Coinbase and Better Home & Finance have closed the first bitcoin-backed mortgage in the U.S., allowing borrowers to use bitcoin or USDC as collateral for a down payment without selling their digital assets.

Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried told FOX Business he 'absolutely' wants a presidential pardon while continuing to defend himself against fraud charges.

Anthropic is expected to release Claude Fable, the public version of its Mythos AI model, on June 9 or 10, 2026, raising both opportunities and serious security risks for the cryptocurrency sector.

Kraken now offers CFTC-regulated perpetual futures contracts to eligible US clients through its Kraken Pro platform, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, and other digital assets.

Binance faces losing access to the European Union market as Greece's regulator is expected to reject its MiCA license application before the end-of-June deadline.

Coinbase announced plans to offer tokenized U.S. equities backed one-for-one by underlying shares, with direct ownership and automatic dividend payments for users outside the U.S.

CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy announced the exchange operator will file a lawsuit against the CFTC, arguing that perpetual futures are legally swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act.

SBI Holdings is acquiring crypto exchange Bitbank in a ¥46.7 billion ($289 million) deal that would form Japan's largest crypto trading group by assets under management.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority will require crypto firms to hold capital against risky assets and conduct annual stress tests starting October 2027.

More than 100 financial firms including Visa, BNY Mellon, Stripe, BlackRock, and Coinbase are partnering to launch a US dollar-backed stablecoin called Open USD.

Billionaire investor Tim Draper says he hasn't touched his Bitcoin after analysts linked him to a 1,000 BTC transfer to Coinbase Prime, while reiterating his $250,000 price target.

Polymarket has enabled instant bitcoin deposits over the Lightning Network using the Spark protocol, crediting funds in under a second versus the previous 10-to-60-minute wait.