Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott is allegedly under pressure from a US senator who wants the crypto market structure bill markup postponed until May so that banks and crypto advocates may work out their differences on stablecoin yield requirements. Senate Banking Committee markup of the CLARITY Act is not expected to
Today, Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform, made an announcement on the launch of BitMEX on Interchange, which is Zodia Custody’s off-venue settlement network. Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD are among the shareholders and investors in Zodia Custody. As a result of the
The crypto exchange sector saw a significant slowdown during the first quarter of 2026. The total trading volume dropped to $17.9 trillion, which is a 32% decrease from the previous quarter and a 42% decrease from the cycle top of $31.0 trillion that in Q3 2025 occurred. The shrinkage was caused
Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest public Bitcoin holder globally, has increased its overall holdings to more than 800,000 BTC via recent buys. Massive Accumulation Strategy purchased 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion between April 13 and 19, according to an 8-K filing the business made with the US SEC on Monday. Two
Over the weekend, the total value locked onto the decentralized lending protocol Aave fell by about $8 billion. This was due to the fact that the hackers responsible for the $293 million Kelp DAO attack borrowed funds on Aave, leaving the protocol with around $195 million in “bad debt” and prompting
After being chosen for Hub71’s Digital Assets cohort, Startale Group, a global blockchain infrastructure business, is expanding into Abu Dhabi, strengthening its ties to one of the fastest-growing state-backed cryptocurrency ecosystems in the world. Through the initiative, which is supported by Mubadala and the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, Startale
As investor focus moves to riskier assets, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw net inflows of over $1 billion last week, their best performance in over three months. Last week, spot Bitcoin ETFs received $996 million in net inflows, according to data from SoSoValue. This is the greatest weekly intake
In an internet increasingly shaped by automation, bots, and AI-driven interactions, one fundamental question is becoming harder to answer: is there a real person on the other side? World is attempting to solve this problem at scale with the latest upgrade World ID 4.0 to its identity protocol, introducing a
There is a long-standing limitation of self-custodial cryptocurrency products, which is the requirement to rely on third-party providers for core actions such as buying, swapping, and cashing out. Ramp Network, a global crypto infrastructure provider that enables seamless access between fiat and digital assets, has today announced the launch of
Ahead of a critical governance vote that might drastically alter the network’s economic model, Flare’s native token, $FLR, is seeing a surge in momentum. Flare unveiled a new governance proposal this week that would drastically alter its network architecture, provide a revenue system at the protocol level, and lower token inflation.
