Bitcoin mining difficulty is climbing again as hashrate rises, with CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju tying TradFi-backed miners to institutional confidence.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management said Thursday its MONY and JLTXX tokenized money market funds are now on Solana for qualified US investors via Morgan Money.

The American Bankers Association said the OCC's final GENIUS Act rule dropped curbs on yield paid via affiliates and exchanges, letting issuers skirt the ban.

Ireland's Central Bank fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3.25M ($3.65M) Thursday for failing to safeguard customer e-money funds and oversee outsourced controls.

SoFi Technologies launched SoFi Earn on Thursday, a bank-issued, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit paying 4.40% APY that converts 1:1 into its SoFiUSD stablecoin.

US spot Ethereum ETFs have lost about $1.07 billion in October, while ETH waiting to enter staking has grown to about 20 times the amount waiting to leave.

Bitcoin fell about 3% to near $81,400 on Thursday as Nasdaq futures slid after Tesla and Meta results, back to the price US spot ETF buyers paid on average.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $528 million on Wednesday, led by BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC, while ETH funds ended five days of outflows.

South Korea's FSC says talks on the Digital Asset Basic Act are nearly done, as lawmakers clash over a 22% crypto tax set for January 2027.

Starknet's non-binding Snapshot vote on becoming an independent post-quantum layer-1 closed with 93.5% support from STRK holders, StarkWare says.

Aerodrome and Velodrome have merged into Aero, a single decentralized exchange now operating on seven networks including Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain.

Bitcoin traders bought the dip near $80K, then $548M in ETF inflows and rising leverage pushed BTC toward the $85K resistance. Will the ceiling give way?

Mural raised a $15M Series A led by USDT issuer Tether, bringing total funding to $28M, as it builds accounts, payments and compliance tools for fintechs.

Tom Lee's Bitmine staked another 159,728 Ethereum worth $390.6M, bringing its staked total to 5.23M ETH, or 86.5% of its holdings, according to Lookonchain.

The Drift Protocol exploiter sent another 24,885 ETH to Tornado Cash and still holds 56,569 ETH, worth about $139.3M, Lookonchain reported on Wednesday.

Financial Conduct Authority draft guidance says smart contracts and distributed governance don't decide if a crypto firm needs UK authorization from 2027.

Polymarket US sued Ohio's attorney general and casino regulators to block enforcement of state gambling law against its CFTC-regulated sports contracts.

Ledger is rolling out Crypto Loan in Ledger Wallet, letting users borrow USDC or USDT against wrapped Bitcoin through Morpho without selling their BTC.