Bybit has introduced dedicated AI Subaccounts that allow traders to deploy autonomous trading agents inside isolated environments, reflecting a broader industry shift toward agentic trading while addressing one of artificial intelligence’s biggest operational risks in financial markets: giving AI direct access to customer funds. The feature, announced on June 24, provides segregated accounts specifically designed
Bitcoin Suisse has secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, becoming one of a growing number of crypto firms positioning themselves to compete across the European Economic Area through a single regulatory framework. The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority granted the company’s European subsidiary a Crypto Asset Service Provider licence, allowing it to
Why Did The Reported Aave Valuation Trigger Pushback? Aave founder Stani Kulechov pushed back against a report that Kraken parent firm Payward is in talks to buy a 15% stake in the protocol at a $385 million valuation, a figure that would place the deal at a steep discount to the AAVE token’s fully diluted
Why Did USDt Move Ahead of Ether? Tether’s USDt has become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Ether fell to its lowest price of the year on Friday, marking a symbolic shift in a market increasingly favoring liquidity and stability over volatile network tokens. Ether’s market capitalization dropped below $185 billion after a 5.2%
Why Did Ripple Consider Closing the Company? Ripple came close to shutting down rather than fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency sued the company in 2020, Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse said this week. Speaking at the University of Kansas School of Business, Garlinghouse said he and co-founder Chris Larsen seriously considered
Ripple has launched its RLUSD stablecoin in Japan through SBI VC Trade, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to expand regulated dollar-backed stablecoin distribution across major financial markets. SBI VC Trade, the crypto exchange and electronic payment instruments business under SBI Group, said it began handling RLUSD on June 24, 2026, after scheduled
Kalshi is reportedly in advanced talks to raise new funding at a valuation of about $40 billion, marking another sharp increase for the U.S.-regulated prediction market platform as investor demand accelerates across the event-contract sector. The reported valuation would nearly double Kalshi’s most recent disclosed mark. In May 2026, the company announced a $1 billion
Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong has said the company remains open to additional acquisitions after its $2.9 billion Deribit deal, signaling that the largest publicly traded U.S. crypto exchange is prepared to use its balance sheet and public-market position to accelerate growth. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Armstrong said Coinbase is “always looking” at merger and
Coinbase has secured a Markets in Crypto-Assets license from Luxembourg’s financial regulator, giving the U.S. crypto exchange a single regulatory base to offer crypto products and services across all 27 European Union member states. The license was granted by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, or CSSF, under the EU’s MiCA framework. Coinbase said
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded nearly $500 million in combined net outflows on June 24, as Bitcoin ETFs faced their heaviest pressure in days and Ether funds extended a negative flow streak. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $469.0 million in net outflows, led by redemptions across several of the largest issuers. BlackRock’s IBIT lost $239.3