Zcash grants committee drops plan to redirect 98,000 ZEC to future mining rewards
The committee withdrew its proposal after community backlash, leaving competing plans to cut off its funding or preserve the existing grants system.…
Bitcoin knocks on $78,000 in V-shaped comeback as midterm election uncertainty fades
BTC is steaming higher as U.S. midterm election uncertainty fades. Source:CoinDesk
Jack Dorsey's Block faces $764 million DOJ settlement as bitcoin profit plunges 50%
The proposed agreement would resolve a federal antimoneylaundering investigation, while lower Cash App trading fees halved Block's quarterly bitcoin gross…
U.S.-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether’s USDT in December
Russia’s main bourse wants back the crypto trading Russians do abroad, and one of the coins it's listing is issued by a company that freezes wallets on the…
South Korea's ruling party wants to delay its crypto tax again
South Korea's ruling party wants to delay crypto tax by about two years, as it waits for global taxsharing rules and new digital assets law. Source:CoinDesk
Democrats surge toward Senate, House majorities, with crypto braced for new direction
The dominance of Republicans in all three government branches has been broken by the midterms, and the industry will feel the result as Congress changes hands.…
Bitcoin briefly sinks to $75,700 as bets on a Democratic sweep rattle markets
Stock futures and the dollar slid and Treasuries rallied as early U.S. midterm returns pointed to Democrats taking both chambers of Congress. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: 2026 U.S. midterm elections
Voters are choosing who will represent them in the House, Senate and statewide seats. Source:CoinDesk
What voters said about their views on crypto
A CoinDeskcommissioned poll from April sheds light on how voters — who aren't necessarily part of the crypto sector — view this industry. Source:CoinDesk
What happens if North Korea steals Wall Street's tokenized assets next
The $6.3 billion Binance hack showed how quickly cryptocurrencies can disappear on blockchain rails. Tokenized securities may offer better recourse than crypto…
CFTC gets into legal clash over stock perps after having cleared path for crypto version
A group backed by Citadel Securities and other firms sued the U.S. derivatives regulator for opening a path for perps that it argued belong in the SEC's hands.…
Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The Tron founder says World Liberty failed to disclose its UAE ties until months into his lawsuit over $45 million in WLFI tokens. Source:CoinDesk