Category: crypto

Bitpanda’s 2025 revenue increased by 16% to €371M with 7.4M users, MiCA licensing live, and focus on multi-asset trading and B2B infrastructure. Revolut gains approval for Revolut Bank UK with full banking status, offering FSCS protection up to £85,000. Bitpanda expands beyond crypto trading into asset types and white-label infrastructure. Regulatory wins include EU-wide MiCA…

Osmosis plans to convert OSMO to ATOM over six months, integrating more closely with Cosmos Hub. The proposal aims to boost liquidity, governance, and valuations by consolidating resources. OSMO holders face dilution but gain exposure to ATOM, while Cosmos Hub would underwrite Osmosis’s future. The move may shape Cosmos’s future direction.

Across Protocol is considering a pivot to a C-Corp structure, allowing ACX token holders to swap tokens for equity in a new U.S. C-Corp, AcrossCo, or redeem for stablecoins. This move aims to address regulatory and institutional pressures in the DeFi space and could set a template for other projects.

Anchorage Digital has invested in Immunefi and purchased IMU tokens, linking a U.S.-chartered crypto bank with a bug bounty platform for DeFi security. This move shows a shift towards treating on-chain security as essential infrastructure, with the potential for larger bounty programs and standardized security agreements in the future.

MetaMask has integrated the Uniswap API, allowing users to swap directly through Uniswap v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX across 16+ networks. This tightens the link between the wallet and the largest DEX liquidity venue, offering institutional-grade pricing and depth. The integration aims to position MetaMask as the default EVM wallet and Uniswap as the default…

Fresh Coinglass data reveals that ETH and BTC are currently trapped between liquidation bands, with potential for over 1.9 billion dollars in forced flows. For ETH, breaking above 2,153 dollars could trigger 958 million dollars in liquidations, while dropping below 1,951 dollars risks 907 million in long positions. Similarly, BTC faces significant liquidation risks with…

Revolut has obtained a full UK banking license, offering FSCS-protected deposits to 13 million users. However, crypto trading remains outside of deposit insurance. The approval marks a shift for Revolut from a high-growth app to a regulated bank in the competitive financial market, with plans for further expansion and job creation.

Mastercard is bringing over 85 crypto firms, fintechs, and banks into a new partner program to facilitate stablecoin payments on its network. This initiative aims to maintain Mastercard’s role in stablecoin settlement economics and provide a controlled environment for regulators and banks, while also offering benefits for crypto firms in terms of merchant reach and…

Strive has increased the dividend on its SATA preferred stock to 12.75% and is now tying more of its balance sheet to Bitcoin and high-yield preferred equity bets. The company also holds about 13,311 bitcoins and is allocating $50 million to Strategy Inc.’s STRC preferreds for higher yield. Investors in SATA are backing Strive’s core…

A new U.S. Senate bill called the “DEATH BETS Act” aims to ban trading contracts related to war, terrorism, assassination, and death. This could impact prediction-market platforms like Polymarket. The proposed legislation would tighten regulations on platforms speculating on tragic events and could influence how prediction markets operate in the future.