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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure US banks may need regulatory clarity more than the crypto industry, a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chief said, arguing they risk falling behind the rest of the world. Regulatory Uncertainty Could Leave US Banks Behind On Sunday, Chris Giancarlo, former chairman of the CFTC, discussed the significant policy reversal under the Trump administration that has been driving crypto innovation in the US, including the highly anticipated market structure bill. In an interview for Scott Melker’s The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, the ex-CFTC chief affirmed…
Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid’s permissionless platform, which lets anyone create perpetual futures tied to any asset, is more popular than ever. Since its debut on Oct. 13, the so-called HIP-3 market has steadily gained traction, with open interest — the total value of all active contracts — hitting a record $1.2 billion on Sunday, according to data source ASXN. It has since remained at all time highs in a sign of growing adoption and activity on the platform.The growth has been driven by booming activity in futures tied to equities and commodities, including oil, gold, and silver. It highlights how decentralized…
A crypto analyst known for calling the 2022 Bitcoin crash says the BTC market is showing resilience amid global uncertainty. Pseudonymous analyst Capo tells his 909,000 followers on X that key metrics show Bitcoin’s market remains strong as the top crypto asset hovers around $69,000, after reaching a high this week at around $73,000. “Despite the events, the strength that the market is showing is undeniable. Bears keep getting trapped.” The analyst shares a chart highlighting the recent buying and selling volume of Bitcoin, suggesting the market is absorbing large volume sell-offs. Source: Capo/X The analyst also shares another chart…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, is facing significant legal and operational challenges following a major system error in February. This resulted in more than $43 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) being distributed to users, prompting scrutiny from regulatory bodies. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has preliminarily notified Bithumb of a six-month partial suspension of its business for alleged violations of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations under the Special Financial Transactions Act. Bithumb’s Business Operations Under Fire According to local media reports, the…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies moved approximately 9,600 ETH to Coinbase Prime hot wallets on Tuesday in two separate transfers, Arkham data shows.The first transfer sent 5,300 ETH worth $10.75 million roughly nine hours ago, followed by a second batch of 4,308 ETH worth $8.74 million about three hours ago. Both went through an intermediate wallet before landing at a Coinbase Prime hot wallet address, a routing pattern consistent with institutional custody operations.The transfers come after Bitmine reported its largest weekly ether purchase of 2026, buying 60,976 ETH last week and bringing its total holdings above 4.5 million tokens. Chairman Thomas Lee…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Flow Foundation is asking a Seoul court to halt the delisting of FLOW on South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges. FLOW Fights Back In an announcement made on March 8, Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs (a venture‑backed Web3 company best known for creating CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot and other major NFT products) have revealed that they filed a motion with the Seoul Central District Court to suspend the planned termination of FLOW trading on Upbit, Bithumb and Coinone. Crypto Security Fears On Dec. 27, Flow suffered a protocol‑level…
Pudgy Penguins shipped its flagship game to the general public on Monday, and the most notable thing about it is that you wouldn’t know it had anything to do with crypto unless someone told you.Pudgy World, the browser-based game first announced at Art Basel in late 2023, went live with 12 unique towns across a world called The Berg, narrative quests where players help a penguin named Pengu find someone named Polly, and a set of mini-games. CoinDesk played a 10-minute session and came away with a simple takeaway. It’s smooth, responsive, intuitive, and clearly not built with a crypto-first…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Three deals last February ate up nearly half of all the money raised in crypto that month. Just three. That single fact tells you more about where crypto funding stands right now than the headline numbers do. A Shrinking Pool Of Big Bets According to data from research firm Messari, total crypto fundraising climbed almost 50% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared to the year before. But the number of individual deals fell 46% over the same period. Fewer rounds. Bigger checks. The average deal…
Cryptocurrencies linked to artificial intelligence, such as Bittensor’s TAO, NEAR Protocol, Internet Computer, and others rallied after Wired reported that Nvidia is preparing a new open-source platform for autonomous AI agents, a concept similar to the OpenClaw framework, ahead of its annual developer conference.The broader artificial intelligence token category rose about 4.8% to roughly $14.17 billion in market value, outperforming the wider crypto market, where the CoinDesk 20 index was up 2.86%. Among the majors, Bittensor’s TAO led the move, with NEAR Protocol and Internet Computer also advancing.Nvidia’s new platform, according to Wired, will be called NemoClaw. The system would…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Kraken parent Payward has partnered with Nasdaq to build what the companies describe as an “equities transformation gateway,” a new infrastructure layer designed to connect regulated tokenized equity markets with permissionless blockchain networks. For crypto markets, the significance is clear: one of the largest traditional market operators is now working directly with a crypto-native tokenization framework to move equities between institutional rails and DeFi environments. The partnership centers on xStocks, Kraken’s tokenized equities product, which Payward said has surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume less than…