The crypto market began October 12 with a moderate recovery of the largest coins and a wave of short liquidations: Bitcoin held around $83,650, Ethereum traded near $2,551, and the news agenda focused on the controversy around XRP Ledger, possible new BTC purchases by Strategy, and a phishing link in Coldcard’s account on X. The…
The failure of Clarity to advance in the Senate has shifted the center of gravity for crypto regulation in the US to the SEC and CFTC: the agencies are already trying to expand legal trading of digital assets and access for institutional players, but without Congress, key gaps in oversight remain unresolved. The Digital Asset…
Falling bitcoin volatility creates the impression of a calmer market, but CoinDesk data shows the flip side of this maturity: in 2026, BTC already had 10 trading days with moves of at least three standard deviations from recent dynamics. This is more than the eight such days during the entire bear market of 2018, when…
Winklevoss Asset Services, led by Gemini crypto exchange co-founder Cameron Winklevoss, has submitted an application to the SEC for a new spot ETF: this is intended to be a Zcash-backed exchange-traded fund tracking the price of the privacy cryptocurrency Zcash. How the Winklevoss Zcash ETF Will Work The plan is for the Winklevoss Zcash ETF…
Scenarios for the crypto market by the end of 2026 now depend on three key factors: Fed policy, the situation around the Strait of Hormuz, and the sustainability of ETF inflows. By the end of September, Bitcoin confirmed the reversal that began in August, but the market is still between recovery and a full-fledged bullish…
The transparency act, which the crypto industry had awaited as a foundation for long-term rules in the US, did not pass a key vote in the Senate. However, participants in the mergers and acquisitions market do not believe this will automatically halt deals: in their view, activity is more likely to become more selective. For…
CFTC crypto rules are intended to create a clearer regime in the US for cryptocurrency transactions involving leverage, margin, or financing: the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing two related sets of rules that will affect both the transactions themselves and the platforms serving such activity. The CFTC initiative was a response to the…
The Transparency Act became the main target of the crypto industry’s lobbying campaign in the first half of 2026: the sector allocated about $8 million to promote the U.S. bill on the structure of the digital asset market, but the U.S. Senate did not bring the initiative to passage. Federal disclosures show that in the…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed lawsuits against the crypto companies Cryptoaiml, Cryptoaiml Capital Foundation, TSAI Pro, and TSAI Capital Foundation, alleging cryptocurrency fraud and misleading investors. The regulator filed two separate lawsuits in the Southern District Court of New York. According to the SEC, representatives of these organizations posed as registered…
3x leveraged ETPs on bitcoin and ethereum have received regulatory approval in the US: the SEC has permitted an amendment to Cboe BZX rules, paving the way for the listing of six Volatility Shares exchange-traded products with triple daily exposure. The new lineup covers instruments linked not only to Bitcoin and Ethereum, but also to…
DWF Ventures compared what has brought investors better results in most cases — a token or shares of a cryptocurrency fund, and concluded: among the 20 largest digital asset treasuries, only 4 companies trade above the value of the crypto assets on their balance sheets. Digital asset treasuries, or DAT, are public companies whose strategy…
The IPO could bring the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange up to $500 million: the company is preparing an initial public offering on a U.S. exchange, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. During the offering, it expects to receive a valuation in the range of $4 billion to $6 billion. The stock listing is scheduled for this…
