U.S. retail traders can now access regulated crypto spot margin trading with up to 10x exposure. Kraken is opening regulated spot margin trading to eligible U.S. customers. Retail traders in the U.S. can now access spot margin products that were previously limited to institutions and high-net-worth clients. Kraken said the service offers up to 10x
AI agents can now do the work. The problem is paying for it. The Lightning Network gives autonomous software a Bitcoin-native way to settle small obligations at high frequency — fast and cheap enough to sit inside execution, so an agent can pay for data, compute or API access the moment it needs it, without
Binance’s head of regulatory affairs, Dugan Bliss, made a pointed argument at the sidelines of Consensus 2026 in Miami: no cryptocurrency exchange, including Binance, can ever achieve zero exposure to illicit finance, and regulators who expect otherwise are misreading how blockchain fundamentally works. Bliss, a former senior trial counsel at the SEC, framed it plainly:
AI agents will become more relevant than humans on the internet within the next decade, a shift already already forcing Google, Facebook and Amazon to react, said Charles Hoskinson. In his keynote at Consensus Miami 2026 on Wednesday, Hoskinson also said that “by 2035, the majority of searches, commerce and activity on the internet will
Boltz, a leading non-custodial swap provider for Bitcoin, today announced the launch of USDC Swaps, enabling instant conversion between Bitcoin and USDC, the regulated stablecoin issued by Circle. Swaps are supported across all major Bitcoin layers, including the Lightning Network, and are live now at boltz.exchange. “USDC Swaps mark a turning point for the Bitcoin
AI The digital entertainment world is seeing a massive crossover between gaming and high frequency financial tools right now. A great example of this is the Aviator game. On the surface it looks like a simple game. But if you look at the underlying software architecture it actually mirrors the systems
Bitcoin’s longest negative funding streak in years may signal rising upside pressure and short squeeze risk. Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000 on Wednesday, reaching its highest level in more than three months. Rising prices have arrived alongside unusually defensive trader positioning across derivatives markets. Analysts at K33 Research believe that a mismatch could create conditions
After printing through $80,000 on Monday, 4 May, Bitcoin has finally made its first sustained move above this key psychological barrier since 31 January, and the cleanest session of acceptance through the $78,000–$79,000 overhead supply wall. By Wednesday, 6 May, price has continued to surge to reach a multi-month high, approaching $83,000, supported by strong
In Bitcoin ETF news today, Hong Kong’s spot BTC ETFs are measurably compressing Bitcoin’s notorious ‘weekend gap,’ with Asian-session trading now capturing an estimated 20% of global BTC volume during hours when US institutional desks are dark. Since launching on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 30, 2024, products from providers including China Asset
Wall Street’s long-awaited migration into crypto is no longer theoretical, according to executives from Ondo Finance, Robinhood-owned Bitstamp and Babylon Labs. However, institutional adoption remains slower and more fragmented than many in the industry once expected. The executives described a financial industry increasingly embracing blockchain rails, tokenized securities and crypto-native yield products on the “Is
