the SEC already having cleared a related filing.

Ripple is selling custody and its stablecoin rather than XRP in the inflation-hit market, expanding the RLUSD footprint.

The Solana DvP standard aims to let banks settle tokenized assets and payments atomically in seconds, a push to win regulated institutional flow to the chain.

The venture would put tokenized exposure to Nvidia, Tesla and Apple onchain, testing how far existing Securities and Exchange Commission relief stretches.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal fills a congressional gap for crypto derivatives oversight while leaving spot markets largely unaddressed.

The Solana treasury company added roughly $3 million in SOL as its buying pace slowed, and it authorized a buyback of its CHAD preferred stock.

The approval adds leveraged single-asset crypto products to the US ETF lineup, deepening the market's speculative toolkit.

The exchange says the backing supports its expansion beyond spot trading into payments and tokenized markets.

A broad risk-off move tied to rising oil prices after Iranian tanker attacks triggered the largest leverage flush in weeks.

Conduit alleges Tether had no legal entitlement to freeze the funds, escalating scrutiny of centralized stablecoin blacklisting powers.

The plan would shift retail crypto derivatives regulation to Washington, drawing pushback from groups that say the CFTC is the wrong agency.

The consumer-focused rollup becomes the highest-profile Layer 2 to wind down, underlining consolidation among Ethereum scaling networks.

The reversal scraps reporting requirements for unhosted wallets and mixers, a win for privacy advocates and a setback for AML hardliners.

The filing targets Nasdaq as privacy coins Zcash and Monero outperform a stagnant bitcoin market.

The CFTC proposal would pull offshore perpetuals venues into the U.S. regulatory perimeter, though a spot-market rulemaking gap remains.

Onchain perps getting streaming quotes on Bloomberg puts a DeFi derivatives venue alongside traditional markets for institutional screens.

Dropping the unhosted-wallet and mixer surveillance proposals removes a long-threatened compliance burden for self-custody users.

The purchase deepens the brokerage's crypto push and adds a corporate treasury dimension to its digital asset strategy.

The exchange is pushing beyond trading into stablecoin payments and savings products for emerging markets.

Long liquidations reached $487 million as a macro oil shock spilled into digital assets and layer-2 tokens led losses.

The proposal comes after a failed CLARITY Act vote and is already drawing pushback from critics who say the CFTC is the wrong regulator for retail crypto.

The Musk remark reignited retail interest in DOGE even as the broader memecoin segment sits near record-low dominance.

The approvals expand US-listed leveraged crypto products despite long-standing warnings about volatility decay for retail holders.

Musk regained trillionaire status on the news, prompting renewed speculation about knock-on effects for Dogecoin and his public-company holdings.

The investigator said he fronted $350,000 to pose as a client, producing one of the largest documented crypto money-laundering cases tied to Pyongyang.

Dropping the reporting requirements removes a compliance burden that the industry had argued would push activity offshore.

The filing would create a low-cost spot ZEC fund targeting Nasdaq, potentially the second US spot Zcash ETF after Grayscale's ZCSH.

The plan would bring crypto exchanges under federal oversight for leverage, drawing objections that the CFTC is the wrong agency for retail crypto.

The commitment deepens institutional investment in Zcash mining infrastructure as the privacy coin's price and hashrate draw attention.

Treasury dropped the unhosted wallet and mixer surveillance rule, citing a chilling effect on legitimate activity, a win for privacy advocates.

The early testnet rollout of the NU7 privacy upgrade underpins the recent surge in ZEC, which has been the best-performing major coin over the past year.

The closure is one of the largest consumer-focused layer 2 wind-downs, a sign of consolidation pressure among Ethereum rollups.

Stellar's tokenized Treasury market is expanding quickly, part of a broader push by RWA issuers onto the network, which bulls read as evidence of real instituti

The combined figures put Stellar among the larger chains for tokenized asset issuance and stablecoin settlement volume.

Stellar's DeFi deposits are at a record, driven mainly by tokenized real-world assets and USDC liquidity.

Tokenized gold supply is increasingly used as DeFi collateral, an adjacent trend to Stellar's RWA growth but a distinct story.

Correlated trading in the two payment tokens is drawing attention, though the pattern is a sentiment signal rather than a fundamental development.

Chart-based price commentary on XRP, included because it touches the same payment-token narrative as XLM despite being a technical call.

The plan would extend CFTC authority over spot crypto trading venues, a shift that industry and critics say raises questions about which agency should regulate

The on-chain sleuth spent $350,000 posing as a client to document the syndicate, which allegedly laundered funds tied to North Korean hackers.

The proposed fund would hold ZEC directly with Gemini as custodian, adding to a wave of institutional filings tied to the privacy coin.

The withdrawal removes reporting requirements that privacy advocates and parts of the industry had fought as overly broad.

The approval allows leveraged crypto products to list, expanding the suite of US-regulated trading vehicles tied to BTC and ETH.

Santiment flagged privacy assets as a leading theme, with ZEC and XMR outperforming a broadly weak market over the past 12 months.

The standard went live on mainnet with built-in identity checks, sanctions screening and asset freeze powers, drawing reference to traditional finance complianc

Reports cite Iranian tanker attacks and surging oil prices as the trigger for the risk-off move, with roughly $550 million in leveraged crypto positions liquida

The retreat ends years of uncertainty over unhosted wallet data collection requirements that the industry had fought in court and in comments.

The leveraged products expand the ETF wrapper's reach into high-volatility strategies, with observers flagging the amplified risk for retail buyers.

The shutdown adds to questions about consolidation and sustainability among Ethereum layer 2 networks.

The warning puts quantum-vulnerable wallet cryptography on the policy agenda as states prioritize post-quantum migration plans.

Crypto markets sold off with forced long liquidations after an oil price jump tied to Iranian tanker attacks dented risk appetite, leaving BTC near its 21-day m

The approval opens US-listed triple-leveraged crypto funds to retail trading, raising concerns about volatility and structural risk in the products.

The exchange is pushing beyond spot trading into stablecoin payments and tokenized markets for emerging-market users, backed by traditional finance and stableco

The move follows a record $15.6B in September tokenized-equity volumes and a fast-growing Robinhood Chain testnet, signaling deeper crypto integration at the re

The derivatives regulator is advancing a framework that would allow offshore venues to serve US traders under federal oversight.

On-chain transfers of forfeited assets to an exchange custody desk sparked speculation about a possible liquidation, though no sale has been announced.

FinCEN's proposed reporting requirements for crypto mixers and self-hosted wallets were scrapped, though the DOJ is still pursuing its Tornado Cash case.

The plan would bring offshore-style retail crypto exchanges under US federal oversight for the first time.

The exchange is raising funds as it expands beyond trading into stablecoins and tokenized assets.

The Tokyo-listed treasury firm ended the quarter with 44,000 BTC, second only to Strategy among corporate holders.

The company's bitcoin stack reached 848,000 BTC while it repurchased $176 million of STRC preferred shares.

The Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Nasdaq treasury firm is closing in on MARA's holdings.

A federal framework for spot crypto exchange regulation would shift oversight beyond the SEC's securities-focused approach, a major structural change for US cry

Leveraged ETFs deepen retail exposure to crypto volatility, a product category that regulators have long treated with caution.

Dropping the proposed reporting regime removes a compliance burden on self-custody wallets and privacy tools that the industry had fought hard against.

Labeling specific tokens commodities signals how the agency plans to draw the line between its jurisdiction and the SEC's.

The warning puts a timeline on migration to post-quantum cryptography for wallet and key management systems holding user funds.

Institutional investors backing a large exchange at an unchanged valuation suggests crypto equity funding has cooled from prior peaks.

Mysten Labs says Sui tunnels processed over 40 million transactions per second settled on mainnet, with CertiK set to verify the data behind the claim.

The verifiable evidence layer aims to let enterprises audit AI agent activity, extending Sui's push into agentic commerce infrastructure.

The integration would let autonomous AI agents pay Alibaba Cloud in stablecoins per task without human approval, a notable enterprise payments use case for Sui.

The proposal would extend federal regulation to spot crypto exchanges, a major shift in US market structure policy.

The withdrawal removes reporting requirements that privacy advocates and parts of the industry had fought for years.

The closure marks another consumer-focused L2 winding down amid a crowded and consolidating rollup market.

The CFTC's proposal would extend federal regulation to spot crypto exchanges, a market structure shift that has long been debated in Washington.

Scrapping the proposed reporting requirements removes a compliance burden that privacy advocates and much of the industry had fought for years.

The exchange's unchanged valuation signals that institutional backers are still willing to fund large crypto trading venues despite a soft funding market.

Approval of leveraged ETF products expands the suite of US-listed crypto trading vehicles but also adds amplified risk for retail buyers.

A settlement standard backed by a major bank points to continued efforts to bring traditional market plumbing onto public blockchains.

The closure of a consumer-focused Ethereum L2 adds to evidence that the crowded rollup field is consolidating around a few networks.

A macro-driven selloff pushed BTC under $84,000, with layer-2 tokens posting the steepest declines as oil strength dented risk appetite.

The proposal would extend federal registration and oversight to spot crypto venues, a major shift in US market structure.

Withdrawing the reporting requirements eases compliance burdens on self-custody users but removes a key tracking tool for illicit finance.

Approval adds leveraged exposure products for US investors, expanding the ETF suite despite long-standing warnings on volatility.

Strategy's bitcoin holdings topped 848,000 BTC as the company logged a large paper gain and bought back preferred shares.

The exchange drew institutional backing at an unchanged valuation, signaling continued strategic interest in regulated crypto venues.

The CFTC's proposal would bring retail leveraged crypto trading under federal oversight, though a gap remains for spot markets and the CLARITY Act's collapse le

Dropping the unhosted-wallet and mixer surveillance rules removes a major compliance burden that the industry had fought since 2020.

Leveraged crypto ETFs arriving in the U.S. expands retail access to amplified exposure even as the CLARITY Act market-structure bill stalls.

Layer-2 tokens led losses as a geopolitical oil spike weighed on risk assets, with bitcoin hovering in the mid-$80,000s.

The program aims to settle institutional trades in seconds, a step toward TradFi adoption of public-chain settlement rails.

The backing from banks and stablecoin issuers supports OKX's push beyond exchange operations into stablecoin and consumer infrastructure.

SHIB's Solana launch gives the token a bridge to a second major chain and is the most substantive SHIB development in this batch, with reports of immediate pric

Burn trackers report a sharp jump in SHIB destroyed, a recurring deflation narrative that traders watch for supply impact despite the small share of total suppl

SHIB outperformed the broader market while exchange holdings and netflow data point to heavy available supply that could cap further upside.

The findings frame the sector's durability problem as memecoin market share falls to a record low and Dogecoin is flagged for a possible 20% drop.

The closure of a consumer-focused NFT brand's own L2 highlights the difficulty of sustaining app-specific chains amid thin activity and costs.

The release raises privacy and platform-terms concerns over mass-scraped social video data being openly distributed.

FinCEN scrapped a 2020 self-custody wallet tracking proposal and a 2023 mixer designation, while the CFTC moves ahead with its own exchange licensing framework

The agency opened public comment on a plan to bring leveraged crypto exchanges under federal oversight, filling a gap left by deadlocked legislation.

Abstract told users to bridge assets off before the December deadline, saying a consumer-only chain proved unsustainable; the news lifted the Pudgy Penguins NFT

A Cboe rule approved by the agency lets six triple-leverage funds tracking crypto, metals and energy list on a US exchange.

Solana unveiled an open-source delivery-versus-payment program built with J.P. Morgan input that lets institutions settle trades atomically with seconds-level f

The company also repurchased $176 million in STRC preferreds, with the quarterly gain carrying $1.88 billion in deferred tax.

A geopolitical oil spike triggered the largest forced-selling episode of the week, with smaller tokens falling harder than bitcoin and traders betting on higher

Withdrawal of the long-pending self-custody reporting and mixer proposals removes a multi-year regulatory overhang that never took effect.

The standard bakes identity checks, sanctions controls and transfer rules into regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds on Cardano.

An SVP said the purchase was intended to signal the company's commitment to crypto rather than as a trading position.

Igloo spent tens of millions supporting the consumer chain, and the closure follows Blast's decision that its own network was no longer worth operating.

The rulemaking introduces Regulation CTX and CAM plus a new 'crypto asset market' exchange category for retail derivatives.