Kraken rolls out Bitcoin vault product for holders to earn yield

In recent developments, within the first 10 hours of launch, the Kraken Earn BTC Vault raked in $30 million worth of Bitcoin deposits from 4,000 unique wallets. Looking closer, market…

Mastercard Lands New York Bitlicense to Advance Stablecoin and Digital Paymen…

In recent developments, mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC received a Virtual Currency License from the New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday, giving the global payments company formal…

Robinhood Launches AI Agent Trading for 27 Million Customers, Options and Cry…

In recent developments, robinhood launched a beta product on Wednesday that lets users connect third-party artificial intelligence (AI) agents to dedicated brokerage accounts for autonomous stock trading. Robinhood AI Trading…

Whale Shorts $16M in Bitcoin and Ether While Going Long on TradFi on Hyperliquid

In recent developments, onchain data has flagged a smart money whale running heavily leveraged short positions on bitcoin and ether simultaneously with long positions on traditional financial (TradFi) market indexes…

Coinbase, Standard Chartered Partner to Add 6 Currency Access

In recent developments, coinbase is expanding fiat access for institutional crypto clients through Standard Chartered, adding multi-currency funding access across six major currencies. The setup targets deposits, withdrawals, settlement, and…

Grayscale Says Hyperliquid Could Become a DeFi Juggernaut

In recent developments, grayscale Research cast Hyperliquid as a standout DeFi contender with potential to scale into a major on-chain financial services platform. Its report points to trading growth, exchange-style…

Report: Polymarket Pushes KYC on Crypto Traders as Geoblocking Gaps Draw Glob…

In recent developments, polymarket, one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms, is tightening its grip on anonymous access by pushing traders to complete identity verification, according to a May…

Another Set of Long-Silent Bitcoin Wallets Move Millions During BTC Decline

In recent developments, with bitcoin down roughly 2.8% over the past seven days and the price touching a weekly low of $74,530 per coin, sleeping bitcoin wallets continue to awaken…

Polymarket weighs KYC requirements amid global crackdown on prediction markets

In recent developments, the predictions market operator reportedly explored mandatory user verification requirements, breaking from its policies of allowing traders to access its services using pseudonyms. Looking closer, market participants…

Bitcoin miner inflows to Binance soar as BTC struggles to hold uptrend: Is $7…

In recent developments, weakening spot demand, miner inflows to exchanges and freshly opened shorts put downside pressure on Bitcoin price. The development has drawn attention from traders and analysts who…