Crypto Trading
Kraken parent Payward seeks fresh funding at $20 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO
The crypto exchange operator is pursuing a new fundraising round as it ramps up acquisitions across derivatives and stablecoins while laying the groundwork for a future public listing.
Why the TradFi takeover of crypto might not be the death blow analysts expect
Gate’s CBO argues that Bloomberg’s warning of a TradFi takeover is "oversimplified," noting that global exchanges evolved past fee-only models years ago.
Kraken parent goes for the OCC charter in bid to become a federal crypto bank
Payward’s application would add a federally regulated trust company to the Kraken group’s existing Wyoming bank charter and Fed master account.
Jito Labs launches self-custody trading tool as activity heats up on Solana
JTX is the company’s first product built specifically for traders. It allows users to trade tokens on Solana while maintaining self-custody.
Robinhood stock falls 8% after big earnings miss due to weak crypto trading revenue
While the trading platform’s crypto revenue tanked 47% to $134 million, a record-breaking surge in prediction market bets helped push overall revenue up 15% to $1.07 billion.
Coinbase's John D’Agostino says crypto platform stands alone as industry's full-service prime broker
The exchange’s institutional arm has quietly assembled trading, custody, financing, derivatives and cross margining into a single stack, something its rivals still piece together.
Why this ex-Solana exec is using a Wall Street trick to level the playing field in DeFi
DoubleZero’s private fiber network aims to eliminate latency advantages like Hyperliquid’s Tokyo edge, but exchanges have yet to show an interest.
Crypto perpetuals predict the direction of Wall Street’s Monday open with 89% accuracy, data shows
Over half (57%) of Monday market opens is s already reflected in crypto markets' perpetual futures products.
The ‘wash trading’ bust: Why the feds are finally calling out crypto’s dirty little liquidity secret
An FBI-created token helped expose how firms allegedly engineered fake volume and why the incentives behind it remain deeply entrenched
Brazil's B3 exchange to offer bitcoin-linked 'event contracts' for the ultra-rich
The contracts are regulated by Brazil's securities regulator and designed for professional investors with at least 10 million reais ($1.9 million) in assets.
