The Labor Department on Monday proposed a rule following an executive order from President Donald Trump that directed regulators to expand access to digital assets in retirement portfolios.

Bitcoin and altcoins sold off as the Monday US market open reflected traders’ fear over oil prices, US employment data and the future of the ​​US and Israel-Iran war.

The CBOE Volatility Index closed at 31.05 on Friday, a 13.16% single-session gain that pushed Wall Street’s fear gauge to its highest close since late 2025. Meanwhile, gold held near $4,491 per ounce and silver recovered to $69.82, both propped…

The latest list of tokens available on the WeChat wanna-be includes Polygon, Arbitrum and Solana as the banking app looks to align offerings with customer use.

Historically, spikes in Bitfinex BTC/USD longs have acted as a contrary indicator.

The proposed restriction on yield would shift value toward regulated players and away from decentralized finance’ tokens, 10x Research’s Markus Thielen said.

Developers from Gnosis and Zisk propose a framework to connect fragmented rollups, amid growing debate over Ethereum’s scaling model and interoperability challenges.

The search giant set a corporate deadline to migrate all authentication services to quantum-resistant cryptography, validating the timeline Ethereum has been building toward for eight years. Bitcoin’s response so far has been silence.

US authorities launched the “Operation Red Sunset” probe into Bitmain last year over potential espionage and grid risks.

This week’s headlines underscore crypto’s growing entanglement with both macro markets and traditional finance. Volatility spiked as geopolitical tensions rattled equities, while Wall Street’s migration to blockchain continued to accelerate behind the scenes. Goldman Sachs signaled a potential crypto bottom,…