Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky settles FTC case with $10M payment
The FTC order ties Mashinsky’s $10 million payment to a mostly suspended $4.72 billion judgment that can be revived over asset disclosures.
Bitcoin, stocks risk ‘months’ of losses as Kevin Warsh Becomes Fed chair
Bitcoin fell after each new Federal Reserve chair began work, data showed, while Kevin Warsh gave mixed signals over policy for risk assets.
Polymarket denies data breach, says hacker is selling public data
The apparent hacker claimed to have breached other prediction markets and planned to release the data in the next few days.
Aptos says its new privacy coin seeks to fix one of crypto’s biggest trade-offs
Aptos said its new privacy coin could be used to enable businesses to transact onchain without competitors tracking treasury moves and trading strategies.
CFTC pulls Wisconsin into fight over prediction market jurisdiction
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Wisconsin in the agency’s fifth lawsuit against a US state to assert jurisdiction over prediction markets.
Bitcoin’s recent rally is largely fueled by Strategy purchases: Bitwise’s Hougan
While Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and whale buying have contributed to the recent Bitcoin rally, the key driver has been consistent buying by Michael Saylor’s treasury firm, Strategy, according to Bitwise’s chief investment officer.
Robinhood dips as Q1 earnings miss and crypto revenue, volume fall nearly 50%
Robinhood’s Q1 earnings per share and revenue figures missed industry expectations, sending the company’s shares down nearly 10%.
Judge rejects new trial for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
A federal judge slammed Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial as seemingly “a plan to rescue his reputation,” denying the former FTX boss’s request.
Bitcoin rally falters as AI industry weakens and CLARITY Act approval odds fall
Bitcoin’s dip below $76,000 was driven by an AI sector sell-off and investors’ worries about slowed progress in the CLARITY Act negotiations.
RedStone launches settlement layer to address RWA liquidity gap in DeFi lending
A new system targets the mismatch between fast DeFi liquidations and slow asset redemptions, a key barrier to the use of tokenized assets in lending markets.