As the UK considers options to attract and develop the crypto industry at home, the Bank of England (BOE) has put forward several proposals for how it might regulate stablecoins to mitigate perceived financial risks.These have included a ban on…

Wall Street bank JPMorgan and credit card giant Mastercard said they have completed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized US Treasury fund, working with Ripple’s XRP Ledger and interbank settlement rails.The pilot transaction involved blockchain tokenization platform Ondo…

Bitcoin (BTC) cooled from new 13-week highs at Wednesday’s Wall Street open amid mixed signals over a US-Iran peace deal.Key points:Bitcoin stops short of tapping $83,000 as momentum becomes guided by geopolitical developments.Oil sees flash volatility around rumors of the…

Key takeaways:A sharp fifty percent drop in exchange activity and decentralized application revenue is stalling Ether price growth.Institutional investor interest in Ether remains under pressure as major holders like Bitmine face billions in unrealized losses. Ether (ETH) has failed to sustain…

Swiss crypto bank Amina has added custody and trading support for Canton Coin, becoming the first regulated bank to offer services for the token tied to the Canton Network, an institutional-focused network.In a Wednesday announcement, Amina said clients will gain…

Bitcoin dominance climbed to 61% on Wednesday, its highest level since November 2025. The metric has risen from 58.44% at the start of April, proving that the bullish trend continues to favor BTC over the wider crypto market.In the last…

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said lawmakers working towards passage of a digital asset market structure bill likely need to meet three conditions before the chamber could vote on the legislation.Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami on Wednesday, Gillibrand said…

A Republican US House of Representatives member running for reelection has won his party’s primary after crypto-affiliated groups contributed more than $500,000 in supportive media buys.Representative James Baird won Tuesday’s Republican primary for Indiana House District 4 with more than…

Investors appeared to disregard Hut 8’s reported first quarter 2026 net loss of more than $253 million on Wednesday, lifting the shares of the Bitcoin mining company by more than 33%.Hut 8 attributed the loss to a reduction in the…

Key points:Bitcoin is expected to face selling at $84,000, but a shallow pullback increases the likelihood of an upside breakout.Several major altcoins are showing strength at lower levels, but the bears are expected to pose substantial challenges at the resistance…

Ethereum accumulation addresses witnessed a surge in daily inflows on Wednesday, suggesting growing confidence in Ether’s (ETH) long-term price trajectory following its latest rise to $2,400.Key takeaways:Accumulation addresses absorbed about $592 million in ETH on Wednesday, signalling aggressive long-term buying.Ether’s…

Morgan Stanley has rolled out a cryptocurrency trading pilot on its E*Trade platform, charging lower basic retail fees than some of the largest US crypto and brokerage platforms.The Wall Street bank is charging clients 50 basis points on the dollar…

OpenTrade, an institutional-grade platform for onchain and real-world asset (RWA)-backed lending and stablecoin yield products, has raised fresh capital to expand its yield infrastructure.The platform secured $17 million in its latest strategic funding round led by Mercury Fund and Notion…

Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps said 90 newly funded wallets bought 90% of Mystery (MYSTERY) memecoin supply at launch, raising concerns about coordinated sniping.The wallets were all funded by wallet “0x544E,” which previously withdrew and distributed 20 Ether from crypto exchange…

Bitcoin (BTC) buyers resumed their activity during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday, pushing the price to a new multi-month high of $82,240.Onchain indicators, including the short-term holder (STH) cost basis, suggest that the BTC price can go higher,…