Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
President Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is advancing a fully compliant route for the decentralized perpetual futures platform, prompting a rapid rise in the HYPE token amid broader market attention
The exchange aims to apply under new UK crypto rules after years of restrictions that halted new customer onboarding in 2023
Binance will stop processing transfers involving 16 crypto platforms in stages through August 23, citing regulatory requirements tied to EU and US sanctions
Britain’s financial regulator and the crypto exchange have paused High Court proceedings until late August while negotiating a potential deal on alleged illegal promotions to UK users
A wallet tied to a June breach of deprecated Aztec contracts has deposited another 300 ETH into the mixer, bringing the total moved to half the stolen ether amid a rise in crypto attacks
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated two cryptocurrency exchanges and related parties for facilitating digital asset transfers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
An unlicensed exchange processed billions in digital assets linked to illegal betting sites, the central bank and entities tied to the Revolutionary Guards
The European Union’s 21st sanctions package against Russia, adopted on July 23, 2026, imposes transaction bans on 14 non-EU crypto platforms and introduces a new tool to restrict services from entire third countries
The European Union has approved its largest set of new sanctions against Russia in four years, hitting over 100 banks and crypto platforms while freezing the oil price cap to further restrict funding for the war in Ukraine
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has begun formal proceedings against Dunamu following a $36 million hack at its Upbit exchange in November 2025, highlighting gaps in current virtual asset regulations
