On June 1, 2026, Binance launched trading in over 7,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs for eligible non-U.S. users, marking a major expansion from crypto into traditional assets. The product allows investors to gain exposure to U.S. equities with small amounts of capital, settle transactions using supported digital assets, and trade on a 24/5 schedule. In…
Here’s a phrase you should distrust on sight: “No KYC required.” At least a dozen exchanges print it on their homepage. Half of them will freeze your swap the moment you move more than $2,000 — or send an automated email asking for a passport scan mid-transaction. The market has a name for that behavior:…
After years of false starts, regulatory friction, and a forced withdrawal from one of the world’s most promising crypto markets, Coinbase has finally made its boldest move yet in India. The Nasdaq-listed exchange officially launched full Indian operations today, bringing with it direct rupee banking rails, spot and derivatives trading, and a regulatory registration that…
A massive off-exchange trade has drawn scrutiny over who sold, why they sold at a steep discount, and what it signals for institutional bitcoin demand A single block sale worth $1.26 billion in shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) executed on May 26, 2026, has become one of the most closely analyzed transactions in…
Sui Network recorded its third transaction processing disruption in approximately 48 hours on the mainnet on May 29, when an issue during the epoch transition caused the network to temporarily reject user transactions. According to updates from Sui, the incident occurred following a series of patches related to a gas-charging logic bug in the v1.72…
A new malware campaign named TrapDoor is targeting developers within crypto, DeFi, and AI ecosystems, including Solana, Sui, and Aptos. According to Socket Security (Socket) and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), this campaign has distributed over 34 malicious packages with 384 versions/artifacts across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io since at least May 22, 2026, aiming to…
Bitcoin is under mounting pressure in 2026, and the numbers behind the pain are becoming harder to ignore. With roughly 40% of the circulating supply now held at a loss, analysts and on-chain data firms are drawing uncomfortable comparisons to the brutal bear market of 2022 — one that wiped out more than 75% of…
The landmark registration makes the stablecoin issuer the first blockchain-native firm authorized as a central securities depository for U.S. equities, setting up a direct challenge to the DTCC’s post-trade dominance. In a milestone that crypto advocates and Wall Street reformers have anticipated for years, Paxos has secured federal authorization to operate as a clearing and…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 29 approved KalshiEX, LLC to list BTCPERP, a bitcoin perpetual futures contract that Kalshi calls the first perpetual product brought onto a regulated derivatives exchange in the U.S. The decision was issued under Commission Regulation 40.3, allowing KalshiEX to implement a bitcoin spot price-referenced product within…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Stellar Development Foundation announced on May 27 a plan to enable the tokenization of assets custodied by The Depository Trust Company (DTC), a DTCC subsidiary, on the Stellar network, with deployment expected in the first half of 2027. This agreement aims to expand DTC’s tokenization service…
