Eddid Financial has been appointed as a participating dealer for MicroBit’s newly launched Bitcoin and Ether spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), expanding its role in the city’s regulated digital asset market. The appointment, granted to Eddid’s subsidiary, Eddid Securities and...
Cross-chain bridge Wormhole is preparing to challenge LayerZero’s $110 million bid for decentralized finance protocol Stargate, arguing the current offer undervalues the platform and fails to serve the community’s best interests. In a post on Stargate’s governance forum Wednesday,...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has taken a strikingly different stance from his predecessor, declaring that only a small number of cryptocurrencies should be treated as securities. Speaking at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2025, Atkins...
Mantra has introduced a new governance proposal that would phase out its ERC-20 OM token on Ethereum and consolidate the asset entirely on Mantra Chain. The plan, unveiled on August 20 via X, sets January 15, 2026, as the...
U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has reassured policymakers and private banks that cryptocurrency payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) technologies pose no threat to the traditional financial system. Speaking at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2025 on Wednesday, Waller said...
ALT5 Sigma, a newly announced investment partner of U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLF), has pushed back against reports claiming one of its executives is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....
Wall Street trade groups representing major financial institutions have formally called on global regulators to reconsider the Basel Committee's proposed revised capital standards for crypto-assets. The groups argue that the current Basel framework, which sets international banking regulations related...
Hong Kong-listed financial services group AMTD is inviting investors to participate in its innovative equity swap program by exchanging their cryptocurrency holdings. This program aims to bridge traditional equity markets and the growing digital asset space, allowing crypto investors...
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto investment arm is making the case that advanced cryptographic tools can both safeguard user privacy and satisfy regulators’ demands for transparency. In a policy report released Tuesday, a16z Crypto’s Aiden Slaven and David Sverdlov argued that...
BurjX, a UAE-based digital asset trading platform licensed by Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), has partnered with Fireblocks to enhance the security of its crypto trading and custody operations. When others were compromised, @burjxofficial doubled...
