Bitnomial’s full CFTC stack gives Kraken instant entry into U.S. derivatives without years of regulatory buildup. Kraken’s parent company, Payward, is moving deeper into regulated U.S. derivatives with a major acquisition. The firm has agreed to buy Bitnomial in a deal valued at up to $550 million. Approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission remains
AI trading agents now execute a growing share of crypto order flow with little or no human input — but the safeguards around them have not kept pace. The result is a new kind of market risk that shows up both in individual account security and in the collective behaviour of autonomous systems at scale.
Roughly $13 million in user funds vanished from Russia crypto exchange Grinex in April 2026, and by the time the exchange suspended trading, the money was already moving fast across blockchain networks toward a single destination wallet. The halt left users unable to access their funds, withdraw balances, or execute trades, with no timeline given
The price of bitcoin BTC$76,183.76 has again pushed above $76,000 alongside about a 10% plunge in the price of crude oil on an apparent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. “The passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed
Citi analysts say holding both gold and bitcoin can improve portfolio performance compared with traditional bond-and-equity mixes. In a new report cited by CNBC, analyst Alex Saunders said a 5% allocation to gold enhances portfolio efficiency, while splitting that exposure between gold and bitcoin produces stronger results. The analysis found the mixed allocation improves returns
The cryptocurrency market is now in a new cycle, and after some sideways action, the capital flow is quietly going back to the projects with established ecosystems and those with early potential gains. Interestingly enough, six names keep popping up in conversations among investors: ETH, SOL, XRP, SHIB, DOGE, and one relatively new name that
Bitcoin’s slide to the $60,000 handle marks the deepest drawdown of the current cycle, with losses now exceeding 52 percent from the October 2025 all-time high and January registering its weakest performance since 2022. The market has decisively lost multiple structural supports, including the short-term holder cost basis, the yearly open, and the True Market
Tether just confirmed it backed a $134 million private placement in Stablecoin Development Corporation, a publicly-traded company that exists specifically to give stock market investors exposure to the stablecoin sector, particularly through Sky Crypto Protocol and its USDS token. That’s the surface story. The deeper story is what it reveals about how stablecoin issuers have
Bitcoin’s core developers earlier this week proposed freezing 8 million coins to defend against quantum attackers. But Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes it still can’t save coins belonging to the network’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, per a video posted to his YouTube channel late Wednesday. Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed defense against quantum computers is both
Aleš Michl has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, where he will deliver a keynote titled “Diversifying Central Bank Reserves With Bitcoin” on April 28 at 10:20 AM PT on the Nakamoto Stage at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Michl serves as Governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB) — and
