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Prime Sale participants will see RE token balances in Binance Alpha accounts starting 20:00 UTC+8 June 18. Trading pair status unconfirmed.
ANSSI will stop certifying products without quantum-safe encryption from 2027. The rule aligns with U.S. NSA timelines and pressures crypto networks to plan upgrades now.
Stablecoin proponents talk as though the battle over payments is over. Netflix twice offered itself to Blockbuster for under $100 million. Blockbuster said no.
BitGo shares jumped 13% after the crypto custodian announced a $50 million buyback with no expiration date. The stock hit a three-month high on triple-average volume.
Zimbabwe's FIU mandates all crypto firms register under new AML rules. Registration does not authorize commercial operations or protect against losses.
The Fed under Kevin Warsh ended forward guidance, dropping a key market tool. Bitcoin fell to $64,535 as uncertainty repriced risk assets. Next data prints become the only signal.
The exchange supply ratio has held between 0.40 and 0.46 since December, with Binance alone controlling 25-30% of global stablecoin reserves.
Chainalysis reports $14B in on-chain scams for 2025. Approval phishing losses per victim surged 253%. AI-enhanced scams 4.5x more lucrative. Operations Spincaster and Atlantic froze millions in proceeds.
A social media claim suggests a Binance VIP manager gave Chinese authorities customer data. No market reaction, no confirmation. Real risk is sanctions.
Promoter 'Bitcoin Rodney' admitted to helping run a $1.8 billion crypto fraud. He received $7.85 million in proceeds. Sentencing is July 23.
Fasset's stablecoin rails plug into SBI Remit's Japan payout network across 50 banking corridors. Debit cards, wallet builds and treasury tools follow.
Coinbase's System Update adds tokenized stocks, options, prediction markets, and portfolio transfers. The move positions the exchange as a full-service financial platform competing with traditional brokerages.
Inflation at 4.2% and a hawkish Fed chair. Warsh's first FOMC meeting kept rates steady but signaled tighter policy. Crypto, correlated to risk assets, faces headwinds if hikes resume.
BitGo named Angela Ang, a former MAS deputy director, as APAC managing director and Singapore president, adding deep regulatory ties to its Asia expansion.
Bitwise raised $134M from institutional investors to build fund strategies blending crypto and traditional finance. The firm targets registered funds, SMAs, and staking products.
Illinois' new 0.2% tax on digital asset services takes effect Jan. 1. Industry groups call it discriminatory and push for a line-item veto in the fall.
A coalition of 50+ groups including casinos and tribes is pushing to ban sports betting on prediction markets, citing $1B in lost tax revenue. Senate vote expected within 9 days.
1inch processed $214B in swaps in 2025. NGRAVE saw swap transactions surge 400% after API integration. Cross-chain volume hit $56.1B in July. The shift is reshaping wallet revenue.
Crypto market cap fell 2% to $2.21T. The drop came amid news of a pending U.S.-Iran deal. Traders are watching Fed Chair Warsh's press conference for rate signals. Bitcoin and Ethereum slipped.
An indirect SpaceX stake from the Alameda era has surged in value after the rocket company's IPO, potentially adding billions to creditor payouts.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is pitching Asian regulators on tokenized equities and national stablecoins. Governments are split on the technology.
ECB's Lagarde helped block Binance's Greek MiCA bid. France's AMF is the only remaining path before the June 30 deadline. Binance says Greece deemed its application compliant.
Trace Finance has processed $10B in cross-border volume using stablecoins plus regulated bank infrastructure. The $32M Series A will fund expansion beyond LatAm into APAC and the US.
Modrić's record fifth World Cup selection coincides with a CoinW ambassador role and a flurry of Solana meme tokens. One token had a market cap near $114,000.
Eighty percent of tokenized equity trades on Binance come from emerging markets, with a median trade size under $19. The growth path to $661B carries platform and regulatory risk.
The global crypto market cap fell nearly 2% to $2.21 trillion as the US and Iran near a deal. Trump said the agreement could be signed tomorrow.
QuEra and AWS target 2028 for a 256-logical-qubit quantum computer. The milestone could eventually break Bitcoin and Ethereum's elliptic curve keys, putting crypto on notice.
Trace Finance's $32M Series A, led by CoinFund, shows VC conviction in regulated stablecoin payments. Brazil's FX classification of digital assets is the catalyst.
Former Spanish PM Zapatero denied influence-peddling in a €56M airline bailout. The court is now tracing his cryptocurrency holdings as part of the probe.
The FBI warned June 15 that fraudsters are dispatching in-person cash collectors after banks flagged suspicious transfers. Seniors are the main targets and cash is gone once handed over.