Guido Battigelli

OKX returns to the U.S. market after paying $505 million for operating without a license and appoints Roshan Robert as CEO to lead its relaunch.

DWF Labs opened an office in New York as part of its U.S. expansion and invested $25 million in WLFI governance tokens.

Over 50M Arbitrum users can now access ZetaChain without switching networks or relying on external bridges or complex swaps.

Raydium launched LaunchLab to compete with Pump.fun, allowing token creation with immediate liquidity access and external fee configuration.

Bitwise listed four new Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs on the London Stock Exchange, available only to institutional investors in the UK.

Babylon recorded the largest withdrawal in its history with 14,929 BTC leaving the protocol, drastically reducing its locked funds.

Several Bitcoin mining companies rushed to move equipment from Asia to avoid tariffs of up to 36% imposed by Trump.

Lombard Finance launched an SDK that allows wallets and exchanges to offer BTC staking with a liquid token (LBTC) and a 3% annual yield.

EigenLayer activated slashing, a feature that allows penalizing malicious operators by removing part or all of their restaked collateral.

Circle Research launched Refund Protocol, a smart contract that adds escrow and onchain dispute resolution for ERC‑20 stablecoin payments.