Coinbase, the largest US crypto exchange by trading volume, is days away from unveiling its push into prediction markets and tokenized stocks, according to Bloomberg. Coinbase plans to announce next week that it will launch prediction markets and tokenized equities, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The exchange will hold … Read more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is rolling back legacy policy on digital assets, marking another step in its reorientation toward regulated crypto markets. Acting CFTC Chairman Caroline D. Pham said the agency is withdrawing its years-old guidance on the “actual delivery” of virtual currencies, a document that had shaped how firms could custody and … Read more
Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token may rally by over 80% versus Bitcoin (BTC) in 2026, according to a classic bullish reversal scenario developing on its long-term charts. Key points: Ether price chart hints at 80% rally versus Bitcoin As of December, ETH/BTC’s two-week chart displayed a textbook inverse head-and-shoulders (IH&S) formation, a classic bullish reversal pattern … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) has a new $76,000 target as the daily chart continues to print a bear flag pattern. Key points: Bitcoin gets new $76,000 and $50,000 price targets for the next phase of its major correction. The bull market is “over,” a trader says, noting multiple bearish divergences. Bitcoin’s bull market support band offers short-term … Read more
Video-sharing giant YouTube has reportedly enabled US-based creators to accept payouts in PayPal’s stablecoin, PYUSD. Fortune reported on Thursday that PayPal’s head of crypto, May Zabaneh, said the feature is live, but only for users in the US. The firm integrated the ability for recipients to accept payments in PYUSD earlier this year, with YouTube … Read more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued “no-action” letters to a group of prediction markets, exempting them from requirements related to swap data reporting and record-keeping regulations. The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight and the Division of Clearing and Risk won’t initiate enforcement action against several prediction market platforms for shirking certain recordkeeping demands, provided … Read more
The blockchain gaming sector is shifting to more sustainable economics and has improved sentiment and market maturity as it recalibrates its outlook, reported the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA). The Web3 gaming advocacy group said in its annual state of the industry report released on Wednesday that the sector is “moving beyond its speculative origins toward … Read more
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline Pham has scrapped “outdated guidance” on the delivery of crypto, which has been applauded for offering exchanges more flexibility. “Eliminating outdated and overly complex guidance that penalizes the crypto industry and stifles innovation is exactly what the Administration has set out to do this year,” Pham said … Read more
Crypto markets saw a slight pickup after the US Federal Reserve’s widely expected rate cut on Wednesday, and a larger bounce could be next, say analysts. The central bank has executed three consecutive interest rate cuts totaling 0.75% over a three-month period from September to December. Despite being fundamentally bullish for crypto in the long … Read more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has given a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation a highly coveted “no-action” letter, allowing it to offer a new securities market tokenization service. The DTCC said on Thursday that its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company, was given the go-ahead to launch “a new service to tokenize … Read more