Crypto exchange OKX, just valued at $25 billion after a strategic investment from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is launching a social network integrated directly into its trading app, the latest example of social media and digital asset platforms converging as traders increasingly rely on online communities for market signals. […]
ZeroHash, which develops behind-the-scenes crypto infrastructure for businesses, said it has applied for a National Trust bank charter with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), seeking to operate under federal regulatory oversight. If approved, the charter would give ZeroHash authorization to issue stablecoins, maintain digital assets, and manage reserves under direct
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Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm is returning to the market with a fifth venture fund, even as the digital assets sector navigates a slower investment environment, Fortune reported. Crypto A16z aims to raise $2 billion for the fund and hopes to close the process in the first half of 2026, Fortune said, citing unidentified sources. The
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Two board members of American Bitcoin (ABTC), the Bitcoin mining company backed by the Trump family, made large purchases of the company’s shares on the open market, according to a filing Thursday. Justin Mateen, co-founder of Tinder and a member of ABTC’s board of directors since March 2025, purchased approximately 1.3 million shares at an
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The U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators have told bankers that they must maintain the same amount of capital to back tokenized securities as they do for regulators’ securities. “The technologies used to issue and trade a security generally do not impact its capital treatment,” according to the agencies, which also include the Office of
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Tron and its founder Justin Sun on Thursday, the SEC said in a court filing. Under the terms of the settlement, Rainberry Inc., one of the companies associated with the Tron network, will pay a $10 million fine and will be barred from future violations
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Short seller Culper Research is betting against ether (ETH) and ETH-related stocks such as BitMine (BMNR), arguing that the network’s economics have deteriorated following Ethereum’s latest network upgrade. The company said in a report released Thursday that the December 2025 upgrade, dubbed Fusaka, flooded the network with excess block space and “impaired the tokenomics of
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A US federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against crypto lender BlockFills in a lawsuit filed by Dominion Capital, temporarily freezing assets related to the litigation, according to a filing viewed by CoinDesk. In a complaint dated February 27, Dominion alleged that BlockFills misappropriated and illegally retained millions of dollars of customer
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Ripple, the blockchain company closely associated with the XRP Ledger (XRP) network, said Thursday that customers of its Ripple Prime platform can now trade the full range of crypto futures contracts listed on Coinbase Derivatives. The move gives institutions a new way to access regulated crypto derivatives within a market overseen by the Commodity Futures
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The crypto industry continues to break down barriers at the heart of the U.S. financial system, and Kraken’s approval of a Federal Reserve limited account marked another such step that analysts say could be the first in a trend. The arrival of cryptocurrencies in the Fed’s payments system — tentative and limited as it is
