Nasdaq to acquire LeveL Markets in push toward ‘always-on’ markets
Nasdaq’s acquisition of the third-largest US alternative trading system comes as the exchange operator expands into tokenized securities and longer...
Month: August 2026
Bitcoin drops to one-week low as retail buys gold at highest prices since June
Bitcoin price action sank to one-week lows ahead of US CPI data, while retail investors piled into gold ETFs and...
Connecticut Judge Says Kalshi Sports Contracts Were Never Swaps
A federal judge denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction against Connecticut regulators, holding that its sports-event contracts are not...
Sui Co-Founder Is Building Quantum-Safe Hardware Wallets For $10
Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias says he has quietly leased a factory to mass-produce quantum-resistant hardware wallet...
Empery Sells 1,635 BTC for $102.2M as Liquidity Tightens
Empery Digital sold 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million after the second quarter, cutting its bitcoin holdings to 1,279 BTC. With...
FSB Raids Moscow City Crypto Hub in Major Fraud Bust
Russian authorities disrupted nine foreign-coordinated cryptocurrency channels operating out of the Moscow City business district. Over 20 employees from unregistered...
SEC to address crypto regulations in absence of CLARITY passage
The US securities regulator scheduled a meeting this week with the potential to step up on digital asset policies without...
Itaú joins Brazil tokenization pilot with OpenAssets
The bank will test tokenized fixed-income securities and investment funds as part of an ANBIMA-led industry pilot.Itaú, Latin America’s largest...
MoneyGram expands crypto cash ramps to Solana
MoneyGram’s Ramps service now connects Solana wallets and applications to its global cash network, with Rift becoming the first wallet...
Following Senate delay, crypto bill has a narrow window to become law
After an August recess, lawmakers in the Senate will have just 36 days in session before the end of the...
Strategy CEO says company will resume Bitcoin accumulation this year
The company has bought roughly 25 times more BTC than it has sold this year, despite recent sales that challenged...
ARP Digital secures Dubai VARA broker-dealer license
The license allows ARP Digital to offer regulated digital asset and stablecoin conversions into UAE dirhams as it expands its...
FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation data
The legal action against Kalshi focused on trademark infringement and injury to its reputation in addition to citing state authorities...
Coinbase-backed Flowdesk secures full broker-dealer license in Dubai
Flowdesk’s VARA approval follows its MiCA authorization in France as crypto firms build regulated operations across major global markets. Flowdesk,...
Gold Hits 2-Month High Above $4,400 as China Keeps Hoarding
Gold muscled back above $4,400 an ounce this week, hitting its highest level in roughly two months as a brutal...
