US midterm election years have historically brought increased volatility to financial markets, with the S&P 500 experiencing average peak-to-trough drawdowns of about 16%, according to a report from Binance Research.
Bitcoin has outperformed gold and the Nasdaq 100 since the start of the US-Iran conflict on February 28, gaining about 7% over the period, according to data shared by Arthur Hayes.
BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum ETF debuted on Nasdaq with about $15.5 million in first-day trading volume, marking the asset manager’s first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund offering staking exposure.
Hong Kong regulators are reportedly preparing to grant the city’s first stablecoin licences, with HSBC, Anchorpoint and OSL Group among the three institutions shortlisted.
JPMorgan Chase is facing a class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of allowing a $328 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme to operate through its banking infrastructure.
European and US authorities have dismantled the “SocksEscort” malicious proxy network and frozen $3.5 million in cryptocurrency linked to the operation as part of a coordinated cybercrime crackdown.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is preparing a proposal that would exclude payment stablecoins from pass-through deposit insurance, highlighting a growing regulatory divide between stablecoins and tokenised bank deposits.
Anchorage Digital has integrated Puffer Finance to give institutional clients access to Ethereum liquid restaking through its crypto custody platform.
VeryAI has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital to build a palm-scan identity verification system designed to distinguish real users from AI-generated accounts.
Ripple has launched a new share buyback programme that could increase its valuation to about $50 billion, representing a roughly 20% jump from its previous funding round.
Bybit marked International Women’s Day with a livestream discussion featuring senior executives who outlined the company’s shift from a cryptocurrency exchange toward a broader digital financial platform.
Bybit EU will serve as lead sponsor of Paris Blockchain Week 2026 as the company expands its presence in Europe’s regulated digital asset market under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework.
