Grayscale Smashes SEC, Forces Bitcoin ETF Rethink The D.C. Circuit just ordered the SEC to stop treating Grayscale’s Bitcoin trust like a second-class product while approving nearly identical ETFs. For the first time a federal appeals court has told the Commission its reasoning is so thin it fails basic administrative law, sending the agency back…
Court Slaps Donelson with CFTC Authority Win The Seventh Circuit just handed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a decisive victory, affirming that the agency has broad power to police unregistered crypto trading platforms. The ruling cements the CFTC’s reach over digital-asset derivatives and signals that exchanges ignoring registration rules can no longer hide behind vague…
Court Slams Coinbase’s SEC Challenge — Appeal Headed Nowhere Fast The Third Circuit just delivered a crushing procedural blow to Coinbase, refusing to even consider the company’s challenge to the SEC’s sweeping enforcement campaign against crypto. The ruling isn’t about whether the agency went too far — it’s about whether the court can hear the…
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Bitcoin Slides Toward $60K as Sellers Regain Control Bitcoin is facing renewed selling pressure as surging oil prices, concerns about economic contagion from Japan, and fresh selling by Strategy weigh on sentiment. The move puts the $60,000 level back in focus, turning a widely watched support zone into a test of whether buyers still have…
Adam Back’s Bitcoin Treasury SPAC Eyes New Deal Terms The Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners I are revisiting the terms of their planned 2025 merger, admitting that the original agreement no longer matches current market realities. The move signals that the SPAC structure—once pitched as a clean route to public markets—needs recalibration…
Stablecoins Quietly Take Over $1.1 Trillion in TradFi Trades Binance Research just dropped numbers showing stablecoins settled more than $1.1 trillion in traditional finance perpetual contracts last year. The headline figure matters because it proves stablecoins are no longer just crypto tools—they’re becoming the backbone of tokenized Wall Street products. The report highlights how stablecoins…
NEAR Adds Staking-Based Payments For AI Compute Credits NEAR has introduced a new staking-based payment option designed to let users pay for AI compute credits using a mechanism tied to network staking. The update connects payments for compute resources to the staking system, positioning staking not only as a way to help secure the network,…
Bank of England Chief Denies Farage Pressure on Digital Pound Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, has pushed back against claims that his meeting with Nigel Farage influenced the central bank’s approach to a potential digital pound. The denial comes as regulators face mounting political scrutiny over who gets a say in shaping…
Bank of England Insists Politics Didn’t Shape Stablecoin Stance Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has pushed back against claims that his meeting with Nigel Farage influenced the central bank’s approach to stablecoins and digital currencies. The denial comes as the UK continues to weigh how tightly it should regulate crypto assets and whether to…
EU Eyes MiCA 2.0 as US Stablecoin Law Threatens European Edge Brussels is quietly preparing to reopen the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework—this time to tighten rules on non-EU stablecoin issuers. The move comes as Washington advances its own stablecoin legislation, and EU officials fear European banks could lose ground in tokenized deposits and payments. The…
Hackers Use BNB Chain to Spread Malware Through Fake CAPTCHAs Hackers are using the BNB Chain ecosystem as part of a malware distribution scheme that relies on fake CAPTCHA prompts to trick users into compromising their own devices. The method centers on fraudulent CAPTCHA pages designed to look like routine “verify you’re human” checks. Instead…
Bitcoin Holds $62K as Oil Spikes and Fed Looms Bitcoin is sitting tight near $62,000 after a sharp rise in oil prices and the widening conflict in Iran pushed traders to cut risk ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next policy move. The combination of geopolitical tension and central-bank uncertainty has trimmed leverage from futures markets…
Bitcoin Holds $62K as Oil Shock Meets Fed Caution Bitcoin slipped back toward the $62,000 handle after a sharp spike in oil prices and traders pulling risk ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next policy call. The move follows escalating conflict in Iran that sent crude futures sharply higher, prompting futures desks to cut exposure across…
Bitcoin Treasury Firm Rewrites SPAC Deal With Cantor Adam Back’s Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company is renegotiating its planned merger with Cantor Equity Partners I, citing the need to reflect current market realities. The move signals a cooling in SPAC appetite and a shift in how Bitcoin-linked financial products are valued in 2025. The original agreement,…
Bitcoin Still in Death Cross as Jobs Miss Cuts Rate-Hike Odds Bitcoin remained in a technical “death cross” formation as fresh U.S. jobs data came in below expectations, reducing market-implied odds that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again. A death cross typically refers to the 50-day moving average falling below the 200-day moving…
Bitcoin Tests $61,000 as Oil Spike Rattles Risk Assets Bitcoin is sliding toward the $61,000 line as oil prices surge past $75 on renewed Middle East tension after the collapse of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The move comes as traders weigh a potential Hormuz blockade that could choke a fifth of global oil supply. Crude futures…
Bitcoin Treasury SPAC Deal Gets Reworked Amid Market Shifts Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners I are revisiting the terms of their planned 2025 SPAC merger, adjusting a deal originally struck when sentiment and valuations looked very different. The companies say the revisions are meant to better reflect current market conditions, signaling that…
Court Greenlights Kalshi Election Contracts, CFTC on Defense D.C. Circuit hands Kalshi a decisive win over the CFTC, letting election contracts trade while regulators scramble to contain the fallout. The ruling blocks the agency’s emergency stay request and signals that courts, not the CFTC, may decide what counts as an illegal “event contract” going forward….
Bitcoin Faces Triple Threat at $60K Support Bitcoin is back under pressure at the $60,000 level as three distinct forces collide: a spike in oil prices, contagion fears from Japan’s troubled economy, and renewed selling from Strategy. The combination has traders bracing for another test of support rather than a quick bounce. The immediate catalyst…
