Cryptocurrency

eToro has led a $12.5 million strategic funding round in Extended, an onchain exchange for perpetual futures. Summary eToro’s Extended investment links Zengo self-custody tools with onchain perpetual futures trading…

CFTC Chair Michael Selig criticized Illinois lawmakers over a new 0.2% tax on crypto transactions, saying the state had moved against financial technology at the wrong time.  Summary Illinois’ 0.2%…

U.S.-linked wallets appear to be the largest political trading group on Polymarket’s global platform, even though the platform lists the United States as a blocked country. Summary U.S.-linked wallets dominate…

The International Monetary Fund has said tokenization could change how financial markets settle trades, manage payments, and record ownership. Summary Tokenization can speed settlement, but weak standards may split liquidity…

In 2011, $2.7 billion of inflows sent Bitcoin up more than 55,000%. This cycle, $697 billion produced 689%. A leading analyst says the math has changed so much that the…

SLX exploded onto Korean exchanges, spiked to $0.47, then gave most of it back. Behind the volatility sits a Solana yield protocol with real total value locked. Here is the…

Venice pairs a real product, private, uncensored AI used by millions, with a buy-and-burn token and shrinking emissions. VVV touched $21 in June, then pulled back. Here is the bull…

Digital-first Erebor Bank has entered fundraising talks that could value the lender at at least $8 billion, nearly doubling its $4.35 billion valuation from the end of last year. Summary…

TradingView has expanded its market coverage by adding real-time data for Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ], giving users access to onchain perpetual and spot markets directly through its charting platform. Summary TradingView…

Anchorage Digital has integrated Lido into its institutional platform, allowing clients to access wrapped staked Ether (wstETH) while keeping assets inside its regulated custody environment. Summary Anchorage Digital has integrated…