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Binance is in talks with regulators that have invited the exchange to apply for crypto licenses following its withdrawal from the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) application in Greece, according to co-CEO Richard Teng. Teng said at the Reuters NEXT Asia conference in Singapore on Thursday that the discussions are still “premature” and declined to identify the jurisdictions. MiCA created a single licensing framework for crypto firms across the European Union. After the bloc’s transition period expired on July 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority said crypto firms must serve EU clients through a MiCA-authorized entity, with limited exceptions for unsolicited cross-border business. Binance withdrew its application for a MiCA license in Greece on June 24, after reports surfaced that Greek regulators were planning to reject the exchange’s licensing bid. “It caught us by s
The post CryptoRank Research: How the CEX Listings Landscape Shifted in 2026 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Centralized exchanges are moving away from speculative narratives and toward tokens with demonstrated utility. An analysis of over 10,000 listings across the 10 major exchanges, Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, MEXC, KuCoin, HTX, Kraken, and Crypto.com, shows blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets displacing meme and GameFi tokens at the top of exchange listing activity in the first half of 2026. The shift marks a break from the two prior cycles, in which listing pipelines were dominated by crypto-native, hype-driven categories. In Q2 2026, exchanges shifted listings toward blockchain infrastructure (64 listings) and DeFi (46 listings) tokens over speculative assets, reflecting a broader move toward projects with demonstrated utility. Tokenized assets, covering equities, commodities, and real-world assets, ranked third with 42 listings as excha
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Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, Temasek Holdings, said it will prioritize AI investments over crypto due to regulatory uncertainty and the lingering impact of a $275 million write-off from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022. The firm, with an investment portfolio valued around 518 billion Singapore dollars ($400 billion), plans to increase its AI exposure from 6% of its portfolio in the first quarter of 2026 to 15% by 2031, Nagi Hamiyeh, president of Temasek Global Investments, told CNBC on Wednesday The AI investment cycle has just begun and will continue for decades, he said, while cautioning that valuations in some parts of the industry have run ahead of fundamentals. Temasek, the state’s largest investment vehicle after GIC Private Ltd., is still dealing with the hit it took following the collapse of FTX. That implosion and other failures exposed weak con
OSL's MiCA authorization highlights the increasing regulatory hurdles in the EU, potentially limiting market competition and impacting service costs.
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The post Ethereum Indecision Deepens: Some Holders Panic Sell, While Others Buy the Dip appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Ethereum (ETH) traders have splintered into two camps as the price slide deepens. Roughly 100,000 addresses deposited to Binance during a panic move, while withdrawals climbed at the same time. The divided response now stretches beyond on-chain flows. On Polymarket, bettors price both a recovery and a deeper decline as likely outcomes, showing how sharply the market disagrees on Ethereum’s next move. Binance Deposits Spike as ETH Tests Panic Lows Ethereum trades near $1,730, down about 1.57% over the past day yet up roughly 7% across the week, according to BeInCrypto Markets. Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens Ethereum (ETH) Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto Markets The latest drop coincided with escalating US-Iran tensions. The conflict has been a key factor impacting risk assets since March. Analyst Darkfost flagged that the crypto market
Hyperliquid's no-KYC model raises regulatory risks, potentially impacting its future operations and investor confidence in decentralized finance.
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The post AscendEX Shuts Down as User Balance Payouts Remain Uncertain appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
AscendEX shut down after MiCA pressure, weak liquidity, and failed funding left operations unsustainable. Users face delayed manual withdrawals, with the exchange unable to guarantee full balance recovery. ZachXBT had flagged nearly empty hot wallets before the shutdown, including ETH, USDT, USDC, and SOL. The closure revives custody concerns after AscendEX’s 2021 breach, which caused about $78M in losses. AscendEX has shut down after regulatory, financial, and operational pressures pushed the crypto exchange into a controlled offboarding process. The platform ceased operations on July 1, then published a notice on July 6 explaining the decision. JUST IN: ASCENDEX SHUTS DOWN AND USERS MAY NOT GET FULL BALANCES BACK Crypto exchange AscendEX has ceased operations on July 1, citing MiCA, regulatory, financial and operational pressure. The company’s statement indicated that current li
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AscendEX halted operations as manual withdrawal reviews left customers uncertain about accessing their funds. ZachXBT questioned AscendEX’s liquidity, saying its hot wallets may not cover verified customer claims. AscendEX blamed financial strain and MiCA as its closure renewed concerns over exchange stability. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT raised fresh concerns after crypto exchange AscendEX announced it would shut down, leaving customers uncertain about whether they will be able to withdraw their funds. In a Telegam post, he said users with money still on the platform could face challenges getting it back, claiming the exchange’s publicly known hot wallets do not appear to hold enough liquid assets to cover verified multi-million-dollar customer claims. “AscendEX admits in its announcement withdrawals may or may not be processed,” ZachXBT wrote. He urged affected users t
The post MiCA Wiped Out 92% of Europe’s Crypto Firms: Here’s Who Survived and Who’s Cashing In appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
The MiCA transition period ended on July 1, 2026, and the damage is now measurable. This wasn’t a soft compliance nudge — it was a mass extinction event that redrew the entire European crypto map in a single day. While the market obsessed over price charts, the more consequential story is who’s still legally allowed to operate on the continent, and who just quietly disappeared. Advertisement How many crypto firms actually survived MiCA? The numbers are brutal. Public mirrors of the bloc’s register counted 244 licensed CASPs across 25 jurisdictions once the deadline passed. Before MiCA, roughly 3,167 firms held national crypto registrations across Europe. Measured against that base, close to 92% of the market did not make the cut. Framed against the pre-MiCA legacy pool, only 210 of 1,200+ EU crypto firms converted to MiCA authorization. The other 83% are n
