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WSJ: Lagarde Blocked Binance’s EU License and Left It Locked Out
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to keep Binance out of the European Union. Three months after the bid collapsed, the world’s largest exchange is…
Saylor Says SEC Exemption Puts Tokenized MSTR and STRC Onchain 24/7
Michael Saylor says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new innovation exemption clears tokenized MSTR and STRC to trade onchain around the clock. It is the first live test of the digital credit pitch he has spent a…
500 Million XRP Worth $649M Left Uphold for Five Wallets Yesterday
Five XRP Ledger addresses that didn’t exist until about a day earlier now hold 100 million XRP each, and every one was created by the same Uphold wallet that filled it. The Alert That Lit up XRP Twitter A burst of posts on Sept. 17…
Crypto VC Funding Jumps 31% to $5.7 Billion in Q2 2026
Crypto venture funding rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with investors deploying about $5.7 billion across 384 deals. The recovery was driven by larger, later-stage financings, while fundraising for new crypto venture funds…
UK Lords Want Gambling Ads Banned, Sector Growth Goal Dropped
A cross-party House of Lords committee has told the UK government to ban almost all gambling advertising as soon as it is “practicable” to do so, and to abandon its objective of growing the sector along the way. The industry’s lobby…
Tom Lee Sees Bullish 12 Months as Wall Street Embraces Crypto
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee expects crypto to enter a powerful 12-month period as Wall Street embraces blockchain, leverage returns and the market approaches what he views as the bottom of its four-year cycle. Wall Street Turns to Blockchain…
XRP Open Interest Plunges 32% on Binance as Spot Sellers Beat Buyers
XRP derivatives exposure has fallen sharply since late August as traders reduce leveraged positions while aggressive selling continues across spot and perpetual markets. Binance XRP open interest has dropped about 32%, while selling…
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Lose $520M as XRP Bucks Fed Rate-Hike Selloff
U.S. bitcoin and ether ETFs lost a combined $520.09 million on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest-rate increase since 2023. XRP, solana and HYPE funds bucked the pressure with modest inflows. Blackrock Leads…
S&P Global Buys Openzeppelin in a Big Bet on Onchain Finance
According to the major market intelligence firm S&P Global, the company is acquiring the digital security firm Openzeppelin. The goal of the acquisition is to enhance S&P Global’s “risk assessment and ecosystem development…
SEC Cracks Open the Door for Wall Street Stocks to Trade Onchain
The SEC just gave a limited slice of the U.S. stock market permission to do something that sounds more like crypto than Wall Street: trade tokenized stocks through onchain automated market makers and liquidity pools. Under an exemption…