The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reexamining how it approaches novel exchange-traded funds, including those focused on crypto, and is inviting public input on its automated system to approve them.
Circle shares (CRCL) cratered on Tuesday after the new Open USD stablecoin network rattled investors, but analysts say it's too early to conclude the consortium poses a serious threat to USDC.
Cruise passengers left stranded in Budapest for two days during a heatwave after the ship's air conditioning failed will now be flown home.
Paper certificates gave way to book-entry records. Trading floors gave way to electronic markets. Manual processes gave way to faster settlement, automated clearing, and global access. Each step raised fair concerns. Ea…
A U.S. judge sentenced Chinese businessman Miles Guo, the billionaire behind the fraudulent crypto venture Himalaya Coin, to 30 years in prison, long after a trial jury found the well-connected defendant was guilty of s…
The Clarity Act still faces significant hurdles despite clearing the Senate Banking Committee, with investment bank Jefferies warning that political uncertainty could fuel volatility across crypto markets in the coming …
Circle (CRCL) shares were lower by 8% in Tuesday morning trading after a consortium backed by some of the biggest names in payments, banking and crypto unveiled Open USD, a new stablecoin designed to challenge incumbent…
Bitcoin and ether tested critical multiyear support levels, with ether at a price it has bounced from twice before and bitcoin near its lowest since late 2024.
MetaMask has launched a new self-custodial account that combines stablecoin yield, payments and trading in a single product, as wallet providers increasingly compete to become broader financial platforms rather than sim…
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WhatsApp is set to let people chat without having to reveal their phone number - by exchanging unique usernames instead.
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reduced the proposed capital requirements for stablecoin issuers as it set out its formal guidance for cryptocurrency regulations.
Nasdaq is expanding the distribution of its market data into blockchain infrastructure, making one of its flagship equity data products available through the Pyth Network as financial firms increasingly build trading an…
The range itself is normal. Bitcoin spent much of 2024, from March to October, consolidating between $55,000 and $70,000 with occasional overshoots in both directions. What makes the current setup riskier is its locatio…
Councillors have backed initial plans to connect some of Shetland's islands with undersea tunnels, which could be in place within eight years.
Three in five homes listed for sale since January remain on the market, according to property portal Zoopla, as high mortgage rates frustrate potential buyers.
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $231 million on Monday, with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for $300 million of outflows that other funds partly offset, including $50 million into ARKB and $35 million into GBTC, per SoSo…
Strategy (MSTR) stock is set to end the month around 41% lower, its worst monthly performance since 2022, with one trading day remaining.
The 52-week rolling correlation coefficient between Coinbase's BTC/USD pair and the USD/JPY pair from the currency markets now stands at -0.90, according to data source TradingView. That's the most negative reading sinc…
XRP is no longer getting hit by the same crowded leverage that drove the selloff from its highs, but buyers still have not done enough to change the chart.
Undersea tunnels connecting some of the UK's most northerly islands could be in place within eight years, under plans expected to be approved on Tuesday.
India's largest stock exchange and its biggest telecoms operator will both go public by the end of this year in what experts say could be landmark listings for the country's capital markets.
Crypto companies are looking more closely at the United Arab Emirates as the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, or MiCA, approaches a July 1 deadline that will force firms without authorization to sto…
USDT, the world's largest dollar-pegged stablecoin, is trading well above face value on Indian crypto platforms. While local reports attribute the premium to a recent enforcement action, exchanges explain it as a simple…