In 2025, illicit cryptocurrency volumes sent by Russia, Iran, and North Korea reached a record $154 billion, as reported by Chainalysis. The surge represents a 690% increase from the previous year, primarily driven by sanctioned […]
Kalshi is facing a lawsuit regarding its prediction market related to Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, following backlash over its handling of the market. The company drew criticism for resolving the market based on the last […]
Pakistan has enacted the Virtual Assets Act 2026, establishing the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) to license crypto exchanges and custodians, catering to the country’s 40 million crypto users. This legislation formalizes a previous […]
Culper Research has taken a short position in Ethereum ($ETH), claiming that a “death spiral” is imminent based on on-chain data from January 2025 to February 2026. They assert that about 95% of new wallet […]
Lloyds Banking Group is aiming to become the UK’s largest fintech by increasing its sales of customer data. This initiative follows the company’s recent focus on scaling agentic AI across its operations to enhance customer […]
US investors are advocating for the creation of special funds designed to help avoid investments in Chinese technology. This initiative has emerged amidst a broader trend of derisking portfolios from assets linked to China, a […]
BlackRock has implemented limits on redemptions at one of its private credit funds as outflows increase amid rising liquidity challenges faced by private credit funds from major managers. This decision follows recent markdowns by BlackRock […]
21Shares is launching the first spot Polkadot ETF in the US today, with a fee of 30 basis points and an initial seeding of $11 million. Polkadot is designed to connect multiple independent blockchains into […]
On March 5, significant net outflows were recorded for major crypto spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with Bitcoin (BTC) experiencing an outflow of $227.83 million, Ethereum (ETH) $90.9 million, Solana (SOL) $5.23 million, and XRP $6.15 […]
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced plans to develop diverse equity investment options and expand exit channels for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds. This initiative comes as part of the CSRC’s […]