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River CEO: Businesses Increasingly Buying Bitcoin
17.5.2025
Alexander Leishman, CEO of River, a financial company that provides zero-fee bitcoin recurring purchases services, has highlighted how businesses are increasingly adopting bitcoin as part of their corporate treasury strategy. On social media, Leishman revealed that several companies had enrolled...
SEC Probes Coinbase’s Discontinued ‘Verified User’ Claims: NYT
15.5.2025
The New York Times (NYT) reported Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Coinbase misrepresented its now-discontinued “verified user” metric in past disclosures, according to David Yaffe-Bellany and Matthew Goldstein. The probe, citing over 100 million users...
Criminal Banking Organization Takedown Across Europe Includes Crypto Operations
15.5.2025
Europol has announced the arrest of 17 individuals involved in a criminal parallel banking organization that provided money laundering services across Europe, including the exchange of cryptocurrencies for cash. The operation, conducted on January 14, 2025, in Austria, Belgium, and Spain, followed...
Argentina Announces Tax Cuts for Mobile Phones and Electronics
15.5.2025
The Argentine government announced a series of tax and import rate cuts affecting electronic devices and mobile phones. Manuel Adorni, the spokesperson for President Milei’s administration, announced that the import tariff for mobile phones will be slashed from 16% to 0, democratizing access...
Google Cloud to Enhance Security for Crypto Transactions and Digital Asset Management With Inabit
15.5.2025
Inabit, a provider of secure cryptocurrency management solutions, has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to enhance security for cryptocurrency transactions and digital asset management. This partnership will leverage Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing platform to create secure...
Thailand to Issue $150M in New Digital Investment Tokens
15.5.2025
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance will issue $150 million (5 billion baht) worth of new digital investment tokens, called G-Tokens, within two months. These tokens will allow retail investors to invest in government bonds for as little as $3, offering potentially higher returns than bank...
GFO-X Launches UK Regulated Trading Venue for Centrally Cleared Crypto Derivatives
14.5.2025
GFO-X announced the successful launch of its UK regulated trading venue for centrally cleared digital asset derivatives. This venue aims to meet the growing institutional demand for compliant crypto futures and options. The first institutional trade was executed between Virtu Financial and...
Bullish Exchange and Gibraltar to Develop Regulatory Framework for Crypto Derivative Clearing
14.5.2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish has announced a partnership with the Gibraltar Government and the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to develop the world’s first regulatory framework for the clearing and settlement of derivative contracts settled in virtual assets. This initiative...
Standard Chartered to Provide Banking Services for Digital Asset Prime Broker Falconx’s Institutional Clients
14.5.2025
Falconx, an institutional digital asset prime broker, announced a strategic partnership with Standard Chartered. In the initial phase of the collaboration, Standard Chartered will provide a comprehensive suite of banking services to Falconx globally, enhancing the platform’s offerings...
Etoro Prices Upsized IPO at $52 Per Share, Set to Begin Trading on Nasdaq
14.5.2025
Etoro announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering (IPO) of 11,923,018 Class A common shares at a public offering price of $52.00 per share. The IPO is expected to raise approximately $620 million, reflecting a strong market interest in Etoro’s digital asset trading services....
Bitgo Secures MiCA License in Germany to Expand Digital Asset Services Across Europe
14.5.2025
Bitgo has announced that it has received a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), allowing the company to offer regulated digital asset services across the European Union. This regulatory approval marks a significant...
DeFi Development Corp. Acquires $23.6 Million in Solana, Expanding Total Holdings to 595,988 SOL
13.5.2025
DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) announced the acquisition of 172,670 solana ( SOL) tokens at an average price of $136.81, totaling approximately $23.6 million, marking the company’s largest purchase of solana to date and its tenth acquisition under its digital asset treasury strategy....
Crypto.com Canada Secures Restricted Dealer Registration to Offer Crypto Services
13.5.2025
Crypto.com Canada announced that it has obtained a restricted dealer registration, allowing the platform to continue offering crypto asset products and services to Canadian customers while it seeks full registration as an investment dealer and membership with the Canadian Investment Regulatory...
Uniswap Reaches $3 Trillion in Trading Volume, Creator Looks Ahead to $10 Trillion
13.5.2025
Hayden Adams, the creator of the decentralized finance platform Uniswap, announced on social media that Uniswap has become the first decentralized exchange (DEX) to reach $3 trillion in trading volume. In his post, Adams expressed confidence that Uniswap will also be the first DEX to achieve...
Gemini Secures License in Malta to Offer Regulated Derivatives Across Europe
13.5.2025
Gemini has announced that it has obtained an Investment Firm License from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), allowing the company to offer regulated derivatives across the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) under the MiFID II framework. This development marks...
Bitcoin Slips Below $101K as $700M in Liquidations Rock Crypto Market
12.5.2025
Bitcoin is trading at $101,645, down 2.79% over the past 24 hours, while ethereum follows at $2,432, marking a 2.9% daily decline. The downward movement coincides with a cascade of liquidations across the crypto derivatives market. Over the last 24 hours, a total of $699.71 million in leveraged...
Rootstock Achieved Record Merged Mining Participation Despite Declining User Activity in Q1
12.5.2025
In its Q1 2025 report, blockchain intelligence company Messari highlights significant developments in Rootstock, a bitcoin sidechain, including a record-high merged mining participation rate of 81%, up from 56.4% in the previous quarter. This came following the integration of Foundry, the largest...
CZ Shares Security Warning After Ledger Discord Hack Exposes User Data
12.5.2025
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder and former CEO of Binance, shared a security warning after receiving a message regarding a hack of Ledger’s Discord admin account, where a scammer falsely claimed a security flaw and urged users to enter their recovery phrases on a phishing site. Zhao highlighted...
Metaplanet Acquires 1,241 Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 6,796 BTC Amid Strong Yield Performance
12.5.2025
Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), a publicly listed bitcoin treasury company in Japan, has announced the acquisition of an additional 1,241 bitcoin as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations, bringing its total holdings to 6,796 bitcoin. The latest purchase...
Zimbabwe Turns to Blockchain to Revive Carbon Credit Investor Confidence
12.5.2025
Zimbabwe has launched a blockchain-enabled carbon credit registry to enhance transparency and restore investor trust after previous disruptions in the carbon credit market. In 2023, the country faced backlash for abruptly canceling projects and claiming a portion of proceeds, affecting developers...