Campaign founder Yves Bennaim isn’t giving up. Even after his group failed to gather enough signatures to force a Swiss national referendum on Bitcoin reserves, Bennaim said another push could follow. The Swiss direct democracy system requires campaigns to hit a signature threshold within 18 months — his team didn’t make it. A Bold Proposal That Didn’t Get Off The Ground The initi
Swiss Bitcoin Reserve Effort Withdrawn After Resistance From Central Bank
CME Group announced this week it plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures (BVI) on June 1, 2026, giving institutional traders their first CFTC-regulated contract to trade bitcoin’s expected price swings independently of price direction. CME’s BVI Futures Let Traders Go Long or Short Bitcoin Volatility Starting June 2026 The contracts will carry the ticker BVI […]
CME Group Targets June 1 Launch for Bitcoin Volatility Futures Pending CFTC Review
Strategy's Bitcoin sales will not move the markets, despite it owning more than 4% of the digital currency's maximum supply, Le said.
Strategy CEO Phong Le says company will sell BTC only in specific cases
Seven of the largest names in bitcoin mining formally joined the Stratum V2 Working Group this week, signaling the clearest industry shift yet toward miner-controlled transaction selection. 7 Bitcoin Mining Pools Back Stratum V2 as Miners Push for Block Template Control Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, Block Inc., MARA Foundation, and DMND are now part of […]
Bitcoin Mining Pool Giants Foundry, Antpool and F2pool Signal Stratum V2 Shift
XRP is drawing renewed attention in the crypto community after an analyst raised a key question about the driving force behind demand for the asset in a global settlement system. The discussion focuses on how XRP would function if the XRP Ledger (XRPL) were widely adopted for payments, and whether the cryptocurrency’s value comes from usage, liquidity routing, or deeper institution
XRP Analyst Reveals The Question No One Asks And Why It’s Important
Coinbase is reviewing its exchange infrastructure after an AWS data center cooling failure knocked several trading services offline, blocked some account access, and delayed customer balance displays. CEO Brian Armstrong called the outage “unacceptable” and said Coinbase will revisit tradeoffs around speed, co-location, and faster recovery during infrastructure failures. Armstrong
Coinbase Says Outage ‘Unacceptable’ as CEO Weighs Speed-Resilience Tradeoffs
The "biggest market" in crypto is conducting the vast majority of its trading volume outside of US-based exchanges, according to Attorney Bill Hughes.
The CLARITY Act will help reshore the crypto industry in the US — Attorney
Ethereum’s share of total decentralized finance ( DeFi) liquidity has fallen to its lowest level in years, as rival blockchains chip away at a dominance that once exceeded 63%. Rival Chains Close the Gap In absolute terms, Ethereum still commands the largest DeFi stack on any single chain, with approximately $45.50 billion in TVL. But […]
Ethereum’s DeFi TVL Dominance Drops to 53%, Approaching Multi-Year Low
A third-party provider failure caused Revolut’s app to show wildly inaccurate crypto prices on Friday, the company confirmed, after users flooded social media with screenshots of Bitcoin listed at just 2 cents. Third-Party Provider Blamed For Pricing Chaos Revolut acknowledged the problem in a public statement, saying engineers were working on a fix and urging customers to check i
Bitcoin Drops To 2 Cents! Revolut Users Report Massive BTC Price Glitch
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde rejected calls for Europe to promote euro-denominated stablecoins this week, warning that the risks to financial stability and monetary policy outweigh any benefits. Lagarde Warns European Banks That Euro Stablecoins Could Narrow ECB Rate Channel Lagarde delivered her remarks at the Banco de España Latam Economic Forum in […]
Lagarde Blocks Euro Stablecoin Push, Calls $300B Market a Stability Risk for ECB Policy
Iran entered the final night of February 2026 under a near-total internet shutdown. In the wake of a joint strike by the United States and Israel, Tehran almost completely severed the country's connection to the global internet — likely leaving only users on a government whitelist with access to the outside world.
The Nobitex dilemma: How Iran's biggest crypto exchange stays off the OFAC blacklist
The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.
Trump Media’s Q1 loss widens to $406 million on bitcoin, CRO markdowns
The price of Bitcoin has been relatively stable since the start of April, showing strong efforts to reclaim former highs. In its latest recovery attempt, the premier cryptocurrency finally returned above $80,000 for the first time since early February. Unsurprisingly, a relevant group of network participants, known as Bitcoin miners, appears to be taking advantage of the steady ris
Bitcoin Miners Bag Profit: 3,400 BTC Flow Out Of Reserves Since April
Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden's Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two major sportsbooks within two months for being “sharp."