BlackRock Files for Staked Ethereum ETF
BlackRock has submitted an SEC filing for a staked Ethereum ETF, signaling a shift in regulatory attitudes toward staking products under new agency leadership.
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BlackRock has submitted an SEC filing for a staked Ethereum ETF, signaling a shift in regulatory attitudes toward staking products under new agency leadership.
NEAR Protocol has achieved 1 million transactions per second in a publicly verifiable benchmark using real code and consumer-grade hardware.
Bybit has formed a strategic partnership with an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, to expand global USDC access and liquidity across its ecosystem.
Robinhood is set to acquire Indonesian brokerage PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and crypto trader PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, which will mark its entry into Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Coinbase has reopened user onboarding in India after a two-year freeze, restoring crypto-to-crypto trading and planning a fiat on-ramp in 2026 as regulatory engagement improves.
NEAR Protocol, ADI Chain, and Datrics have launched TravAI, an AI-driven travel platform that automates booking and uses blockchain-based settlement for cross-chain payments.
Polymarket is preparing an internal market-making desk that would trade against its users as the platform relaunches in the US.
WisdomTree introduced the region’s first exchange-traded product backed entirely by Lido’s staked Ether. The launch adds regulated access to Ethereum staking yields for European investors.
HashKey is set to open investor orders for its Hong Kong IPO as early as next week, with the digital-asset firm targeting at least $200 million in proceeds.
DeepNode raised $5 million to develop a decentralized AI network on Base, using a relevance-based consensus model to reward high-utility AI contributions.