174 Registered CASPs, but Only 14 Can Operate a Centralized Crypto Exchange (CEX)? – Legal Bitcoin News

MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor Juskin and Sabir Alijev. LegalBison advises crypto and FinTech companies on MiCA licensing, CASP and VASP applications, and regulatory structuring across Europe and beyond. If the EU has already issued 174 MiCA licenses, why are there only 14 actual crypto exchanges on the list? To demystify this, we need to decode what the public registers are really telling us about how crypto businesses are setting up in Europe. That contrast,…

Polymarket Secures $600M From Intercontinental Exchange in Final Funding Tranche – Crypto News Bitcoin News

ICE and Polymarket The owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), ICE, disclosed the transaction on Friday morning. The company also expects to purchase up to $40 million of Polymarket securities from existing holders, a secondary component that rounds out what was originally framed as an investment arrangement of up to $2 billion. The October 2025 deal marked ICE’s first direct commitment to Polymarket, a prediction market platform where users wager on the outcomes of real-world events. That initial tranche totaled $1 billion. The latest investment completes what ICE…

BTCC Wins Most Secure Digital Asset Exchange by Pan Finance, Marking 15 Years of 0 Security Breaches

March 26th, 2026 – LODZ, Poland BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, is proud to announce it has been awarded the Most Secure Digital Asset Exchange (2025) by Pan Finance, a trusted source of global financial intelligence with a readership of over 200,000 across 150 countries. The recognition comes as BTCC celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2026, a milestone defined by an unmatched security record in the industry. Since its founding in 2011, BTCC has never suffered a single security breach. Across 15 years of operation serving over 11 million…

Bitcoin Exchange Outflows Signal Investor Accumulation

The net outflow of Bitcoin from exchanges over the past month suggests that investors have started to accumulate the cryptocurrency, according to a CryptoQuant analyst. March has been largely dominated by Bitcoin (BTC) outflows from crypto exchanges, aside from one spike in inflows just before the asset tapped a six-week high of $76,000 on March 17, according to CryptoQuant data.  This negative net flow has remained present while Bitcoin “continues its liquidation phase,” the analyst known as Darkfost said on Wednesday. “This persistent outflow suggests genuine accumulation by investors, who…

Banks want to run Vietnam’s crypto exchanges, Boyaa’s $70M BTC plan: Asia Express

Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this edition: Boyaa Interactive lines up $70 million crypto treasury expansion South Korea may be pushing for a fourth crypto tax delay CoinDCX founders questioned in fraud case Singapore’s carpool app adopts crypto treasury strategy Banks, conglomerates bid for Vietnam’s first licensed crypto exchange Bitrefill employee’s laptop hacked by Lazarus Group Tax agency seeks help to handle seized crypto Animoca bets on Avalanche’s Asia and Middle East expansion Japan eyes up to a 10-year…

Boyaa Interactive Plans $70 Million in Further Cryptocurrency Acquisitions

Hong Kong’s Boyaa Interactive International seeks shareholder approval to invest up to $70 million in cryptocurrencies to bolster its Web3 gaming ecosystem. Boyaa Interactive International Limited announced on March 22, 2026, its proposal for a 12-month acquisition mandate to purchase cryptocurrencies. The board plans to seek formal approval from shareholders at the upcoming annual general […] Source

NYSE Exchanges Remove Cap Limiting Crypto Options

Two New York Stock Exchange-affiliated exchanges have removed the 25,000 contract position limit on options tied to 11 crypto exchange-traded funds. NYSE Arca and NYSE American each filed three rule changes in the Federal Register on March 10 to remove contract position limits and price discovery restrictions for options linked to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) ETFs listed on their exchanges. These were acknowledged by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday, with the SEC waiving the standard 30-day waiting period for both sets of proposed rule changes, meaning they…

CoinDCX Founders Questioned as Exchange Blames Impersonation Scam

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal have reportedly been arrested in India following a police complaint alleging their involvement in a crypto investment fraud. The Economic Times reported Saturday that the pair were arrested by the Thane Police on allegations of criminal breach of trust, citing local officials. Other local media, including Entrackr, reported that the founders had been called for questioning rather than arrested. The case reportedly centers on a website that allegedly posed as the CoinDCX platform and stemmed from a first information report…

Class Action Lawsuits Hit Gemini as Exchange Growth Narrative Collapses Under Investor Scrutiny

Mounting investor losses are drawing scrutiny to Gemini as class action lawsuits allege the crypto exchange misled markets about its growth strategy and financial outlook, fueling a sharp post-IPO decline and eroding confidence. Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Gemini as Exchange Expansion Story Unravels Into Credibility Crisis A securities dispute highlights investor losses as multiple […] Source

Nordic Crypto Exchange Safello Cross Lists Bittensor Staked TAO ETP on Nasdaq Stockholm

Safello has expanded its regulated cryptocurrency offerings by cross-listing the Bittensor Staked TAO Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) on Nasdaq Stockholm to increase Nordic investor access. Safello, the Nordic crypto exchange, announces the cross-listing of the Safello Bittensor Staked TAO ETP (STAO) on Nasdaq Stockholm as of 19 March 2026. Previously exclusive to the SIX Swiss Exchange, […] Source