Story Protocol rebrands to DATA Foundation in AI pivot
Story Protocol is now the DATA Foundation as it aims to provide licensable data to AI firms that have “run out of internet to scra...
SBI to acquire Bitbank in $289M deal creating Japan's biggest crypto exchange
The Japanese financial conglomerate plans to take full control of Bitbank as it expands an ecosystem spanning crypto trading, stab...
About 60% of World Cup bettors on Polymarket are first-time crypto users
Polymarket emerged as an onboarding layer for about 60% of World Cup bettors, who interacted with the blockchain for the first tim...
Spark migrates $150M in stablecoin to Uniswap to advance shared liquidity
Spark deployed approximately $150 million across two Uniswap v4 pools on Ethereum, while its DualPool hook and Shared Liquidity La...
Binance faces EU service limits next week as MiCA rules take effect
Binance will limit EU onboarding and services from July 1 under MiCA rules after failing to gain authorization from a member state...
Circle, Nomura eye Japan corporate FX with stablecoin settlement: Report
Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the c...
Iran-linked entities moved $3.8B through CoinEx, TRM says
TRM Labs traced $3.8 billion moved by 60 sanctioned Iranian entities through CoinEx and said that the exchange’s 8% share of illic...
Indonesia sets certification rules for influencers recommending crypto
Indonesia’s financial regulator will require influencers recommending crypto and other digital assets to hold relevant certificati...
Polish crypto exchange Kanga secures MiCA license in Latvia
Poland-founded crypto exchange Kanga has secured a Class 3 MiCA license in Latvia, enabling EU-wide crypto services as Polish lawm...
US arbitration giant rolls out ‘legal layer’ for agentic commerce
As agentic AI transactions increase, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,” said Mance...