The goal of CertiK, the biggest provider of Web3 security services, is to become the first publicly listed Web3 infrastructure firm. A recent historic investment from Binance, which became the international exchange CertiK’s biggest investor to yet, supports this path toward a public listing. CertiK is concentrating on increasing services for
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a rule that removes the special restriction on the options trading linked to Bitcoin ETFs on the Nasdaq Options Market. The decision was published under SEC Release No.34-104649 on January 21, 2026. How the New Rule Changes Bitcoin ETF Options Before
French crypto wallet maker Ledger is preparing for the U.S. initial public offering (IPO), which could value the company at more than $4 billion, according to The Financial Times report. The company is targeting the New York Listing and working with major Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Jefferies
The securities regulators from the United States unlocked far fewer crypto-associated enforcement actions in the last year. A Cornerstone Research report also highlighted a sharp move in priorities after Trump’s government made Paul Atkins the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report mentioned that the SEC has
The US DOJ has announced its intention to dismiss the case against Nathaniel Chastain, a former official at the online marketplace for digital trading cards known as OpenSea, over an insider trading case against the defendant, whose deferred prosecution plea bargain is set to expire the following month. Charges filed
A joint announcement was made between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to host an event titled “SEC–CFTC Harmonization: U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto Era,” to be held on January 27, 2026. The joint forum to be hosted at the CFTC headquarters in
The prosecutor from South Korea is investigating the disappearance of Bitcoin captured from government custody. A lot of Bitcoins were missing at the time of the storage and management process of prosecutors. As per the internal reviews, it was reported that the incident is believed to have occurred in mid-2025.
F/m Investments, a $18 billion U.S. asset manager, filed a landmark application on January 21 with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to tokenize shares of its U.S. Treasury 3‑Month Bill ETF (TBIL) on a permissioned blockchain ledger, marking the first investment registered company to tokenize its shares on blockchain,
Today, Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited, trading as Ramp Network, a financial technology company that links the global financial infrastructure with the cryptocurrency economy, announced that it is now operational as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) in the EU. Moreover, EU clients are now fully served under its authorized CASP licence. The
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force has received two new written submissions to its public input page, which have once again highlighted important issues in digital asset regulation, such as self-custody rights and the regulatory status of decentralised finance (DeFi). One of the proposals, from a
