
Trading 212, one of Europe’s largest online investment platforms, has been accused of allowing UK retail customers to trade cryptocurrency, linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs), without the necessary permission from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The incident has triggered discussions about the regulatory adherence and protection of investors in the UK crypto market. The Regulatory Landscape

Major League Soccer (MLS) has officially partnered with Polymarket to launch prediction markets for the 2026 season. This includes events such as the MLS Cup, All-Star Game, and Leagues Cup. The league will oversee market integrity and regulate which bets are allowed, following compliance rules with third-party firms like IC360 and Sportradar. Players and staff

A massive infostealer database leak was recently discovered sitting unsecured on a publicly accessible server, exposing roughly 149 million stolen records belonging to internet users worldwide, as well as crypto users. The trove, totalling about 96 GB, contained approximately 149.4 million unique login credentials collected from email accounts, social media platforms, financial services, crypto exchanges, […]

Polymarket has partnered with Major League Soccer (MLS), the US professional football league, helping push crypto prediction markets into everyday sports culture. The move sees the MLS enter the prediction market space and continues Polymarket’s rapid surge into the mainstream, following a similar deal that made it the UFC’s official prediction market partner. Today Soccer […]

VanEck has officially launched its spot Avalanche (AVAX) ETF after filing initial paperwork with U.S. regulators in March 2025, becoming the first such product to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker VAVX. This move creates a regulated vehicle for direct exposure to AVAX, following the path set by Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs that have drawn […]

The Bitcoin price is not in line with traders’ expectations. Q4 2025 was a disaster, and, for lack of a better word, underwhelming. Not only did Bitcoin and some of the best cryptos to buy slide to worrying levels, but calls of a December moonshot didn’t materialize. As January comes to a close, there is […]

India and the European Union have successfully concluded a Free trade Agreement (FTA). The deal’s negotiations were launched in June 2022 and finalized on 27 January 2026. Could “the Mother of all Deals” accelerate India’s push toward clearer crypto regulation? According to the Free Trade Agreement, it grants privileged access for EU exports to the […]

The illicit on-chain money laundering ecosystem has expanded rapidly over the past five years, growing from roughly $10 billion in 2020 to more than $82 billion in 2025, according to Chainalysis’ latest 2026 Crypto Crime Report. In the next preview chapter of our 2026 Crypto Crime Report, we examine how Chinese-language money laundering networks processed […]

A former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer has publicly backed Ripple’s position that speculation alone should not be enough to trigger securities regulation. The comments, submitted as part of the SEC’s ongoing Crypto Task Force consultation, add weight to a growing policy argument that draws a sharper line between investment contracts and the assets that […]

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, Mantle, and Byreal today announced the launch of Mantle Super Portal, Mantle’s native cross-chain infrastructure powering seamless capital movement across ecosystems by expanding $MNT to Solana, unlocking stronger CeDeFi access. Through this integration, users can bridge $MNT from Ethereum to Solana via a unified interface, deploy liquidity […]

Cardano (ADA) has been in a severe downtrend lately, trading around $0.35 (per CoinGecko’s data), down 45% over the past three months. However, key factors, such as the recent accumulation by large investors, suggest it might be time for a short-term rebound. Whales Scoop up, Shrimps Offload According to data from Santiment, Cardano’s smart money […]

Bitcoin dropped below levels that historically marked cycle bottoms versus gold and preceded major rallies in dollar terms.