Tokenization has been the narrative of 2026. Executing on that narrative is trickier, but proponents say the benefits are massive if they pull it off.

Celsius‘ former chief revenue officer received a lenient sentence after his 2023 guilty plea for fraud and conspiracy to commit price manipulation.

Bitcoin’s $79,000 defense proves that the Coinbase discount is driven by stablecoin volatility rather than a lack of institutional demand.

The cybersecurity threats from North Korea are perpetrated by a myriad of small hacker groups deploying malware and executing social engineering scams.

Armstrong said the bill is “closer than ever” to advancing in the US Congress after months of negotiations between the crypto industry and banks.

Despite short-term bearish bets from a successful Hyperliquid whale, a growing US Fed balance sheet and rising inflation support Bitcoin in the long term.

Prediction markets trading volume had been tracking monthly gains as the sector gains popularity among short-term traders, but competition is also increasing.

The MetaMask wallet builder had reportedly engaged bankers from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to lead the process.

The global banking giant is expanding its tokenized money market lineup, following BlackRock’s similar move just a few days ago.

The US Senate voted largely along partisan lines to confirm Kevin Warsh as a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, despite many Democrats’ concerns about the central bank’s independence.

The world’s largest post-trade infrastructure provider will integrate Chainlink technology into its tokenized collateral platform ahead of a Q4 2026 launch.

Following the resounding success of its 2025 edition, WAIB Summit Monaco proudly announces its return on June 9–10, 2026, at the prestigious One Monte-Carlo, located in the heart of Monaco’s iconic Casino Square.

Some lawmakers continue to push for ethics provision in the bill as bipartisan support is necessary for the CLARITY Act to pass a Senate floor vote.

Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk on selling bitcoin for dividends, retiring debt with STRC proceeds, and why critics who say Strategy buys the weekly top are missing the point.

Bitcoin looks set for another blockbuster week, but potential resistance at $84,000 could complicate the rally. Will altcoin consolidation continue?

Financing from Neuberger Berman will increase Ripple Prime’s capacity to offer margin lending and other brokerage services to institutional clients trading across crypto and traditional markets.

The USDC stablecoin issuer is betting Arc can become Wall Street’s blockchain rail for payments and tokenized finance, though analysts still see it as speculative.

The payments company acquired Dawn Labs for an undisclosed amount, immediately announcing the creation of an AI tool that would provide “custom strategies” for trading on prediction markets.

Strategy’s average cost per Bitcoin is about $75,537, and its BTC investment is up about 7.6% at the time of this writing, according to data from the company.

This was a hectic week.

Ethereum’s ongoing downtrend against Bitcoin mirrors the bearish structure seen in 2024–2025, raising the risk of another 40% decline.

Bitcoin avoided a weekend drop as $80,000 stayed in place, but traders saw BTC price action dipping below before continuing higher.

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed to scale agentic commerce.

The “biggest market” in crypto is conducting the vast majority of its trading volume outside of US-based exchanges, according to Attorney Bill Hughes.

Iran entered the final night of February 2026 under a near-total internet shutdown. In the wake of a joint strike by the United States and Israel, Tehran almost completely severed the country’s connection to the

The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden’s Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two

Quantum computing does not only pose a risk to up to $3 trillion in digital assets, it also threatens the security of banking systems, military communications, digital identities and more, Project Eleven’s report warns.

Tokenization and digital asset-infrastructure stocks climbed as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for onchain finance rules.

The US banking regulator has already approved similar charter applications for Coinbase, Ripple Labs, BitGo, Circle, Fidelity Digital Assets and Paxos.

Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to build products around the theme of AI agents.

Bitcoin continues to find buyers on each dip, but charts suggest traders may struggle to overcome the $84,000-$92,000 resistance cluster.

The crypto wallet company pairs the XO Cash token with software tools that let AI agents transact using preset spending controls and stablecoin payments.

Public blockchains make transactions traceable, but that transparency can come at the expense of user privacy. Speakers from Moody’s Ratings and ChangeNOW said that hybrid blockchain architecture and address-level monitoring can help solve both problems

Stablecoins are entering a new phase of adoption, with large corporations using them for cross-border treasury flows while AI agents begin using blockchain rails for autonomous payments, Bridge and Deus X Capital executives said at

Institutional investors are gradually increasing crypto exposure as Bitcoin leads allocation preferences amid rising fund inflows and improving market sentiment.

The crypto platform missed on the top and bottom lines as falling digital asset prices weighed on trading activity and investor sentiment.

The executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets said the Senate Banking Committee hearing will happen this month on market structure. bill.

Circle and Tether are going to make it harder for stablecoins to feel like money, said Ben O’Neill, head of money movement at Bridge.

Kirsten Gillibrand said that the US Senate had to address lawmakers potentially getting “rich off of these industries because of their insider status“ before any vote on the CLARITY Act.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the exchange is “80% ready” to go public, as a new partnership with MoneyGram aims to expand access to digital assets by solving last-mile cash conversion.

Angus Fletcher, State Street’s head of digital assets said the young crypto industry needs to find solutions now before trillions in RWAs come on-chain.

Stablecoins are quietly powering real-world money flows as other crypto experiments than speculative trading have failed to scale, Romero said at Consensus 2026.

Tokenized money efforts face limits as corporate clients demand real-time payments that work seamlessly across banks, Citi’s Ryan Rugg said at Consensus in Miami.

The trading app’s senior vice president said tokenization, 24-hour trading, and regulatory shifts are driving broader investor access beyond domestic markets.

The video game retailer’s proposed acquisition plan revives question on whether its $368 million bitcoin stash could be sold to fund the expansion.