Zcash broke through $1,000, extending one of crypto’s most extreme 12-month rallies and pulling Dash higher with it. ZEC traded above $1,000 on major spot venues Friday after rising roughly 20% over 24 hours at one stage, with Binance recording an intraday high around $1,029. The move took the privacy coin from roughly $41-$42 a
Why Are Bitcoin ETFs Seeing Renewed Demand? U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded their strongest three-week inflow stretch of 2026 as Bitcoin traded near the $80,000 level, showing renewed demand from investors after a period of heavy outflows earlier in the year. The funds attracted $986.9 million in net inflows during the week ending Friday,
Why Has Poland Failed To Advance Its Crypto Oversight Framework? Poland’s lawmakers have failed again to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of legislation designed to strengthen oversight of the country’s cryptocurrency market, leaving the country without a dedicated MiCA supervisory framework more than a year after the European Union’s rules began applying. The Sejm, Poland’s
Why Are Traders Betting Against The Clarity Act? A group of Polymarket wallets has placed more than $3.6 million on the outcome that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act will not become law before the end of 2026, creating a notable prediction-market position days before the Senate begins a key procedural vote on the cryptocurrency
Why Is Coinbase Moving Into Equity Perpetuals? Coinbase is seeking regulatory approval to list 24/7 equity perpetual futures in the United States, extending its push beyond cryptocurrency derivatives and into products linked to major U.S. stocks. The exchange filed a notice registration form with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week as an initial
BitGo Singapore has opened a new office as the digital asset infrastructure group reports growth in its Asia Pacific client base and Singapore trading business. The company says regional client numbers have tripled and Singapore headcount has more than doubled since it received its Major Payment Institution licence in August 2024. The office expansion follows
What Does The SoFi-Kraken Partnership Cover? SoFi Technologies and Payward have agreed to connect SoFi’s banking infrastructure with Kraken’s digital-asset trading network, giving institutional clients another route to move U.S. dollars and manage liquidity outside traditional banking hours. Under the agreement, Payward will join the SoFi Exchange Network, or SEN, a real-time settlement system designed
Kraken parent Payward has pushed its planned U.S. initial public offering back to the second quarter of 2027 at the earliest, extending a listing process that began with a confidential filing nearly a year ago. The revised timetable was reported by CoinDesk, citing two people familiar with the company’s plans. Payward has not publicly confirmed
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins has expressed optimism that the CLARITY Act will advance through Congress and ultimately reach President Donald Trump’s desk, as the crypto industry’s most important legislative effort approaches a crucial Senate vote this month. Speaking Tuesday, Atkins said he hopes Congress will pass the legislation, arguing that statutory market-structure
U.S.-listed spot crypto ETFs diverged sharply on September 2 as Bitcoin returned to positive territory with $101.1 million of net inflows while Ether, Solana and XRP funds simultaneously recorded withdrawals. BlackRock’s IBIT drove the Bitcoin recovery, attracting $115.4 million after losing $201.2 million one session earlier. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust added $30.4 million, Morgan Stanley’s MSBT