Category: Bitcoin News

Key takeaways A new wave of DEX wars has shifted from token incentives to a focus on speed, leverage and sustainable infrastructure. Hyperliquid continues to lead the market with over $300 billion in monthly volume, strong liquidity and rising institutional adoption. Aster’s growth is powered by airdrops, Binance-backed credibility and leverage that attract professional traders. Lighter is gaining momentum through its Ethereum layer-2 speed, zero-fee trading model and exclusive points-based yield farming system. Platforms like SushiSwap, PancakeSwap and Curve leveraged yield farming and governance token incentives to attract liquidity. This…

Opinion by: Elisenda Fabrega, general counsel at Brickken Europe’s rulebook was written for assets that move. Yet a large class of assets, including non-listed company quotas and bespoke revenue-sharing contracts, is non-transferable by design. Because Markets in Crypto-Assets’ (MiCA) definitions presuppose transferability, and MiFID II targets transferable securities and continues to apply to the digital representations of such securities, these “digital but nontransferable” instrument representations fall into a regulatory blind spot. The EU Blockchain Sandbox offers a way out: recognizing that a faithful “digital twin” can preserve the legal nature…

Japan’s newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, may open the door for more “refined” regulations to boost the country’s cryptocurrency economy, which could be set to emerge as the next global hub for crypto companies. Takaichi was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday and is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister when she takes office on Oct. 15. Experts say her leadership may introduce a more open stance toward technological experimentation, including blockchain innovation, while maintaining Japan’s rigorous regulatory standards. Takaichi’s election may have…

Cryptocurrency investment products have reached a major milestone, with year-to-date (YTD) inflows surpassing the total gains recorded in 2024. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) have attracted $48.67 billion so far this year, exceeding the full-year total for 2024, according to CoinShares head of research James Butterfill, who reported the figures in an X post on Thursday. In 2024, crypto ETPs recorded $44.2 billion in inflows, driven by a massive surge following the historic launch of spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States. The new milestone builds on record-breaking…