Kraken Parent Payward Acquires Magic Wallet, Adding Technology Behind 60M Wallets

Payward has agreed to acquire Magic Labs’ wallet-as-a-service business, adding embedded, non-custodial wallets to the infrastructure platform behind Kraken. The deal brings technology used to create more than 60 million wallets into Payward’s expanding enterprise product suite. Newton Labs Sells Magic Wallet Business to Focus Fully on Onchain Authorization Payward, the parent company of crypto … Read more

Binance US Plots Comeback From 2-Year ‘Hibernation’ With 20% Market Share Target

Binance.US chief executive Stephen Gregory says the exchange is back in growth mode after a two-year “hibernation” brought on by the regulatory storm around the wider Binance brand. From Hibernation to Growth Mode Gregory laid out the plan for the firm’s comeback bid in a recent interview. Binance.US once held roughly 20% of American crypto … Read more

Kraken Wins $22 Million Arbitration as Arjun Sethi Calls for Clear Crypto Rules

Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter final judgment against Mazars USA after winning a $22 million arbitration award. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi framed the case as part of a broader fight over debanking, regulatory pressure and the need for clear U.S. crypto market rules. Kraken Asks Delaware Court to … Read more

The Top 8 Crypto Exchanges by Reserves; Binance Holds a $130.1B War Chest

Binance controls more crypto than any other exchange currently operating on earth, holding $130.1 billion in digital assets tracked across onchain wallets by Arkham Intelligence. That figure puts Binance well ahead of the next nine exchanges combined in some categories, according to portfolio data pulled from Arkham’s blockchain analytics platform. The rankings, logged on July … Read more

MiCA Deadline Hits July 1 as Unlicensed Crypto Platforms Face EU Shutdown Risk

Crypto firms serving clients across the European Economic Area face shutdown risk if they fail to secure authorization under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) before enforcement begins. Regulators have ruled out extensions, leaving more than 1,200 previously registered firms with limited time to comply as only a small number have obtained full approval. EU … Read more

No More Venue Hopping: Kraken Pro Adds US Perpetual Futures for Eligible Clients

Kraken just handed eligible U.S. crypto traders access to perpetual futures, bringing one of the industry’s most heavily used trading tools onto a CFTC-licensed venue through Kraken Pro. The Cheyenne, Wyoming-based exchange Kraken disclosed Monday that U.S. clients can now trade perpetual futures with no expiry alongside spot, margin and futures. For active traders, that … Read more

Pyth Network Targets Bloomberg’s $50 Billion Market-Data Empire

Pyth Network is pushing deeper into the more than $50 billion market for financial data, launching 24/7 index products across metals, oil, and U.S. equities as it positions its onchain price feeds against incumbents like Bloomberg. A $50 Billion Target The decentralized oracle network, software that delivers real-world prices onto blockchains, unveiled the new proprietary … Read more

Kraken Unlocks US-Listed IPO Access for Retail Crypto Users Across 100+ Countries

Kraken’s parent company Payward is opening U.S.-listed initial public offering (IPO) allocations at the offering price to retail investors around the world through its xStocks tokenized equities framework. The announcement, made on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, positions xStocks as the first crypto-native infrastructure to give everyday investors access to a corner of capital markets that … Read more

Kraken Rolls out Bitcoin Vault With 2.5% APY for Long-Term BTC Holders in the US

Kraken launched Bitcoin Vault on Wednesday, giving long-term bitcoin holders a way to earn up to 2.5% annual percentage yield on idle BTC without selling or giving up price exposure. Kraken Bitcoin Vault Goes Live: BTC Holders Can Now Earn Yield The new product sits inside Kraken’s Earn suite alongside its existing decentralized finance ( … Read more

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