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Crypto exchange CoinEx is closing after 9 years, citing low trading volumes, poor liquidity, and rising compliance costs. Withdrawals are open until December 22

Balancer is weighing a shutdown after restructuring and v3 failed to revive revenue. $128M exploit in November still haunts the DeFi protocol's recovery.

A group of Democrats plans a counterproposal to the GOP's 'final' CLARITY crypto ethics bill, just hours before a key vote. Tensions rise over crypto regulation

OpenAI brought in hundreds of contractors to manually review full ChatGPT conversations for quality. Names are hidden and personal data is scrubbed. Anthropic d

Kraken launches xStocks, letting investors earn DeFi yields by lending out tokenized Nvidia shares and major US stock ETFs. Boost your returns on familiar asset

Bitcoin ownership breakdown: Retail investors hold 13.9M BTC (66.6%), institutions 3.5M (16.7%), 1.62M lost, 968K with Satoshi, 919K left to mine.

On Sept. 16, the House Financial Services Committee will review H.R. 8957, proposing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, 20-year BTC storage, and proof-of-reserves.

UK regulators are gearing up for a tokenization roadmap after the FCA received 123 responses to its consultation. Most flagged post-trade as the top use case.

Bitcoin surges past $79,000, closing in on $80,000, while oil prices drop after President Trump hints at a possible end to the US-Iran conflict.

A pizza courier built a delivery bag with a Bitaxe miner inside: up to 4.1 TH/s, 74W power draw, and it keeps the pizza warm at about 40°C during delivery.

Strive just added 469 BTC to its treasury, bringing its total stash to 25,000 bitcoin—fully funded by SATA preferred shares among corporate BTC holders.

Ahead of the pivotal Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, Trump’s ethics concession clears one hurdle, but 18 state attorneys general warn the bill could weaken stat

S&P Global joins Kaiko's $110M Series B, boosting data infrastructure for tokenized securities and on-chain markets. Major financial institutions involved.

Lisk kicks off a massive 100 million LSK token burn, cutting total supply by 25% from 400M to 300M. What does this mean for LSK holders and the Lisk ecosystem?

Bitmine expects $334M yearly from staking over 5M ETH in its $15.8B treasury, turning its massive Ether reserves into a steady revenue stream.

Bloomberg Intelligence's Mike McGlone warns Bitcoin could drop to $10,000 if the S&P 500 faces a prolonged 20% correction, calling $10K a key support.

Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia agreed not to target each other's energy infrastructure. He blames the diesel price spike on their conflict, not Iran.

Eighteen U.S. state attorneys general urge the Senate to amend the CLARITY Act, warning it could gut states’ crypto oversight and let the SEC override local rul

CryptoQuant analysts warn Bitcoin's rally may lack staying power due to weak spot demand, echoing January–March 2026 when derivatives drove the market.

University of Pennsylvania scientists created a four-qubit entangled state in diamond in just 14.8 μs—about 10x faster than sequential methods, with 0.92 fideli

Abraxas Capital is holding more than $980M in shorts, including 168,549 ETH ($423M) and 2,771 BTC ($214M). All trades are confirmed on-chain.

WTO head says stablecoins could streamline trade finance, but fragmented regulations are keeping their share of global payments at just 3%.

Democrats in the US House are gearing up to investigate Trump, his administration, and family—if they retake the House in November's midterms.

BitMine just added 27,180 ETH to its stash, raising its total reserve to 5.9 million ETH—about 4.9% of all ETH. 5.07M ETH is staked. Total assets hit $15.8B.