Standard Chartered’s venture arm led the round as Keyrock looks to expand products, pursue acquisitions and scale its global footprint. Crypto market maker Keyrock secured Series C funding at a $1.1 billion valuation in a round led by SC Ventures, the venture building and investment arm of Standard Chartered. In a Tuesday announcement, the Brussels-based...Continue Reading

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun’s decision to sell a Thai condo once bought for 2,900 BTC for just 7 BTC illustrates the opportunity cost of spending Bitcoin early. Bitcoin mining pioneer Wang Chun said he sold a condominium in Pattaya, Thailand, for 7 Bitcoin, a fraction of the 2,900 BTC he paid for the property in...Continue Reading

David Bailey’s Nakamoto plans to wind down healthcare operations as it shifts focus to integrating BTC Inc and UTXO Management. Nakamoto, the Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as KindlyMD, sold $20 million worth of Bitcoin in March and cut a large portion of its Metaplanet stake at a loss during the first quarter of the...Continue Reading

Prediction markets are facing increasing scrutiny over allegations of insider trading, prompting Kalshi and Polymarket to plan guardrails to curb potential incidents. At least 42 Democratic lawmakers have written the US commodities regulator and the US Office of Government Ethics, demanding that it warn federal employees not to use inside knowledge to trade in prediction...Continue Reading

KuCoin’s parent company will pay $500,000 to resolve CFTC charges, marking a fraction of the $300 million it previously agreed to pay the DOJ over similar charges.  The parent company of KuCoin will pay a $500,000 civil penalty to settle a case by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleging it operated an unregistered offshore...Continue Reading

Bitmine bought over 71,000 Ether over the past week, adding to the 238,244 Ether it acquired over the previous four weeks. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has extended its Ether buying streak into its fifth week, scooping up 71,179 Ether in its largest weekly purchase of 2026 so far.  The roughly $147 million Ether (ETH) buy represents...Continue Reading

Google has updated its estimates of the quantum computing resources needed to break elliptic curve cryptography. New research from Google shows that quantum computers could require far less power than previously thought to break the cryptography that secures cryptocurrency blockchains.  Google’s new research, released on Monday, estimates a quantum computer could crack the cryptography protecting...Continue Reading

Dubai’s VARA has set formal rules for crypto exchange-traded derivatives, allowing retail access under suitability checks, margin controls and leverage limits. Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has introduced a new regulatory framework for crypto exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), laying out how licensed crypto companies can offer the products in the emirate. In a Tuesday announcement...Continue Reading

The proposed rule change seeks to enable Americans to invest in products like crypto that better reflect the current investment landscape, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said. The US Department of Labor has proposed a rule change seeking to expand investment options in 401(k) retirement plans, including crypto, moving the country one step closer to implementing...Continue Reading

A report from Reuters earlier this month claimed that the SEC’s former chief of enforcement clashed with agency leadership over cases involving those in Trump’s orbit before resigning. Two Democratic senators are requesting answers from the US Securities and Exchange Commission over the resignation of its enforcement director, Margaret Ryan, in March, after a Reuters...Continue Reading