Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from Beast Industries after it acquired teen banking app Step. Her letter focuses on Step’s past crypto offerings for minors, its marketing tactics, and user protection concerns tied to partner bank Evolve.

Jason Calacanis is making a much bigger bet on decentralized AI than a casual market call. In an episode of This Week In Startups, the veteran angel investor appears to frame Bittensor’s TAO token as the kind of asymmetric opportunity that venture investors spend years hunting for, and one that, in his view, could still be dramatically underpriced.

CFTC moves to shape oversight of crypto, AI, and prediction markets with a new task force aimed at defining rules for fast-evolving derivatives, signaling a more structured U.S. approach to financial innovation and compliance.

OpenAI is closing in on another $10 billion raise, pushing its already massive funding round into historic territory as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure keeps climbing.

Sources claim Iran is quietly charging select vessels up to $2 million for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, turning a wartime chokepoint into a pay-to-play corridor.

Seven years after a routine patrol led to the largest crypto-forfeiture in Irish history, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has finally cracked the code on a multimillion-dollar bitcoin fortune once thought lost to a German incinerator.

U.S. crypto regulation takes a decisive turn as the SEC defines clearer boundaries for digital assets, narrowing its reach and signaling a shift toward structured oversight that could reshape compliance expectations and unlock market activity.

Bitcoin reversed course after an intraday peak of $71,382, dipping below $69,000 as conflicting U.S.–Iran diplomatic messages spooked markets.

Tether has hired a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full financial audit. The move signals a major shift toward deeper transparency in the stablecoin sector.

Circle’s stock took a sharp hit on Tuesday as regulatory pressure and a rival’s credibility push collided in real time.

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Gate has integrated Polymarket into its app, becoming the first centralized exchange to offer direct access to the prediction market platform. The rollout gives users a new way to trade on global events across crypto, finance, and sports.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened the week with a strong rebound, breaking a three-day outflow streak. Ether extended its losses, while XRP and solana remained inactive.

Bitcoin recorded a rare two-block chain reorganization on Monday, quickly resolving a brief split between major mining pools without disrupting users or funds.

The New York Stock Exchange is partnering with Securitize to build a blockchain-based trading platform for tokenized securities. The initiative aims to enable 24/7 trading with full shareholder rights.