Akshay Naheta, a former SoftBank Group official who has overseen some of its biggest deals, has joined Bakkt Holdings Inc. as a co-chief executive officer to help turn around the struggling American crypto trading and custody platform.

Pakistan plans to create a legal framework for cryptocurrency trading in a bid to lure international investment.

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The Swiss National Bank won’t buy Bitcoin and similar digital currencies, even after President Donald Trump made a push to establish a strategic US reserve.

Kraken is acquiring retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, allowing the crypto exchange to offer crypto futures and derivatives in the US for the first time and to expand into more traditional markets.

Europe needs a digital currency to safeguard against threats from new forms of money like stablecoins, and reduce reliance on US payments firms amid heightened political tensions, European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said.

Donald Trump rehashed the crypto-supportive actions taken by his administration since he returned to the US presidency and reiterated support for stablecoin legislation, saying it will help expand the dollar’s dominance.

Major crypto players are returning to India in a calculated bet that regulators may ease restrictions on digital-asset trading.

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A rally in several tech giants spurred a late-day rebound in US stocks, following a selloff driven by disappointing outlooks from bellwethers across various industries.

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The last major bear market nearly wiped out the entire crypto-lending industry. Now, it’s staging a major comeback, with a new breed of creditors looking to step into the void and satisfy the market’s perennial appetite for debt.

The US Treasury Department said it is removing sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash imposed in 2022 after the service was used by North Korean hackers to launder stolen tokens.

Coinbase Global Inc. is in advanced discussions to acquire crypto derivatives exchange Deribit, the world’s largest trading platform for Bitcoin and Ether options, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A key US House committee is expected to advance landmark stablecoin legislation, a priority of President Donald Trump and the crypto industry, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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