Key takeaways: CME’s futures open interest in the top four cryptocurrencies reached $28.3 billion, surpassing Binance’s $23 billion and Bybit’s $12.2 billion. Despite CME’s lead in open interest, unregulated exchanges still dominate trading volumes, especially in altcoin and perpetual futures. Friday’s cryptocurrency market crash wiped out a record $74 billion in leveraged positions across the…
Key takeaways: Altcoins account for 71% of Binance Futures trading volume, marking a clear shift in trader interest from Bitcoin. Over 32,000 BTC entered exchanges, suggesting profit-taking and potential altcoin rotation amid rising volatility. TRX leads altcoin momentum with early decoupling from BTC, indicating a fragmented altseason focused on strong or hyped tokens. An altseason…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance reportedly helped create the code behind the stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial (WLF), one of the crypto businesses tied to US President Donald Trump. According to a Friday Bloomberg report citing three people familiar with the matter, Binance helped create, promote, and played a role in the largest transaction of WLF’s…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and crypto exchange Binance have asked a US federal judge for an additional two-month pause in their nearly two-year legal battle. “Since the Court stayed this case, the Parties have been in productive discussions, including discussions concerning how the efforts of the crypto task force may impact the…