Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
This week regulators were busy defining where crypto trading can happen, which intermediaries can provide access, how assets get cleared, and when offshore platforms fall outside the permitted perimeter.
Brokers and exchanges are getting clearer rou...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
Crypto perpetuals finally have defined regulatory routes in the US. That was not the case when offshore exchanges such as BitMEX built the market. BitMEX will shut its exchange on 23 September after an 11-year run, providing a timely opportunity to e...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
BitMEX, the derivative exchange that revolutionised crypto trading with the invention of the perpetual swap, has announced it will shut down its platform on 23 September 2026.In a statement released today (Thursday), HDR Global Trading Limited, the e...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
Brendan Gunn has been sentenced in the Local Court of NSW for dealing with more than AU$180,000 when it was reasonable to suspect the funds were proceeds of crime. He received 12 months' imprisonment, to be released immediately upon entering a $3,000...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to pay $150,000 in legal fees to settle a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Coinbase.
The suit closes a two-year dispute over internal records from the agency's crypto enforcement campa...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
GTN and Payward, the
parent company of Kraken and developer of the xStocks tokenised equities
framework, have entered into a partnership to expand the range of assets
available through xStocks.The announcement
follows Payward's recent expansion of xS...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 weeks ago
GTN and Payward, the
parent company of Kraken and developer of the xStocks tokenised equities
framework, have entered into a partnership to expand the range of assets
available through xStocks.The announcement
follows Payward's recent expansion of xS...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Russia’s State Duma has adopted legislation creating a regulated cryptocurrency market, Exchanges, custodians and other service providers must obtain licences under the new framework until 1 July 2027.
From that date, cryptocurrency trading inside Ru...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Bitget generated nearly $70 billion in TradFi perpetual trading volume during the second quarter, ranking second behind only Binance. TokenInsight's latest exchange industry report identifies the segment as one of crypto exchanges' fastest-growing p...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Prometheum has disclosed the first client for one of its flagship infrastructure services after years of questions over whether its SEC-regulated crypto brokerage model could attract real customers.
Velocity Capital has joined Prometheum Capital’s o...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Most crypto enforcement globally has focused on exchanges rather than individual users. Vietnam’s decree extends liability directly to retail traders who continue using unlicensed platforms.
Vietnam will begin fining domestic investors who trade di...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing the exchange at $20 billion. It is Crypto.com's first institutional funding round in its ten-year history.
The deal follows Citadel Securities' investment in Kraken, where it led an...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Kraken has launched cash-settled, USD-denominated options on BTC and ETH with portfolio margin enabled by default, entering a segment of the crypto derivatives market where Coinbase and CME Group have also been expanding their positions.
Kraken's Lau...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
EXMO.com announced that it is beginning an orderly wind-down of the platform, citing UK financial sanctions against legal entities within the EXMO.com group. The exchange said it disputes the sanctions but is cooperating with authorities.The designat...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 weeks ago
Virtu Financial has joined BitGo Prime's global liquidity network, bringing a major traditional market maker into BitGo's institutional digital asset trading stack.The companies announced the partnership in a joint press release on July 15, 2026.Sepa...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Binance has for the first time described its expansion beyond crypto as a plan to build a “multi-asset financial super app,” outlining a strategy that combines traditional brokerage, stablecoin payments and tokenised securities inside a single platfo...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Revolut has received
in-principle approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to provide virtual asset services in the United Arab Emirates, expanding its
regulatory presence in the country.The approval comes as Dubai continues to
expan...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
A coalition of 78 banking groups, led by the American Bankers Association, is urging lawmakers to tighten the CLARITY Act by restricting how payment stablecoin issuers can reward users.
In a letter sent to Senate leaders ahead of a July 17 hearing,...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Blockchain.com has partnered with Polymarket, bringing prediction market trading directly into its brokerage app.
The integration allows eligible Blockchain.com users to trade on real-world outcomes without moving funds to a separate prediction platf...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Crypto
exchange MEXC said today (Tuesday) that perpetual futures tied to SpaceX shares
drew more than 7.1 billion USDT in trading volume in the weeks after the rocket
company listed on June 12. The figure comes from the exchange's own
second-quarter...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Blockmaze has received
a Guinness World Records title for "Most Financial Regulatory Licences at
a Blockchain Ecosystem Launch."The award was
presented to the Blockmaze Foundation during a ceremony attended by UAE
Minister of State for Foreign Trade...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Blockmaze has received
a Guinness World Records title for "Most Financial Regulatory Licences at
a Blockchain Ecosystem Launch."The award was
presented to the Blockmaze Foundation during a ceremony attended by UAE
Minister of State for Foreign Trade...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Roughly 80% of the more than 1,200 firms previously registered under national crypto rules failed to secure a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence before the MiCA transitional window closed on July 1, 2026. Two weeks later, the first post-MiCA data...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
SBI Holdings has entered into a strategic partnership with the Solana Foundation to build an on-chain financial market for real-world assets, stablecoins and institutional settlement.
Under the agreement, the Solana Foundation will acquire an equi...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 weeks ago
Webull EU has secured approval under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, granted by the Dutch regulator. This authorisation represents one of the first major approvals following the conclusion of the grandfathering period on 1 July, which...