Binance restored futures buying and selling on Aug. 29 following a suspension tied to a problem in its USD-margined contracts. Per Reuters, the alternate first stated all of its $90 billion futures buying and selling was “quickly unavailable,” then about 24 minutes later stated the issue affecting Futures UM, the stack that settles contracts in…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory on Aug. 28 clarifying foreign board of commerce (FBOT) registration guidelines for non-US exchanges looking for to present Americans with direct market access. Acting Chair Caroline Pham positioned the steerage as a treatment for buying and selling exercise that departed throughout earlier…
The cryptocurrency world is buzzing with excitement as BTCC, the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its most exciting trading competition yet. Partnering with NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr., this collaboration brings together the thrill of professional basketball and the high-stakes world of crypto futures trading. A Championship-Level Partnership BTCC has named Memphis Grizzlies’ defensive…
Trump Media Group has reached a deal with Yorkville Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed blank check company, to form a new entity focused on acquiring and holding Cronos’s CRO token, according to an Aug. 26 statement. The proposed company, Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, will be capitalized with around $6.42 billion, which is a mix of…
Kraken has opened a new round of dialogue with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force, focusing on how tokenization could be integrated into regulated financial markets. An internal agency memo confirmed that the exchange met with the task force on Aug. 25 to present ideas on how tokenized trading systems might…
Binance’s trading volume in 2025 has reached levels exceeding the combined totals of its leading competitors, marking a new phase in the concentration of exchange activity. Data compiled by CryptoQuant shows Binance handling up to double the trading volume of all other exchanges combined, a development that is raising questions about the structure of liquidity…
Crypto alternate Bullish disclosed on Aug. 19 that a part of its $1.15 billion IPO proceeds was obtained in a mixture of stablecoins, together with Ripple’s RLUSD on the XRP Ledger and President Donald Trump-affiliated USD1. The agency mentioned these tokens had been amongst a number of digital belongings concerned within the settlement course of,…
Gemini has filed for a Nasdaq IPO under the ticker GEMI, revealing a $282.5 million net loss for the first half of 2025. The exchange also disclosed a $75 million credit agreement with Ripple in the Aug. 15 filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), The exchange, founded by Cameron and Tyler…
Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk has been targeted by a major cyberattack, which resulted in the theft of roughly $48 million in digital assets. On Aug. 14, blockchain security firm Cyvers reported that the stolen funds were moved across multiple networks, including Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Mantle, and Polygon. Most of the assets were transferred…
Coinbase, the largest US-based exchange, has reportedly lost $300,000 to MEV bots following a misconfiguration involving 0xProject’s token swap platform. On Aug. 13, pseudonymous security researcher Deebeez revealed that Coinbase mistakenly used the 0x swapper to approve tokens, a function it was never designed for. He noted: “0x has a swapper which is never meant…