Focus

The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Cluster rated 62 EIPs and set December 2029 as the target for a quantum-safe Ethereum base layer.

SIX and TWINT bring the CHF stablecoin sandbox to nine partners, which are testing the franc stablecoin CHFD until the end of 2026.

Coinbase wants to list stock perpetuals for round-the-clock trading in the US and needs CFTC approval on top of the SEC clearance.

Bitcoin near USD 78,000 and stablecoin supply above USD 300 billion shape the crypto market outlook heading into Q4 2026.

Liquidity depth, custody controls, latency, capital efficiency and dedicated support decide which venues institutional traders actually approve.

Cardano’s DReps are 24 percentage points short before the deadline, while Solana’s quorum rule contradicts its own governance framework.

Judge Failla has pushed the Roman Storm trial to April 2027, because she has not yet ruled on the Tornado Cash developer’s acquittal motion.

A study group from Japan’s FSA, the Ministry of Finance and the central bank starts reviewing blockchain settlement for securities this summer.

Coinbase-backed lobbying group Stand With Crypto endorses 32 House incumbents who voted for the Clarity Act, now stalled in the US Senate.

Trump says the CFTC under Chairman Michael Selig is working on regulated US market access for the perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid.

The SEC’s proposed crypto issuance rules would exempt offerings up to USD 5 million from federal registration for four years.

US prosecutors in Atlanta unsealed the Edward Zimbardi indictment over a USD 165 million crypto Ponzi days after Fiji deported him.

Bitpanda’s MiCA penalty of EUR 70,000 concerns only formal and notification rules, while its license and client funds remain untouched.

The OCC has conditionally approved a trust bank charter for World Liberty, allowing the Trump firm to issue the stablecoin USD1 itself in future.

Russian investigators obtained Binance client data on one user, which now underpins a terrorism charge over crypto donations to Ukraine.

The Clarity Act vote now falls on September 15, and Republicans need seven Democratic votes to clear the Senate cloture hurdle.