cryptocurrency
Why Crypto Still Isn’t Ready for the Mainstream: An Inside Look
I was watching a panel at Consensus a few weeks ago. The discussion was about UX - the argument being that confusing interfaces and jargon...
Bybit Slashes Stock CFD Costs to Zero, Turning Up Pressure on Retail CFD Brokers
Bybit has introduced a limited-time zero-fee trading campaign on its TradFi platform, removing both commissions and swap fees on stock CFDs as it expands its...
MEXC Launches Institutionally Priced Multi-Event Prediction Contracts
MEXC has launched Combo, a new prediction market product that allows users to combine up to 20 event outcomes into a single position. Unlike traditional...
Four Moves in Six Weeks: How Payward Is Remaking Kraken as a Regulated Infrastructure Platform
In just six weeks, Kraken’s parent company Payward added the core pieces of a regulated infrastructure platform around the exchange: a TradFi anchor, a US...
Schwab Aims Crypto Custody at Its $5 Trillion Advisor Channel by 2027
Charles Schwab has switched on the first round-the-clock product in its history, letting clients trade select cryptocurrency futures nearly 24 hours a day, seven days...
Retail Traders Get Tokenized US IPO Allocations at Offer Price as Payward Expands xStocks
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, plans to allow retail investors to participate in U.S.-listed initial public offerings at the IPO price through...
SEC Draft Plan Would Curb Enforcement Reach and Cement Atkins's Crypto Turn
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put its turn under Chairman Paul Atkins into writing, publishing a draft strategic plan that would narrow...
Virtu Financial Ireland Gets MiCA Approval and CASP License for EU Crypto Services
Virtu Financial Inc said its Irish subsidiary has received regulatory approval under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, allowing it to operate crypto-asset services...
Binance Adds 7,000 U.S. Stocks as Crypto Exchanges Race to Become Multi-Asset Brokers
Binance has launched trading in more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds, becoming the latest crypto exchange to expand beyond digital assets and compete...
Crypto Perps in the US Will Fill the “Offshore” Workaround. Does That Make Europe Over-Cautious?
Three platforms — Coinbase, Kraken and Kalshi — have claimed to be the first in the US to launch crypto perpetual futures, widely known as...
MEXC Launches Real US Stock Trading, Moving Beyond Tokenized Equities
Crypto exchange MEXC has started letting users buy real shares in US-listed companies and collect any dividends on them, settling the trades in the stablecoin...
Kraken Enters Funded Trading With New Prop Program After Breakout Acquisition
Kraken has launched a proprietary trading program that allows crypto traders to access firm capital after completing an evaluation. It marks the exchange’s entry into...