While Coinbase and others await decision on their applications, the federal banks regulator has already signaled friendliness to crypto companies through several conditional approvals.

While Coinbase and others await decision on their applications, the federal banks regulator has already signaled friendliness to crypto companies through several conditional approvals.
The nationwide RateFi product allows borrowers to count crypto holdings toward mortgage underwriting requirements without selling their assets.
Bitcoin gained both upside and downside targets as the Wall Street open brought fresh BTC selling pressure and tariff reactions began.
How many people really pay with Bitcoin? Survey data, payment processors and country case studies reveal where BTC is used for real-world payments.
Bitcoin price more than doubled the last time Tether's crypto market capitalization dropped by $3 billion in two months, a signal that is flashing again in 2026.
A crypto trader said a former Revolut employee tried to extort him and contacted his relatives. Revolut confirmed an investigation and said no systems were breached.
Curve founder Michael Egorov told Cointelegraph that protocols cannot “live without real revenues flowing” as token incentives lose power to attract liquidity.
Standard Chartered slashed its forecast for T-bill demand from stablecoins to $800 billion to $1 trillion by 2028, but maintained its $2 trillion stablecoin market call.
Citrini Research’s 2028 scenario imagines AI turbocharging corporate profits, while hollowing out consumer demand and quietly migrating global payments to stablecoins on cheap chains.
The Austrian Financial Market Authority has frozen new business at KuCoin EU months after granting the exchange a MiCA license, citing gaps in key AML and sanctions roles.
Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million in its 100th purchase, increasing holdings to 717,722 BTC.
Base rode SocialFi, memecoins and AI agents to the top of Ethereum’s layer-2 ladder before turning inward to rebuild its core stack.
The mounting unrealized losses of Bitmine shareholders and Ether’s 60% decline are signaling a critical inflection point that may define Ether’s medium-term momentum, analysts said.
Crypto investment products posted outflows for a fifth straight week, marking the longest exit streak since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in 2024.
Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but some analysts see it as a sign of a healthy flush in speculative leverage.
The Bank of Korea proposed a bank-led consortium and a statutory interagency body for issuer approvals, citing the US GENIUS Act as a model, according to local media.
Gemini’s Tyler Winklevoss said he’s “optimistic” amid peak crypto pessimism, but SEC filings, layoffs and public data on Winklevoss Capital’s BTC sales paint a different picture.
Bitcoin’s market cap dropped to $1.31 trillion, slipping to 15th globally as prices dipped below $65,000, fueling rising bearish bets on Polymarket.
Bitcoin price weakness to start the week compounds expectations of new BTC macro lows as sentiment matches its most bearish levels ever.
The Ethereum co-founder still has over 7,000 ETH left to sell, a supply overhang that could push the ETH price lower in the coming days.
