Author: Issac Lane

France is stepping up its oversight of major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, as part of a broader push to assert greater regulatory influence within the European Union. The French banking authority, ACPR, has launched additional Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks, signalling a tougher national stance at a time when the EU prepares to enforce the Markets…

Babylon Labs has unveiled a system that aims to enable native Bitcoin to be used as collateral on the Ethereum blockchain without the need for intermediaries. The development is being presented as a milestone in decentralised finance (DeFi), although questions remain about how truly trustless the model is. According to David Tse, co-founder of Babylon…

A cryptocurrency wallet associated with the Chinese Bitcoin mining group LuBian has transferred nearly $1.3 billion worth of Bitcoin, shortly after the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed a major forfeiture case involving $15 billion in alleged illicit funds. Major BTC Movement After Three-Year Silence On Wednesday, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that a…

Merge Madrid showcased a pivotal moment in Europe’s financial evolution, as leading banks, crypto firms and regulators came together to discuss the integration of blockchain, digital assets and real-world tokenisation. Held from 7 to 9 October across the historic Palacio de Santoña and Palacio de Cibeles, the event reflected a clear shift in traditional finance’s…

Crypto Investments Surge to All-Time High Crypto fundraising reached unprecedented levels last week, with companies raising $3.5 billion across 28 funding rounds. The surge occurred before a sudden market crash on Friday. Data from Cryptorank revealed that the week spanning 6 October to Sunday marked the highest weekly fundraising ever, surpassing the previous peak of…

Hyperliquid, a decentralised exchange (DEX), has launched a major infrastructure upgrade that enables anyone to create and deploy their own perpetual futures markets, marking a shift towards fully permissionless financial engineering in decentralised finance (DeFi). The Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3), activated on mainnet following its testnet debut in late September, removes the need for…