18 December, 2025 Recent updates and optimisations to the Bitfinex mobile app We’re pleased to present Version 7.19.0 of the Bitfinex mobile app. The latest update to the Bitfinex mobile app includes general improvements. You can also download the latest version of the Bitfinex mobile app from the Android Application Package (APK). Please share your
Prediction market leaders Polymarket and Kalshi are escalating their battle against insider trading. Both platforms announced significant updates to their rulebooks and surveillance tools this Monday to root out market manipulation. This isn’t just a routine compliance update. It comes as Democratic lawmakers explicitly target these markets, seeking to ban betting on elections and conflicts
Robinhood’s (HOOD) board has approved a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program, according to an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It adds more than $1.1 billion to existing buyback capacity. The company said it expects to carry out the plan over about three years starting in the first quarter of 2026,
Banks extracted hundreds of billions from American savers last year — and the scale of it shows a deep structural issue in America’s financial system. Bitcoin might help. In 2025, U.S. banks generated roughly $434 billion in net interest income, or about $1,670 per adult, according to research from River. The mechanism is straightforward: banks
Gate launches prediction markets in public beta, allowing users to trade Yes or No outcomes on sports, crypto, and global events easily. Crypto exchange Gate launched a new prediction market feature in public beta. The company said that it is the first centralized exchange to integrate such a platform. Users can bet Yes or No
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.
Balancer Labs is ceasing operations permanently. The announcement comes just days after a sophisticated attacker exploited the protocol for approximately $128 million, effectively emptying major liquidity pools on November 3, 2025. This is not a drill—one of Ethereum’s oldest and most respected Automated Market Makers (AMMs) has fallen. The implications are staggering. Balancer was not
Invesco, a U.S.-based asset manager overseeing $2.2 trillion in assets, will take over management of Superstate’s tokenized U.S. Treasury fund in a move that brings a large traditional asset manager deeper into blockchain-based finance. The USTB fund holds short-term U.S. government securities and represents more than $900 million in assets. It ranks among the largest
Bitcoin kicked off the week with a surge above $71,000 before retracing, reflecting renewed market sensitivity to geopolitical developments between the U.S. and Iran. The leading cryptocurrency had traded below $68,000 over the weekend, leaving investors on edge as markets digested conflicting reports about peace talks in the Middle East. Monday’s spike came after the
Balancer co-founder Fernando Martinelli announces BLabs shutdown after a damaging exploit, outlining a leaner path forward for the protocol. Balancer Labs is shutting down. Co-founder Fernando Martinelli made the announcement in a detailed post addressed to the Balancer community. He cited legal risks from the November 2025 exploit as the primary driver. The corporate entity,
