Coinbase has received a UK MiFID investment services license, paving the way for the company to expand its product suite beyond crypto into equities and derivatives. The announcement was made by Coinbase on July 7, after CB Payments, Ltd was recorded as “Authorised” by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) starting July 6, 2026. This move…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has placed cryptocurrency regulation among its top priorities for 2026, releasing a regulatory agenda that lays out plans to rewrite key rules governing exchanges, broker-dealers, and digital asset custody. Agenda Signals Broad Shift in Crypto Oversight The SEC released its 2026 Regulatory Agenda on Tuesday, which spans proposed changes…
More than 16 months after President Donald Trump signed the executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the initiative remains stalled, with two federal departments locked in an unresolved dispute over which one has the legal authority to manage it. A Turf War Over $20 Billion in Bitcoin The Trump administration’s plan to create a…
A governance exploit has cost the BonkDAO treasury an estimated $20 million, after an attacker spent roughly $4.4 million acquiring enough BONK tokens to push through a malicious proposal that automatically transferred the funds to a wallet under their control. The incident, which unfolded over the course of a week and culminated early Monday, has…
Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol by total value locked, has notched two significant milestones within the same week. The protocol’s V4 deployment on Ethereum surpassed $250 million in deposits, while its newly launched lending market on the Monad blockchain crossed $100 million in deposits just 48 hours after going live on July 2. The…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined an updated long-term roadmap for the network, describing the multi-year “Lean Ethereum” initiative as the protocol’s biggest overhaul since the 2022 Merge. The update follows a gathering of Ethereum researchers in Berlin in late June and comes alongside a revised draft roadmap, known internally as the “strawmap,” published at…
The AI boom minted more fortunes than any gold rush in modern memory, and almost none of them belonged to the people actually using the product. OpenAI announced $40 billion in new funding at a $300 billion post-money valuation in March 2025, a round built to serve the hundreds of millions of people who use…
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended a 10-day streak of net outflows on Thursday, attracting $221.7 million in fresh capital as weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve could ease its monetary stance. The renewed institutional demand helped Bitcoin rebound above $61,000 after falling below $58,000 earlier in the week, offering…
Retail trading platform eToro is expanding its decentralized finance ambitions after leading a $12.5 million strategic funding round for Extended, an on-chain perpetual futures exchange founded by former Revolut executives. The investment signals eToro’s latest move to bridge traditional finance with blockchain-based trading infrastructure following its recent acquisition of self-custody wallet provider Zengo. The funding…
A consortium of more than 140 global businesses, including Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase, has unveiled a new stablecoin initiative aimed at accelerating the mainstream adoption of digital dollars. The project, called Open Standard, will introduce a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin known as Open USD (OUSD) later this year, positioning itself as an open, business-focused alternative in…
