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Lighter introduces mandatory LIT staking for liquidity pool access

Lighter introduces mandatory LIT staking for liqui...

2 months ago 33

Sweeping crypto legislation hits major snag as Senate Banking Committee postpones markup

Sweeping crypto legislation hits major snag as Sen...

2 months ago 26

TD Cowen cuts Strategy price target to $440, cites lower bitcoin yield outlook

TD Cowen cuts Strategy price target to $440, cites...

2 months ago 31

JPMorgan expects crypto inflows to rise further in 2026 after record $130 billion in 2025

JPMorgan expects crypto inflows to rise further in...

2 months ago 29

Coinbase says it won’t back Senate crypto bill ahead of banking committee vote

Coinbase says it won’t back Senate crypto bill ahe...

2 months ago 35

Senate crypto bill nears crunch time as amendments pile up, lobbying intensifies ahead of Senate Banking Committee hearing

Senate crypto bill nears crunch time as amendments...

2 months ago 29

The Daily: Bitcoin taps $97K amid ‘Goldilocks’ macro backdrop, Ripple secures preliminary license in EU payments push, and more

The Daily: Bitcoin taps $97K amid ‘Goldilocks’ mac...

2 months ago 41

Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpaca raises $150 million Series D, pusing valuation to $1.15 billion

Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpa...

2 months ago 37

Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed the book on its years-long probe into the organization

Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed the book on i...

2 months ago 33

Sui Layer 1 stalls for hours as developers rush to restore network

Sui Layer 1 stalls for hours as developers rush to...

2 months ago 36

CleanSpark and Bitfarms stocks rally as firms target US for HPC/AI expansions

CleanSpark and Bitfarms stocks rally as firms targ...

2 months ago 23

Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at remaking stock trading and lending

Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at rem...

2 months ago 24

Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts unwind and $100K odds rise

Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts u...

2 months ago 23

Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120 million valuation to prepare crypto networks for post-quantum threats

Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120...

2 months ago 27

Tether-backed mobile wallet Oobit adds native Phantom support, expanding Solana’s ties to Visa

Tether-backed mobile wallet Oobit adds native Phan...

2 months ago 31

Ledger Wallet rolls out ‘BTC yield’ feature in collaboration with Lombard and Figment

Ledger Wallet rolls out ‘BTC yield’ feature in col...

2 months ago 35

Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attention market Noise ahead of Base mainnet launch

Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attenti...

2 months ago 31

Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arca

Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arc...

2 months ago 20

Bitnomial launches first regulated Aptos futures in U.S.

Bitnomial launches first regulated Aptos futures i...

2 months ago 20

MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token remains 99% below peak

MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token r...

2 months ago 25

Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30% of ETH supply locked

Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30...

2 months ago 29

Bitcoin and gold allocation outperforms traditional portfolios, backing Ray Dalio’s 15% hedge thesis, Bitwise finds

Bitcoin and gold allocation outperforms traditiona...

2 months ago 18

Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial surveillance expansion since the Patriot Act, Galaxy says

Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial su...

2 months ago 25

Ripple secures preliminary EMI license approval in Luxembourg as EU payments push advances

Ripple secures preliminary EMI license approval in...

2 months ago 21

Pakistan signs MOU with World Liberty Financial to explore USD1 stablecoin

Pakistan signs MOU with World Liberty Financial to...

2 months ago 30

Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets with cross-margin feature

Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets w...

2 months ago 22

Bitcoin ETFs post largest single-day inflows in three months, worth $750 million

Bitcoin ETFs post largest single-day inflows in th...

2 months ago 30

South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card

South Korean financial giant KB files patent for s...

2 months ago 32

Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half of 2026: Bloomberg

Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half...

2 months ago 18

Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to non-qualified traders: report

Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to ...

2 months ago 26

Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by ‘managed hashrate’ metric

Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by...

2 months ago 28

Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early innings of tokenized stock trading

Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early inning...

2 months ago 24

‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s ‘most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes

‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction ...

2 months ago 31

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure...

2 months ago 29

The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure bill, YZi Labs invests in Genius Trading as CZ joins as advisor, and more

The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure...

2 months ago 36

ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum blockspace and make onchain execution predictable

ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum bloc...

2 months ago 21

Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV via CoinList and own auction app

Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV...

2 months ago 34

Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with gas-free Ethereum transactions and 10x rewards bump

Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with...

2 months ago 40

Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market funds to be blockchain-ready

Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market fu...

2 months ago 25

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades: report

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades...

2 months ago 35

YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Trading, with CZ joining as advisor

YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Tradin...

2 months ago 33

Wintermute OTC data shows crypto liquidity clustered in BTC and ETH as broader altcoin rallies faded in 2025

Wintermute OTC data shows crypto liquidity cluster...

2 months ago 32

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme...

2 months ago 28

Kalshi secures temporary block on Tennessee order targeting prediction market sports contracts

Kalshi secures temporary block on Tennessee order ...

2 months ago 31

21Shares lists ETP combining bitcoin and gold on LSE as UK retail crypto access expands

21Shares lists ETP combining bitcoin and gold on L...

2 months ago 28

Bernstein raises Figure price target, names stock its 2026 ‘best idea’ with 38% potential upside

Bernstein raises Figure price target, names stock ...

2 months ago 18

Grayscale adds AI, DeFi and consumer tokens to asset consideration list

Grayscale adds AI, DeFi and consumer tokens to ass...

2 months ago 27

ZKsync lists real-world infrastructure as core focus in 2026 roadmap

ZKsync lists real-world infrastructure as core foc...

2 months ago 28

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limiting stablecoin rewards on idle holdings

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limit...

2 months ago 31

South Korean crypto exchanges slam government’s proposed ownership cap

South Korean crypto exchanges slam government’s pr...

2 months ago 42