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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly investigating suspicious oil trades that were placed ahead of certain announcements made by the Trump administration relating to the Iran war. According to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday, the CFTC’s probe focuses on trading activity on CME Group’s NYMEX and the Intercontinental Exchange’s futures platforms. The regulator is also requesting “Tag 50” identity data from exchanges to assist with the investigation. Tag 50 data is widely used for auditing and regulatory compliance checks. The investigation into the futures trading platforms comes in parallel with the rising scrutiny of insider trading in prediction…

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX’s sister company Alameda Research “unstaked” roughly $16 million worth of Solana’s $SOL token and moved the same to an address linked to creditor repayments, according to data source Arkham. Unstaking refers to the process of withdrawing crypto assets that were previously locked up in a proof-of-stake (PoS) network to help secure the blockchain and earn rewards. The latest move follows a familiar pattern: unstake coins and route them to addresses used to reimburse creditors. About a month ago, Alameda did the same, directing funds to the same distribution address. That prior move ultimately raised expectations that…

South Korea’s central bank says crypto exchanges should have their own “circuit breakers” that halt trading to prevent a repeat of the market fallout after Bithumb mistakenly sent more than $40 billion in Bitcoin to its customers in February. The Bank of Korea said in a payments report on Monday that lawmakers should consider introducing mechanisms similar to the Korea Exchange’s trading curbs to suspend trading if crypto prices suddenly fluctuate. “Currently, the virtual asset industry lacks internal control mechanisms and faces lower regulatory intensity compared to established financial institutions,” the bank said. “Consequently, as similar incidents could occur at…

Bitdeer, a US-based publicly traded crypto mining technology company, has set a new production record. According to its latest operational update, Bitdeer mined a total of 661 bitcoins for its own portfolio in March 2026. This figure represents a massive 480 percent increase compared to the same month last year, underscoring Bitdeer’s growing clout as one of the most influential players in the rapidly expanding crypto mining sector. Leaders in the hashrate race Currently, Bitdeer operates about 225,000 out of 262,000 machines exclusively for its proprietary mining activities. The firm is focused on expanding its global energy capacity up to…

Polkadot ($DOT), one of the oldest altcoins in the cryptocurrency market, is back in the spotlight today following a hacking attack. While this attack didn’t directly target the Polkadot network, it prompted action from South Korea’s three largest cryptocurrency exchanges. At this point, the country’s three largest exchanges, Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone, announced that they have added Polkadot to their delisting watchlist. Earlier in the morning, South Korean exchanges had announced that they were suspending $DOT deposit and withdrawal transactions. The exchanges explained that this decision was made after confirming a security incident, such as an unverified or unaddressed cyberattack,…

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency mining sector, Canaan Creative, a leading ASIC manufacturer, mined 89 Bitcoin ($BTC) throughout March 2025. This production update, confirmed via an official press release, brings the company’s self-mined Bitcoin treasury to a substantial 1,808 $BTC. Furthermore, the firm’s disclosed holdings now include 3,952 Ethereum ($ETH), highlighting a diversified digital asset strategy. This monthly output provides a critical lens into the operational health and strategic direction of one of the industry’s foundational hardware providers. Canaan’s Bitcoin Mining Performance in Context The reported figure of 89 $BTC represents Canaan’s direct mining yield for a single…

While the Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin markets are focused on what will happen next between the US and Iran following the weekend’s talks, new activity has been observed in Europe. Accordingly, the European Central Bank stated that it supports transferring the regulatory authority over cryptocurrencies to an EU institution. The European Central Bank (ECB), in a recent opinion, stated its support for a plan to transfer supervisory authority over financial markets, including cryptocurrencies, to a European Union (EU)-based institution. The ECB, stating that it finds current national oversight inadequate, reportedly supports the proposal to centralize financial market supervision, including the…

ClearBank Europe plans to start offering euro- and U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins after saying it’s the first Dutch credit institution cleared to provide crypto services under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. The bank, which has more than 270 institutional clients, 1.7 million individual customers and more than $13 billion in assets under management, received confirmation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) after notifying the regulator of its plans, allowing it to operate as a crypto asset service provider (CASP). That approval allows ClearBank to begin rolling out digital asset services without applying for a…

Robinhood has pulled certain prediction market contracts from its platform over concerns about market manipulation and insider trading, even as the brokerage projects the fast-growing product category could generate $300 million in annual revenue. Key Takeaways: Robinhood excluded “mention markets” from its platform, citing insider trading and market manipulation risks Suspiciously timed Polymarket bets before the U.S. strike on Iran and Israeli insider trading charges have intensified scrutiny across the sector Prediction market volumes have surged past $20 billion per month, up from $1.2 billion in early 2025 Robinhood Mention Markets Dropped Over Manipulation Risk Robinhood UK President Jordan Sinclair…

Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based digital asset company providing crypto financial services to both institutional and high-net-worth investors globally, with over $1 trillion in cumulative trading volume, under the trade name Amber Premium, has received its crypto brokerage license in the UAE through Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). A proprietary platform built for institutions and private wealth, Amber Premium combines crypto-native innovation with institutional-grade infrastructure. In a letter on its UAE-based website, Amber notes that Amber Premium FZE is a fully licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai. The website is provided…