DOS is available for trading!
We’re thrilled to announce that DOS is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading DOS trading is live as of August 10, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account,…
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We’re raising BTC/USD margin leverage to 20x on Kraken Pro
TL;DR 20x leverage is now available on BTC/USD margin for eligible traders on Kraken Pro. Liquidation price, margin ratio, and take-profit/stop-loss tools work exactly as they did…
SEC to address crypto regulations in absence of CLARITY passage
The US securities regulator scheduled a meeting this week with the potential to step up on digital asset policies without congressional action. Update (Aug. 10 10:40 pm UTC): This…
Itaú joins Brazil tokenization pilot with OpenAssets
The bank will test tokenized fixed-income securities and investment funds as part of an ANBIMA-led industry pilot. Itaú, Latin America’s largest private sector bank, has…
Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets
A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on prediction markets.…
TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari
Messari reported that TRON recorded all-time highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange activity declined.…
BIP-110 Bitcoin branch stalls after two blocks as gap widens
The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support. Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled…
Brazil targets crypto fraud with up to 24-hour transfer hold
The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review. Brazil’s…
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110…
Donald Trump’s media company to terminate Crypto.com deal
The president’s company will unwind an agreement with Crypto.com to create a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury and reportedly not integrate prediction markets onto Truth Social.…