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BitMEX Wind-Down Ends A Perpetual-Swap Pioneer After 11 Years

Securitize Tokenizes $295 Million Of NYSE Stock As US Access Stays Limited

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BitMEX Wind-Down Ends A Perpetual-Swap Pioneer After 11 Years

CoinDesk reported that BitMEX will shut down operations on September 23, 2026, with new registrations halted, user withdrawals urged and remaining contracts set for forced closure before the final deadline.

#crypto #BitMEX #crypto derivatives

July 23, 2026Read More →

Securitize Tokenizes $295 Million Of NYSE Stock As US Access Stays Limited

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Securitize Tokenizes $295 Million Of NYSE Stock As US Access Stays Limited

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and issued tokenized versions of its own SECZ shares on Solana and Avalanche. The company said the tokens represent the same common stock, while access remains limited to eligible U.S. investors on its regulated platform.

#crypto #tokenized securities #Securitize

July 3, 2026Read More →

MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

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MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

CoinDesk reported that the EU’s MiCA framework is now fully in force, requiring crypto firms serving the 27-nation bloc to hold a licence or stop operating. Industry lawyers and executives said the rulebook improves clarity, but warned that compliance costs could shrink roughly 3,000 registered providers to 300 or 400 licensed firms.

#crypto #crypto web3 #MiCA

July 2, 2026Read More →

Bitexen ADGM Permissions Put Trading And Custody Under FSRA Rules

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Bitexen ADGM Permissions Put Trading And Custody Under FSRA Rules

Bitexen MENA and Bitexen Custody received ADGM FSRA permissions for virtual-asset trading and custody, while the public record still lacks launch volumes, listed tokens or first institutional clients.

#crypto #virtual assets #fiat referenced tokens

June 29, 2026Read More →

VARA Tells Dubai VASPs To Put AML Risk Reviews Under Board Oversight

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VARA Tells Dubai VASPs To Put AML Risk Reviews Under Board Oversight

VARA said it issued guidance from its 2026 business risk assessment review, pressing licensed VASPs to connect AML/CFT risk ratings with board challenge, data evidence and control decisions.

#crypto #crypto web3 #AML/CFT

June 28, 2026Read More →

Binance EU Restrictions Hand Coinbase And OKX A MiCA Switching Moment

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Binance EU Restrictions Hand Coinbase And OKX A MiCA Switching Moment

Coinbase and OKX are offering bonuses to European users after Binance told customers it would restrict services without a MiCA licence in place by the July 1 deadline.

#crypto #crypto web3 #MiCA

June 28, 2026Read More →

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Securitize SPAC Deal Targets $400 Million Before NYSE Listing

Securitize expects about $400 million in gross proceeds from its Cantor Equity Partners II merger, with a July 1, 2026 closing and July 2, 2026 NYSE listing still subject to shareholder approval.

#crypto #crypto web3 #Securitize

June 27, 2026Read More →

Copper ME Gets ADGM Approval Step, But Final FSRA Authorisation Still Pending

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Copper ME Gets ADGM Approval Step, But Final FSRA Authorisation Still Pending

Copper ME has received in-principle approval from ADGM’s FSRA to expand regulated digital-asset activities, with custody, settlement, collateral management and tokenised fund brokerage still subject to final authorisation.

#crypto #crypto web3 #ADGM

June 27, 2026Read More →

UBS Ethereum Tests Keep Compliance Controls Off The Protocol Layer

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UBS Ethereum Tests Keep Compliance Controls Off The Protocol Layer

UBS and Nethermind completed two Ethereum proofs of concept showing how regulated institutions can apply compliance controls through their own infrastructure without changing the public protocol.

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June 24, 2026Read More →

Fed Stablecoin Remarks Put Dollar Policy Into The Tokenization Debate

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Fed Stablecoin Remarks Put Dollar Policy Into The Tokenization Debate

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller opened a dollar-policy conference by putting stablecoins and tokenization at the center of the discussion about how financial innovation could affect the dollar’s international role.

#crypto #fintech #Federal Reserve

June 23, 2026Read More →

Plasma One Tests Whether Stablecoins Can Behave Like Everyday Banking

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Plasma One Tests Whether Stablecoins Can Behave Like Everyday Banking

Plasma has launched Plasma One, a stablecoin banking app that combines wallet, payments, yield and underlying blockchain infrastructure into one consumer account.

#fintech #digital payments #stablecoins

June 17, 2026Read More →

Quant Firms Turn Prediction Markets Into a Crypto Trading Infrastructure Test

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Quant Firms Turn Prediction Markets Into a Crypto Trading Infrastructure Test

DRW, Wintermute and IMC are building or hiring for prediction-market trading desks as Polymarket and Kalshi attract institutional attention. During 2025, Polymarket handled a reported $22 billion to $40 billion across politics, economics and sports, while three sports markets topped $730 million together. The practical question is whether institutional trading models can exploit cross-platform inefficiencies without displacing specialist sports-betting groups.

#crypto #prediction markets #polymarket

June 7, 2026Read More →