CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) and Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) have each shed roughly a fifth of their market value over the past month, hit harder than almost any corner of the AI trade after three of the industry’s most prominent chief executives called for a deliberate slowdown in how fast AI is developed. The selling that began
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s most consequential crypto rulemaking in years is approaching a pivotal deadline: public comments on its proposed Regulation Crypto Assets close on October 20, just weeks before Commissioner Hester Peirce is scheduled to leave the agency. The SEC formally proposed the 145-page framework on August 18 and published it in
The European Central Bank (ECB) has opened applications for e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants in the euro area to participate in its digital euro pilot. Eurosystem announced the call on 15 September 2026, following the earlier selection of payment service providers that will take part in the pilot. Selected merchants will work with the ECB
What Did Zcash Holders Approve? Zcash holders have overwhelmingly backed faster transactions and preservation of the network’s bitcoin-style halving schedule in a governance vote that drew participation from nearly 2.4 million ZEC. The vote, tied to the upcoming NU7 network upgrade, involved roughly two-thirds of the approximately 3.6 million ZEC eligible at the snapshot. Voting
Kraken has introduced vaults that let eligible clients allocate SPYx, QQQx and NVDAx tokenized assets to onchain lending strategies. The exchange said in its announcement that yield accrues continuously and is paid in the same xStock deposited. The vaults are available through Kraken and Kraken Pro to eligible clients in the European Economic Area and
KuCoin has added two professionally managed products to KuCoin Wealth, opening strategies that span traditional and digital markets to eligible users from a minimum subscription of 100 USDT. The exchange, which describes itself as a leading global crypto platform built on trust, announced the launch on 15 September. The first product, All-Weather Multi-asset strategy –
Why Is Balancer Proposing to Shut Down? Balancer has proposed winding down its decentralized finance protocol and distributing remaining treasury assets to holders of its BAL token, marking a potential end to one of DeFi’s longest-running automated market makers. The governance proposal was posted by Marcus Hardt, a Balancer treasury council member and former CEO
What Did Trump Agree to Change? President Donald Trump has agreed to most of a stricter ethics package tied to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, removing one of the biggest political obstacles facing the crypto market structure bill ahead of a key Senate vote on Tuesday. Three senior Republicans said Trump accepted roughly 80%
How Did Reform UK Receive £72 Million in Two Days? Reform UK has received £72 million ($97.4 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires in just two days, with BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo and Tether investor Christopher Harborne each contributing £36 million. Delo’s payment is the largest single political donation in British history, surpassing the £10 million
Who Is Buying More Than 1,000 Bitcoin? An unidentified crypto whale has spent approximately $85.42 million in USDC to accumulate 1,075.6 Bitcoin over four days, using THORChain to execute the purchases while BTC remains below the $80,000 level. On-chain trackers Lookonchain and Ember said the buyer accumulated the position at an average cost of approximately