600K SOL moved to exchanges as traders track spot supply pressure and a possible pullback toward the $50 level. Solana market activity has shifted after 600,000 SOL were reported moving into trading platforms, creating renewed discussion around short-term supply pressure. Large exchange deposits are often monitored by traders because they can show that holders are
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has called tokenisation the “next generation of markets.” Regardless of whether trillion-dollar projections materialise on schedule, the direction of travel is clear. Regulators are no longer ignoring the trend and capital is swiftly moving on-chain. The question now isn’t whether financial assets will be tokenised, but on what kind of infrastructure.
In Bitcoin news today, Russia’s crypto regulation deadline is no longer abstract. On July 1, 2026, the country will formally legalize Bitcoin and stablecoin payments for cross-border trade, the culmination of a two-year pilot that already processed roughly $11Bn in crypto-facilitated commerce last year, according to figures cited by state news agency TASS. The central
Urbelis said he believes AI could eventually reshape the standard of care around smart contract development. Historically, teams could point to the cost and complexity of audits as a reason certain reviews were not performed. That argument becomes more difficult when sophisticated security analysis is available on demand. “A clean AI report will be seen
Kevin Warsh chaired his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week and immediately showed his hawkish colors. Rates stayed steady, but the new Fed Chair made it clear he intends to prioritize price stability and reduce loose forward guidance. While Warsh is focused on managing the dollar’s ongoing challenges, his debut actually highlights something
FBI Director Kash Patel vows stronger action against crypto fraud networks. Operation Level Up seeks to stop scams before victims lose more funds. Fraudsters increasingly use fake platforms and cash couriers to evade checks. The FBI has intensified its efforts against cryptocurrency-related fraud, warning scammers that enforcement actions will continue to expand. FBI Director Kash
Ethereum processed just over 2.88 million transactions in a single day last Friday — the highest daily total in its history. What made this moment particularly noteworthy was that it occurred in the context of unusually low average transaction fees. At first glance, that seems paradoxical. Activity spikes on Ethereum have historically coincided with congestion,
Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD made two concrete infrastructure moves this week: cross-chain routing platform Squid integrated RLUSD for single-transaction swaps across more than 100 blockchains and 20,000-plus tokens. Ripple took a strategic stake in African payments giant Flutterwave at a $3.2Bn Series E valuation to embed RLUSD and the XRP Ledger into payment rails spanning
If approved, the ETFs could begin trading as early as September. While regulatory approval is not guaranteed, the filing signals growing institutional comfort with marrying traditional equities and cryptocurrency in regulated wrappers. These filings follow the recent debut of BlackRock’s Income ETF, which allows institutions to monetize cryptocurrency’s volatility. The 11 spot bitcoin ETFs in
Kalshi, the prediction markets platform that has become the dominant force in U.S. event contracts, is in informal talks with investment banks about a potential initial public offering, The Information reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the company’s financials. The disclosure caps a period of rapid transformation for the four-year-old company. Kalshi’s annualized revenue has
