Russia’s biggest bank said it plans to offer loans secured by cryptocurrency following a pilot deal with a mining firm, with legislation expected by mid-2026.
The move came as bitcoin briefly rose over $70,000 in U.S. morning hours, reversing Thursday’s sharp declines ahead of the weekend.
Crypto’s “wild west” era for companies is ending as DATs enter a new phase of normalcy, says AVAX One’s Jolie Kahn.
Treasury Secretary Bessent said market participants who don’t want strong regulation should “move to El Salvador.”
Despite its mounting losses and plunging share price, the ether treasury firm says it’s under no pressure to sell its holdings.
The crypto exchange has instructed affected customers to sign up with eToro by the end of March for withdrawals, while deposits and new accounts have been suspended.
Ahead of the fourth-quarter earnings report tonight, shares are down another 13% as bitcoin falls back to $68,000.
Larger rival Sberbank beat Sovcombank to the punch, but it’s still running as a pilot program.
The initiative is part of CME’s push into tokenized collateral, and the firm is collaborating with Google on a “tokenized cash” solution set to launch later this year.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad writes about how the EU’s regulatory clarity could allow tokenised markets to scale. Then, Andy Baehr tells BNB to “suit up.”
Emails show Brock Pierce introduced Jeffrey Epstein to the Coinbase round, while Blockchain Capital later said its fund investment was never completed as Epstein invested independently.
Leaders across the layer-2 space don’t see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.