BTC Markets Seeks ASIC License For RWA Trading

Australian crypto exchange BTC Markets has notified the country’s securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, of its intention to apply for a markets license to offer regulated tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). “Our plan is to obtain licensing infrastructure that enables particular types of tokenized assets to be offered and available to the public,”…

Orbital Data Center Startup to Mine Bitcoin in Space

Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data center startup, said it will start mining Bitcoin from space later this year when its second spacecraft is launched, positioning it to become the first company to mine Bitcoin off Earth. Starcloud “will be the first to mine Bitcoin in space,” the startup’s CEO, Philip Johnston, posted to X on…

Flow Files Court Motion to Block Korean Exchange Delistings

Nonprofit organization Flow Foundation and its parent company Dapper Labs on Monday filed with the Seoul Central District Court to suspend the termination of trading support for its native token FLOW on three South Korean exchanges. Layer-1 blockchain Flow suffered a “security incident” in December when an attacker exploited a vulnerability that allowed certain assets…

Oil rally crushes $37 million in crypto shorts as bitcoin drops

Crude oil just had its biggest day in history, and the traders shorting or taking bearish bets on it over the weekend paid the price. Tokenized oil perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid recorded nearly $40 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, per Coinglass, with $36.9 million of that coming from short positions that got…

IRS Proposes Crypto Exchanges Shift to Mandatory Electronic Tax Documents

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking to require electronic delivery of tax forms to crypto exchange users. Under the current rules, exchanges are required to provide paper copies of tax form 1099-DA, the IRS tax form used to document crypto transactions from a centralized exchange or broker, if users request paper forms. The…

Saylor Signals Another Bitcoin Buy Amid Market Downturn

Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy, indicated on Sunday that the firm is buying more BTC, as the price hovers near the $66,000 level.  “The Second Century Begins,” Saylor said on X, as he shared the Strategy BTC accumulation chart that has become synonymous with impending BTC purchases. Strategy’s most recent…

Brazil Opens up Pix Payments to Brazilians Living in Argentina

Banco Central do Brasil said on Friday that it expanded its Pix digital payments system to allow Brazilians living in Argentina to access the service to pay for goods, services and send payments in both countries. The central bank’s instant payments platform is accepted by major crypto platforms and service providers operating in Brazil for…

Iran Strike Bets Usher Moves to Curb Prediction Markets

Senator Chris Murphy says it’s likely people close to Donald Trump with “inside information” made bets on prediction markets on when the US would strike Iran. US Democratic lawmakers are working on a bill to police prediction markets after raising insider trading concerns over bets made on the timing of Israeli and US strikes on…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Second Weekly Inflows in 5 Months, Ether ETFs Rebound

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their second consecutive week of net inflows, marking the first back-to-back weekly gains in five months. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted roughly $568.45 million in net inflows this week, according to data from SoSoValue. The products also posted positive flows of about $787.31 million the previous week, showing renewed…

Crypto’s Rock ’n’ Roll Era Is Over

Every revolution eventually becomes the establishment. What began as crypto’s peer-to-peer challenge to the global financial order is rapidly being absorbed into the traditional fold, trading its anti-elite soul for the legitimacy of spot ETFs, institutional custody and the same banking frameworks it was built to bypass. This is a familiar arc. Throughout history, every…