Australia Tightens Crypto Oversight With 45 Registration Actions

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UK Financial Watchdog Weighs Lifting Prediction Markets Ban: Report

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reportedly has reached out to prediction market companies as part of discussions over whether the regulator would loosen a ban for retail investors, in place since 2019. According to a Friday report from The Times, the FCA is weighing lifting … Read more

Zcash Hits Highest Price Since 2016 as Market Cap Tops $20B

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: Zcash (ZEC) climbed to its highest price since 2016, extending a rally that has pushed the privacy-focused cryptocurrency’s market capitalization above $20 billion. ZEC reached $1,249.28 before retreating to about $1,195 on Monday, according to CoinGecko data. The token gained about 45% over the past week … Read more

Liquid Network Pauses After $320M Bitcoin Withdrawal

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: Bitcoin sidechain Liquid paused operations after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from its federation wallet.  On Sunday, Liquid said that bridge nodes were disabled, preventing new transactions, while exchanges had halted or were preparing to halt L-BTC deposits … Read more

Tether-Backed Orionx Shuts Down After $7M Custody Gap

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: Orionx, a Chilean crypto exchange backed by USDt stablecoin issuer Tether, is shutting down after uncovering a multimillion-dollar issue linked to asset custody. The exchange said it began a permanent closure process after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in custodial assets had moved … Read more

FinCEN Ties $13B in Crypto Scams to Non-US Operations

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Bitcoin ETF Demand Grows While Ether and XRP Cool

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded their strongest three-week inflow stretch of 2026 as Bitcoin traded around $80,000. The funds attracted $986.9 million in the week ending Friday, bringing net inflows over the past three weeks to $3.8 billion, according to SoSoValue data. Total … Read more

Poland Upholds Crypto Bill Veto as Zondacrypto Probe Widens

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: Polish lawmakers have again failed to secure the three-fifths majority needed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of legislation aimed at strengthening oversight of the country’s crypto market. The Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, on Friday voted 241-198 in favor of overriding the veto, with … Read more

Pineapple Financial’s Onchain Mortgage Records Cross $1B

Rewrite this content into a 1000-word SEO friendly article: Pineapple Financial has moved more than $1 billion in residential mortgage records onto Injective, a layer-1 blockchain focused on financial applications, as part of a broader effort to migrate its historical loan portfolio onchain. Pineapple plans to eventually migrate more than 29,000 funded mortgages worth over … Read more