BitGo and ZKsync are teaming up to offer banks a full-stack infrastructure for tokenized deposits, as financial institutions look to bring traditional money onto blockchain rails without stepping outside regulatory boundaries. The effort combines BitGo’s institutional custody and wallet services with ZKsync’s Prividium, a permissioned, privacy-preserving blockchain designed for regulated entities. The joint offering aims

Morgan Stanley’s long‑awaited spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded fund, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), has taken a major procedural step toward trading after the New York Stock Exchange confirmed an official listing notice for the product.  Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas says the listing typically signals a launch is “imminent.” If approved by regulators, MSBT

MAVAN will be the largest Ethereum staking service provider globally and will provide staking services for other proof-of-stake chains and blockchain infrastructure services Bitmine has 3,142,643 staked ETH, representing $6.8 billion at $2,148 per ETH Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III,

Solana officially integrates the Machine Payments Protocol by Stripe and Tempo, letting any HTTP API accept stablecoin payments from AI agents on Solana. Solana has officially added support for the Machine Payments Protocol. The announcement came directly from the official Solana account on X, confirming that the @solana/mpp SDK now handles any stablecoin on Solana,

The Iran war has set oil on fire and crypto exchanges are racing to offer 24/7 trading to fill tradfi gaps, with most copying decentralized giant Hyperliquid’s perpetual-futures play. Crypto market-making giant Wintermute is taking a different approach. On Tuesday, its derivatives unit, Wintermute Asia, launched over-the-counter (OTC) trading in WTI crude oil contracts for

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. A Republican senator from Wyoming, Lummis currently serves as Chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets — a role she was appointed to in January 2025 to lead the Banking Committee’s efforts on digital asset legislation. She has publicly

Bitcoin’s next move hinges on oil stability, with $76K upside if calm holds or mid-$60K risk if tensions rise. Markets whipsawed this week as geopolitics eased briefly while central bank pressure remained firm. Bitcoin reclaimed the $70k area after a U.S. strike pause on Iranian energy targets. Gold slid sharply, and ether drew notable inflows