The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has tightened listing rules for at least five companies seeking to shift to core crypto treasuries or DAT. The exchange group has questioned their compliance with regulations prohibiting large liquid holdings, sources told Bloomberg.Further, the HKEX has reiterated that all listing applicants must operate…

Cryptocurrency analysis firm MakroVision has shared its latest update on the XRP chart. The company notes that the altcoin is recovering after strong selling pressure but is approaching a critical resistance zone. According to MakroVision’s analysis, XRP ended the selling pressure in the “golden pocket” region located in the $1.40-$1.55…

MetaMask, Phantom, and several other leading crypto wallets are joining forces to tackle the rising wave of crypto phishing scams that have drained more than $400 million from users in the first half of 2025. Key Takeaways: MetaMask, Phantom, and other major wallets have partnered with SEAL to launch a…

Cryptocurrency analyst Colin Talks Crypto has shared a noteworthy assessment of Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price movements. According to the analyst, while gold is closing the gap with the global money supply (Global M2), Bitcoin has not yet followed suit, but looking at past examples, it appears that BTC usually follows…

A crypto whale known as the “Trump insider” has deepened his bearish stance on Bitcoin, raising his short position to 2,100 BTC worth about $227m. The move comes as Bitcoin hovers near $108,000 and traders debate whether the recent rebound has already peaked.Onchain Lens, citing data from Hyperbot, reported that…

Bitcoin’s BTC$108,309.92 two-way price action is squeezing both leveraged bullish and bearish plays, underscoring challenging market conditions for traders. In the past 24 hours, BTC’s price has traded back and forth between $107,000 and $113,000, wiping out roughly $600 million in market-wide bullish and bearish futures bets. The liquidation wave…

A century-old US retail corporation, Bealls, is starting to accept crypto payments through a partnership with Flexa across its 660 stores in 22 states.Bealls to Accept Memecoins, Stablecoins PaymentsThe national retailer will leverage Flexa Payments, which would allow Bealls to accept more than 99 cryptos, including memecoins and stablecoins, from…

Circle today unveiled Bridge Kit, a developer toolkit designed to make crosschain USDC transfers dramatically easier to add to apps, marking the company’s latest push to accelerate onchain money movement. The kit packages core functionality from CCTP V2 (Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol) into concise SDK methods, complete with step-by-step docs,…

The crypto market slipped sharply on Tuesday amid renewed U.S.–China trade tensions as Trump threatened upcoming meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping “may not happen”, erasing gains from the recent rebound. The Layer-2 sector led losses with a 5.15% decline, as Starknet (STRK) fell 7.01% and Mantle (MNT) dropped…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said his team is moving closer toward making private stablecoin transactions possible on the Ethereum layer-2, Base, which could bring a much-needed boost to privacy on public blockchains. “Base is building private transactions,” Armstrong said in a post to X on Tuesday, noting that Coinbase acquired…