Anchorage Digital, BlackRock, Coinbase, and other top-tier financial and crypto firms have established the Bitcoin Security Consortium.
With regulatory shifts underway, domestic asset managers anticipate Bitcoin ETFs could attract up to ¥3 trillion in retail inflows by 2028.
Competition among Robinhood Chain launchpads is intensifying. Platform Pons has unveiled its V2 upgrade, introducing Uniswap V4 liquidity hooks and custom trading pairs backed by tokenized real-world equities.
South Korean financial conglomerate Mirae Asset has officially acquired a controlling interest in local exchange Korbit, marking the first time a traditional domestic financial group has taken ownership of a licensed crypto platform in South Korea.
Serving Switzerland’s Ticino region, 110-year-old state bank BancaStato has partnered with digital asset bank Sygnum to bring regulated crypto trading to its retail and institutional clients.
South Korea’s Kakao Group has teamed up with Circle to test won-denominated stablecoin rails, remittances, and merchant settlements ahead of upcoming regulatory shifts.
BitMEX, the exchange that transformed global digital asset trading by inventing the perpetual swap, has announced a complete wind-down of operations following a strategic business review by parent company HDR Global Trading.
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have introduced a new digital asset index that screens networks based on generated protocol revenue and verifiable cash flow.
Pakistan is reinforcing its digital asset framework by pairing progressive exchange licensing with strict enforcement. The Federal Investigation Agency has established a dedicated unit to investigate financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies.
Following months of internal turmoil and token devaluations, Movement Labs has sought court-supervised Chapter 11 protection, allowing the Ethereum Layer-2 developer to restructure while core ecosystem operations continue separately.
Ondo Finance now permits traders to post tokenized S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 ETFs directly as collateral for perpetual futures positions.
Digital Asset has expanded its $355 million funding round, bringing in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures to accelerate Canton’s deployment across global capital markets.
Telegram is set to launch a fee-free, self-custody Gram wallet directly inside its messaging app. By connecting 1 billion users to native blockchain payments, the initiative represents one of the largest consumer crypto rollouts to date.
To counter growing competition from 24/7 crypto venues and tokenized asset platforms, the London Stock Exchange is preparing a dedicated night-trading venue for 2027.
Acquiring a MiCA license is only the first hurdle for crypto exchanges in Europe. Heavy operational costs and strict regulatory standards threaten to trigger a wave of market exits and industry consolidation.