Ripple secures full MiCA license for EU crypto services
The license lets Ripple passport XRP and its stablecoin services into all 27 EU member states under a single regulator-recognized framework, a structurally different footprint from the…
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The license lets Ripple passport XRP and its stablecoin services into all 27 EU member states under a single regulator-recognized framework, a structurally different footprint from the…
The Luxembourg CSSF sign-off turns Ripple into one of the first US-rooted crypto firms to operate continent-wide under the bloc's new rules, before MiCA's full enforcement kicks in.
The Luxembourg CASP authorization is the first major US-headquartered crypto firm to clear MiCA's full bar, giving Ripple a structural edge as EU banks and payment processors shop for compliant rails.
The roadmap spans seven upgrades and a full storage overhaul, but Hegota in 2026 is likely the last fork before the long Lean cycle starts, putting the catalyst years out from current price action.
A $65M flash loan inflated a redemption to $70.9M and walked away with $6M, a textbook manipulation of the Lazy Summer Protocol's smart contracts.
The DeFi lending protocol lost just over $6M in a single exploit, the latest in a string of mid-cap DeFi venues taken down by attackers in 2025.
Single-wallet outflows this size rarely print in isolation; the read is whether other long-dormant addresses follow before the next macro tape.
The Luxembourg-issued CASP authorization is the first of its kind for a major US-headquartered crypto firm, letting Ripple passport regulated XRP and stablecoin services into every EU member state…
Ethereum's co-founder says a new wave of protocol upgrades is taking shape, aimed squarely at the parts of the roadmap The Merge left unfinished: scaling, wallet UX, and consensus simplification.
A revised Lean Ethereum roadmap would touch nearly every layer of the protocol over three to four years, with quantum resistance and on-chain privacy moving to first-class goals and a post-EVM engine…
BlackRock's framing of one blockchain owning the settlement layer is the headline: Ethereum is positioning stablecoin dollars to settle on its base layer, and Buterin's roadmap makes that pitch…
The attack is hitting a yield-aggregator specifically built for institutional-grade vault infrastructure, putting fresh attention on the security stack behind DeFi's automated strategies.
Eight straight weeks of net selling from spot Bitcoin ETFs is now a regime, not a reaction, and the Ethereum side is matching it: an eighth consecutive week of outflows underscores how broad the…
The exchange kept withdrawals open for roughly 2 million French users but stopped spot and margin. $1.6B in net outflows over the past month shows where the retail book already went.
The redesign of how Ethereum stores data is the disruptive beat: token fees could fall more than tenfold without breaking legacy apps, and quantum safety is now a top-tier priority.
Daily transactions on Solana clearing 2x since New Year is the kind of throughput story that drags the network back into the scaling conversation; whether it sticks is a separate question.
The fourfold jump in lease commitments, not the gross figure, is the real signal: hyperscaler AI infrastructure spending is now locked in for a decade, not a quarter.
Senate staffers are still reconciling committee drafts, but the August recess and ethics demands from Senate Democrats leave only weeks to land a deal Trump will sign before midterms.
The partnership lets VALR offer perpetuals without running its own matching engine or order book, riding Hyperliquid's onchain liquidity for one of Africa's deepest crypto venues.
Unique investor counts are the cleanest cycle signal: a six-year low in Q2 says capital is concentrating into fewer hands, not the space contracting outright.