US crypto wash trading case reaches court with 3 extradited and 10 charged for alleged market manipulation. $BTC #Crypto

Citadel-backed EDX Markets has applied for a US trust bank charter to expand its crypto services. #Crypto $BTC

🚨 SEC clears NYSE Arca to list options on multi-crypto trust products Until now, options were limited to single-asset products like Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs. With this rule change, NYSE Arca can now list options on trusts holding multiple crypto assets — without requiring case-by-case approvals. What this means in practice: – broader exposure through diversified crypto baskets – more flexibility for market participants – easier integration with existing institutional trading frameworks Key conditions still apply: sufficient liquidity of underlying assets and availability of regulated derivatives markets. A technical step, but a meaningful one: crypto is increasingly being integrated into standard financial market structures. #crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #ETF #TradFi #SEC

🚨 SEC APPROVES OPTIONS ON MULTI-CRYPTO TRUSTS‼️ Wall Street can now trade options on baskets of crypto, not just single assets. 🔹 Multi-asset crypto exposure 🔹 Options (calls/puts) unlocked 🔹 Streamlined approvals going forward This expands the market structure. More ways to hedge. More ways to lever. More capital entering. Crypto just moved deeper into traditional finance. $ETH $BTC

⚡ EDX SEEKS BANK CHARTER :: PYMNTS confirmed EDX Markets just filed with the OCC to become a national trust bank. The application aims to close regulatory gaps by separating $BTC custody from exchange functions, mirroring TradFi structures. #Crypto $BTC

The latest developments indicate that regulations are being further relaxed—with the approval of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, multi-asset crypto products will move into the mainstream market, and liquidity and funding access for Bitcoin and Ethereum will be reopened.

Kazakhstan's stock exchange just tapped BitGo to build its digital asset infrastructure. The same country building a $1 billion sovereign fund backed by bitcoin mining revenue and seized assets. This isn't a startup exchange experimenting. KASE is the second-largest exchange in the former Soviet bloc by securities trading volume. And this move is part of a much larger play. Kazakhstan's trading volume on regulated digital asset platforms went from $280 million in 2023 to $6.3 billion in the first three quarters of 2025. That's a twentyfold increase in under two years. In January, President Tokayev signed legislation giving the National Bank of Kazakhstan authority to license exchanges and approve which digital assets can be traded on regulated platforms. The central bank is building a national custodial service, set to launch by May. Earlier this month, Reuters reported the country plans to invest up to $350 million in digital assets and establish a sovereign fund worth $500 million to $1 billion, funded in part by seized assets and mining revenue. Kazakhstan has been a major bitcoin mining hub for years. Now it's building the institutional rails to match. BitGo, which became the first publicly traded, federally chartered digital asset infrastructure company in January, will provide cold storage, policy-based governance, and asset segregation for the exchange under a three-year deal. The pattern is clear. Country after country is building regulated infrastructure for digital assets while the US still debates the basics. The longer the regulatory vacuum persists in Washington, the more of this infrastructure gets built elsewhere.

Australia passes digital asset bill bringing crypto platforms under licensing #Norque #NOQ #Bitcoin #ETH #AI #Blockchain #Blockchain #Law #Policies #Regulation #Crypto