The regulators are examining OKX's decentralized finance services and digital asset self-custody, in addition to whether such services follow the European Union's MiCA regulations and could be subject to penalties, Bloomberg reports.
Coinbase has secured approval from India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), positioning itself to re-enter the country’s crypto market. The exchange announced on March 11 that it intends to launch retail trading services later this year, with further investments and product rollouts to follow. This move signals a fresh attempt by Coinbase to establish itself in […]
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Following a big run-up amid the November elections, the brokerage's crypto trading volumes fell 29% to $14.4 billion last month.
Kraken has secured authorization as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), marking a critical regulatory milestone in its expansion strategy in the United Kingdom. Trading under Payward Ltd, Kraken is also one of 31 crypto companies listed on the FCA’s “cryptoasset register.” Per Kraken’s official announcement, the authorization enables […]
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Mizuho Securities raised its first-quarter revenue estimates for Coinbase’s, citing increased daily trading volumes despite a 25% share drop.
Ark also bought $9.6 million of Robinhood shares and sold $20.6 million of Block stock as the firm continued rebalancing its fund weightings.
Mt. Gox pushed back its repayment deadline to October 2025 and still holds $2.8 billion worth of bitcoin, according to Arkham.
Coinbase announced plans Monday to introduce 24/7 perpetual futures trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum in the US through its regulated Coinbase Derivatives exchange, marking the first time such offerings will be available domestically. Coinbase Derivatives, LLC, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated futures exchange, confirmed it will launch continuous Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts, aligning […]
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Crypto exchange Kraken, legally known as Payward Inc., is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in early 2026. The company cites a more favorable regulatory environment under President Donald Trump, marking a significant shift from the constant regulatory hurdles the exchange suffered under the Biden administration. According to Bloomberg, sources close to the matter […]
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Arkham users can more easily track the wallet transactions of Justin Sun, Vitalik Buterin, Arthur Hayes, Donald Trump and other high-profile figures in the crypto industry.
US and European law enforcement agencies disrupted Garantex, a Russia-linked crypto exchange accused of laundering billions of dollars for cybercriminals, drug traffickers, and sanctioned entities, the Justice Department announced Friday. As part of a coordinated operation with Germany and Finland, US authorities seized multiple domains associated with Garantex and froze over $26 million in assets […]
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Binance unveiled a new community-driven governance model for token listings and delistings, giving users a direct role in shaping the exchange’s offerings. The initiative, announced on March 7, introduces “Vote to List” and “Vote to Delist” mechanisms, as well as expanded listing options to improve market access for emerging projects. Under the new framework, Binance […]
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Kraken joins Gemini, eToro and other crypto firms considering an IPO under a crypto-friendly Securities and Exchange Commission.
Nasdaq plans to introduce 24-hour trading by the second half of 2026, a move that mirrors the crypto market’s nonstop activity. Nasdaq President Tal Cohen confirmed the development on March 7, stating that discussions are underway with regulators, market participants, and infrastructure providers. The goal is to extend trading hours to five days a week […]
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Garantex purportedly enables money laundering from criminal organizations and has processed at least $96 billion in digital asset transactions since 2019.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
During his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) shared that he does not view himself as a criminal and expressed optimism about the future of crypto under President Donald Trump’s administration, among other topics. During the interview, SBF called his prison life a “dystopian” experience, revealed that the rapper Sean […]
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Mark Botnick, who started representing SBF following the FTX collapse, has quit following an unexpected prison interview.
Safe published a preliminary report on Mar. 6 attributing the breach that led to the Bybit hack to a compromised developer laptop. The vulnerability resulted in the injection of malware, which allowed the hack. The perpetrators circumvented multi-factor authentication (MFA) by exploiting active Amazon Web Services (AWS) tokens, enabling unauthorized access. This allowed hackers to […]
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The former CEO of FTX once again claimed that he's wrongfully convicted as he apparently tries to make the case for a presidential pardon.
Sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex has halted operations following Tether’s decision to freeze $27 million worth of USDT on the platform. In a March 6 announcement on Telegram, the exchange confirmed a temporary suspension of crypto trading and withdrawals, citing Tether’s decision to freeze its funds. According to the firm: “Tether has entered the war against […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Kraken reportedly confirmed that the second phase of FTX creditor repayments will start on May 30. On March 6, FTX creditors’ representative Sunil Kavuri shared a screenshot of an email allegedly from Kraken. The email indicated that the exchange would initiate another round of repayments in May for customers affected by FTX’s 2022 collapse. According […]
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong signaled growing interest in tokenized securities amid the shifting regulatory landscape under the Trump administration. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference earlier this week, Armstrong suggested that renewed dialogue with regulators could lead to advancements in tokenized assets, which would allow traditional financial instruments to be represented […]
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The bankrupt crypto exchange transferred 11,834 BTC to an unmarked address today, marking the first larger transaction since late January.
Coinbase continues to explore tokenization of traditional financial assets, aiming to make securities trading more efficient and accessible.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Strategy founder Michael Saylor, among others, are slated to attend the crypto summit in Washington.
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has confirmed that $1.07 billion—roughly 77% of the assets stolen in the exchange’s recent $1.4 billion security breach—can still be tracked. In a March 4 update, Zhou disclosed that hackers successfully laundered $280 million, around 20% of the 499,000 ETH stolen. Meanwhile, investigators have managed to freeze $42 million, accounting for […]
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ARKB remains the top allocation within Ark Invest's Next Generation Internet fund, with a weighting of 10.3%.