XBIT DEX takes the lead in introducing leverage to on-chain prediction markets, prioritizing the 2026 FIFA World Cup for its initial category. The whitelist application is now live.May 27, 2026 – On-chain prediction markets are undergoing explosive growth. In March 2026,…

An attacker minted more than 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum after a suspected compromise of a StakeDAO-linked deployer key, though thin liquidity limited the realized proceeds to about $91,000.Blockchain security firm PeckShield said Wednesday the attacker swapped part of the…

Sanctioned crypto exchange HTX is pushing back against the United Kingdom’s decision to blacklist Huobi Global S.A., the Panamanian company behind the platform, over allegations it helped Russia move money through a shadow “A7” network.In its latest Russia sanctions package…

Crypto-backed political groups supported several winning candidates in Texas primary runoffs Tuesday, highlighting the digital asset industry’s growing role in US elections as Congress debates new rules for crypto markets.Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican US Senate runoff against…

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said it will study new adjudication rules for virtual currency and cross-border finance cases as part of a broader push to clarify how courts handle digital economy disputes.“We will conduct in-depth research on the adjudication…

New York, May 27, 2026 – ETHConf, produced by ETHGlobal, will bring more than 5,000 attendees, 150+ speakers, and 100+ companies to the Javits Center in New York City from June 8-10, 2026 for three days focused on the future…

South Korean prosecutors charged a group in an alleged rug pull involving the Solana-based memecoin Catpie, or CATFI, in what local media described as the country’s first decentralized exchange (DEX) rug-pull prosecution.The group was reportedly apprehended by the Seoul Southern…

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market has grown to $51 billion, up 42% this year, as private credit becomes the largest segment of the market, according to a Bernstein Research report seen by Cointelegraph.Private credit accounted for roughly 44% of…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, has repurchased $1.5 billion of its 0% convertible senior notes due in 2029 for $1.38 billion at an 8% discount to par, in a move that significantly cuts future debt obligations.The purchase…

A range of crypto companies have been included in a preliminary list for potential inclusion in the Russell 3000 index, including treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries, along with crypto exchange Gemini and crypto services firm Galaxy Digital. A preliminary index…

David Hoffman, an Ethereum advocate and the co-founder of the media company Bankless, says he sold the remainder of his Ether (ETH) holdings last week as he believes the “ETH is Money” thesis has largely “played out.”Hoffman said in an…

An unknown trader’s $1.3 billion sale of shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on Tuesday has coincided with a steep fall in the price of Bitcoin immediately after the sale, according to analysts.A trader sold 29.2 million shares of BlackRock’s…

Base, the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain from crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched a tool to connect Base accounts to artificial intelligence agents for blockchain operations.Base said on Tuesday that its new Base MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows users to ask AI…

The Ether buying company Bitmine Immersion Technologies has made its biggest purchase so far in 2026 as its chairman, Tom Lee, doubled down on the idea of an impending crypto supercycle.Lee said Tuesday that in the past week, Bitmine bought…

US President Donald Trump has backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as having the “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, as state regulators’ action against the platforms mounts.“It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets is maintained,…