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Visit websiteSenator Warren criticizes OCC over Ripple, Coinbase and other crypto trust charters
Last year, the OCC granted conditional approvals to Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity, and Paxos, as well as other firms more recently.
Polymarket rolls out prediction markets tracking IPOs, valuations for private companies like OpenAI and SpaceX
Early offerings from the prediction market focus on AI, fintech and crypto unicorns including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Kraken.
Canaan posts $88.7 million Q1 net loss as revenue lands in line with guidance
Canaan posted an $88.7 million net loss for the first quarter of 2026 despite meeting revenue guidance at $62.7 million.
Bitcoin slide extends as record ETF outflows and 60% rate-hike probability signal structural cracks beneath the rally: analysts
Bitcoin fell to $76,700 amid the largest spot ETF outflows since January, thin spot volume, rising rate-hike bets, and unwinding leverage.
Wintermute enters DeFi vault space with Armitage, supporting 'collateral types that other curators cannot'
Vault curators allow institutions to take a hands-off approach to crypto by allocating capital along pre-set risk parameters.
Lolli launches automatic bitcoin cashback on linked debit and credit card purchases
The feature enables users to earn bitcoin automatically at thousands of merchants, with no extensions, codes, or checkout changes.
Strive buys 382 BTC for roughly $30 million, holding spot as ninth-largest bitcoin treasury
The DAT raised its total BTC holdings to 15,391, allowing Strive to maintain its position as the ninth-largest bitcoin treasury.
XRP Alliance debuts as Flare, D'CENT link hardware wallets to XRP yield vaults
Flare and D'CENT launched an integration connecting hardware wallets to XRP yield vaults, with no new chain, wallet, or gas token required.
TD Cowen raises Strategy price target to $400, citing faster bitcoin accumulation and accretive deleveraging
TD Cowen raised its Strategy MSTR price target to $400, noting accelerating BTC per share growth and $1.5B in accretive debt repurchases.
Wall Street analysts increasingly value crypto firms as infrastructure, AI and capital markets platforms
Analysts at Benchmark, TD Cowen, and Mizuho hold buy ratings on Bitdeer, Strive, DeFi Technologies, and Gemini amid infra and markets pivots.
'Follow the gigawatts': Bernstein sees upside in several bitcoin miners amid $90 billion in AI data center deals
Bernstein sees bitcoin miners benefiting from $90B in AI deals, with Outperform ratings on IREN, Riot, CleanSpark, and Core Scientific.
Japan's ruling party advances proposal to build national AI-blockchain financial system
Japan's LDP formally approved a policy proposal to build a next-generation financial system based on blockchain and AI.
WLFI treasury firm AI Financial posts $271 million quarterly net loss, flags doubt over survival within one year
AI Financial posted a net loss of $271.5 million for the quarter ended March 28, compared to a net loss of $2.4 million a year earlier.
Spot bitcoin ETFs log $649 million in net outflows, largest since January
Bitcoin is trading below $77,000 due to geopolitical tensions, inflation fears, and higher U.S. Treasury yields, analysts said.
Minnesota signs law allowing banks, credit unions to offer crypto custody services
Governor Tim Walz has signed HF 3709 into law, permitting banks and credit unions to offer crypto custody services.
BTCFi protocol Echo exploited, targeting eBTC market on Monad: onchain analysts
BTCFi protocol Echo was exploited, with the attacker minting 1,000 eBTC on Monad and using it as collateral to borrow WBTC.
SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized stocks to come as early as this week: Bloomberg
The SEC has approved several entities to move forward with tokenized stock initiatives, including the NYSE and Nasdaq.
Ethereum’s onchain conviction grows as staked ETH rises, even as price underperforms
A contracting float against any meaningful demand recovery has historically been a constructive setup for price.
Ohio man sentenced to 9 years for running $10 million crypto Ponzi scheme
The CFTC filed an enforcement action against Rathnakishore Giri in August 2022 for running the fraudulent investment scheme.
Ostium's onchain perpetuals exchange to be 'powered' by Nasdaq data
Ostium says this tie-up makes it the "first onchain trading venue to offer equity perpetual products powered by Nasdaq data."
Zerohash secures first EMI license under MiCA for stablecoin and brokerage services in Europe
Zerohash Europe is the first firm licensed under Europe’s flagship MiCA crypto regulation to also hold full EMI status.
Galaxy scores New York BitLicense to offer digital asset services in the state
Mike Novogratz' Galaxy Digital said the approval expands its regulatory footprint to more than 50 licenses worldwide.
Revolut unveils first physical crypto card as industry-wide card usage grows
The card will be usable anywhere Visa and Mastercard are accepted, and will first roll out firm in the UK and EEA.
Two more Ethereum Foundation researchers resign amid wave of departures
Carl Beek and Julian Ma announced they were leaving the Ethereum Foundation on Monday, the latest employees to publicly resign.