Two Robinhood engineers have been charged in the US over an alleged crypto trading scheme involving confidential company information. The US Department of Justice said Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang allegedly used non-public information from Robinhood to trade crypto perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. Trading on Confidential Data According to complaints unsealed by the Southern District…
Cardano’s delegated governance voters let a 12.29 million ADA request for Pogun expire without ratification, showing that Input Output’s history as a founding builder does not guarantee access to the network’s treasury. Pogun is an Input Output-backed credit and liquidity product designed to bring Bitcoin into decentralized finance. Its proposal offered Cardano a share of…
Almost 4,000 Bitcoin left Liquid’s reserve on Sept. 6 through a withdrawal the network approved, even though the private keys used to authorize it hadn’t been stolen. Software had accepted a withdrawal that should never have qualified. Liquid lets people move a Bitcoin-backed token on a separate blockchain designed for faster, more private transactions. Bitcoin…
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange BitBank as part of a wider crackdown on Iran’s financial networks. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said BitBank is controlled by Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, who is already under US sanctions. The agency accused the exchange of helping move funds linked to Iran. BitBank Targeted…
Solana validator coordination now operates on a 250-millisecond target slot time. A slot is the network’s target interval for a validator to produce a block, so the change gives users more frequent opportunities for transactions to land while giving validators less time to pass production from one leader to the next. The change became effective…
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said this week that Bitcoin ETFs could eventually reach three times the assets of gold ETFs, pointing to younger investors, falling volatility and stronger sales activity around BTC funds. His view rests on a long-term shift in who owns Bitcoin and how institutions use it, rather than a claim that…
A strange thing has happened to Bitcoin’s derivatives market over the past five years. The market is larger, institutions play a much bigger role, exchanges offer more sophisticated products, and traders have become far better at moving risk around. At the same time, one of the products that helped build that market has almost disappeared…
[PRESS RELEASE – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, September 20th, 2026] Monochrome Exchange, a multi-asset trading platform, has announced the Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of its native utility token, MCR. The platform aims to consolidate crypto, equities, bonds, and real-world assets into a single venue where trades settle on-chain. The exchange is currently live, featuring…
Crypto derivatives markets are moving toward two main products, perpetual futures and options. Perpetuals provide continuous leverage, while options are becoming more important for pricing and managing risk. That shift is also visible in how traders are allocating capital across derivatives. A Glassnode study produced with Bybit found that options increased their share of Bitcoin…
Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission’s current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe’s treatment of staking is adequate and, if it isn’t, what requirements should apply to companies providing staking services. The question is brief, but the consequences wouldn’t…