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BitMEX Ends Trading After 11 Years as Perpetual Futures Pioneer
BitMEX has shut exchange operations after 11 years, ending trading while withdrawals remain open. The closure ends a pioneering crypto derivatives venue’s run and highlights intensifying competition, regulation and the market structure it helped create.
Binance to List Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token With Seed Tag
Binance will list Hyperliquid’s HYPE token with its Seed Tag, expanding access while warning traders about volatility, liquidity risks and uncertainty around the exchange’s launch timetable.
Glamsterdam’s Builder Test Reveals a Liveness Problem Ethereum Must Solve
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam testnet rehearsal exposed a payload-withholding attack that can delay block production, highlighting the need for deterministic timeouts, reliable fallbacks and stronger builder accountability.
Canada’s Biggest Banks Build a Shared Tokenized Deposit Network
Canada’s six largest banks are exploring a shared Canadian dollar tokenized deposit network to streamline interbank transfers, programmable payments, liquidity management and blockchain-based settlement.
Coinbase Brings Fixed-Rate Bitcoin Loans to Mainstream Crypto Users
Coinbase has launched fixed-rate bitcoin-backed loans through Morpho Midnight, giving borrowers set interest rates and maturities while highlighting collateral, liquidation and liquidity risks in mainstream onchain credit.
Ethereum’s 21,000 Gas Rule Ends as State Creation Gets Its Own Price
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade will end the universal 21,000-gas assumption, adding 183,600 state gas for transfers to new accounts and forcing wallets, exchanges and developers to rethink fee estimation.
Fake Recruiters Expose Crypto’s Expanding Corporate Attack Surface
A North Korean cyber operation posing as recruiters infected 30,000 devices and stole at least $10.7 million in crypto, exposing hiring processes as a growing security risk for digital asset companies.
ZetaChain Holders Approve Layer 1 Shutdown and Solana Migration
ZetaChain holders approved retiring the project’s Layer 1 and migrating ZETA to Solana, but key details involving token claims, exchanges, staking and Ethereum and BNB Chain holdings remain unresolved.
ECB Opens Bank-Only Pontes Platform Ahead of 2027 Digital Euro Test
The ECB’s Pontes platform will begin a bank-only pilot ahead of a planned mid-2027 test, offering new insight into wholesale digital euro infrastructure while leaving its technology, participants and regulatory framework unclear.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Exit Raises Questions for Crypto Investors
Berkshire Hathaway’s reported chairman transition puts succession, governance and capital allocation under scrutiny, while crypto investors assess what Buffett’s departure means for bitcoin’s traditional critics.
Crypto Rally Spreads Across Eight Tokens, but Its Catalyst Remains Unclear
Eight crypto assets surged more than 10% in 24 hours, led by NEAR and Uniswap, but no verified catalyst explains the cross-category rally, leaving investors to weigh momentum, liquidity and reversal risk.
House Passes AI Power Cost Bill, but Its Impact Remains Unclear
The US House passed an AI power-cost bill aimed at protecting households, but missing legislative details leave its impact on data centers, utilities and crypto miners uncertain.