Augustus Bank’s CEO, Ferdinand Dabitz, says legacy clearing banks cannot truly rebuild their cores for artificial intelligence and programmable money, as his startup moves closer to launching a US national bank designed around both.The Office of the Comptroller of the…

Polish lawmakers approved a government-backed bill Friday to bring the country’s crypto market under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework, after President Karol Nawrocki twice vetoed earlier versions.The vote took place on Friday during the 57th sitting…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) Thursday rally to $82,000, buoyed by the Senate Banking Committee’s advancement of the CLARITY Act, has stalled amid stiff overhead resistance and weakening ETF demand. Still, analysts said that BTC’s upward momentum may increase if key conditions are…

Bitcoin (BTC) risks starting its “next downtrend” as bulls fail to break beyond $82,000, the latest analysis warns.Key points:Bitcoin traders are beginning to sway toward a support retest or even a new “downtrend” for BTC/USD.Current price behavior has retained overhead…

HYPE, the native token of decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, jumped more than 23% in the past 24 hours, climbing toward $47 on Friday to hit its highest level since October 2025.HYPE/USDT daily chart. Source: TradingViewWhat is driving the sudden HYPE rally,…

Major South Korean financial conglomerate Hana Financial is buying a stake in Dunamu, the operator of the crypto exchange Upbit, in its latest venture into the digital assets sector, amid a broader trend of traditional financial institutions wading into the…

Australia’s proposed changes to capital gains tax could lead to smaller profits for cryptocurrency traders, especially low-income earners, and could discourage “patient investing,” according to several crypto executives. The proposed reform, announced by the ruling Labor Party on Tuesday as…

Privacy messaging app Signal has said it may exit Canada if forced to comply with the country’s proposed lawful access bill, which would require companies to build technical surveillance capabilities that some argue could threaten end-to-end encryption.In an interview with…

Crypto exchange Kraken announced Thursday that it changed its cross-chain provider from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, joining a number of protocols that have made the move following the Kelp DAO exploit in April.Kraken said it is deprecating its…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted their largest daily outflow since January as Bitcoin struggled to hold the $80,000 level after a sharp rebound from April lows.Bitcoin (BTC) funds recorded $635.2 million in outflows on Wednesday, extending $233.3 million…

Crypto company Gemini reported a 42% year-over-year increase in revenue in Q1 2026 as it continued its growth from a pure crypto exchange to a financial services company.Total revenue for the Winklevoss twins’ company grew 42% year over year to…

Crypto data company Dune said it is laying off 25% of its workforce, citing a need to restructure its business to focus on its core products.“We’re restructuring Dune to sharpen our focus around the core data products thousands of customers…

Shares in Bitcoin-focused Strive closed 5.8% higher on Thursday after the company said it will become a “Daily Dividend Company” and revealed it eliminated all debt in the first quarter of 2026. The Vivek Ramaswamy-founded company said the Variable Rate Series…

Real-world assets (RWA) crossed $32 billion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, as Wall Street’s love affair with tokenization continues to accelerate.JPMorgan was the latest to double down on its interest through a filing with the Securities…

Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to enter a stronger breakout phase above $80,000, as capital inflows into the BTC market remain below levels seen in past bull runs. BTC futures traders are also staying cautious, while a growing number of investors…