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In a significant move for Japan’s digital asset landscape, the Osaka Exchange, a core component of the Japan Exchange Group (JPX), has announced plans to launch a Bitcoin futures market in 2028. The initiative is designed to meet the growing risk-hedging needs of institutional investors, particularly those gaining exposure to Bitcoin through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Regulatory Foundation for Crypto Futures The exchange’s timeline aligns directly with a broader regulatory overhaul announced by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) in January 2025. The FSA plans to amend the Investment Trust Act enforcement order by 2028, a change that would formally classify cryptocurrencies…

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala disclosed a 16% increase in its Bitcoin ETF position to $566 million in Q1 2026. The SEC 13F filing shows Mubadala held 14,721,917 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust valued at $565,616,051 as of March 31, 2026. The fund added approximately 2 million shares during the quarter, up from 12,702,323 shares at the end of Q4 2025. Mubadala manages a global portfolio exceeding $330 billion in assets. The IBIT position has become one of its most visible public market holdings, with the fund obtaining Bitcoin exposure through the regulated ETF structure rather than direct cryptocurrency custody. Abu…

As many as 20 financial institutions and large tech companies are in a queue to issue their own stablecoins with Anchorage Digital, the U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency custody firm’s CEO Nathan McCauley said at Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday. “Since the Genius Act passed, Anchorage has won every single large stablecoin issuance mandate across the landscape,” McCauley said. “We have really a dozen to maybe even as many as 20 institutional issuers or large tech company issuers who are going to come in and issue their stablecoin with us.” “The kind of inbounds we see are banks that want to achieve a…

What is Jupiter? Jupiter is Solana’s main liquidity aggregator and DeFi infrastructure layer. Traders use it to route swaps across Solana venues instead of checking every DEX manually. The platform also covers limit orders, DCA, perps, lending, mobile access, wallet/portfolio tools, and developer infrastructure. For airdrop-focused readers, that matters because Jupiter usage is no longer just one swap button – it is a broader product ecosystem. The on-chain footprint is already large. The supplied Dune dashboard screenshot in this draft shows $1,458,614,458,516 in total Jupiter volume, 2,245,001,469 swaps, and 59,474,796 traders. Source: Dune Jupiter dashboard. Is a 2026 Jupiter airdrop…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, the country’s top financial regulator, has added Hyperliquid, the dominant decentralized perpetual futures exchange, to its official warning list, flagging it as an unauthorized firm potentially targeting British consumers. The warning was issued against its websites hyperfoundation.org and app.hyperliquid.xyz for operating without authorization. Hyperliquid hasn’t registered or been authorized to offer financial services in Britain, according to the financial watchdog. Anyone who uses it won’t have access to the Financial Ombudsman for complaints, nor will they be covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if things go wrong. Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, responded…

Bithumb, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced a temporary suspension of deposit and withdrawal services for LumiWave (LWA) tokens. The scheduled halt will begin at 2:00 a.m. UTC on June 15, 2025, to facilitate the token’s official rebranding process. Why the Suspension Matters Token rebranding often involves technical updates to a project’s smart contract, token ticker, or underlying blockchain infrastructure. During this period, exchanges typically pause trading and wallet services to prevent transaction errors or loss of funds. For LumiWave holders, this means that for a defined window, they will be unable to move or trade their…

The supply of Bitcoin ($BTC) on all cryptocurrency exchanges has declined to an 8-year low, amid notable demand from conviction investors. As of May 15, Bitcoin’s supply on all crypto exchanges hovered around 5.623% of the asset’s total supply, according to analytics from Santiment, analyzed by Finbold. Consequently, approximately 1,180,830 $BTC, valued at about $95.2 billion at press time, sits on exchanges. Bitcoin supply change on all exchanges. Source: Santiment The notable decline in $BTC supply on all crypto exchanges can be attributed to significant demand from conviction buyers. Furthermore, this group of investors has added $BTC worth $243 billion…

CoreWeave will present Q1 results after the markets close on Thursday. The company expects 100% revenue growth, but increasing net losses due to aggressive capital expenditures. CoreWeave prepares to report with a positive outlook, and its Q1 results may serve as a signal for the AI narrative. CRWV stocks are expected to trade with increased volatility, reflecting past performance during earnings season. The expectation is for a $1.97B to $2B in quarterly revenues, coinciding with the previous guidance and down from a projected $2.29B. Revenues are still up by around 100% year-on-year. CoreWeave prepares to gauge the effect of capex…

Two days later, Litecoin developers published a final report on two critical incidents related to the MWEB privacy protocol that made the April zero-day attack possible. This is a story of how the same flaw first led to the hidden creation of 85,000 “fake” $LTC and then, a month later, triggered failures in other blockchain networks. It all started when a hacker discovered a bug in MWEB (MimbleWimble Extension Block) data validation. This allowed them to execute a “peg-out” operation, withdrawing from the confidential block into the main network, turning a small amount into a massive 85,034 $LTC, effectively created…

Christopher Harborne, a British-Thai billionaire whose fortune traces back to early cryptocurrency investments and a 12% stake in Tether Limited, has handed Reform UK another £3 million. The donation, made in March 2026, follows the £9 million he gave the party in August 2025, which was itself the largest single donation by a living individual to a UK political party. To put that in perspective: Harborne has now given Reform UK roughly £12 million in the span of about seven months. His cumulative contributions to the party and its predecessor exceed £22 million, which constitutes approximately two-thirds of the party’s…