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Two of the most closely watched regulatory bodies in American finance are operating with skeleton crews. The Securities and Exchange Commission has three of its five commissioner seats filled — all by Republicans. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has just one sitting commissioner. Both vacancies come at a moment when the agencies are expected to take center stage in shaping the rules around digital assets, should a crypto market structure bill that has been stalled in the Senate since July 2025 finally pass. A Nominee With Stakes In The Industry Against that backdrop, Kevin Warsh — US President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — filed a financial disclosure last week that revealed personal investments in crypto and artificial intelligence companies. Based on reports , Warsh’s filing with the US Office of Government Ethics lists holdings in Compound, Dapper Labs , and Kinetic on the crypto side, alongside AI firms including Delphi, Conver...

US crypto exchange Kraken has taken another step toward public markets after Co-CEO Arjun Sethi said Tuesday at the Semafor World Economy event in Washington, DC, that the company has confidentially filed for an initial public offering.  Co-CEO Unveils Kraken’s Mission Sethi said Kraken’s goal is to give customers access to advanced trading and “directional bets” that are often available only to institutions. He compared that aspiration to the kinds of quantitative and market infrastructure used by major names like Citadel, Jane Street, and JPMorgan.  “What they want at the end of the day is what Citadel and Jane Street have, or JPMorgan has, and they want it accessible to them,” Sethi said. He added, “That’s our mission: How do we make all these products open. We want to be able to help enable what you want to do with your own capital.” During the same appearance, Sethi also addressed broader concerns about technology—specifically, fears that artificial intelligence coul...

Ethereum network activity is not being influenced or shaped by the current price action of the altcoin, which has been steadily battling with volatility. Even as the price of ETH has fallen sharply from its new peak, user activity on the leading blockchain network is experiencing robust growth, with more operations being carried out on a daily basis. Rising On-Chain Activity Contrasts With Declining Price In a highly uncertain and volatile cryptocurrency environment, the Ethereum network appears to be thriving, experiencing robust interest and engagement. ETH’s current network strength is evident, particularly in the number of transactions processed on the blockchain each day. The daily transaction counts on the network have exploded while price action continues to struggle to regain bullish momentum. This mismatch between market performance and fundamentals often indicates underlying strength that may not yet be represented in valuation. Reports from Everstake, the largest glob...

Bitcoin’s latest rebound has not done much to settle the argument among crypto analysts over where this cycle really is right now.  A technical analysis posted on X claims the market is once again tracing the same structure seen in prior bear phases, only this time with a slower tempo, deeper institutional involvement, and a more controlled trading environment. However, the outlook of this analysis is that the downtrend is still not complete. Familiar Bitcoin Script Is Showing Up Again The concept of the analysis is that the Bitcoin price keeps moving through the same emotional and structural framework from one cycle to the next. In that framework, the Bitcoin price first pushes into a parabolic advance, then enters distribution, suffers a violent break lower, stages a misleading recovery, and eventually grinds into a final capitulation.  That is the same pattern that appeared in 2018 and again in 2022, and in this reading, 2026 is now occupying the same late-stage pos...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has urged the cryptocurrency industry to adopt stronger safeguards after a major operational failure at crypto exchange Bithumb earlier this year.  In comments made on Monday, South Korea’s central bank suggested that crypto exchanges should use new mechanisms designed to prevent mistakes like the one that led to an erroneous payment involving 620,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in February. Bithumb Case Details Local media reports say the BOK pointed to the absence of circuit-breaker style systems as a key reason such incidents can escalate. The central bank highlighted that the crypto asset sector, compared with traditional finance, generally has “weaker internal controls and lower regulatory standards.”  The Bithumb incident itself, according to the Bank of Korea’s description at the time, involved staff distributing Bitcoin without the required approvals. The exchange allegedly allowed employees to send BTC without supervisor clearance and without verificati...

Bullish momentum appears to be fading on the Bitcoin market as the price of the leading cryptocurrency asset gradually falls back toward the $70,000 level. The growing bearish momentum is driven by heightened selling pressure across the market, backed by a confluence of macroeconomic and political events. Geopolitical Shock Drives Bitcoin Short Interest Several negative factors across the broader cryptocurrency sector and the world are bolstering Bitcoin’s recent pullback. Currently, heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical tensions are once again spilling into the crypto market, causing Bitcoin and other digital assets to retest key support price levels. In an X post, Darkfost, a verified CryptoQuant author and data analyst, revealed that BTC is experiencing renewed heavy short pressure following the breakdown of the US-Iran talks. After a week of suggesting an improvement in the geopolitical situation, the expert argues that the negotiations scheduled for this weekend will ult...

A recent update from the Shiba Inu community has shed light on a pivotal move made by Ryoshi, SHIB’s anonymous creator and former lead developer during the early days of the meme coin. According to the update, Ryoshi had locked and transferred a staggering amount of SHIB following its launch, significantly reducing its circulating supply and elevating the project’s level of decentralization and governance control.  The Move Made By Shiba Inu’s Founder Ryoshi In an X post on April 10, @Shibizens, followers, and supporters of the Shibarium ecosystem revealed a fun fact about Shiba Inu that continues to guide its direction and operations to this day. They revealed that following Shiba Inu’s mid-2020 debut, Ryoshi had sent approximately 50% of its massive supply of 1 quadrillion tokens, about 505 trillion SHIB tokens, to Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (ETH) .  The transfer was initially described as a gesture of respect and acknowledgment. However, Buterin later rev...