Year: 2026

BitMEX has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in the United States accusing the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange of engineering customer liquidations that allegedly allowed it to retain hundreds…

Strategy, BlackRock, Coinbase and six other companies have formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium to fund work on Bitcoin’s long-term security.  Summary Nine major firms pledged $15 million over three years…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a public roundtable on Sept. 17 to discuss preparations for 24-hour trading in U.S. equity markets. Summary SEC will host public September…

Gemini Trust Company sent more than $10 million in Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., a super political action committee that supports President Donald Trump.  Summary Gemini sent two Bitcoin contributions totaling…

Coinbase is allowing businesses to accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents as part of a wider expansion of its agent-focused financial tools.  Summary Coinbase Business will accept USDC payments…

Binance has added Across Protocol (ACX), Lisk (LSK) and Stacks (STX) to its Monitoring Tag list after completing its latest project reviews.  Summary ACX, LSK and STX now carry Binance’s…

Bitcoin has fallen below $65,000 after the Trump administration announced tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners covering more than 99% of U.S. trade. Summary Bitcoin…

The European Union has targeted 14 crypto service platforms and 94 banks and financial institutions under its 21st sanctions package against Russia. Summary EU sanctions target 14 crypto platforms and…

Bitget has completed its New Zealand financial services registration covering five business areas as the crypto exchange expands its tokenized and direct U.S. stock products. Summary Bitget registered for five…

Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han has backed a human-led approach to crypto trading as millions of digital assets and tens of thousands of decentralized applications make Web3 increasingly difficult…