Finance
Robinhood shares pulled back this week after the trading platform reported a sharp year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter cryptocurrency revenue. Yet analysts at Bernstein say the selloff may be overdone, calling the weakness “temporary crypto jitters” and reiterating a bullish $160 price target. The stock fell about 9% in after-hours trading
Markets
Bitcoin slipped under the $67,000 level early Wednesday, extending a broader pullback across major cryptocurrencies as investors reassessed the outlook for U.S. monetary policy. The world’s largest digital asset dropped 3.1% over the past 24 hours to $66,804 as of 1:13 a.m. ET,
Politics
Senior executives from the cryptocurrency and banking sectors met at the White House this week for another round of talks on stablecoin regulation, but discussions ended without a breakthrough on one of the most contentious issues: whether stablecoin holders should be allowed to earn rewards or yield. The closed-door session
Markets
Goldman Sachs scaled back its exposure to spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds in the fourth quarter of 2025, trimming its positions as cryptocurrency markets cooled toward the end of the year. According to the bank’s latest Form 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman
Politics
Braden John Karony, the former chief executive of SafeMoon US LLC, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a cryptocurrency scheme that prosecutors say misled investors and financed an extravagant personal lifestyle. Karony, 29, of Utah, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court
Finance
Jailed former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a motion seeking a new trial, renewing his legal fight nearly a year after being convicted over the collapse of the once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange. The request was submitted Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
Finance
Interactive Brokers has expanded its cryptocurrency lineup by adding nano-sized Bitcoin and Ether futures from Coinbase Derivatives, giving traders broader access to regulated crypto derivatives with round-the-clock availability. The new contracts are designed to make crypto futures trading more accessible and flexible. They include both monthly-expiring futures and perpetual-style contracts
Trading Platinum and Palladium on Binance Futures Platinum and palladium don’t usually get the spotlight like gold or Bitcoin. Yet both metals play a critical role in global industry, especially in automotive catalysts and clean energy supply chains. Binance Futures now offers a way to trade these “white metals”
Finance
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, has made a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs, the company behind a fast-growing blockchain interoperability protocol. The move signals Tether’s continued focus on improving how digital assets move across different blockchain networks, though the company did not disclose the
Politics
The European Union is weighing a sweeping ban on cryptocurrency transactions involving Russia as part of a broader effort to close loopholes in its sanctions regime, according to a document seen by the Financial Times. EU seeks ban on Russian crypto assets to curb sanctions evasionBrussels also wants to prohibit
AI
For years, cryptocurrency markets were defined by speed. News broke, sentiment shifted, and prices often reacted within minutes. That rhythm has changed. Today’s market moves more slowly and carries more weight, shaped less by headlines and more by capital allocation, ETF structures, and macro positioning that often unfolds quietly
Finance
LMAX Group has unveiled Omnia Exchange, a new trading platform designed to bring foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets onto a single institutional-grade infrastructure. Announced Tuesday, the platform aims to simplify how financial institutions move value across markets, with the option to settle trades using either traditional payment rails or