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Nasdaq Bitcoin Index options granted approval by SEC

New strategic Bitcoin reserve bill drops 1 million BTC purchase target, adds 20-year lockup period

SEC DELAYS PLAN TO ALLOW TRADING OF TOKENISED STOCKS DUE TO CONCERNS AND PUSHBACK: BBG

In Q1 2026, the average amount of USDC held in Coinbase products reached an all-time high of $19 billion

South Korea to review scrapping crypto tax plan after national petition hits 50,000 signatures

Blockchain .com files confidentially for initial public offering

Elon Musk’s SpaceX holds $1.45 billion worth of Bitcoin as firm looks to go public

Tether International deepens commitment to Twenty One Capital through acquisition of SoftBank’s stake

Binance Research estimates that illicit cryptocurrency accounts for less than 1% of total transaction volume

South Carolina Governor signs pro-crypto, anti-CBDC bill into law

Trump's Truth Social withdraws Bitcoin ETF application from SEC

Zerohash pursues new funding at more than $1.5 billion valuation after Mastercard drops investment plans

Japan's ruling party advances proposal to build national AI-blockchain financial system

Distributed tokenized RWA value nears $31.4B in May 2026, around five times higher than at the start of 2025

SEC to ready plan for trading crypto versions of stocks

Minnesotan banks and credit unions set to provide crypto custody August 1

Revolut unveils first physical crypto card as industry-wide card usage grows

Nearly two-thirds of the stablecoin payments volume originates from Asia, primarily Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. North America accounts for roughly a quarter. Europe, meanwhile, is about 13%. Latin America and Africa together represent

BitMine's ETH holdings reached 5.28 million after acquiring 71,672 tokens over the past week

IRAN STARTS BITCOIN-BACKED SHIPPING INSURANCE FOR HORMUZ STRAIT: BBG

Digital asset investment products saw $1.07bn of outflows, the first negative week in seven and the third-largest weekly outflow of 2026

Standard Chartered to absorb Zodia subsidiary’s crypto custody business

US crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot files for Chapter 11 to wind down business

If $60k holds as the Bitcoin cycle low, this bear market will be the shallowest on record—one that sparked fear but lacked the broad capitulation typical of historical bottoms

CME AND NYSE ARE PUSHING THE US TO REGULATE HYPERLIQUID, DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT MARKET MANIPULATION AND SANCTIONS EVASION: BBG

Strategy to repurchase $1.5 billion of 2029 convertible notes

Polish lawmakers adopt crypto regulation amid multi-million dollar fraud probe

OKX set to acquire 20% stake in South Korean crypto exchange Coinone: report

Hana Bank buys $670 million stake in crypto exchange operator Dunamu

STRC has increasingly become a primary driver of Strategy's Bitcoin acquisitions this year, rising from 4,467 BTC in January to 22,131 BTC in March and nearly 46,872 BTC in April

Crypto platform Gemini secures $100 million strategic investment from Winklevoss Capital

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support: Senate

Data from Pantera Capital indicates that the tokenization market, valued at $321 billion, maintains an average on-chain maturity score of 2 out of 5, as 77.6% of the 542 analyzed assets remain in the 'wrapper' stage

CFTC issues blanket no-action letter on prediction markets, relieving swap data reporting duties

Bank of England set to water down stablecoin rules after industry pressure

Ethereum app builder Consensys has delayed its potential IPO until fall

JPMorgan says Strategy's Bitcoin purchases this year could reach $30 billion

Telecom giant KDDI to acquire 14.9% stake in Coincheck Group in $65 million deal

Charles Schwab launches spot BTC, ETH trading to select retail clients

JPMorgan launching tokenized money market fund on Ethereum

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Ethereum Foundation rolls out support for Clear Signing crypto security solution

Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq back crypto firm Elliptic in $120 million round

From 4% in 2020 to 28% today: 1 in 4 Binance users now keeps half their portfolio in stablecoins

Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City launches fast-track licensing for regulated crypto firms

Updated Senate Banking Committee bill tackles stablecoin rewards, DeFi but sidesteps Trump's crypto conflicts of interest

Payward, the parent company of the crypto platform Kraken, is raising a new round of funding at a $20 billion valuation, sources say

Strategy has acquired 535 BTC for ~$43.0 million at ~$80,340 per Bitcoin

Circle raises $222 million from BlackRock, Apollo and others in Arc token presale valued at $3 billion

Digital asset investment products saw $857.9m of inflows, the sixth consecutive positive week

Michael Saylor says Strategy would buy '10 to 20' Bitcoin for every one it sells: report

April 2026 saw a record-breaking surge in crypto security breaches, with losses skyrocketing to over $635 million across 28 distinct incidents.

Senate Banking Committee plans to hold key market structure hearing on Thursday

Kraken parent goes for the OCC charter in big to become a federal crypto bank

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $1.97 billion in April, marking their best performance in the past five months

South Korea tightens oversight of firms moving crypto overseas: report

Treasury Department demands Binance compliance after Iran crypto reports

KRAKEN ACQUIRES REAP, ASIAN BASED STABLECOIN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY, FOR $600M: BBG

Prediction markets are now the 4th largest category in crypto by revenue, generating as a category $25.1M in the last 30 days

The future of Gold and Silver trading is on Coinbase

Core Scientific sold $208 million of Bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve update coming in 'next few weeks," White House adviser says

White House targets July 4 for Clarity Act passage, says crypto adviser Patrick Witt

Stablecoin holder growth has been ~3× higher than governance token holder growth over the past 5 years

CME Group announced that cryptocurrency futures and options will be available for trading 24/7 starting May 29

Morgan Stanley debuts crypto trading, undercuts rivals on price

Michael Saylor's Strategy signals potential Bitcoin sale to fund dividends obligations "and send the message that we did it"

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CME Group to launch Bitcoin Volatility Futures Contracts

Securitize taps Jump and Jupiter as it rolls out fully onchain, regulated onchain stocks

Sequans sells 1,025 Bitcoin to fund debt redemption and buybacks as revenue drops 24.8%

a16z crypto raises $2.2 billion for fifth fund, promotes CTO to general partner

COINBASE CEO ARMSTRONG SAYS TO CUT WORKFORCE BY ABOUT 14%

Crypto Exchange Bullish strikes $4.2 billion deal for transfer agent Equiniti in tokenization push

Digital asset investment products saw $117.8m of inflows, the fifth consecutive positive week, although the weekly total masks four days of outflows reversed by a single strong session on Friday

US spot Bitcoin ETF balances remained resilient during Q1, fluctuating between ~1.26 million and ~1.31 million BTC. Despite the 23% price drawdown, ETF holders showed no signs of material capitulation, with balances closing March at ~1.29

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Wall Street giant DTCC plans tokenized securities platform with July pilot, October launch

Western Union launches USDPT stablecoin issued by Anchorage on Solana

FINRA green lights Securitize for tokenized IPO underwriting and custody

Binance commands the largest market share of 41% among exchanges offering TradFi-perps, reflecting its dominant position in the broader crypto derivatives landscape. The ratio between centralised exchanges (CEX) and decentralised exchanges

Crypto investor Haun raises $1 billion for new funds, expands to AI agents

Kraken's parent company Payward alleges $25 million crypto custody fraud in lawsuit against Etana and firm's CEO

BitMine's ETH holdings reached 5.18 million after acquiring 101,745 tokens over the past week

Recently, Bitcoin’s correlation to U.S. equities is rising back toward levels last seen in 2023, suggesting a renewed coupling with broader risk markets

Tether posts $1.04B Q1 2026 profit as reserve buffer hits record $8.23B; maintains U.S. Treasury-heavy backing

Brazil central bank prohibits crypto use in regulated cross-border payments under new FX rules

Coinbase's asset manager to offer stablecoin credit fund with tokenized share class

B2B payments account for the largest share at approximately $226 billion annually, or about 60 % of total stablecoin payment volume

FED: no changes in rates.

META LAUNCHES STABLECOIN PAYOUTS FOR CREATORS USING STRIPE - THE INFORMATION

Securitize, Computershare open path for $70 trillion U.S. stocks to move onchain

Tether leads Belo's $14 million raise to expand stablecoin payments across Latin America

Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for new trial rejected by US judge

IBIT flows have been flat for six months

State Street to launch tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by year's end

CFTC's AI will review U.S. crypto registration applications, chairman tells CoinDesk

White House crypto advisor hints at ‘big announcement’ on Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve in coming weeks link (https://www.theblock.co/post/399087/white-house-crypto-advisor-trump-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-coming-weeks)