Paradigm raised a $1.2 billion fourth fund for crypto, AI, robotics and frontier tech, testing whether crypto VC can expand without abandoning digital assets.
XRP Ledger v3.2.0 has reached about 89% adoption on the default validator list, but its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment still needs a separate on-chain vote.
BNB Chain's H2 2026 roadmap says BSC reached 450 ms blocks and 5,200 TPS benchmarks, with a next-generation L1 aimed at a 1M TPS end-state.
EDX Markets raised $76 million from SBI Holdings as the institutional crypto venue expands clearing, settlement and its pending EDX Trust bank plan.
Kraken parent Payward says it won a $22 million arbitration award against Mazars after the auditor quit a near-finished 2022 audit.
Vanguard posted a Head of Digital Assets role for Personal Wealth, putting stablecoins, tokenization, custody and blockchain settlement on its roadmap.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins' 2026 agenda puts crypto asset offerings, broker-dealer custody and exchange trading rules on a July proposal track.
Coinbase said its new UK MiFID license will let UK users trade derivatives and equities alongside crypto as Britain tightens digital-asset rules.
Binance launched BTC Yield, a covered-call Bitcoin income product with BTCY units, weekly BTC distribution potential, no principal protection and a 15% premium fee.
TeraWulf signed a 20-year Anthropic lease for 401 MW at its Kentucky AI data campus, turning a bitcoin miner power site into contracted AI infrastructure.