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A state judge in Nevada extended a temporary ban on prediction market provider Kalshi’s sports-related contracts in the Silver State on Friday. Judge Jason Woodbury in the First Judicial District Court told attorneys at a hearing in the Carson City courthouse that he would also grant the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s request to impose a preliminary injunction against Kalshi banning it from offering some of its prediction markets until a broader court case from the state gaming regulator could be resolved. He extended the temporary restraining order he first granted on March 20 by two weeks to sort out the…

Binance is changing how orders execute on its spot market, and if you’ve been trading on the platform since October, you’ll understand exactly why. Starting April 14, 2026, Binance will gradually roll out the Spot Price Range Execution Rule (PRER), a new mechanism that prevents orders from executing at abnormal prices during extreme market conditions. What Is the PRER and How Does It Work? The rule creates a dynamic price range around the current market price. Orders can only execute against liquidity that sits within that range. If prices deviate significantly from normal levels – due to a flash crash,…

Ether treasury companies may need to use liquid staking and other active yield strategies if they want to offer investors something beyond the staking rewards already available through listed Ether products, Kean Gilbert, head of institutional relations at Lido, told Cointelegraph at ETHCC 2026. Liquid staking lets Ether ($ETH) holders stake their tokens while receiving a transferable token that can still be deployed elsewhere in decentralized finance (DeFi). Gilbert said strategies such as posting $ETH as collateral and borrowing against it could help treasury companies generate higher returns than passive staking products. US-listed staked $ETH products now include the REX-Osprey…

Core Scientific, a Nasdaq-listed company that operates data centers for Bitcoin mining and AI workloads, announced it has secured a total of $1 billion in strategic financing, including $500 million from JPMorgan. In a Monday statement, Core Scientific CEO Adam Sullivan said with the backing of Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, the firm is well equipped to execute its go-to-market plans and expand its data center infrastructure. “With $1 billion of total financing capacity now available, we are well positioned to execute on our development and go-to-market strategy, deploying capital to accelerate infrastructure delivery and meet the strong demand environment,” Sullivan…

The FDIC just called a board meeting for April 7 with less than seven days notice. The agenda: finalizing how U.S. banks can issue stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. The FDIC board will consider a proposed rulemaking specifically covering GENIUS Act requirements for FDIC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers – the legal mechanism that determines how traditional banks enter the stablecoin market through subsidiaries. It will also address anti-money laundering standards and a final rule on the use of reputation risk by regulators. GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules: What the FDIC Is Deciding on April 7 Signed by President Trump on July…

While the effects of the October 10th crash in Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins are still being felt, Binance has been blamed for the market downturn. While Binance and its CEO have denied allegations that they were responsible for the mass liquidation that rocked the cryptocurrency market on October 10, Binance has introduced a new rule. Accordingly, Binance announced that it has implemented the Spot Price Range Trading Rule to prevent a recurrence of tragedies like the one on October 10th. Binance has taken action to prevent user orders from being executed at abnormally high prices during extreme market conditions. At…

In brief A proposed Ethereum standard aims to simplify complex DeFi transactions. ERC-8211 lets multiple blockchain actions execute in one transaction. Researchers say it could improve the Ethereum user experience, and benefit transacting AI agents. A new Ethereum proposal aims to make it easier for AI agents and applications to execute complex decentralized finance transactions in a single step, rather than several separate actions. The proposed Ethereum standard ERC-8211 was introduced on Tuesday by Biconomy, a blockchain infrastructure company that builds developer tools for decentralized applications. The system, called smart batching, allows several blockchain operations to execute together while resolving…

As geopolitical tensions between Iran and the US and Israel continue to escalate, noteworthy statements have come from the Tehran administration. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf stated that reports circulating in the international community about a deal with the US were “fake,” arguing that such content was spread specifically to manipulate the oil and financial markets. Kalibaf stated that no negotiations had taken place with the US, saying, “Markets are being manipulated through fake news, and the aim is to escape the impasse that the US and Israel are in.” A similar statement came from the Iranian Foreign Ministry…

Picture a crypto exchange registered in an EU Member State, operating normally in early April 2026. The registration is valid. The compliance team has July 1 circled in red. The founder believes the situation is under control: there are still 90 days to sort out the licensing. The business is legal today, and the deadline is ahead of them. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor Juskin and Sabir Alijev. LegalBison advises crypto and FinTech companies on MiCA licensing, CASP and VASP applications, and regulatory structuring across…

Binance saw a total transformation of its RWA perpetual futures in the past three months. Perpetual futures contracts based on RWA are growing their share of Binance derivatives activity. The Binance perpetual futures market is now hosting much higher RWA volumes. In the past three months, Binance has started competing with traditional markets through its own perpetual futures platform. According to Binance Research, their market share against TradFi futures platforms expanded from 0.2% to 4.9%. Binance has now competed with Comex, especially on the silver market. Silver contracts reached 20.8% of COMEX volumes at the peak interest, while gold reached…