The Bank of Russia has added 17 firms to its crypto exchange register since 6 October, including Sberbank and VTB. VTB plans to open crypto trading to retail investors in November; Sberbank is ...

Ripple is acquiring BC Payments for an undisclosed amount. It’s the crypto firm’s second acquisition in Australia in 2026. In 2025, Ripple spent at least $2.5 billion on acquisitions. Ripple is in the ...

Hyperliquid records record oil trading volume. It comes as tensions in the Middle East escalate. Hyperliquid just printed $1.5 billion in oil-linked trading volume in 24 hours and traders are betting ...

XRP ETFs reached $1.44 billion in cumulative flows since November 2025. XRP price has fallen by nearly half over the same period. Those inflows are "nearly impossible" for new ETFs during drawdowns, ...

Hyperliquid’s latest real-world asset market is already one of its most popular. The blockchain is increasingly becoming an after-hours venue for price discovery. Hyperliquid’s S&P 500 perpetual ...

USD1 tapped Enso for crosschain support. Enso provides blockchain so-called shortcuts. The Trump-linked stablecoin is almost at $3 billion market value. A stablecoin linked to US President Donald ...

Coinbase launched levered futures for Bitcoin, Ethereum and an equity index. Bitcoin is down nearly 50% since its record high last October. Meanwhile, the crypto exchange is facing off with banks in ...

eToro is buying self-custody crypto wallet Zengo. The firm did not disclose the size of the deal. But it’s part of its broader push into tokenisation and prediction markets. Shares of eToro jumped ...

IREN is pivoting from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure. By 2030, analysts project $5 billion in EBITDA, with margins exceeding 80% Artificial intelligence is the real opportunity for Bitcoin miners ...

Hyperbridge suffers a code exploit. The hacker tricked the protocol into minting one billion of Polkadot's DOT token. They only made off with $237,000, however. Hyperbridge, a popular crypto bridge, ...

Scott Bessent says stablecoins to grow tenfold by 2030. Bernstein says stablecoins will become a core buyer of US Treasury bills. Stablecoins are gearing up for their next super-cycle. US Treasury ...

Irkutsk officials say they have identified over 8,000 illegal miners. Hiding places include forests, paper mills, and petrol stations. Miners pretend electric car chargers are responsible for excess ...