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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to allow trading in on-chain tokenized securities, or STOs. Cointelegraph reported on April 22 that SEC Chair Paul Atkins, speaking at an Economic Club event in Washington on April 21, said the ag

President Donald Trump said a second round of US-Iran talks to end the conflict could yield “good news” as early as April 24. The New York Post reported on April 22 that Trump sees positive developments in the next round of talks emerging as soon as

Iran's military attacked three cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked the three vessels in the strait on April 22, according to the BBC and other foreign media reports. Two o

USD.AI's CHIP token jumped about 120% from a day earlier after securing listings on major exchanges, including decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. CoinMarketCap data on April 22 showed CHIP rose more than 120% at one point during the day. As of 9:20

A New York lawsuit over the prediction-market service offered by US crypto exchange Coinbase has been moved to federal court. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, wrote on X on April 22 that a suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia

Uzbekistan is setting up a government-backed special zone for cryptocurrency mining. Cointelegraph reported on April 22 that Uzbekistan enacted a presidential decree on April 20 to establish the Besqala Mining Valley, a special zone for cryptocurrenc

Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed in a first reading a bill that would allow cryptocurrencies to be used for foreign trade payments. The State Duma approved the legislation on April 21, The Block reported on April 22. The bil

More than $420 million in positions were liquidated across the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours. SolanaFloor reported on April 22 that more than $415 million in positions were liquidated in the crypto futures market during the period. Mor

Bitcoin’s Coinbase Premium indicator has remained in positive territory for two straight weeks. CoinDesk reported on April 22, citing data from on-chain analytics firm Coinglass, that the Coinbase Premium Index stayed above zero for 14 consecutive da

Mastercard is joining a blockchain security consortium whose members include US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. BeInCrypto reported on April 21 that Mastercard will join the nonprofit Blockchain Security Standards Council, or BSSC, as a charter-lev

The fallout from the KelpDAO hack has triggered about $15 billion of outflows from DeFi lending protocol Aave over the past four days. Aave's total value locked fell by $15.1 billion to $30.7 billion on April 22 from $48.5 billion just before the Kel

South Korea’s Democratic Party plans to introduce its proposed Framework Act on Digital Assets after local elections in June. Kim Hyun-jung, a Democratic Party lawmaker and member of the party’s digital asset task force, made the remarks to reporters

Decentralized exchange VOOI will shut down its VOOI Light service. VOOI said on its official X account on April 21 that it will discontinue VOOI Light, a chain-abstraction-based trading app, starting May 18. The company said the service is ending aft

Seoul's Artcube 2R2 gallery said on April 20 that it will hold a solo exhibition by artist Oh Ji-yoon, "Dignity: Accumulated Time," for about two months starting April 24. The show centers on Oh's "Dignity" series, a body of work she has presented co

Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder and chief product officer of Mysten Labs, the developer of Layer 1 blockchain Sui, said on June 17 that South Korea could become a “game changer” if it formalizes the digital-asset industry. At a press conference in Seoul’

Bitcoin traded above $74,000. As of 11:47 p.m. on May 16, Bitcoin was trading at $74,016.05, up 0.04% from a day earlier, according to CoinMarketCap. The token was up 4.31% from a week earlier. The kimchi premium remained in the 0% range. Cryprice da

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament and a representative of Tehran in negotiations, said a ceasefire in Lebanon is as important as a truce involving Iran. Iran's state-run Press TV reported that Qalibaf made the remark in a phone cal

DoubleZero, also known as 2Z, has launched a real-time data feed service aimed at investors. CoinDesk reported on June 16 that the company unveiled its new data product, DoubleZero Edge. The initial service delivers raw data generated on the Solana b

Iran is considering collecting Strait of Hormuz transit fees through its domestic banking system, the Iranian Students News Agency reported. ISNR reported on June 16 that, under proposed legislation related to the Strait of Hormuz, foreign vessels co

Bitcoin fell below $74,000. According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin was trading at $73,517.4 as of 10:56 p.m. on May 16, down 0.48% from a day earlier. It was up 4.04% from a week earlier. South Korea’s kimchi premium remained in the 0% range. Cryprice d

The US and Iran are considering an interim agreement to prevent renewed military conflict instead of pursuing a broad peace deal. Reuters, citing multiple Iranian sources, reported that US and Iranian negotiators have scaled back their goal to an int

Drift, a Solana-based decentralized finance protocol, is pursuing a recovery plan of up to $150 million for users affected by a recent hack. Drift said on its website on June 16 that it had begun a parallel investigation into the hack earlier this mo

Iran has proposed to the US that ships be allowed to move freely through the Oman-side route of the Strait of Hormuz without risk of attack, Reuters reported. Citing a source familiar with the Iranian government, Reuters reported on April 16 that Teh

US initial jobless claims came in below market expectations last week. The Labor Department said May 16 that initial jobless claims totaled 207,000 last week. That was 6,000 below economists’ forecast of 213,000 and down 11,000 from the prior week’s

HIVE Digital Technologies, a US Bitcoin miner, is seeking $75 million in fresh funding to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Block reported on May 15 that HIVE plans to privately place $75 million of exchangeable notes due 2023. T

Bitcoin's funding rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2023, fueling expectations that the cryptocurrency may be nearing a bottom. CoinDesk, citing data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, reported on June 15 that Bitcoin's seven-day average

Assets under management at global cryptocurrency venture capital firms such as Paradigm and a16z crypto fell sharply last year. Fortune reported on June 15 that the combined assets under management of four funds run by a16z crypto totaled $9.5 billio

Binance will list new U.S. equity perpetual futures tied to Microsoft, Broadcom and Alibaba. The exchange announced on its website on Aug. 16 that the contracts will be margined in Tether's USDT. Trading is set to begin at 10:30 p.m. Korea time on Au

JPMorgan said negotiations over the US crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act have entered the final stage. CoinDesk reported on July 15 that JPMorgan said in a report the legislation is nearing completion. The bank said the key sticki
