Payward has completed its acquisition of Bitnomial, adding key U.S. derivatives licenses to the Kraken parent company. The deal gives Payward the regulatory stack to offer CFTC-regulated spot margin, perpetuals…

Arbitrum DAO is voting on whether to release 30,766 frozen ETH to DeFi United after the Kelp DAO attack. The Arbitrum Security Council froze the funds on April 20 after…

Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains after adding Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon and Tempo. The company says its onchain settlement volume is running at an annualized…

Crypto swaps let you exchange one digital asset for another directly, without converting to fiat currency first — a method that is faster, increasingly affordable, and now accessible to anyone…

BitMEX is launching FX Perpetual Swaps, allowing traders to access major currency markets using crypto as collateral. The product offers 24/7 trading, up to 100x leverage and no overnight fees,…

PumpFun has burned all previously repurchased PUMP tokens, worth about $370 million and equal to roughly 36% of circulating supply. The platform says it will allocate 50% of revenue over…

W3.io has launched an agent-powered finance control platform on Avalanche, already processing more than 200,000 workflows per day. The Avalanche Foundation has made a strategic investment in W3.io, with additional…

CertiK says digital asset regulation has shifted into an enforceable phase across major markets. AML compliance, stablecoin reserves and smart contract audits are now becoming core requirements for crypto firms.…

DeFi United has now raised more than 132,000 ETH, worth over $300 million, for the rsETH recovery effort. Consensys and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin committed 30,000 ETH, one of the…

BitMine Immersion Technologies added 101,901 ETH over the past week, marking its largest weekly Ethereum purchase of 2026. The company now holds 5,078,386 ETH, a treasury valued at roughly $11.75…