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CFTC Adopts Nasdaq Financial Market Monitoring Tool to combat Market Manipulation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, is integrating a financial surveillance tool developed by stock exchange company Nasdaq in a bid to overhaul its 1990s infrastructure. Nasdaq’s software is focused on detecting market abuse, including insider trading activity and market manipulation in equities and crypto markets, Tony Sio, head of regulatory […]
Bitcoin Risks Ending Its Bull Market After Whale Sell-Off
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last week of August far from all-time highs as traders become increasingly nervous. A huge long liquidation event has brought $110,000 back into play as a new CME gap becomes a new hope for bulls. Bitcoin whales are under scrutiny after a giant rotation from BTC into ETH. Smaller hodlers remain […]
SBI, Chainlink to Bring Blockchain to Asia’s Finance Market
Japanese finance conglomerate SBI Group has partnered with the blockchain oracle platform Chainlink to create a host of crypto tools for Asia’s financial institutions. SBI said on Sunday that its collaboration with Chainlink will focus on “a number of key use cases for financial institutions in Japan and the APAC [Asia-Pacific] region,” with its initial attention on […]
Metaplanet added to the FTSE Russell Japan and All-World stock market indices
Metaplanet, a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, has been upgraded from a small-cap to a mid-cap stock in index provider FTSE Russell’s September 2025 Semi-Annual Review, bumping it up for inclusion in the flagship FTSE Japan Index. The index provider updates and rebalances the indices quarterly, and following Metaplanet’s strong Q2 performance, added it to the […]
Crypto Market correction driven by investor ‘fear spikes’ ahead of Powell speech
Cryptocurrency investors are bracing for the US Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole on Friday, where Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks may provide key signals on interest rate policy heading into September’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly fell to $112,565 on Wednesday, a two-week low last seen on Aug. 3, Cointelegraph data […]
LATAM Crypto Exchange Flows Surge 9x to $27B as Bitso Dominates Market
Latin America’s (LATAM) centralized crypto exchanges grew from niche platforms into critical financial infrastructure in three years, with flows increasing ninefold, according to new research. Dune Research’s LATAM Report revealed that 2021 annual crypto exchange flows in the region totaled $3 billion. In 2024, the total exchange flows for LATAM reached $27 billion, up by […]
GENIUS Act Stablecoin Ban May Fuel Tokenization Market Growth
The landmark US GENIUS Act could serve as a major catalyst for stablecoin adoption both domestically and abroad. But rather than simply boosting demand for dollar-backed digital currencies, it may unintentionally push capital into the tokenization market as investors seek yield on their holdings. That was one of the key takeaways from a recent interview […]