Real-world asset tokenization platform Securitize is one step closer to going public via a special acquisition company (SPAC) merger, after one of its filings was approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The regulator approved the Form S-4 registration statement…

HTX, the crypto exchange linked to crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, delisted the Trump family’s USD1 stablecoin after claiming World Liberty Financial wrongly froze the exchange’s addresses.“The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) project team recently stated that it has unilaterally imposed a…

Bitcoin (BTC) traders said that BTC holding above the $60,000 psychological support over the weekend was important as it recovered 6.5% from a local low near $59,100 to an intraday high of around $62,950 on Sunday.Key takeaways:BTC is eyeing a…

Strategy watchers were not disappointed on Sunday as executive chairman Michael Saylor took to social media to signal pending news on changes in the company’s Bitcoin holdings, hours ahead of the final tally of shareholder votes on a proxy measure…

Bitcoin (BTC) threatens to “purge further” as realized losses in the 2026 bear market fail to beat records.Key points:Bitcoin realized losses have not yet surpassed the 2022 total despite market cap being higher.History suggests that a fresh round of capitulation…

Bitcoin (BTC) is heading for its worst weekly performance since November 2022, down around 15% week-to-date as of Friday.BTC/USD weekly chart Source: TradingViewBTC was trading near $62,500 after briefly dropping toward $61,000 earlier in the session. The roughly $1,500 rebound…

Some of the largest US banks are reportedly planning to launch a tokenized deposit network in the first half of 2027 in response to growing competition from blockchain companies expanding into traditional finance. The network will be operated by The Clearing…

Bitcoin (BTC) has fulfilled two of three key conditions to spark the next BTC price “rally,” new analysis says.Key points:Bitcoin whales on Hyperliquid and Bitfinex are already pointing to the beginning of a BTC price uptrend, according to the latest…

Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin needs “disciplined expansion” through banks, companies, securities, credit and capital markets, laying out a path for the asset as spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows and a broader market sell-off test institutional…

Some digital asset industry advocates are pushing back against a provision in a $56 billion state budget passed by the Illinois General Assembly on Monday, due to its impact on crypto users. In a Senate bill included as part of the…

Key takeaways:Ether derivatives metrics flip to a heavily bearish bias as cascading liquidations cut off a relief bounce. A critical ZCash bug discovered by AI triggers widespread fears of contagion, driving a contraction in Ethereum TVL.Ether (ETH) plummeted to a 13-month…

The US House Ways and Means Committee circulated seven discussion drafts of bills to address digital asset taxation ahead of a Tuesday hearing on the matter, covering stablecoins, staking, mining and transactions.Among proposals in the draft legislation are reducing the…

Singapore-based crypto travel platform Travala has launched a protocol it says lets artificial intelligence agents search, reserve and pay for hotels with USDC (USDC) on layer-2 blockchain Base, extending agentic AI stablecoin payments into travel bookings.The Travala Travel MCP is…

Key takeaways:Over-leveraged Bitcoin short positions between $63,000 and $66,000 have created a potential $2.6 billion squeeze trap for bears.Negative perpetual funding rates indicate that bulls have fully deleveraged, significantly reducing downside risk.The Bitcoin (BTC) crash to $61,100 on Friday wiped…

Crypto exchange Kraken is giving customers access to the upcoming SpaceX initial public offering through xStocks, a tokenized equities platform, highlighting the growing convergence between crypto infrastructure and traditional capital markets.Kraken announced Friday that SpaceX will be the first public…