Cryptocurrency

 Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted it preliminary conditional approval for a US trust bank charter.The charter adds federal supervision from the OCC to the state licenses Bastion already...

Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes. Source link

Coinbase wants to bring 24/5 perpetual futures trading to individual US stocks, with its proposed contracts now awaiting regulatory approval. Source link

Binance is expanding its derivatives offering into foreign exchange with the launch of 24/7 perpetual futures, starting with a US dollar-Brazilian real contract on Monday.Unlike traditional FX markets, which close for the weekend, Binance’s contracts will trade continuously using...

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted a new regulatory action covering crypto asset transactions and markets for White House review, as the agency moves forward with its approach to overseeing the digital asset sector.According to a filing...

Bitcoin (BTC) jumped past $80,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as fuel-crisis woes spread through global markets.Key points:Bitcoin gained 6% on Friday as concerns about oil supply saw US bond yields reverse higher.Crypto markets liquidated $250 million in short...

“The CFTC is locked in and ready to ship its rules for the new frontier of finance,” CFTC chair Mike Selig wrote in a post on X following the vote on Wednesday. The CFTC, on Friday, also published a no-action...

Banks are rapidly expanding their presence in Europe’s regulated crypto market, with traditional lenders now accounting for nearly one in four providers listed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework (MiCA).The number of banks on the EU’s MiCA...

HYPE hit a record $90.92 after Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing, letting users borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. Source link