New York and Illinois have issued executive orders banning state employees from participating in prediction markets, citing risks of insider trading and misuse of confidential information.
Adam Back said it is “flattering” that some believe he is Satoshi Nakamoto, but denied being behind Bitcoin during a discussion at the LONGITUDE event in Paris.
Shares in Keel Infrastructure and Hive Digital Technologies rose after both firms advanced plans to pivot from Bitcoin mining toward artificial intelligence infrastructure.
BitMEX has launched its Trading Circuit Campaign, offering traders a share of a 100,000 USDT weekly prize pool through trading-based challenges.
The PUSD stablecoin has been deployed on ADI Chain, aiming to expand access to Islamic finance markets worth more than $3 trillion.
Kalshi has disclosed new insider trading violations involving political candidates who placed bets on events they could directly influence.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has reached a record 806,700 BTC worth about $63.7 billion following sustained institutional inflows.
Kalshi said Pyth will deliver real-time price feeds to settle event contracts tied to assets such as oil, gold and agricultural products.
Crypto protocols lost more than $606 million to hacks in the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the worst month for theft since the 2025 Bybit breach.
US banking groups have urged regulators to delay comment periods on stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act until key guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is finalised.
Binance.US has reduced spot trading fees to 0% for makers and 0.02% for takers across all trading pairs, eliminating tiered pricing structures.
Robinhood’s Venture Fund I has invested $75 million in OpenAI to provide retail investors with indirect exposure through tokenised instruments.
