OKX reduces its workforce in global restructuring effort
Key Takeaways OKX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, is undergoing global restructuring, leading to workforce reductions in its institutional business. Specific...
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Cloudforce secures $10 million to expand AI platform across education and healthcare
Key Takeaways Cloudforce, a Maryland-based AI company, raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures. The funding...
Visa-Linked Stablecoin Firm Rain Valued Above $1.9B
Rain, a US stablecoin infrastructure provider and a principal member of the Visa payments network, has secured major funding to...
Ripple wins FCA approval to offer compliant payment services in UK
Key Takeaways Ripple's UK subsidiary has gained registration from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), allowing the company to offer regulated...
Sharplink Pockets $33M From Ether Staking, Deploys Another $170M
Public companies and crypto-focused treasury firms are increasingly turning to staking as a source of passive income.Sharplink Gaming, the world’s...
Grayscale Forms Trusts for Potential BNB and HYPE ETFs
Asset manager Grayscale has taken an early step toward expanding its crypto investment lineup by forming new Delaware statutory trusts...
South Korea’s Supreme Court Says Bitcoin Held on Exchanges Can Be Seized
South Korea’s Supreme Court handed down its first explicit ruling that Bitcoin held in centralized exchanges can be seized by...
FCA Opens UK Crypto Licensing Gateway Under New Regime
Financial authorities in the United Kingdom set a timeline for a new crypto licensing regime, requiring aspiring companies to seek...
Freedx to Launch First Ever Live Crypto Quiz Show on Twitch
Freedx, a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange focused on accessibility and user experience, is introducing a new way for the crypto community...
Nasdaq-listed miner BitFuFu expands Bitcoin treasury to 1,780 BTC
Key Takeaways BitFuFu increased its Bitcoin holdings to 1,780 BTC by the end of 2025. The company reduced its pledged...
New York Reintroduces Bill Restricting Prediction Markets
New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel has reintroduced legislation to the US state’s lower house that aims to restrict what event...
Donald Trump Will not Consider Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried: NYT
US President Donald Trump reportedly will not grant a pardon to Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, who is serving a 25-year sentence...
CFTC Sends Bitnomial No-Action Letter, Eases Reporting Requirements
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, issued a no-action letter to crypto derivatives exchange Bitnomial on Thursday,...
Primary Goal for 2026 is Crypto Market Structure
In a year in which the United States will hold elections that could upset the balance of power in Congress,...
Why South Korea Can’t Agree on Who Should Issue Stablecoins
Key takeawaysKorea’s crypto bill is stalled over stablecoin issuer rules.The central bank wants banks to remain in control, often framed...
BlackRock Buys $900M BTC as Long-Term Selling Hits 2017 Lows
BlackRock’s fresh round of Bitcoin (BTC) buying takes place alongside a sharp slowdown in long-term selling, a combination that points...
What Top Crypto Companies Predict for Bitcoin in 2026
2026 could mark the clearest break yet from everything investors thought they understood about Bitcoin cycles.For more than a decade,...
Morgan Stanley to launch digital wallet for tokenized assets: Barron’s
Key Takeaways Morgan Stanley is set to introduce a digital wallet by the end of the year. The wallet will...
China’s Interest-Bearing Digital Yuan Piles Pressure on US Stablecoin Rules
China’s move to let banks pay interest on digital yuan wallets from Jan. 1 is sharpening the debate in Washington...
Polymarket User Profits And Disappears After Big Maduro Bet
A Polymarket account that earned about $400,000 from a controversial and well-timed bet on the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás...
Bootstrap Board Split For Non-Profit Law, Zcash Wallet Investment
Bootstrap, the nonprofit that supports the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, said a recent governance dispute that led to the departure of...
Nasdaq-listed Coincheck to acquire 3iQ for $112M to bolster digital asset offerings
Key Takeaways Coincheck Group is acquiring 3iQ, a Canadian digital asset manager, for $112 million. This acquisition involves a stock...
