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In a significant development for the digital asset sector, the crypto derivatives exchange Liquid has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round. This investment marks a major milestone for the platform, which specializes in offering futures and options trading for cryptocurrencies. The funding round was led by prominent venture capital firms Neo and Left Lane Capital, with additional participation from Huan Ventures, K5 Global, and SV Angel. This latest injection of capital follows a previous $7.6 million seed round, which was led by Paradigm. Liquid Exchange Funding Details and Investor Profile The Series A funding for Liquid exchange…

Following the KelpDAO attack, the security of cross-chain infrastructures has once again become a topic of discussion in the cryptocurrency sector, and it has been reported that many protocols have moved away from the LayerZero infrastructure and switched to the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) system developed by Chainlink. According to recent industry data, approximately $4 billion worth of assets have either migrated or are in the process of migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP. Following the $292 million loss resulting from the KelpDAO attack on May 16, scrutiny of cross-chain security has intensified, and the DeFi protocol Lombard has become…

The long-awaited cryptocurrency market regulation bill, the CLARITY Act, has passed a crucial vote in the Senate committee. The Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee with a vote of 15 to 9. Two Democratic senators, Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks, voted in favor of the bill. Although the bill has passed the committee stage, it still has several important steps to go through before it becomes law. If the final text passed by the Senate is identical to the version passed by the House of Representatives, the bill will be sent directly to the US President for signature or…

Chinese entrepreneur Luo Yonghao formally requested Changpeng Zhao to remove a meme cryptocurrency that uses his name and image without prior authorization. The platform’s infrastructure restricted the visibility of the token in search results, additionally modifying the asset’s name with hidden characters. Network records confirm that the smart contract remains active on the blockchain, allowing access via direct links. The Chinese internet entrepreneur, Luo Yonghao, led a sharp public confrontation with the Binance wallet after discovering an unauthorized digital asset based on his identity. The incident, which took place on platform X, included direct complaints toward the ecosystem’s co-founder, Changpeng…

A wallet linked to the Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial project sold 4,870 $ETH for about $10.61 million in $USDC, according to market data shared by crypto trackers. The sale was executed at an average price of roughly $2,178 per $ETH. Ethereum traded near $2,185 after the transaction, moving slightly lower during the session as the asset continued to face pressure from exchange-traded fund outflows and broader market caution. $ETH has been trading near the lower part of a recent channel, with analysts watching whether buyers defend the $2,150 support zone. The World Liberty sale comes as the project remains under…

Private companies are gradually moving past the early stages of experimenting with artificial intelligence, with many larger firms now beginning to report measurable returns from their investments. According to a new survey by Deloitte, nearly two-thirds (64%) of private companies with an annual revenue of $500 million or more have achieved moderate to significant return on investment (ROI) from AI initiatives. This marks a sharp contrast from smaller firms, where only 11% reported such levels of returns. The findings also bring to light a broader shift in how private companies are now approaching AI. More than half (52%) of the…

Jump Crypto’s long-awaited Firedancer validator client is now quietly producing blocks on Solana mainnet, marking a turning point in the project’s years-long push to overhaul the blockchain’s performance infrastructure. “Firedancer is live and running in production,” Firedancer founding engineer Ritchie Patel told CoinDesk in an interview. “We have packed tens of millions of transactions over the last few months.” The rollout, however, is intentionally restrained. Patel said the team preferred to roll out progressively across the network rather than through a broad public launch, as the team remains cautious about rapidly increasing adoption. “We don’t want everybody to run it…

Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), has publicly addressed the escalating legal dispute with Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun, announcing plans for a countersuit. Speaking at the Consensus 2026 conference, Folkman refuted Sun’s allegations regarding token freezes and governance exclusion, characterizing the claims as factually incorrect. Background of the Legal Dispute The conflict centers on a $75 million loan from Dolomite, a lending platform within the $WLFI ecosystem. Folkman explained that $WLFI was Dolomite’s largest liquidity provider and had taken a small loan against its collateral to increase protocol utilization. This move, he argued, was a standard practice…

Non-dollar stablecoins like A7A5 and $EURC are challenging Greenback-tied digital currencies like $USDT and $USDC in the digital-asset market in Russia and beyond. The finding comes from a new study, which also examines how residents of Russia and other Russian-speaking countries are using cryptocurrencies. Sanctioned Russian crypto viewed as main alternative to Tether The ruble-pegged A7A5 has become a popular choice for many Russians who prefer to use it instead of dollar-backed stablecoins. Some 53.7% of the 1,000 respondents in the survey have named it as the primary alternative to Tether’s $USDT and Circle’s USD Coin ($USDC). The research was…

Bitcoin Volatility Falls as Asset Matures, Charles Schwab Report Finds A new report from Charles Schwab suggests bitcoin is shedding one of its defining traits: extreme volatility. That might be good or bad news. According to the firm’s analysis, bitcoin’s price swings have declined sharply in recent years, with the asset now exhibiting less volatility than some of the largest U.S. technology stocks. The report found $BTC’s historical volatility (HV) dropped to 42% in 2025 — roughly half of what it recorded in 2021 — marking a significant shift as the cryptocurrency matures into a widely traded financial asset. Schwab’s…