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Coinbase has launched regulated crypto futures trading across 26 European countries through its Coinbase Advanced platform as it expands its derivatives business in the region.

Russia’s central bank says preparations for the nationwide launch of the digital ruble remain on track, with the central bank digital currency expected to be introduced in September.

US federal prosecutors have asked a New York court to schedule an October retrial for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate US sanctions.

NFT lending platform Gondi said a hacker exploited a smart contract vulnerability to steal roughly $230,000 worth of nonfungible tokens from the protocol.

A major US banking lobby group is weighing legal action against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over its decision to grant national trust bank charters to crypto companies.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has disclosed a $288,000 investment in bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC Plc, which is chaired by former UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

South Korean company Bitmax has cut its capital sharply after losses tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy, highlighting the risks facing small firms attempting to replicate the approach pioneered by Strategy.

Nasdaq is linking its European trading venues to Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenised settlement platform Seturion in a move aimed at enabling blockchain-based settlement of securities across fragmented European capital markets.

Crypto-backed political action committee Fairshake has spent roughly $8.6 million on Illinois congressional races as the United States prepares for the 2026 midterm elections.

A Beijing-based educator whose lecture predicting a US–Iran conflict went viral is now attracting attention for a separate claim that Bitcoin may have been created by the US military as a surveillance system.

China’s latest regulatory notice banning crypto activity and restricting yuan-pegged stablecoins signals Beijing is closely monitoring emerging digital asset sectors, particularly real-world asset tokenisation.

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash rose about 7% in the past day, outperforming Bitcoin after a key development team announced a $25 million funding round.