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Robinhood (HOOD) officially launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, marking the company's biggest step yet into onchain financial infrastructure as it looks to expand beyond brokerage services and into decentra…
The European Union's crypto market entered a new era on Wednesday as its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation came into full effect, meaning crypto firms serving customers across the 27-nation bloc are required to…
The Ethereum Foundation is making a fresh push to position Ethereum as critical public infrastructure for governments and institutions, publishing a new policy guide on Wednesday that argues the blockchain's decentraliz…
Crédit Agricole (ACA), France's second-largest bank by assets, unveiled a euro-pegged stablecoin, a rival to offerings from smaller peer Société Générale (GLE) and Circle Internet (CRCL) in a market that's also targeted…
The European Union's (EU) transitional grandfathering period under its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation ends on July 1, forcing crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) who have yet to attain full licensing unde…
With the end of MiCA’s transitional period fast approaching, the European Union is finally cracking down on unlicensed crypto exchanges in an effort to purge the continent’s spot markets of rogue operators and protect E…
Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald said crypto markets are entering the final stage of the current bear cycle, with bitcoin's
Investment bank Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Morpho, calling the lending protocol a dual-play on decentralized finance (DeFi) that combines a lending market with infrastructure for onchain banks and asse…
Ark Invest has a tendency to load up on shares in cryptocurrency companies when their prices are depressed, and June was no exception.
A new independent non-profit, Ethereum Institutional, has launched with the goal of accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum, its layer-2 networks and the broader ecosystem.
Aave, one of the largest decentralized lending protocols by locked value, recorded its strongest day of new-wallet creation in almost five years on June 30, a sign of fresh interest in the AAVE token even as the wider c…
The bank lowered its base-case forecast for bitcoin to $82,000 from $112,000 and cut its ether target to $2,240 from $3,175. It now assumes no net ETF inflows over the next year, abandoning an earlier expectation that r…
The first half of the year was defined by the AI trade. The second half may be defined by a tougher question: Which companies and assets actually stand to benefit from it?
Christopher Alexander Delgado, the former CEO of Goliath Ventures, pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges stemming from a crypto investment scheme prosecutors said stole at least $400 million from investor…
Warsh declined to provide guidance on the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate decision, saying policymakers would debate incoming data at their meeting in four weekds, during a panel discussion at the European Central …
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The largest cryptocurrency fell 22.2% in the first quarter and another 14.09% in the second, according to Coinglass data, and was trading just above $59,000 on Wednesday as the third quarter began.
Ether (ETH) is at $1,580, having also experienced a slight relief bounce since 01:00 UTC.
Polish crypto firms are being forced to seek licenses abroad or risk shutting down after President Karol Nawrocki refused to sign legislation giving the country’s financial regulator authority to issue licenses under th…
The June candlestick, a charting tool summarizing entire month's price action into a single visual, looks like a solid red brick with virtually no wicks, a clear sign of complete and "uninterrupted" bear dominance throu…
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $4.5 billion in net outflows in June, their worst month since launching in January 2024, per SoSoValue data.
XRP is still pinned near $1, but the selling pressure is no longer coming from the same crowded leverage that drove the earlier decline. The token slipped 1% over the session, then bounced from support as open interest …
Taiwan has taken a major step forward in overseeing its digital asset sector by enacting comprehensive new regulations for cryptocurrency operations.
The U.S. Commerce Department would have more authority to shield domestic artificial intelligence technology from the supply chains of foreign adversaries in a bill introduced Tuesday by two Republican senators who've b…