Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 7 hours ago
The Bank of Russia has proposed allowing banks and brokerage firms to obtain licenses to operate crypto exchanges, a move that would place traditional financial institutions at the center of the country’s future regulated digital asset market. The p...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 7 hours ago
Crypto firms have spent years trying to gain direct access to the plumbing of the U.S. financial system. Kraken has now become the first to get it.The decision could reshape how digital-asset firms move dollars and interact with the traditional finan...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 8 hours ago
Core Scientific has secured a financing agreement with Morgan Stanley worth up to $1 billion to expand its digital infrastructure operations. The company completed the initial $500 million closing of a 364-day loan facility, which includes an option...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 11 hours ago
Dubai’s virtual asset regulator has issued a public warning about crypto exchange KuCoin, saying the platform may have offered services to residents of Dubai without regulatory approval.The regulator has previously taken enforcement action against fi...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 day ago
Crossover Markets has raised $31 million in a Series B round led by Tradeweb Markets, valuing the digital asset trading technology firm at $200 million. The deal marks Tradeweb’s first move into institutional crypto trading as it partners with Crosso...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 day ago
The US’ top derivatives regulator is gearing to open the door to crypto perpetual futures. Speaking on Tuesday at the Milken Institute’s Future of Finance conference, Michael Selig, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said th...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 day ago
Kraken has received approval for a Federal Reserve master account, allowing its banking unit, Kraken Financial, to access the Fed’s core payment systems directly. The move makes it the first U.S. digital asset bank to operate on the same payment rail...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 days ago
When US-Israeli strikes on Iran began last weekend, local crypto activity did not explode in a rush for the exits. Instead, transaction volumes and flows on Iranian platforms fell sharply as authorities enforced sweeping internet restrictions and exc...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 days ago
Nasdaq has filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list binary options tied to the Nasdaq‑100 index and its smaller micro version. Nasdaq’s filing follows Cboe’s similar plans to offer prediction‑style derivatives. B...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 days ago
US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend sent shockwaves through prediction markets, exposing sharp operational contrasts as hundreds of millions of dollars were wagered under pressure.How Polymarket Handled the Iran Shock Polymarket alone saw...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 6 days ago
Institutional crypto spot trading is increasingly distributed across OTC desks, derivatives venues, and hybrid execution models, while growth in centralized exchange order books remains relatively subdued. Institutional crypto spot over-the-counter...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 6 days ago
The United Kingdom’s Gambling Commission is considering the possibility of allowing cryptocurrency payments at licensed online casinos, in line with the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed rules for cryptoasset firms. The FCA consultation, which m...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Binance co-CEO Richard Teng defended seeking the exchange’s European MiCA license in Greece, citing its labor force and security as key reasons for the choice. Speaking at the GFTN Forum in Tokyo, Teng said that although the Markets in Crypto-Asset...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
The Financial Conduct Authority has chosen four companies to trial stablecoin services under proposed regulations. The initiative is part of the FCA’s Regulatory Sandbox, which allows firms to test products in real-world conditions with safeguards.Th...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Russia is preparing a legal framework that would bring digital assets into a structure similar to its traditional financial market. Under the draft proposal, licensed brokers would serve as the mandatory access point for retail crypto trading. This...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Stablecoins started as a workaround for crypto traders. They matured into a consumer money layer that moves across borders, settles quickly and keeps value stable in places where local currencies swing. Wallets now sit at the same crossroads neobanks...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Meta plans to reenter the stablecoin market later this year, four years after regulators blocked its earlier digital currency effort, Libra. The company is preparing to integrate dollar-pegged payments across its social platforms, according to people...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Kraken has introduced tokenized equity perpetual futures, giving non-U.S. clients in more than 110 countries continuous leveraged access to leading U.S. equities, indices, and gold. The new offering is built using the exchange’s xStocks framework and...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Another global crypto exchange is edging closer to operationalising its MiFID license. Having acquired CFD broker Sheer Markets in 2024, Gate.io announced in January 2026 that the entity had been rebranded as Gate Securities (Cyprus) Ltd.“This marks...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Crypto.com aims to operate under federal supervision in the United States, as it announced today (Tuesday) that it has received conditional approval for a trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).Breaking the State...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Singapore-based mining firm Bitdeer has sold its entire Bitcoin treasury as it reallocates capital into AI and high‑performance computing infrastructure. The move marks a clear break from the traditional miner strategy of stockpiling coins on the bal...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
Prediction markets have spent the past two years trying to prove they belong. This week, the establishment responded. The developments were more than symbolic: investment, integration, lawsuits, enforcement actions, academic scrutiny, and even the f...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
Kraken-owned xStocks has surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume, highlighting the rapid growth of tokenized equities across centralized and decentralized venues. According to the crypto exchange, the figure covers trading on exchanges, act...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
Over the past fortnight, Kraken has posted roughly 50 Cyprus-linked vacancies on LinkedIn, signalling that the European playbook of the American crypto exchange is shifting to execution.The hiring blitz follows Kraken’s 2025 purchase of CFD broker Gr...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
More than $4 billion was stolen in 255 crypto hacks in 2025, according to Global Ledger. The data reveals a major shift: criminals now use slower laundering techniques, posing new, ongoing risks for financial institutions. Hackers now rapidly move...
