CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, has launched 24/7 trading for cryptocurrency futures and options, marking a structural shift in how regulated derivatives markets align with the nonstop nature of digital assets. Trading went live at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on Friday, May 29, on the exchange’s CME Globex platform. Over the inaugural weekend,
Coinbase has intensified its push for U.S. crypto market rules as Senate lawmakers prepare for a decisive vote on the CLARITY Act this month. Summary Coinbase’s Faryar Shirzad said the CLARITY Act could become the biggest U.S. financial regulatory bill since Dodd-Frank. The bill cleared the Senate Banking Committee by a 15-9 vote and now
Vitalik Buterin suggests an options-based DeFi model that removes liquidations and uses slow oracles to improve security and stability. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new approach to decentralized finance that could reduce liquidation risks. In a post, Buterin proposed building index-tracking assets on top of options rather than collateralized debt positions (CDPs). The
CME Group has drawn about $50 million in notional volume during the first weekend of its new 24/7 cryptocurrency futures and options trading service. Summary CME Group recorded about $50 million in notional trading volume during the first weekend of its 24/7 crypto derivatives market. More than 7,200 cryptocurrency futures and options contracts traded after
Ethereum’s last two major upgrades were focused squarely on Layer 2s. Glamsterdam, targeted to ship in H1 2026, is about improving Layer 1 — not just in terms of speed and efficiency but also the entire block production process. With execution increasingly migrating to L2s and Ethereum itself taking shape as the ecosystem’s underlying settlement
TON has rallied after Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the network’s native token will revert to its original name, Gram. Summary Pavel Durov said Toncoin will be renamed Gram, restoring the token’s original identity as defined in TON’s first white paper. TON rose 18.75% to $2.19 after traders reacted to the rebrand and Telegram’s stronger
ADA holders just vetoed a 7.8 million ADA proposal, roughly $2 million, to fund the Cardano Summit 2026 in Singapore, and the Cardano Foundation has confirmed the event is cancelled. That outcome matters beyond one conference. It is the clearest real-world proof yet that Cardano’s shift to on-chain governance has real teeth. Market Cap 24h
Vitalik Buterin has proposed an options-based design for crypto index products that could reduce DeFi’s dependence on forced liquidations. Summary Vitalik Buterin proposed an options-based DeFi design to reduce reliance on sudden liquidation systems. Buterin said options contracts could help create crypto index assets without the need for collateralized debt positions. The proposed model could
Crypto investment products recorded their second-largest weekly outflow of 2026 by the end of May, with investors pulling $1.67 billion from digital asset funds as geopolitical tensions and a broader risk-off mood weighed on markets, according to a report from CoinShares. The withdrawals marked the third consecutive week of net outflows and brought total redemptions
On June 1, 2026, Strategy disclosed in an 8-K filing that it sold 32 Bitcoin between May 26 and May 31 at an average price of $77,135, raising about $2.5 million. It was the company’s first Bitcoin sale since December 2022, and for an outfit built on Michael Saylor’s promise never to sell, the symbolism
