Blockchain infrastructure firm Zerohash has applied for a national trust bank charter in the United States as it seeks to operate as a federally regulated trust bank and broaden its crypto service offerings. The charter, issued by the...
Eric Trump has accused major U.S. banks of lobbying aggressively against cryptocurrency platforms that offer higher yields to consumers, intensifying the growing rift between traditional finance and the digital asset industry. In a post on X, Trump alleged...
South Korea’s government and ruling party are pushing forward a proposal that could dramatically reshape the ownership structure of domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. Officials have reportedly agreed to introduce a 20% cap on the shareholding of major investors in...
US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has broken new ground after securing a coveted master account from the Federal Reserve, becoming the first digital asset firm in the country to gain direct access to the central bank’s payment infrastructure. According...
Morgan Stanley has unveiled fresh details of its proposed spot Bitcoin investment vehicle, filing a prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that outlines how the firm intends to safeguard client assets. According to the Form S-1,...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest is leaning further into crypto-linked equities, seizing on recent market weakness to expand its stakes in Coinbase and Robinhood Markets. According to Tuesday’s trade disclosures, Ark acquired 22,452 Coinbase shares across three of its...
Asian stock markets reeled on Wednesday as escalating conflict in the Middle East triggered a sharp risk-off wave, forcing South Korea’s exchange to halt trading after double-digit losses. The benchmark Kospi and the tech-heavy Kosdaq both plunged more...
A weekend of US Israeli strikes on Iran gave crypto markets an unusual test. Could blockchain based venues provide useful price discovery while major traditional exchanges were closed? Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management, believes...
A policy tweak on X has sparked debate across the crypto community and drawn a tongue-in-cheek response from Ripple’s chief technologist. Less than 24 hours after X updated its paid partnership rules and briefly appeared to restrict crypto...
Crypto hackers are refining their tactics, now posing as venture capital firms and hijacking browser extensions to deploy a fast-spreading social engineering attack known as “ClickFix.” Crypto hackers pose as VCs and hijack Chrome extensions. Source: Moonlock Labs...
