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Kalshi secures temporary relief on Connecticut enforcement as legal fight escalates

Kalshi secures temporary relief on Connecticut enforcement as legal fight escalates

Prediction markets platform Kalshi has secured a temporary pause on enforcement actions from Connecticut regulators, marking the latest development in its clash with state authorities over whether its event-based contracts constitute illegal online gambling.In an order issued Monday, U.S. District J…

US teachers union urges Senate to withdraw crypto market structure bill

US teachers union urges Senate to withdraw crypto market structure bill

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) petitioned the U.S. Senate on Monday to withdraw its crypto market structure bill, warning that the proposal poses "profound risks" to pensions and the broader U.S. economy.In the letter, first obtained by CNBC, the union argued that the Responsible Financia…

22-year-old pleads guilty to money laundering for $263 million crypto syndicate

22-year-old pleads guilty to money laundering for $263 million crypto syndicate

The U.S. Justice Department announced today that a key figure in a $263 million social engineering scheme has pleaded guilty to charges.Before U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, California resident Evan Tangeman, 22, admitted guilt to participating in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrup…

Tether joins $80 million funding round for Italian humanoids built for high-risk industrial jobs

Tether joins $80 million funding round for Italian humanoids built for high-risk industrial jobs

Tether is backing a new class of industrial humanoid robots being built to take on dangerous and physically exhausting jobs inside factories and logistics hubs.The stablecoin issuer joined AMD Ventures, Italy’s state-backed Artificial Intelligence Fund, and other investors in a €70 million round for…

CFTC clears path for ETH, Bitcoin and USDC to be used as collateral in derivatives markets

CFTC clears path for ETH, Bitcoin and USDC to be used as collateral in derivatives markets

In her latest move to update financial markets, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chair Caroline Pham debuted a "digital assets pilot program" allowing certain cryptocurrencies to be used as collateral in derivatives markets. At the onset, the pilot program will be limited to bitcoin, ETH,…

Vitalik Buterin pushes for trustless gas futures market to hedge Ethereum fees, sparking debate over feasibility

Vitalik Buterin pushes for trustless gas futures market to hedge Ethereum fees, sparking debate over feasibility

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed creating a trustless onchain gas futures market to give users and developers a way to hedge against future transaction costs.In an X post, Buterin said users often ask whether today’s relatively low fees will persist over the next two years, even with…

‘New Golden Age’: CFTC’s Pham announces regulated crypto spot trading has arrived

‘New Golden Age’: CFTC’s Pham announces regulated crypto spot trading has arrived

Bitnomial has become the first exchange to list regulator-approved spot cryptocurrency products, and it is officially set to take off, said Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chair Caroline Pham, calling the moment a "new golden age for innovation in America."The move is the latest by the T…

Kraken and Deutsche Borse strike partnership to link traditional and digital markets

Kraken and Deutsche Borse strike partnership to link traditional and digital markets

Kraken and Deutsche Borse Group have entered a broad strategic partnership aimed at connecting traditional market infrastructure with crypto-native platforms, the companies announced Thursday.According to a blog post, the agreement encompasses trading, custody, settlement, derivatives access, and to…

Meta weighs deep reductions to metaverse unit while sector’s crypto tokens collapse: report

Meta weighs deep reductions to metaverse unit while sector’s crypto tokens collapse: report

Meta is considering its largest pullback from metaverse spending since its 2021 rebrand, with executives evaluating cuts of up to 30% across Reality Labs for 2026, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the discussions.Meta's internal planning reportedly says leadership is weigh…

Solana treasury Solmate stock rallies 11% after RockawayX merger announcement

Solana treasury Solmate stock rallies 11% after RockawayX merger announcement

Solana treasury firm Solmate (ticker SLMT) is looking to merge with veteran crypto venture and infrastructure firm RockawayX in an all-stock transaction, according to an announcement on Thursday.Solmate plans to acquire RockawayX’s infrastructure operations, helping to build out its own Solana staki…

Firelight launches XRP staking protocol on Flare, with stXRP planned to earn rewards through DeFi insurance

Firelight launches XRP staking protocol on Flare, with stXRP planned to earn rewards through DeFi insurance

Firelight Finance has launched an XRP staking protocol on the Flare network, introducing a liquid token called stXRP that aims to earn rewards through a DeFi insurance model.The launch represents Phase 1 of the rollout. Users can bridge XRP to Flare through the FAssets system, deposit FXRP (Flare’s …

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stocks up on more Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest stocks up on more Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares

Ark Invest bought 28,315 Coinbase shares, worth approximately $7.5 million, for its Ark Innovation exchange-traded fund (ARKK) on Tuesday as markets recovered from Monday's price slump.The latest buys come just a week after it bought $16.5 million worth of Coinbase shares across three of its ETFs on…