The latest in digital assets, markets and regulation.
Early Bitcoin contributor and DarkFi developer Amir Taaki was questioned for six hours by Singaporean police before being deported, marking another instance in a series of international detentions.
Cross-border payments firm Conduit filed a federal lawsuit against Tether, alleging the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in its treasury wallet without legal justification.
The UK Treasury has appointed Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC Capital Markets as joint lead managers for its first digitally native government bond.
Combo contracts now account for over 50% of notional volume on Kalshi and nearly 50% on Polymarket U.S., inflating reported activity metrics relative to actual cash deployed.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss filed an S-1 with the SEC for a spot Zcash ETF trading under ticker WINK, with Gemini as custodian.
Russian Deputy Governor Zulfiya Kakhrumanova reported that over 220,000 digital ruble accounts were opened in the first month, significantly surpassing the initial projection of roughly 60,000.
Crypto exchange OKX raised new funding at a $25 billion valuation with investments from Circle, Ripple, and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures.
Mistral AI released its 1-trillion-parameter Large 4 model, nicknamed 'Le Chonk,' featuring open weights and competitive pricing against major rivals.
A CoinShares survey reveals that over 85% of affluent digital asset investors in five major economies plan to increase their crypto exposure in 2026.
Zcash and Monero posted the strongest gains among major cryptocurrencies, rising 3% and 2.14% respectively while Bitcoin remained nearly flat.
ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone stated that a pan-European digital payment solution is essential to maintain monetary sovereignty and prevent market fragmentation.
Tokenization platform Securitize saw its shares climb nearly 8% following a memorandum of understanding with LG CNS, positioning the firm for South Korea's upcoming regulatory framework.