Chainalysis says the crypto-funded peptide market topped a $100 million run rate as Q1 2026 sales surged 159% to $32 million.

CME CEO Terry Duffy warned U.S. crypto perpetual futures are a “disaster waiting to happen,” criticizing CFTC approval and 50x leverage risks.

Major U.S. banks plan a tokenized deposit network to support instant blockchain payments and protect bank deposits.

Reform UK raised $9.4M from crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo in Q1, outpacing Labour and Conservatives.

Hester Peirce says open-source DeFi code should not trigger SEC rules as the agency reviews crypto developer liability.

Bryan Steil backs extending a congressional trading ban to prediction markets, putting Polymarket and Kalshi under focus.

More than $3.8 million in crypto stolen from Americans was frozen thanks to the joint efforts of major firms like Coinbase, SpaceX, Meta, and Apple alongside law enforcement agencies in America and abroad.  The U.S. Department of Justice’s initiative, dubbed “Disruption Week,” put together private sector firms and government agencies in an effort to take action against organized crime entities in Southeast Asia.  “Cyber-enabled and crypto investment fraud is devastating Main Street Americans, w...

Grayscale warns Strategy may need to sell more Bitcoin as falling STRC shares increase cash flow pressure and limit future BTC purchases.

A Michigan couple helped make history when they recently closed on the first government-guaranteed mortgage secured by Bitcoin, Coinbase announced on Thursday. Working with mortgage lender Better, the exchange said it had enabled Joe and Amy to secure a Fannie Mae-backed home loan by pledging Bitcoin as collateral for their down payment, allowing them to benefit from the government-sponsored enterprise’s safety net. Coinbase said the product, first announced in March, is expected to roll out to...

Bitcoin drops below $64K as Strategy’s BTC sale, ETF outflows, and Cramer’s criticism pressure market confidence.

Bybit has become the first major crypto exchange to list Western Union's USDPT stablecoin as dollar-backed stablecoin supply nears $320B.

Russia sanctioned a British teenager Wednesday for exposing alleged cryptocurrency money laundering operations, marking what appears to be the youngest person ever targeted by Moscow's sanctions regime. Alexander Browder, 17, founder of the Global Cryptocurrency Laundering Database, was named alongside four other British nationals by Russia's Foreign Ministry. The others sanctioned alongside Browder are Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton, Committed to Good Managing Director Alice Mary La...

Ether.fi allocates $100M to Plume’s RWA vault as demand grows for tokenized income products with lower DeFi exposure.

CoinShares reports hedge funds sold 31,400 BTC worth of Bitcoin ETF exposure in Q1 as institutional ownership fell during the downturn.

Bitcoin continued to slide lower on Thursday, exacerbating losses across the entire crypto market with no clear signs of a bottom. The leading crypto has dropped roughly 17% over four days, from nearly $74,000 on Monday to Thursday’s intraday low of $61,556, according to CoinGecko data. In under four days, total crypto market liquidations hit $4.47 billion, with bullish bets contributing $3.82 billion–roughly 93% of all positions wiped. At time of publication, BTC remains underwater, trading at...

Trump-linked World Liberty faces Congress scrutiny as U.S. regulators defend stablecoin rules and bank charter reviews.

Kalshi debuted CFTC-regulated Ethereum perpetual futures as XRP, Solana, DOGE, and other crypto contracts remain under review.

Apple may use Nvidia B200 chips in Google data centers to power Siri’s AI revamp as WWDC 2026 expectations grow.

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Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 Bitcoin forecast as BTC neared $61,000, saying the latest selloff may be nearing its end.