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The collaboration aims to bring regulated custody and staking for JitoSOL to South Korea as institutions prepare for new crypto rules. Jito Foundation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean digital asset custodian KODA to explore institutional custody and staking support for JitoSOL in the local market.  According to Monday’s announcement, the agreement includes outreach to institutional investors and the development of compliant custody and staking pathways. It comes as South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is expected to finalize a digital asset regulatory framework later this year. Read more

The latest crypto view from the securities agency concludes software that clears the way for securities transactions with individual wallets won't trip regulations.

The Fellowship PAC reported spending $300,000 on advertising for a Republican running to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District in 2026. Fellowship, a super political action committee (PAC) that claims to have $100 million in its war chest from crypto-aligned parties ahead of the 2026 US midterms, has begun reporting spending and endorsements for the next election. According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Fellowship PAC reported spending $300,000 on advertising for Clay Fuller, a Republican who won a special election for Georgia's 14th Congressional District to replace resigning congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The spending, reported disbursed on Tuesday, comes about a month before Georgia’s Republican primary on May 19. Fellowship is just one of several crypto-backed or aligned PACs expected to pour money to support or oppose candidates in another critical US election season. In 2024, the Fairshake PAC spent more than $130 million in media buys in congressional race...

Institutional crypto investors posted their strongest weekly inflows since January, with Bitcoin and Ethereum demand rising as XRP investments cool.

A single externally owned address is now at the center of concern over who ultimately controls user funds on World Liberty Financial.

Tron founder Justin Sun, a major investor in the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, lashed out at the company over the weekend.

Bitcoin rallied to $72,500 as US stocks reacted to US efforts to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the rebound, BTC traders warned that a price correction remains a risk. Bitcoin (BTC) reversed its losses after Monday’s Wall Street open as markets digested the newest developments in the US-Iran war. Key points: Bitcoin joins US stocks in a relief bounce despite the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz going ahead. Read more

A hacker exploited a Polkadot bridge, minting $1.1 billion worth of DOT tokens before making a tiny fraction of that tally by selling it.

The firm said a criminal group is attempting to extort it over limited insider-related data access incidents affecting about 2,000 accounts. Kraken says it will not pay and is working with law enforcement.

Circle defends its hands-off approach to freezing funds as critics point to hundreds of millions in losses tied to delayed action.

A new study from the American Bankers Association says the White House economists went after the wrong premise in their recent look at the issue.

Hyperbridge, a decentralized bridge connecting the Polkadot ecosystem to the Ethereum network, suffered a major security breach that allowed an attacker to mint 1 billion unauthorized DOT tokens. However, the hacker’s potential multimillion-dollar payday was drastically cut short to around $240,000 as there simply was not enough liquidity to cash out the fabricated assets. While […] The post Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The world's largest Bitcoin mining pool operator expands into the privacy-focused Zcash token with rapid network adoption.

Bitcoin may rise further before reversing sharply but analyst predicts a deeper correction ahead after short-term gains play out.

As the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz goes into effect, reports say Iran is considering the abandonment of uranium enrichment as a way to end the war.

BitMine Immersion Technologies' Ethereum treasury gained another $157 million of ETH last week, its biggest acquisition since December.

ECB Backs ESMA Crypto Supervision: What It Means for MiCA The post ECB Backs ESMA-Led Crypto Supervision in EU: Tighter MiCA Enforcement Incoming appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum is trading below $2.2k to open the new week, holding above the critical $1.8k support zone but struggling to make any decisive move higher. The recovery from February’s lows has been frustratingly shallow, and with macro uncertainty still clouding the broader risk environment, ETH remains in a position where it needs to prove itself […]

Bitcoin fell over the weekend as Iran negotiations failed and sell pressure persists, while Morgan Stanley signaled growing crypto ambitions.

The European Central Bank said tokenization could improve EU capital markets, but only with central bank money, interoperable infrastructure and resilient regulation. The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.”  In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT) could help deepen the European Union’s savings and investments union, but warned that benefits will depend on interoperable infrastructure and policymakers keeping pace with new risks.  The central bank’s stance highlights a push to modernize market plumbing in the bloc without loosening control over settlement or financial stability. Read more