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South Korea's Banking Giant Enters JPMorgan's Blockchain Ecosystem for Cross-Border Crypto Payments
KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, is making a significant move into blockchain-powered finance by integrating with JPMorgan's Kinexys pla...
BitMart Pulls the Plug: Exchange Shutting Down After Token Collapse and Liquidity Crisis
BitMart is calling it quits. The crypto exchange announced it will cease all trading operations by August 26, marking the end of another platform in ...
Binance's Monthly Red Team Ops: Why the Exchange Is Weaponizing Internal Security Tests
Binance is running monthly internal security assessments—essentially red teaming its own staff—to stay ahead of social engineering attacks that have b...
EU Sanctions HTX and Seven Other Crypto Platforms Over Russia Ties, Effective August 23
The European Union has formally added HTX to its Russia sanctions list, effectively barring the platform from processing transactions with EU resident...
Robinhood Explores Prediction Markets Partnership as Regulatory Battles Heat Up
Robinhood is in active discussions with Crypto. com about potentially integrating prediction market capabilities into its platform, according to repor...
Bitcoin Advocacy Group Enters State Department Partnership on Digital Freedom
The Bitcoin Policy Institute has secured a spot in a State Department initiative designed to tackle digital freedom challenges. The group, alongside ...
Robinhood Eyes Crypto.com Prediction Markets to Challenge Kalshi's Growing Dominance
Robinhood is in active negotiations with Crypto. com to integrate the platform's prediction markets into its trading interface, according to a Wall St...
Why Wise's Bank Charter Resubmission Could Actually Work Under New GENIUS Legislation
The OCC's rejection of Wise's US bank charter application this week stings, but the UK fintech giant shouldn't pack it in just yet. The denial cited ...
The AI Kill Switch Act: What US Lawmakers Are Actually Proposing
The crypto market watches regulatory frameworks like a hawk—and a new proposal from US lawmakers deserves serious attention. The AI Kill Switch Act w...
Ethereum ETFs Are Stealing Bitcoin's Thunder as Crypto Investors Rotate
Ether funds have drawn nearly as much capital as bitcoin ETFs over the past three weeks despite holding about one-eighth as much in net assets—a strik...
North Korea Busts Rogue Cyber Unit for Bank Heists and Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
North Korea has moved against a criminal network operating within its own borders—former state-sponsored cyber operatives accused of orchestrating att...
Fidelity Throws Weight Behind Senate Push for CLARITY Act as Crypto Lobby Intensifies
Fidelity is ramping up pressure on the US Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, aligning itself with a growing coalition of industry groups and crypto firms...
Dango's Perpetual Trading Platform Shuts Down After Brief 4-Month Run
Dango is pulling the plug on its perpetual derivatives exchange, marking another casualty in what's become an increasingly crowded graveyard of failed...
Ethereum Spot ETFs Break Rally as Institutional Flows Cool—But Longer Trend Holds
Ethereum ETFs halted their five-day inflow momentum this week, marking the first reversal in what had been a solid run of institutional accumulation. ...
Defense-Focused Tech Alliance: State Department Taps Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir, and Anduril for Freedom Tech Initiative
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Real-World Assets Just Dethroned Crypto on Hyperliquid—What It Means for Trading
The crypto derivatives market just hit a significant inflection point. For the first time in Hyperliquid's history, traditional real-world assets—sto...
EU Blacklists HTX as Russia Sanctions Tighten Around Crypto Exchanges
The European Union has formally designated HTX—a major crypto exchange—as a sanctions-target for facilitating financial services that circumvent EU re...
Strive's SATA Token Bounces Back: Preferred Shares Rally as Bitcoin Treasury Strategies Gain Traction
Strive's SATA token is staging a meaningful recovery after absorbing heavy losses last month, now trading within striking distance of its par value. ...
Congressional Stock Trading Bill Falls Short of Addressing Crypto-Era Insider Information Risks
The House has passed legislation aimed at curbing insider trading among lawmakers, but Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling out a critical gap: the bil...
Samsung's Crypto Wallet Gets Stablecoin Upgrade—Here's What We Know
Samsung just threw down a clear signal: stablecoins are moving from niche to mainstream. At Galaxy Unpacked, the tech giant revealed Samsung Wallet w...