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Malta’s financial regulator plans to bring parts of DeFi under MiCA’s orbit

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Malta’s financial regulator is exploring how decentralized finance (DeFi) could fit into the European Union’s Markets for Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, focusing on governance, accountability and the meaning of “full decentralization”. The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) said that while MiCA excludes cryptocurrency services provided in a “fully decentralized manner without any intermediaries”, many DeFi […]

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CME CEO Says Company Considers Sueing CFTC After Perpetual Futures Approval

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CME Chief Executive Officer Terrence Duffy said the derivatives provider plans to sue the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after approving perpetual futures products earlier this month. The CFTC’s approval of Kalshi’s perpetual futures product did not meet the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act governing swaps, he told CNBC on Wednesday. “Under the Dodd-Frank

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This level of bitcoin has historically meant median returns above 100%, according to Kraken.

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Bitcoin BTC$64,503.61 has recently flirted with a level that has historically proven to be a near-perfect entry point for bulls, generating handsome returns, Kraken chief economist Thomas Perfumo told CoinDesk. This level is the 200-week simple moving average (SMA), which represents the average price of the token over that time frame, providing traders with a

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The bond market is sending a clear signal about interest rates. Bitcoin bulls should take note

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The move marks a notable reversal from earlier in the year, when the curve steepened, a sign that markets were anticipating rate cuts, which were later cited as a tailwind for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. This tailwind now appears to be fading. Here’s why the curve is important Bonds are one of the channels through

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Bitcoin and Ether ETFs lost a combined $111 million as rate cut hopes faded

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U.S. bitcoin and ether spot ETFs both turned toward outflows on Wednesday, a sign that the recovery rally has lost its institutional bid. Bitcoin funds lost $82 million and Ether funds lost $29 million, according to SoSoValue data. Bitcoin’s outflow was significant this time, with even BlackRock’s IBIT losing $31 million and ARKB down $44

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XRP Slides 4% Below $1.20 After Rally Stalls Near Key Resistance

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XRP’s push toward $1.25 ran into the same problem that has limited every rally since the spring sell-off: sellers waiting overhead. After briefly trading above $1.22, the token lost the $1.20 level due to heavy volume and spent the rest of the session trying to stabilize above the near support at $1.18. The pullback doesn’t

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Next bull run will be slower and less volatile as investor appetite for crypto evolves, says Bitwise CIO

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According to Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at asset management firm Bitwise, any crypto market recovery will likely take longer than expected as Wall Street investors and advisory firms now focus on real-world applications, such as tokenization and artificial intelligence, rather than outright digital assets. “We have lost investor attention to other hot trends,” including,

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