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The CFTC opened the doors for perpetual futures contracts, giving way for Kalshi and Coinbase to offer those products.

Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."

Wintermute extends trading infrastructure into prediction markets as multibillion-dollar sector draws institutional liquidity providers.

Aave Labs has obtained FCA cryptoasset registration in the U.K. for its Push subsidiaries, unlocking zero-fee fiat on-ramps.

Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.

Ventuals to compensate traders after faulty oracle data sent SPACEX perps down 45% on Hyperliquid, wiping $1.51 million.

Paxos said it is the first and only blockchain-native firm to be registered as a clearing agency under the SEC.

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.

Following the CFTC's suit, Kalshi has sued the state of Minnesota after Governor Tim Walz signed a law blocking prediction markets.

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.