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A new report from Delphi Digital reveals that 540+ tokens launched since 2020 spent 70% of their lifetime below their initial launch price. This highlights the common trend of inflated initial valuations and limited initial supply.
The U.S. has blacklisted four Iranian crypto exchanges, including Nobitex, citing links to terrorism and other crimes. This move is part of ongoing efforts to pressure Iran economically and disrupt illicit activities.
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are urging the Labor Department to withdraw a proposed rule that would allow crypto investments in 401(k) retirement plans. They argue that including crypto in these plans poses significant risks to retirement savings.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig seeks to roll back a settlement with Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, claiming the enforcement action was politically motivated. The twins are known donors to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and have attended White House events.
Institutional investors are ditching range-bound bitcoin and ether for Hyperliquid as the decentralized platform wins over hedge funds with massive liquidity and early access to hot markets, according to Joshua Lim, head of markets at FalconX.
TD Securities reports that Hyperliquid, a crypto-based trading platform, predicted 80% of an oil market move before traditional exchanges opened. This highlights the growing influence of perpetual futures beyond crypto, including pre-IPO tech stocks and weekend oil trading.
Galaxy Digital has entered the institutional prediction markets with a $10 million trade tied to U.S. crypto legislation. This marks the first major move by a digital asset firm to offer over-the-counter (OTC) prediction markets for institutional investors.
Coinbase has invested in Ethena through an open market purchase of ENA tokens, and the two companies are partnering to grow onchain finance and savings products. This collaboration aims to expand blockchain-based financial services.
The Wall Street giant is integrating its tech platform with MoonPay's infrastructure, allowing eligible institutions to seamlessly swap stablecoins for yield-generating tokenized funds without ever leaving the blockchain.
Veda is making the vault technology behind Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi’s Liquid available to Privy’s 2,000+ developer teams. This move could accelerate DeFi innovation by providing self-serve access to a proven yield-generating infrastructure.
Hamilton Lane's tokenized Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (HLSCOPE) is now available on the TRON blockchain, marking the first Securitize-issued asset on this network. This move signals growing acceptance of TRON for institutional-grade financial products.
Mt. Gox, the infamous defunct Bitcoin exchange, transferred 10,422 BTC (worth $739 million) to a new wallet. This move comes as the exchange prepares to repay creditors, with the repayment process set to begin by October 2026.
MoneyGram has introduced MGUSD, a stablecoin on the Stellar network issued by Stripe's Bridge, to facilitate cross-border payments. This move reflects the growing trend of using stablecoins for faster, cheaper international transactions.
Symbiotic's new Liquid Lane network aims to reduce the time it takes to cash out tokenized assets, addressing a major bottleneck in the market. The initiative could make tokenized funds and credit more accessible to everyday users.
Movement, a blockchain project, is pivoting to stablecoin payments by partnering with licensed payment providers to tap into the $685 billion remittance market. This move comes as the layer-2 boom, which aimed to improve blockchain scalability, loses momentum.
Radiant Capital is shutting down after failing to recover funds from a roughly $50 million hack in 2024. The company couldn't raise new capital or recover a meaningful amount of the stolen assets.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new model for synthetic assets that avoids liquidation risks and relies on slower, more reliable oracles. This could make decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms more stable and less dependent on real-time price feeds.
Gnosis Pay is facing an active exploit in its delay module, but the team has pledged to fully refund affected users. Co-founder Martin Köppelmann initially urged users to withdraw funds but later walked back the warning.
The Kelp DAO hacker has laundered nearly all of the remaining stolen funds, making recovery unlikely. Only $71 million, frozen by Arbitrum’s Security Council, remains from the original $293 million exploit.
Investors withdrew $1.67 billion from crypto funds last week, the second-largest outflows of 2026, with Bitcoin funds seeing the biggest weekly exit. Meanwhile, XRP and HYPE attracted inflows, bucking the trend.
Bitcoin's price hit a two-month low after Strategy made its first BTC sale since 2022. Bitcoin ETFs have shed billions in value over the past two weeks, turning negative for 2026.
Telegram is taking over The Open Network (TON) and plans to rename its token from Toncoin to Gram, causing a significant price increase. The rebranding is a return to the original name planned for the project before Telegram's previous involvement ended.
A dispute over whether Strategy's Bitcoin sale happened before the end of May is putting over $50 million in Polymarket bets at risk. The outcome hinges on verifying the exact timing of the transaction, with no clear resolution yet.
CME Group now offers round-the-clock crypto futures and options trading on CME Globex, including new Bitcoin volatility contracts that track the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate. This move expands access to crypto derivatives for institutional investors.