An arbitrator awards Kraken parent Payward USD 22 million against Mazars, a consequence of the Operation Choke Point 2.0 banking campaign.
ICE and OKX launch a 50/50 joint venture for round-the-clock tokenized NYSE shares. Co-chair of the venture is ex-governor Andrew Cuomo.
The Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade is the biggest hard fork since the Merge: ePBS and parallel processing boost network throughput.
CME Group sues the CFTC after the regulator approved perpetual futures as futures rather than swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Illinois becomes the first US state to introduce a 0.2% Illinois crypto tax on digital asset transfers, taking effect in January 2027.
CBDC ban in the US: the Senate and House agree on a housing bill that bars the Fed from issuing a digital dollar until the end of 2030.
Greece’s HCMC plans to reject Binance’s MiCA licence. Without approval by 1 July 2026, the exchange faces exclusion from the EU market.
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Robinhood Perpetual Futures in Europe now cover commodities and currencies, and the broker plans a crypto launch in the United Kingdom.
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