Exchanges
Crypto traders may finally get US perps, if regulators can agree on the rules
The SEC-CFTC comment process could decide which US venues can list crypto perps, event contracts, and hybrid derivatives.
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Derivatives
The market is moving toward a future where owning Bitcoin matters less than betting on what happens next
A $10 billion Bitcoin options expiry is turning a broad market shift into an immediate test for price discovery.
Legal
$2.48B BTC transfers challenge ‘lost’ Bitcoin wallets in Satoshi lawsuit
The transfers weaken the abandonment claim at the center of a lawsuit seeking title to 3.799 million BTC.
Hacks
FCC robocall rule could make phone accounts a richer target for crypto attackers
The FCC’s robocall proposal could turn phone accounts into richer targets for SIM swaps, recovery abuse, and crypto theft.
Analysis
Stablecoin regulation converts issuers into psuedo-banks while adding a barrier to entry for smaller players
Stablecoin regulation is giving issuers legal clarity, but compliance costs may leave the market to the biggest firms.
Hacks
Ethereum’s Jaredfromsubway MEV bot drained after approving its own $7.5M theft
Attackers used fake markets to turn Jaredfromsubway.eth’s trading approvals into a $7.5 million allowance drain.
Adoption
Turkish lira stablecoins show why Europe’s regulated euro tokens may struggle
Zodia’s lira volumes show stablecoin demand follows payment friction, leaving Europe’s euro tokens with a user problem.
ETF
Morgan Stanley’s proposed 0.14% ETH and SOL fees could turn the next crypto ETF race into a price fight
Morgan Stanley’s proposed 0.14% ETH and SOL fees raise pressure on rivals as advisors weigh staking-adjusted crypto exposure.
Mining
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer mined 921 BTC, but its smaller stash raises a bigger question
The Bitcoin miner's AI cloud growth may reduce sell pressure, but May data shows Bitcoin retention still lagging.
DeFi
HYPE, JTO and WLD wins are looking more like exceptions than an altcoin season signal
The best altcoin rallies of the past month had real catalysts behind them, the problem is that the rest of the market did not follow.
Analysis
AI is pushing crypto media into a fight over trusted market data
Crypto set out to strip trusted middlemen out of money, but it may end up installing a new set of them over its information, more powerful than any newsroom that came before.
ETF
Franklin Templeton new ETFs would convert US companies stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure
Franklin Templeton’s dividend-funded proposal follows BlackRock’s income-focused Bitcoin ETF as issuers search for the next product category.
