Trading volume for real-world asset perpetual futures remained above $120 billion in August, highlighting the rapid growth of crypto-native markets offering synthetic exposure to traditional financial assets. CryptoRank data put August RWA perpetual volume at approximately $122 billion. Although substantial, the figure represented a 13.5% decline from July’s record $141 billion and marked the first monthly
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s most significant crypto-specific securities rulemaking is approaching its October 20 public-comment deadline, putting two new fundraising exemptions and an investment-contract safe harbor on the table. Called Regulation Crypto Assets, the proposal was approved by the SEC on August 18 and published in the Federal Register on August 21. It follows
Why Is Blockstream Refusing to Pay the Exploiter? Blockstream has rejected a demand for a 10% bounty from those responsible for the Liquid Network exploit, saying it will not pay for the return of the remaining 598.5 BTC while warning that recovery efforts could now involve law enforcement, exchanges and blockchain forensic specialists. “Return the
Why Is Coinbase Bringing Back the Wallet Name? Coinbase is reversing last year’s Base App rebrand and restoring the Coinbase Wallet name as the self-custodial product shifts away from its earlier social ambitions and toward trading, multichain access and new onchain financial products. The wallet now supports more than 10 networks, including Base, Ethereum, Solana,
Why Does Armstrong Think Bitcoin Has Bottomed? Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he believes Bitcoin has already reached its low for the current market cycle and could trend higher over the next one to two years as the cryptocurrency approaches its next halving. “I personally think we’ve seen the bottom of the bitcoin price in
Which Crypto Platforms Face Action In India? India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued non-compliance notices to 15 crypto platforms for allegedly operating in the country without meeting anti-money laundering requirements, putting the exchanges and service providers at risk of losing access to Indian users. The Financial Intelligence Unit-India, or FIU-IND, named Weex, Blofin, Rezorex, Bitunix,
Crypto tax non-compliance may exceed 90% in some markets, according to research highlighted by Chainalysis, as France prepares for a reporting regime that will give authorities substantially more information about cryptocurrency transactions from 2027. The figure does not represent an estimate of French non-compliance. Instead, Chainalysis cited evidence from Sweden, where the country’s tax authority previously
Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter in a deal reportedly worth at least $7 billion, making one of its largest bets yet on becoming the financial and operational infrastructure behind the artificial-intelligence economy. Stripe and OpenRouter formally announced the agreement on August 19 but did not disclose financial terms. Multiple reports nevertheless put the transaction well
Two numbers are moving in the same direction on Ethereum (ETH) right now, and they pull in opposite directions on how much of the asset can actually trade. US spot Ethereum ETFs drew $218.4 million last week, a third straight week of net inflows, while the share of all ETH locked in staking has climbed
How Much Was Actually Affected In The Tectonic Exploit? Cronos said $9.19 million left its blockchain before validators halted the network during the Aug. 30 Tectonic exploit, providing the clearest accounting yet of the funds that could not be recovered through the chain’s rollback. The Layer-1 blockchain said manipulated collateral values enabled about $120.4 million