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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes announced Tuesday that he is returning to an operating role as CEO of Flop Labs, a blockchain infrastructure project developing payment systems for artificial intelligence agents. The company plans a FLOP token airdrop in the fourth quarter of 2026, followed by the

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of investment firm SkyBridge Capital, predicted Bitcoin will rise above $100,000 before the next block reward halving expected around April 2028. Speaking in an interview, Scaramucci attributed this outlook to supply-side changes inherent in Bitcoin's halving mechanism, w

Senator Cynthia Lummis pressed Democrats to advance the CLARITY Act during an appearance on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo, warning that prolonged regulatory uncertainty could push America's cryptocurrency industry offshore to jurisdictions such as Switzerland and Singapore. The Wyoming

BlackRock's Q2 2026 13F filing disclosed over $1 trillion in semiconductor stocks including Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron, while hedge funds Bridgewater and Point72 sharply reduced exposure during the same quarter. Bridgewater cut its Micron position by 92.1% and AMD by 58.3%, while Point72 trimmed N

Grayscale submitted its fourth amendment to convert its Zcash trust into an exchange-traded fund, while disclosing that DCG International Investments Ltd., a subsidiary of its parent company Digital Currency Group, is in discussions to acquire approximately 200,000 ZEC tokens worth about $110

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is targeting November to finalize rules implementing the GENIUS Act stablecoin law signed by President Donald Trump in July 2025, according to OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould. Speaking Wednesday at the annual SALT conference in Wyoming, Gould stated the b

Nexo Australia launched crypto-backed credit lines for eligible clients after becoming a credit representative under Australia's National Consumer Credit Protection Act. The product allows users to borrow Australian dollars or stablecoins while using cryptocurrencies as collateral, with funds

Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, announced on Wednesday that its Batches 004 accelerator will select 10 startups, with each receiving a $100,000 investment from the Base Ecosystem Fund. Applications for the program are open through September 9. The shift to a smaller cohort reflects a

Injective became an SEC-registered transfer agent through its affiliate, Injective Institutional Services, the blockchain announced Wednesday. The registration marks a step in Injective's push to bring regulated securities infrastructure onchain. Transfer agents maintain official records of

Nethermind announced Wednesday it migrated from LayerZero DVN operations to Chainlink as a node operator and technology provider. The Ethereum engineering firm made the shift following an extensive review, moving toward Chainlink's secure-by-default architecture as institutional adoption of

Coinbase announced Wednesday the integration of perpetual futures trading into Base App through Hyperliquid, offering eligible users leverage of up to 50x across more than 290 markets. The move responds to user demand, as perpetual futures account for roughly 75% of all crypto trading volume and

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed consent orders Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Zixiao "Gary" Wang. The orders impose five-year trading bans on both executives, a 10-year r

Stablecoin balances on major centralized cryptocurrency exchanges dropped 20 percent to $64 billion from a peak of approximately $80 billion at the end of 2025. Stablecoins serve as a key indicator measuring liquidity and investor purchasing power in cryptocurrency markets. The decline suggests

Bitcoin surged more than 6% on Wednesday, climbing toward $69,000 and trading as high as about $68,776 after starting the session near $64,100. The rally was driven by lower Treasury yields, a weaker dollar, and renewed institutional demand as the market awaited the Federal Reserve's July meeting

The SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets on Aug. 18, establishing two fundraising exemptions for investment contracts involving crypto assets—one allowing up to $5 million over four years and another permitting up to $75 million per 12-month period. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the framework is

Most Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have earned money from cryptocurrency in ways they consider improper since his return to office, and that his personal business interests influence how he governs, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published Wednesday. The survey,

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex stated that Bitcoin may be close to exiting its long period of weak market conditions, with fundamental conditions to support an uptrend largely met. The exchange explained that two of three necessary conditions for Bitcoin to enter a sustained upward trend have

Wells Fargo Investment Institute strategists reiterated their positive outlook for precious metals and maintained a year-end 2026 gold price target of $4,900-$5,100 per troy ounce, citing resilient Asian demand and falling rate hike expectations as key support factors. Gold rose more than 7%

HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live cross-border transaction involving tokenized deposits between two banks on Swift's blockchain-based ledger. The transaction demonstrated that regulated digital representations of bank deposits can be exchanged across different banking systems. The

Large bitcoin holders purchased approximately 43,000 BTC over the past 60 days, reversing months of net selling that had pressured prices. The buying resumed once bitcoin fell to around $60,000, according to Cryptoquant data. This accumulation marks a shift in behavior among wallets excluding