Ether drops below $2,000 amid heavy selling pressure, yet futures open interest hits a record high. This divergences suggests aggressive shorting.
IBIT recorded its second-biggest single-day net outflow since launch on Wednesday, missing a January record by less than half a million dollars, as the Iran-driven sell-off pulled institutional money out of bitcoin.
Fund manager Michael Kramer says a $150 billion liquidity drain from upcoming U.S. Treasury operations could push bitcoin sharply lower.
XRP lost another major support level after high-volume selling accelerated late in the session, keeping focus on whether the months-long compression structure is now breaking lower.
Crypto majors sold off 3% to 4% and nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out after U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian military site near the Strait of Hormuz reignited the conflict markets had started to price out.
The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn’t have been pursued under current management and practices.
The charges mark the second major arrest over insider trading on a prediction market.
As crypto world notches political wins in Texas and beyond, some of its emerging political action committees ditch bipartisan approach for a Republican focus.
By establishing a national charter under the executive branch, United Texas Bank said it intends to enable AI-driven payment rails to intercept global digital dollar volumes.
CNBC reported Tuesday that Musk is discussing a merger between Tesla and SpaceX that would tie his tech empire closer together and instantly create the world’s fifth-largest corporate bitcoin treasury, worth $3.3 billion.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Ravi Tanuku on why the GENIUS Act didn’t just regulate stablecoins, it repriced Bitcoin’s monetary premium. Then, Jesper Johansen on why looped ETH staking no longer needs a lending market.
Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward “real-value” testing to settle tokenized central bank money and bank deposits on blockchain rails.
The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as institutional investors shift their focus from speculative trading to real-world financial infrastructure.
An individual familiar with the matter told CoinDesk the stablecoin feature was rolled out to 25% of users already and by the end of the week, all users will have access.
The Clarity Act’s recent markup proved that the momentum for regulation is there. It is imperative that Congress move the bill forward to establish rules this generation needs and a framework the next will inherit, urges Kim.
Robinhood is bringing hedge fund-style automation to everyday investors by letting AI agents build portfolios, execute stock trades, and even go shopping using virtual credit cards.
The fintech-forward private bank said it is the first Italian lender to get Bank of Italy approval under MiCA to offer digital asset custody and transfers.
Stellar (XLM), up 1.7%, joined Internet Computer (ICP) as a top performer.
The payments giant said the approval supports its push into stablecoins and blockchain-based settlement infrastructure.
The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly focus on tokenizing traditional financial assets, a market many in the industry see as a major growth opportunity.
Memory chip stocks are attracting capital and attention as crypto markets settle into apathy.
Zhu allegedly directed staff to publish false claims that Hodlnaut had no direct exposure to the TerraUSD collapse on Telegram and in customer emails.
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The fintech platform says its dollar-backed stablecoin will let members trade, transfer and eventually earn yield through its banking app.
Bitcoin hovered below Tom Lee’s $76,000 bull-market threshold while hyperliquid and monero bucked broader crypto weakness.
U.K. authorities sanctioned HTX, saying there were “reasonable grounds to suspect” the crypto exchange was helping Russia by cooperating with ruble stablecoin A7A5.
The Dell agreement will support IREN’s expanding AI cloud business and boost projected annualized revenue to $4.4 billion by 2027.
Bitcoin’s weak 2026 performance has coincided with sharp gains in metals and semiconductor giants, raising concerns that the cryptocurrency could continue losing ground.
As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, one of crypto’s top security executives says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.
The big sale happened amid a broader continued exodus from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs.