Bitcoin plunged below $66,300 for the first time since early March, driven by geopolitical uncertainty around U.S. policy in the Middle East and the expiration of $14.16 billion in options contracts on Deribit.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has completed a new $600 million direct cash investment in Polymarket, fulfilling the final obligations of a structured investment program the NYSE operator announced in October 2025.

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has engaged KPMG to conduct its first-ever full independent financial statement audit, a step the company has delayed for nearly a decade.

An Australian court has fined Binance’s local derivatives unit $6.9 million for misclassifying retail investors. The case highlights growing regulatory pressure on crypto exchanges over investor protection.

Enlivex secures $21 million in debt financing while expanding its decentralized

Venture capitalist David Sacks transitions from his role as special government e

Bitpanda has unveiled Vision Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network designed to bri

Mixin expands its gas fee subsidy program to make blockchain transfers effectively free. The subsidy covers major networks like bitcoin, ethereum and solana, with no limits on transaction size or frequency.

Binance is reportedly discussing an out-of-court settlement with Nigerian authorities to resolve its ongoing tax evasion case.

Decentralized finance ( DeFi) protection protocol built, Firelight, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked following several whale-scale deposits.

Federal regulators intensify scrutiny of payment giants, signaling potential enforcement over account restrictions that may conflict with consumer expectations and disclosed policies, raising stakes for Paypal, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard.

Wall Street’s rapid migration to blockchain is unfolding now, but most investors may miss it until it’s complete, as institutions race to secure faster liquidity, lower friction, and dominance in the next era of global markets.

Gamestop disclosed in its fiscal 2025 annual report that it pledged 4,709 of its 4,710 bitcoin holdings as collateral with Coinbase Credit to run a covered-call options strategy, confirming the company held its position rather than selling.

Morgan Stanley’s proposed spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), ticker MSBT, has received an NYSE Arca listing notice, a step that often comes just before launch. If it goes live, the fund could intensify fee pressure on Blackrock and Fidelity while opening a powerful new distribution channel for bitcoin exposure.

U.S. markets sold off sharply on Thursday as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions sent oil prices higher and pushed investors away from equities, crypto, and even gold.