Bybit’s global campaign positions it as a broader financial platform, though its stock, gold and forex derivatives were already available. The era of the “pure crypto exchange” is ending as customers seek stocks, gold and payments alongside digital assets, Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou told Cointelegraph on Thursday. “The people who trade crypto also …
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HIFI CEO Zach Walsh told Cointelegraph the $37 million Series A is the company’s first priced funding round, though HIFI did not disclose its valuation. Stablecoin infrastructure company HIFI has raised $37 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital as the use of stablecoins for payments and cross-border transfers continues …
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The EBA outlined potential rules for crypto lending and firms providing access to DeFi protocols as part of the European Commission’s MiCA review. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has called for crypto lending to be brought under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework as regulators consider potential changes to MiCA. In a response …
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Bitcoin traded near $83,200 as Fed hike odds reached about 75% and Treasury prepared a $6 billion buyback of long-dated bonds. Key points Bitcoin fell below $84,000 during Asian trading hours on Thursday, slipping to $83,200 after the US 10-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2007. The 10-year yield closed Wednesday at …
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Autonomous AI tools have stolen hundreds of thousands of credit card records from online retailers and planted payment skimmers across more than 100 websites. The campaign involves three open-source frameworks handling scanning, exploitation and orchestration, with activity continuing from July to at least September 22nd, reports BleepingComputer, citing cybersecurity firm Gambit Security. According to Gambit, …
US diesel prices have more than doubled from lows about nine months ago as President Trump weighs curbing exports to cool costs at the pump. The White House is preparing a 90-day ban on diesel shipments, reports Politico, in what would be the first US energy-export curb since 2015, when the Obama administration lifted a …
US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed to $347 million on Wednesday as Bitcoin fell below $84,000, while five-day inflows reached $2.65 billion. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew about $347 million in net inflows on Wednesday, extending their positive streak to five trading days even as Bitcoin fell below $84,000 after briefly trading above …
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OpenAI notified Australia nearly three months after its agent breached a government portal while gathering public medicine-spending data. An OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on an Australian government health data portal, accessed non-public files and wrote files to an internal server in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday. The government has opened a forensic …
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Every institution interviewed that owned crypto held Bitcoin, usually as its largest asset; some set exit conditions for Ether and Solana. None of the 15 institutions interviewed by asset manager Bitwise cut their crypto allocations during a roughly 50% market drawdown, while several bought more. Every institution in the group that owned crypto held Bitcoin …
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TL;DR Bybit has confirmed support for Avalanche’s v1.15.0 network upgrade. The exchange is updating its Avalanche node infrastructure while keeping AVAX trading active. The announcement concerns network compatibility and exchange operations, not a change to AVAX supply or token economics. Bybit has confirmed that its Avalanche infrastructure will support the network’s v1.15.0 upgrade, giving AVAX …
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TL;DR Binance now allows eligible bStocks tokenized-equity holdings to be used as collateral in Multi-Assets Mode. The feature lets users retain exposure to tokenized stocks while using their collateral value for futures positions. Regional restrictions and risk haircuts still apply. Binance is giving its tokenized-stock product a second job. Eligible bStocks holdings can now be …
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TL;DR Bybit has launched OURAUSDT as a pre-IPO TradFi perpetual contract. Trading began September 22 at 13:30 UTC with leverage of up to 25x. The contract tracks implied pre-IPO valuation; traders do not receive Oura shares or IPO allocations. Oura’s move toward the public markets is now being traded before the stock itself is available. …
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TL;DR Binance Futures has launched a 24/7 perpetual contract tied to the USD/BRL foreign-exchange rate. USD/BRL is the first pair in the new FX-perpetual product line. The product gives synthetic leveraged FX exposure through a crypto derivatives venue; it is not spot foreign-exchange settlement. Binance is moving another traditional market into the always-on crypto trading …
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TL;DR Bybit has added USDT-margined perpetual futures tied to PATH, CYPH and HUT shares. The contracts offer up to 25x leverage through Bybit’s TradFi perpetual desk. These are synthetic derivatives tracking equity prices, not spot shares or direct stock ownership. Bybit is continuing to turn its crypto derivatives platform into a 24/7 market for traditional …
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Kalshi said nearly $5 billion in similarly sized Ether perpetual trades reflected its liquidity incentive programs and rejected allegations that the activity was wash trading.
