Paxful’s guilty plea and $4 million penalty underscore deep regulatory concerns as U.S. authorities move to spotlight illicit crypto activity and the risks posed by platforms that operated with weak safeguards.

Gemini Titan now holds a U.S. license to offer prediction markets, setting up a fierce push for trader liquidity as the platform challenges rivals, draws in new market flow, and builds toward a broader lineup of future derivatives products.

Crypto heavyweights step directly into the regulatory core as the CFTC’s new CEO Innovation Council pulls top exchange leaders into fast-moving debates on tokenization, collateral, 24/7 trading, and the evolving derivatives framework set to guide U.S. market modernization.

JPMorgan hit a landmark breakthrough by issuing Galaxy’s commercial paper on Solana, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton participating, signaling accelerating institutional momentum toward programmable, transparent on-chain rails reshaping how real financial instruments move across public blockchain markets.

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Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in the 2022 collapse of terrausd (UST) and luna (LUNA now LUNC), with the possibility of serving the second half of his term in South Korea.

Belarus has blocked access to several major crypto exchanges — including Bitget, Bybit, OKX, BingX, Weex and Gate.com — after authorities flagged “inappropriate advertising” under the country’s Mass Media Law.

Falcon Finance has opened the door for tokenized gold staking, adding XAUT to its expanding vault lineup as real-world assets continue to seep deeper into onchain finance.

With an increasingly divided Fed, 2026 may turn out to be a year with only a single interest rate cut, according to the central bank’s own polling.

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The Federal Reserve may not want to call it a pivot, but macro analyst Lyn Alden says the central bank’s subtle shift hints at something bigger: liquidity is quietly creeping back into the system, even as parts of the U.S. economy lose altitude.

U.S. President Donald Trump is delighted to see the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) notch a fresh all-time intraday peak. He followed that up by wondering aloud when the “fake polls” might finally admit he’s doing a “great job” on the economy.

Bitcoin enters the final stretch of 2025 trading near $90,000, navigating a choppy cooldown after November’s correction while analysts map out what the road to 2026 may hold.

The 21shares XRP ETF has officially begun trading, snapping a long buildup of anticipation as institutions, payment networks, and the XRP community converge around expanding liquidity, clearer transparency, and a direct pathway to streamlined exposure to the asset.

Crypto ETF filings are piling up fast, with 124 registrations pressing against the market’s upper limits. Bitcoin leads, followed by tight clusters in XRP, solana, ethereum, and litecoin, signaling issuers bracing for a high-stakes battle as breakout pressure builds.