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Crypto Perps in the US Will Fill the “Offshore” Workaround. Does That Make Europe Over-Cautious? Three platforms — Coinbase, Kraken and Kalshi — have claimed to be the first in the US to launch crypto perpetual futures, widely known as “perps”, after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (C... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/crypto-perps-in-the-us-will-fill-the-offshore-workaround-does-that-make-europe-over-cautious/?tg=1780300800

MEXC Launches Real US Stock Trading, Moving Beyond Tokenized Equities Crypto exchange MEXC has started letting users buy real shares in US-listed companies and collect any dividends on them, settling the trades in the stablecoin USDT. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/mexc-launches-real-us-stock-trading-moving-beyond-tokenized-equities/?tg=1780293945

Kraken Enters Funded Trading With New Prop Program After Breakout Acquisition Kraken has launched a proprietary trading program that allows crypto traders to access firm capital after completing an evaluation, marking the exchange’s entry into the growing funded trading segm... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/kraken-enters-funded-trading-with-new-prop-program-after-breakout-acquisition/?tg=1779901523

Hyperliquid Launches Prediction Markets With Validator-Based Settlement Hyperliquid has launched what it calls "canonical" outcome markets for off-chain events, with settlement handled by the exchange's own validator network instead of an external oracle or a centralis... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/hyperliquid-launches-prediction-markets-with-validator-based-settlement/?tg=1779811260

Binance Embeds Event Trading into Its Wallet as Prediction Markets Grow into Core Infrastructure Binance has added "Event Rush" to its official wallet, becoming the latest major player to treat prediction markets as a native trading feature rather than a standalone product. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/exchange/binance-embeds-event-trading-into-its-wallet-as-prediction-markets-grow-into-core-infrastructure/?tg=1779807600

Are Crypto Investors More Vulnerable to Scams? ASIC's Warning Indicates So The Australian financial market watchdog has warned against growing fraud involving fake crypto trading platforms, which scammers are promoting in messaging app groups and forums. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/are-crypto-investors-more-vulnerable-to-scams-asics-warning-indicates-so/?tg=1779687561

EU to Review MiCA, as 80% of Crypto Firms Vanish in Compliance Cull The European Commission has a long-standing habit of checking its own homework and MiCA is next up on the docket. On Tuesday, Brussels launched a formal consultation to gather feedback on the funct... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/eu-to-review-mica-as-80-of-crypto-firms-vanish-in-compliance-cull/?tg=1779386400

Bitcoin Depot Shuts Down 9,000 Crypto ATM Network Following Bankruptcy Filing Bitcoin Depot, once the largest Bitcoin ATM operator in North America, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today (Monday) in the U. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-depot-shuts-down-9000-crypto-atm-network-following-bankruptcy-filing/?tg=1779117246

Why MultiBank Group Is Bringing Its $MBG Token to Bitpanda MutliBank Group's token, $MBG, has entered Europe by becoming available on Bitpanda on Friday, May 12. . The company, one of the largest financial derivatives providers in the world, launched its u... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/why-multibank-group-is-bringing-its-mbg-token-to-bitpanda/?tg=1779101222

Kraken IPO Slides Toward 2027, Four Weeks After Sethi Publicly Reaffirmed Filing Kraken's US public listing may now slip into 2027, just over a month after the cryptocurrency exchange's co-CEO Arjun Sethi publicly reaffirmed that its confidential filing remained on track. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/kraken-ipo-slides-toward-2027-four-weeks-after-sethi-publicly-reaffirmed-filing/?tg=1779093810

After CLARITY: How the US Crypto Framework Stacks Up Against MiCA, MAS, and VARA After years of regulating crypto largely through lawsuits and overlapping agency claims, the United States has finally moved closer to a formal market structure framework. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/regulation/after-clarity-how-the-us-crypto-framework-stacks-up-against-mica-mas-and-vara/?tg=1778846948

!!! DO NOT PUBLISH!! Breaking: CLARITY Act Draft Gets Green Light in Senate The Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Thursday, May 14, 2026, which marks a significant step toward establishing a federal framework for crypto regul... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/regulation/do-not-publish-breaking-clarity-act-draft-gets-green-light-in-senate/?tg=1778777296

This Bitcoiner Claims Claude AI Helped Recover 5 BTC Dormant Since 2015, Reopening Lost-Supply Question A Bitcoin wallet that had not moved in more than 11 years sent out roughly 5 BTC worth about $400,000 yesterday (Wednesday), after its pseudonymous owner uploaded the contents of an old college com... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/this-bitcoiner-claims-claude-ai-helped-recover-5-btc-dormant-since-2015-reopening-lost-supply-question/?tg=1778738921

Phoenix Group Bets on Lyon to Anchor $8 Billion AI Push as BTC Mining Slump Deepens Phoenix Group is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence after a 43% revenue slide in 2025, signing French developer DC Max to build an 18-megawatt AI data center in Lyon, the first European de... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/phoenix-group-bets-on-lyon-to-anchor-8-billion-ai-push-as-btc-mining-slump-deepens/?tg=1778644800

What Is the CLARITY Act? The US Crypto Bill That Could Reshape Digital Asset Regulation This  Week With the Senate Banking Committee releasing a new 309-page draft of the CLARITY Act this week ahead of Thursday’s markup, now is the time to break down what the bill would actually do. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/regulation/what-is-the-clarity-act-the-us-crypto-bill-that-could-reshape-digital-asset-regulation-this-week/?tg=1778583924

Ripple Taps $200 Million Credit Line for Rebranded Hidden Road Prime Brokerage Unit Ripple has secured a $200 million debt facility to expand its prime brokerage unit, Ripple Prime, as demand for institutional financing continues to grow across digital and traditional markets. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/ripple-taps-200-million-credit-line-for-rebranded-hidden-road-prime-brokerage-unit/?tg=1778526204

Kraken Taps RegTech Veteran Andreas Roussos to Lead Cyprus Unit Crypto exchange giant Kraken has onboarded Andreas Roussos as Executive Director of its Cyprus office. . Roussos is not a trader, marketer, or crypto evangelist. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/kraken-taps-regtech-veteran-andreas-roussos-to-lead-cyprus-unit/?tg=1778496039

Coinbase Cuts 14% of Staff as AI and Crypto Downturn Reshape Its Operating Model Coinbase will reduce its global headcount by about 14%, or roughly 700 roles, as the US-listed crypto exchange streamlines operations and reorganises parts of its business around artificial intelli... https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/coinbase-cuts-14-of-staff-as-ai-and-crypto-downturn-reshape-its-operating-model/?tg=1777990226

Kraken’s Parent Sues Crypto Custodian Etana over Alleged $25M “Ponzi-Like” Scheme Kraken’s parent company, Payward, has filed a lawsuit accusing crypto custodian Etana and its CEO, Dion Brandon Russell, of misappropriating more than $25 million in client funds. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/krakens-parent-sues-crypto-custodian-etana-over-alleged-25m-ponzi-like-scheme/?tg=1777907929

Bitget Wallet: Prediction Markets Will Consolidate in Liquidity but Spread in Access Prediction markets are increasingly being built on a small number of liquid venues, but accessed through a growing number of interfaces. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/interview/bitget-wallet-prediction-markets-will-consolidate-in-liquidity-but-spread-in-access/?tg=1777889901