Australia passes a law requiring crypto exchanges and custodians to obtain financial services licenses as the country moves to regulate digital asset platforms. Australia has passed legislation that will bring many digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms under the country’s financial services licensing regime. The Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 has now...Continue Reading

Shares of the European crypto asset manager are set to start trading today, marking a venue shift as digital asset companies navigate a weaker market backdrop. CoinShares, a European-based digital asset manager, is slated to make its US public markets debut today following the completion of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, highlighting the...Continue Reading

US Fed Governor Michael Barr said clearer US rules could help the market grow, but warned that GENIUS Act implementation must still guard against runs, weak reserves and illicit finance. US Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday that clearer US stablecoin rules could speed the market’s growth, but warned that regulators still need to...Continue Reading

Extraditions of executives from market makers Vortex, Contrarian, Gotbit and Antier mark the latest step in a multi‑agency effort targeting alleged “market‑manipulation‑as‑a‑service.” Three crypto executives extradited from Singapore appeared in federal court in Oakland on Monday as US prosecutors expanded a wash-trading case that has now charged 10 foreign nationals tied to four crypto market-maker...Continue Reading

US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended Q1 in the red, with about $500 million of net outflows despite March inflows, as sentiment remained weak amid geopolitical tensions. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finished the first quarter of 2026 with net outflows, even after March delivered the category’s first monthly inflows of the year. Spot Bitcoin...Continue Reading

A shallower Bitcoin trench than previous cycles “indicates a maturing market with reduced volatility and stronger institutional confidence,” said Nick Ruck, director of LVRG Research. Bitcoin has declined by about 50% this market cycle, far less than in previous cycles, Fidelity Digital Assets said, adding this trend could continue over time.  Bitcoin’s post-all-time-high drawdowns have...Continue Reading

Block cut 4,000 of its staff in February as part of its AI-driven pivot. A new post by Block’s Jack Dorsey has shed light on how the company and others might operate in the future. Block co-founder Jack Dorsey has shared his vision of a future workplace where artificial intelligence could take the role of...Continue Reading

The closure of Mercado Coin doesn’t mark the end of Mercado Libre’s crypto rewards strategy as it still offers the Meli Dolar (MUSD), a US-dollar stablecoin which launched in 2024. Latin American e-commerce platform Mercado Libre is reportedly phasing out the Mercado Coin that it launched in August 2022, which was aimed at offering cash...Continue Reading

Moody’s assigned a provisional Ba2 rating to New Hampshire’s bond project, placing it below investment grade, as it cited Bitcoin’s volatility.  New Hampshire’s new first-of-its-kind Bitcoin-backed US municipal bond is now one step closer to reality after being given a rating from Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday.  In a statement on Tuesday, Moody’s assigned New...Continue Reading

“There’s a myth in mainstream media and social media that insider trading doesn’t apply in the prediction markets … That is wrong,” said CFTC enforcement director David Miller. The US commodities regulator’s chief enforcement director sent a cautionary message to prediction market insider traders on Tuesday, vowing that violators will face enforcement action. “We are...Continue Reading