A major attempt to establish comprehensive US cryptocurrency rules has stalled in the Senate, leaving exchanges, investors and digital-asset companies facing continued uncertainty while regulators consider what can be done under existing law.
S&P Global has agreed to acquire blockchain-security specialist OpenZeppelin, bringing smart-contract risk analysis into one of traditional finance's largest financial-data businesses as tokenized assets and stablecoins move further into the mainstream.
A new five-year US regulatory framework is opening the door for qualifying platforms to trade tokenized versions of traditional stocks, potentially bringing blockchain settlement and digital ownership infrastructure deeper into mainstream finance.
Bitcoin is facing a fresh macroeconomic test as record US diesel prices, oil above $100 and rising global borrowing costs revive inflation fears and challenge the idea that crypto can easily thrive during an inflation shock.
Bitcoin remained above $76,000 after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, while a broader cryptocurrency rebound forced hundreds of millions of dollars in leveraged positions to close.