In Bitcoin news today, Bitcoin Depot, once the largest BTC ATM operator in North America with 9,276 kiosks across the US, Canada, and Australia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on May 18, 2026, and has already taken its entire ATM network offline. Here
Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE has extended its record rally as new analysis points to the protocol’s built-in buyback system as a main driver behind the move, rather than ETF demand alone. Summary Hyperliquid has routed over $1.16 billion in trading fees into open-market HYPE purchases since launch. DefiLlama says 99% of perps and spot revenue
Binance Australia will require users to provide extra information when sending or receiving crypto from July 1, 2026. Summary Binance Australia users must provide sender details for crypto deposits from July 1, 2026 onward. Outgoing withdrawals will require beneficiary information, including full name, country, and city or locality details. Related crypto.news coverage says AUSTRAC rules
Coinbase is not at all concerned with the increasing competition from Wall Street giants or other traditional financial institutions, the crypto exchange’s head of Policy for Europe told CoinDesk on Friday. “We have always said that a rising tide lifts all ships,” said Katie Harries, adding that Coinbase is “not at all” worried about the
Blockchain researcher William Mougayar defended the Ethereum Foundation after months of criticism over ETH sales, unstaking activity, and limited public communication. Summary William Mougayar said critics misread the Ethereum Foundation by treating it like a marketing team. Recent Foundation sales to BitMine totaled 25,000 ETH across three OTC deals lately. Separate reports showed 38,305 ETH
Recently Strategy made headlines by saying that it might sell some bitcoin to meet business objectives. This came as a surprise to many people because of what was previously regarded as a hard-lined stance to never sell. Saylor even (jokingly) tweeted stuff like “Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the bitcoin.” The reality
BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan, Citadel Securities, Société Générale, the NYSE, Nasdaq, and the Bank of England are all building the same thing right now. Not Bitcoin holdings. Not ETFs. They are rebuilding the global financial system’s plumbing on blockchain rails. Summary Tokenized real-world assets crossed $29 billion, with the market on track for $100 billion
24 March, 2026 The Bitfinex trading platform will be offline for a limited period of time on 25/03/2026 to undergo a scheduled maintenance upgrade aimed at enhancing the stability and scalability of our infrastructure. The upgrade is expected to begin at approximately 08:00 AM UTC (subject to change) and will last for around six hours.
On February 20, 2025, after more than six years of mobile mining and three years of closed mainnet operation, Pi Network finally dropped its firewall and let PI trade. Summary Pi Network opened its mainnet firewall on February 20, 2025, allowing PI to trade externally. PI reached an all-time high of $2.99 after launch before
In Bitcoin ETF news today, Goldman Sachs has quietly liquidated its entire XRP ETF and Solana ETF positions in Q1 2026, according to the firm’s latest 13F filing, a full exit from two products it had only just started building exposure to months earlier, while at the same time, BTC ETF products have seen nearly
