The XRP Ledger is moving closer to native lending as developers propose new tools for pooled credit. The initiative could expand the network beyond payments and asset transfers. However, validators...
Binance.US has added a self-custody wallet to its mobile app, giving users a way to hold crypto themselves and connect to decentralized apps. The Binance.US Wallet is available on iOS...
MoonPay plans to acquire private-markets infrastructure provider North Capital for more than $60 million. The all-stock transaction marks another step in MoonPay’s push into tokenized assets and financial-market infrastructure. Consequently,...
Some Pi Network users who were stuck in the KYC or Mainnet migration process can now move forward after the network introduced several fixes. The changes address problems with identity...
Kalshi is pushing back against claims that repeated $5,500 trades in its ether perpetual futures market indicate wash trading. The exchange said the activity is linked to its market-making programs,...
Canada’s six largest banks are joining forces on a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit system. The initiative aims to make bank deposits easier to transfer between financial institutions using digital infrastructure. The...
Andreessen Horowitz and the DeFi Education Fund are urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a safe harbor for qualifying decentralized exchanges, arguing that some peer-to-peer systems should...
Coinbase has expanded its crypto lending services with fixed-rate Bitcoin-backed loans through Morpho Midnight. According to the press release, the new product lets users borrow USDC while locking in borrowing...
RWA-linked perpetual contracts are gaining attention as traders seek ways to adjust their exposure to U.S. stocks outside regular market hours, according to Binance Research. U.S. stock exchanges operate about...
President Donald Trump has proposed replacing the term artificial intelligence with “super intelligence” in U.S. government documents. He made the proposal Tuesday during his address to the United Nations General...
European central banks want the European Union to tighten crypto rules, especially around stablecoins, foreign-currency tokens, and crypto firms. The push comes as Brussels reviews the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation,...
Agora has received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank in the U.S., moving the stablecoin company closer to...
The European Central Bank plans to use part of its funds to purchase tokenized securities. The move gives the central bank exposure to distributed ledger technology. It also lets officials...
Circle has introduced a new borrowing service that lets institutional clients access USDC liquidity without selling their Bitcoin holdings. The initiative expands Circle’s role beyond stablecoin issuance and into institutional...
Ondo Finance has introduced a new in-kind conversion feature that lets institutions exchange eligible traditional shares for tokenized versions of those stocks on Ethereum and BNB Chain. According to a...
Strive acquired 1,355 Bitcoin for approximately $107.7 million last week, bringing its total holdings to 26,355 BTC. The latest purchase increases pressure on the company’s year-end ambition to become the...
DeFi Development Corp. added 101,381 SOL to its treasury, bringing its holdings to about 2.49 million SOL and equivalents as the Nasdaq-listed company continued to expand its Solana reserves. The...
Coinbase has expanded its U.S. trading platform by giving eligible retail customers access to IPO allocations before shares begin public trading. The exchange launched the service with Oura’s IPO, allowing...
Crypto-focused political group Fairshake is committing $30 million to oppose former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bid to return to the Senate, renewing its campaign against a longtime critic of the...
Visa is moving to tighten how memecoin purchases are classified after some card transactions received a digital-media merchant code. The change follows scrutiny of purchases through Robinhood Wallet and Fomo...
Zcash developers have set their sights on November 5 for NU7’s mainnet activation. The upgrade would significantly shorten Zcash’s block interval. Developers plan to reduce block times from 75 seconds...
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, filed to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders, expanding its derivatives offering beyond crypto. The filing covers 10 US stocks, including Tesla, Nvidia,...
Haruko was targeted in a cyberattack that exposed trading data and read-only exchange API details belonging to 15 crypto clients, according to reports. The breach also resulted in a small...
Coinbase has asked U.S. regulators to approve perpetual futures tied to more than 50 individual stocks. The proposal would expand the exchange’s derivatives business beyond crypto and broad equity indexes. ...
A North Korea-linked hacking group used fake job offers to target IT workers and steal cryptocurrency, Japan’s NPA said Friday. The group, known as WaterPlum, infected more than 30,000 devices...