Crypto Breaking News

Ethereum Layer-2 network Optimism has reportedly laid off more than 20% of its workforce, according to internal sources and employee posts circulating online.

Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, questioned Forbes’ estimate that his net worth reached $110 billion, a figure that would place him ahead of Bill Gates on the 2026 World’s Billionaires list.

Binance.US has appointed compliance veteran Stephen Gregory as chief executive officer effective March 9, replacing Norman Reed as the platform seeks to rebuild growth under heightened US regulatory scrutiny.

MetaMask has integrated the Uniswap API as one of its core swap providers, enabling users to route token trades directly through Uniswap liquidity pools from within the wallet across more than 16 networks.

US Senator Adam Schiff introduced legislation on Tuesday that would prohibit federally regulated prediction market platforms from listing contracts linked to war, terrorism, assassination or individual deaths.

Strive Asset Management has allocated $50 million of its corporate treasury to STRC, the variable-rate perpetual preferred stock issued by Strategy.

Crypto investment platform Bitpanda reported adjusted revenue of €371 million in 2025, a 16% increase year-on-year as its registered user base climbed 25% to 7.4 million.

Asset manager VanEck has made several of its digital asset exchange-traded products available to US retirement savers through fintech 401(k) provider Basic Capital.

Rising inflation data is largely “baked in” to Bitcoin prices ahead of the upcoming March consumer price index release, according to analysts at exchange-traded product issuer 21Shares.

Digital asset infrastructure company Foundry Digital plans to launch a mining pool for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash in April 2026 as it expands beyond Bitcoin mining services.

Financial technology company Revolut has launched a fully licenced bank in the United Kingdom after receiving regulatory approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority.

Prediction market Myriad is transitioning to the USD1 stablecoin as its exclusive settlement asset while migrating its platform to BNB Chain.