This is a guest post by Jason Hughes, VP of Development and Engineering at Ocean Mining. Opinions expressed are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc. or Bitcoin Magazine. The article originally appeared on X.com and has been published with the permission of the author.  Let me start off by

ESMA approved 14 new crypto firms, raising MiCA-authorized CASPs across Europe to 294. Ripple, MoonPay, and major European banks secured MiCA licenses for regulated operations. MiCA licensing enters a steady phase as Europe strengthens crypto market oversight. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has expanded its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) register by approving 14

Margin trading isn’t new. Long before crypto existed, traders were borrowing capital to take larger positions in stocks, commodities and fiat currencies. Cryptocurrency simply took the same idea and made it available 24/7 to anyone with an internet connection. The premise is simple: borrow capital to control a larger position than your own funds would

Ripple XRP is trading at $1.08, down more than 60% from its all-time high of $3.65 set on July 18, 2025, and the search data tells the same story the price chart does. According to Google Trends, worldwide XRP search interest peaked at a score of 100 during the week of July 13–20, 2025, exactly

The lack of an ethics provision remains one of the biggest sticking points. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), one of two Democrats who voted to advance the bill out of the Senate Banking Committee, has repeatedly said he will not support the legislation on the Senate floor without a bipartisan ethics provision. Other Democrats have raised

The Bitcoin bottom may be in — but don’t get your hopes up: It might struggle to go up anytime soon, according to one investment firm.  A Friday report from European asset management firm CoinShares said that investors last week threw fresh cash at Bitcoin — and other crypto — exchange-traded products, indicating a change

After an earlier funding setback, Bitcoin Japan revives its treasury ambitions through a $60M raise and a modest Bitcoin allocation. Japan-listed Bitcoin Japan has unveiled a new funding round after previous efforts failed to deliver enough capital for its BTC treasury plans. Around $60 million is expected to be raised, with investments spread across multiple

The anticipated launch of USDt on RGB in 2026 would bring the stablecoin back to Bitcoin for the first time since its early Omni Layer implementation. When Bitfinex last wrote about RGB in 2023, the protocol was still on testnet. It has since moved to mainnet and developed a broader ecosystem of wallets, standards and

Bitcoin fell to about $63,000 on Friday, down 1.7% over 24 hours and 2.2% on the week, as a deepening selloff in chipmakers dragged risk assets lower, per CoinDesk data. Ether held better at $1,836, still up 2.4% over seven days, while Hyperliquid led the losses at 8% on the day and 12% on the