Crypto

The market may be facing a dangerous liquidity mismatch as futures open interest outpaces trading volume by a significant margin.

Futures open interest climbed to $2.78 billion and traders on Binance and OKX leaned heavily long, even as social sentiment hit a three-month low.

Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days.

There were hopes that regulators could move if the Clarity Act didn’t advance, but those, too, may be paused.

Investors are starting to judge crypto tokens on usage, economics and value capture rather than market-cap rank, industry executives said.

While the data breach exposed the personal order details of thousands of customers, all private keys, seed phrases, and crypto assets remain completely safe.

Fraudsters impersonating regulators and licensed crypto exchanges to steal funds from users forced to migrate their accounts after the EU’s MiCA deadline are on the rise.

The bankers want people kept in lower-yield deposits for the good of the financial system as it’s existed for generations, and their argument is gaining ground.

Financial firms are partnering with specialists to build infrastructure, blurring lines between traditional and decentralized finance into a unified sector.

Hyperliquid traders value Unitree at nearly $38 billion versus $9 billion at its IPO, leaving leveraged bets vulnerable when trading begins, Allium analysts said.

Direct holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter.

The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power capacity shortages, as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids.

Calls fell 85.2% to 148,000 underlying shares, while puts slipped 1.4% to 715,000.

Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns all wrote checks to regulated firms.

Washington kept crypto’s biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.

Centrally controlled, permission-only networks have a role to play in finance, but need a transparent, open base to reap the benefits blockchain technology offers.