The Securities and Exchange Commission has made a major move against the crypto investment environment by rejecting several proposals for leveraged exchange-traded funds. Managers of funds who want to introduce 3x and 5x crypto ETFs have to make a very important choice now: whether to change their tactics drastically or
The Apex Fusion ecosystem’s leading cross-chain interoperability leader, Skyline, has announced that bAP3X has been successfully deployed on the Base network. The launch marks the first introduction of the bridging version of Apex Fusion’s native AP3X token to the Base network, which is incubated by Coinbase. bAP3X, or “Based Apex,” is
Grayscale Investments received the green light from the regulators to start the very first spot Chainlink exchange-traded fund (ETF) launch this week. The news is a major step forward for the U.S. market of institutional cryptocurrency investment products. After getting the green light from the SEC, the manager of the
AgentLISA, an AI-powered smart contract security layer, has rapidly climbed to the #4 position on the x402scan 24-hour leaderboard, recording 3,578 paying developers and $3,100 in revenue within a single day. The achievement follows the project’s launch on October 29 and reflects strong early adoption of its permissionless, instant-settlement security
KuCoin, a prominent global cryptocurrency platform founded on trust, revealed today that KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH (KuCoin EU), its European subsidiary, has formally acquired a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) license in Austria. With this accreditation, KuCoin EU Exchange is able to provide fully compliant digital asset services in 29 European
With the official registration of its subsidiary corporation as a Digital Currency Exchange (DCE) under AUSTRAC, KuCoin, a leading worldwide cryptocurrency platform founded on trust, today announced a significant regulatory milestone in Australia. With this registration, KuCoin is now subject to AUSTRAC’s monitoring for digital currency exchange services, which is a major
The SEC just handed Fuse Crypto a no action letter on November 24, saying they won’t chase charges. That is over the company’s energy rewards token as long as it sticks to the plan laid out. That means Fuse can sell the token without registering it as a security under
The SEC’s Crypto Task Force is hosting a big crypto privacy roundtable on December 15 to talk about privacy in crypto and how it fits with the usual money monitoring rules. It’s not a rule making session, just an open chat between regulators and industry folks. And it will be
Earlier today, QANplatform, the blockchain platform that provides quantum-resistant security for Web3 development, made an announcement that its QAN XLINK, a cross-signer protocol that enables the integration of Ethereum-compatible wallets with quantum-safe signature-capable keypairs, has successfully completed a comprehensive cybersecurity audit conducted by Hacken, a blockchain security firm. By doing
Last week, the crypto market displayed a clear divergence between overall macro sentiment and sector-specific rotation. While BTC traded sideways, locked in a stalemate between bulls and bears around a key range, investors actively focused on structural opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem, Solana DEXs, and the L1/L2 scaling sectors. HTX
