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Kraken launched regulated perpetual futures on Kraken Pro via Bitnomial's CFTC license. Nine tokens, funding every 8 hours. It competes with Kalshi and Coinbase.
Royal Marines boarded a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the English Channel. Crew members were receiving $2,000-$3,000 monthly in USDT, exposing a stablecoin payment channel that regulators may now target.
Kraken launches perpetual futures for US clients through CFTC-regulated Bitnomial. The move gives domestic traders access to a $61 trillion market, following Coinbase's recent approval.
The legislative calendar leaves no room for a July 4 signing, with Senate floor time, ethics disputes, and competing priorities pushing the Clarity Act toward the August recess.
RWA perpetual futures volumes rose 10.4% to a record high in May, even as combined exchange volumes fell 3.45% to $4.41T, the lowest since September 2024.
Trump taps former CFTC enforcement chief James McDonald to lead SDNY, the office that prosecuted FTX's Bankman-Fried and other major crypto cases.
Kraken launches CFTC-regulated perpetual futures on Kraken Pro, supporting nine tokens including Bitcoin and Ether. The product targets institutional traders who avoided offshore perps.
Kraken launched CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for US clients through Bitnomial, tapping a $60T annual market. The move follows May CFTC guidance that cleared the product for regulated platforms.
Ethics provisions tied to Trump family crypto ties stall Senate talks on the CLARITY Act. The White House wants a July 4 signing. A filibuster-proof coalition hangs in the balance.
DeepSeek-R1 turned $10K into $21,600 in a Hyperliquid challenge, beating ChatGPT. Prop firms replace personal margin as regulators tighten retail rules.
BMNR hit $17.26 pre-market after disclosing a $10.4B treasury with 5.62M ETH. More than 83% of the Ether is staked, funding a new weekly preferred dividend program.
Wallet V's public benchmark of 688 AI trading agents on Hyperliquid and Aster: 42% profitable, peak ROI -30% to +307% across seven model families.
Standard Chartered's Geoffrey Kendrick says the crypto cycle bottom is in at $59,000. Three on-chain metrics confirm the turn; stablecoin supply lags but may flip.
SpaceX's $75B IPO gave retail 30% of shares, but the crypto crossover—18,712 BTC on the balance sheet and $1.3B in Hyperliquid perps—carries distinct risks. A watch plan for each channel.
Attackers hijack accounts of gay OnlyFans creators on X, demand crypto ransoms, and turn feeds into MAGA propaganda. FBI involved as pattern escalates.
SFC Chairman Tim Lui said Hong Kong will write rules for digital asset trading, custody, and advisory services while expanding sandbox tests for generative AI in finance.
Most EU crypto firms still lack MiCA authorization with weeks to go. ESMA warns unlicensed exchanges must stop EU services after July 1, triggering account freezes and customer migration.
Binance's equities product averaged $143M daily volume in its first nine days, more than tripling the tokenized stock market's peak. The shift pressures issuers like Ondo and Backed.
Crypto sat out the U.S.-Iran deal rally as traders distrust a pattern of collapsed ceasefires. SpaceX's IPO and Binance's bStocks pull risk capital from tokens.
SpaceX's $75B IPO with a 3-4% float triggered a buying frenzy and index fund demand. Capital rotated out of crypto. Kraken launched a tokenized version.
Binance's US equities product averaged $143M daily volume in nine days, crossing $1B total turnover. The launch dwarfs tokenized rivals Backed and Ondo, and adds bStocks for 24/7 on-chain trading.
Andreessen Horowitz opens its first Asian office in Seoul as South Korea prepares a Digital Asset Basic Act requiring foreign stablecoin issuers to maintain local branches.
Bitcoin jumped to $66K after a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but past truces have failed. Wednesday's Fed dot plot and thinning liquidity will test whether the rally holds.
Zimbabwe's FIU will oversee digital-asset firms under rules signed by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, with $500 registration fees and a banking ban that remains in place.
Roughly $150 million in shorts liquidated after US-Iran peace deal triggers a crypto rally. Bitcoin nears $65,600 as volume jumps 42%.
FIFA deployed cricket-style touch detection at the 2026 World Cup without a blockchain layer. The sensor chip works without tokens or ledgers, while crypto sports partnerships have not produced similar utility.
Binance Research warns chipflation is underpriced: DRAM prices have climbed sixfold in a year as AI data centers absorb supply for consumer devices. The report says the trend could continue.
eToro is in talks to buy two wealth-tech firms and is exploring a banking license. Q1 net income hit $82 million on $258 million revenue, with commodities leading.
Binance ranked second in Fortune's inaugural Crypto 100 CeFi list. The exchange's bStocks hit $400M in a week, and SpaceX perpetuals saw $2.1B in 18 days.
Trump-linked stablecoin USD1 paid UFC fighters at White House event, raising questions about executive power and crypto adoption.