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Sprecher's comment follows an earlier report that ICE and CME had held conversations on the Hill regarding Hyperliquid.

This marks the latest move by a global crypto giant to secure a foothold in South Korea, following Binance's acquisition of Gopax.

During a Thursday press briefing, Bessent also urged the House and the Senate to get the Clarity Act to the finish line.

The move comes as Gemini continues to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives, predictions, and other financial services.

Bitcoin holding structure continues to deteriorate as whale and dolphin BTC balances have stalled, CryptoQuant said.

The Digital Chamber published a website to serve as a central spot for people to write to lawmakers in its latest push to pass a crypto bill.

Tether’s USA₮ supply grew six-fold month-over-month to over 140 million tokens, according to Anchorage Digital's latest attestation.

Hyperliquid-based prop trading platform Hypernova says it offers "instant payouts" and plans to publicly launch within the next two months.

Earlier this month, 21Shares and Bitwise Investments became the first firms to launch HYPE-based exchange-traded funds.

Sui said the blockchain is experiencing a "network stall," as block explorers show the protocol has not produced a block in nearly 2 hours.

Securitize launched VanEck's VBILL as a collateral asset in an Euler lending market curated by KPK on Thursday.

Sequans said its remaining 658 BTC are now fully unrestricted after completing all convertible debt redemptions.

Both bitcoin and gold ETFs have seen outflows over the past two weeks as the debasement trade cools, according to JPMorgan analysts.

VanEck's VBNB joins a growing roster of spot crypto ETFs since the first U.S. Bitcoin products launched in 2024.

Standard Chartered Bank has maintained its ether price targets of $4,000 by end-2026 and $40,000 by end-2030.

The DePIN projects have partnered to develop a cryptographic proof infrastructure that will independently verify AI agent workloads.

Project Agorá found tokenization could improve wholesale cross-border payments through atomic settlement across multiple jurisdictions.

Major institutions in South Korea are seeking to expand into digital assets in preparation for the upcoming regulatory framework for crypto.

Bit Digital said advances may be funded through an Ethereum-denominated secured credit facility, letting it retain ETH exposure.

The CFTC joined Gemini in filing a motion for relief from a 2025 consent order stemming from the agency's previous enforcement action.

Spot bitcoin ETFs saw their largest outflows on Wednesday since late January, with IBIT posting its biggest daily net outflow on record.

The Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee earlier this month, but analysts have said the legislation faces a complex path forward.

Cash App users can now transfer on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon and Arbitrum, but executive Miles Suter says the firm is still bitcoin-focused.

IREN climbed within 10% of a fresh all-time high after unveiling another major AI infrastructure expansion tied to Dell.