BITCOIN

White House Reviews SEC Crypto Rules After Democratic Midterm Victory

Key Takeaways The SEC’s proposal, identified as RIN 3235-AN48, is undergoing White House regulatory review, with no public release date

Nubank and Mercadopago Suspend Crypto Withdrawals in Latam

Key Takeaways Mercadopago and Nubank paused crypto transfers, citing issues with an external risk monitoring provider. The sudden disruption sparked

XRP ETFs Go a Whole Week Without a Single Dollar of Inflows

Key Takeaways Canary’s XRPC lost $529,500 on Nov. 2, and XRP ETFs then posted zero net flows from Nov. 3

Binance France To Charge Idle Accounts Fees Before Shutting Them Down

Key Takeaways Binance France told users their accounts close Dec. 31 after the exchange failed to win a MiCA license.

French Crypto Holder Gets 30 Months in Prison for Shooting at Attackers

Key Takeaways A French crypto holder was sentenced to 30 months in prison after firing a gun at his attempted

Binance Pulls Kevin O’Leary, Michael Lewis Into $1.76B FTX Clawback Lawsuit

Key Takeaways FTX seeks to reclaim a payment made while it was allegedly insolvent. The evidence requests also reached accounting

CRYPTO

Kalshi midterm trading tops $2.5b, nearly doubling 2024

Kalshi has reported more than $2.5 billion in trading volume on its 2026 U.S. midterm election markets, nearly twice the

Paraguay’s Bank Collapse Exposes a Problem Bitcoin Was Built to Solve

Can BTC’s self-custody actually offer protection when trust in a banking institution suddenly breaks down? Paraguay faces one of

Can companies stop third parties trading tokenized US shares?

A US experiment allows certain venues to trade tokenized stocks under temporary conditions. The most revealing dispute concerns third parties

ALTCOINS

Binance and Polymarket Propose Polygon Hard Fork To Recover About $6,500,000 in Hacked Crypto

Crypto exchange giant Binance and prediction markets platform Polymarket want the Polygon (POL) network to move about 70 million tokens

Under-the-Radar Altcoins Cap, Grass and Starknet Witness Surge in Network Growth, Topping All Crypto Projects: Santiment

Three under-the-radar altcoin projects outpaced the rest of the digital asset sector in terms of recent network growth, according to

Crypto Wallet Ledger Now Lets Users Borrow Stablecoins Against Their Bitcoin Without Giving Up Self-Custody

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is rolling out a new feature that lets users borrow stablecoins against their Bitcoin (BTC)

America’s Sixth-Largest Bank Launches Dollar-Backed Stablecoin for Cross-Border Transfers

A major billion-dollar bank is executing a live pilot of its proprietary dollar-backed stablecoin on a public blockchain to move

CoinEx Crypto Exchange Is Shutting Down Three Years After Exiting US Market – Here’s the Deadline for Withdrawals

A cryptocurrency exchange is closing its doors after nearly a decade in business. CoinEx, which has its operating headquarters in

Visa Says Bank-Level Fraud Protection and Deposit Insurance Could Unlock US Stablecoin Adoption

Visa is releasing a new report showing how bank-level protections could significantly boost American interest in using stablecoins to send

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