Why Is The European Parliament Looking Beyond MiCA? The European Parliament’s economic affairs committee has urged the European Commission to assess whether crypto lending and borrowing, staking, non-fungible tokens and decentralized finance should be brought under additional regulation. The recommendations were included in a report tabled Friday for a plenary vote expected on July 7.
Zero Hash has launched Staking-as-a-Service for financial institutions, allowing banks, brokerages and fintech platforms to embed cryptocurrency staking directly into their existing applications through a single API integration. Interactive Brokers, Public and BitMart will become the first launch partners, marking another step in the convergence of traditional financial platforms and digital assets. The new infrastructure
Bybit has introduced dedicated AI Subaccounts that allow traders to deploy autonomous trading agents inside isolated environments, reflecting a broader industry shift toward agentic trading while addressing one of artificial intelligence’s biggest operational risks in financial markets: giving AI direct access to customer funds. The feature, announced on June 24, provides segregated accounts specifically designed
Bitcoin Suisse has secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, becoming one of a growing number of crypto firms positioning themselves to compete across the European Economic Area through a single regulatory framework. The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority granted the company’s European subsidiary a Crypto Asset Service Provider licence, allowing it to
Why Did The Reported Aave Valuation Trigger Pushback? Aave founder Stani Kulechov pushed back against a report that Kraken parent firm Payward is in talks to buy a 15% stake in the protocol at a $385 million valuation, a figure that would place the deal at a steep discount to the AAVE token’s fully diluted
Why Did USDt Move Ahead of Ether? Tether’s USDt has become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Ether fell to its lowest price of the year on Friday, marking a symbolic shift in a market increasingly favoring liquidity and stability over volatile network tokens. Ether’s market capitalization dropped below $185 billion after a 5.2%
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded nearly $500 million in combined net outflows on June 24, as Bitcoin ETFs faced their heaviest pressure in days and Ether funds extended a negative flow streak. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $469.0 million in net outflows, led by redemptions across several of the largest issuers. BlackRock’s IBIT lost $239.3
Galaxy Digital has made a strategic investment in Digital Prime Technologies, deepening its relationship with the company behind Tokenet, an institutional digital asset lending platform developed with EquiLend. The investment follows Galaxy’s role as a launch participant on Tokenet, which went live in May 2026 and applies securities lending workflows, risk controls and lifecycle management
Key Facts CertiK announced on 25 June 2026 that it has joined the XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator. Under an agreement between the two organisations, CertiK will deploy and operate validator nodes via its enterprise node solution, CertiK SkyNode. The deployment uses a multi-region sentry node architecture with redundant failover, 24/7 vulnerability scanning,
Why Is SBI Buying Bitbank? SBI Holdings has agreed to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank for 46.7 billion yen, or about $288.6 million, in a deal that would deepen the financial group’s position in Japan’s regulated digital asset market. The transaction will be carried out through SBI’s wholly owned subsidiary, SBICAH LLC. Once completed, Bitbank