Payward, the company behind cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has been awarded $22 million in an arbitration dispute with accounting firm Mazars over an audit engagement that was abandoned before completion.
Payward, the company behind cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has been awarded $22 million in an arbitration dispute with accounting firm Mazars over an audit engagement that was abandoned before completion.
The alliance, a coalition focused on applying blockchain technology to social impact initiatives, presented at the forum alongside international policymakers and cultural stakeholders.
Bybit has listed the SONYUSDT perpetual contract with up to 20x leverage, giving traders a new derivatives instrument to speculate on SONY token price movements against Tether's USDT.
The integration, announced by Spark , connects Polymarket's prediction market infrastructure with Bitcoin's Lightning Network through Spark's payment rails. Users can now fund their accounts using Bitcoin via Lightning, a layer-2 protocol designed for near-instant, low-fee transactions.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has signaled a shift toward accommodating crypto within existing securities frameworks. In a March 2026 speech on crypto asset regulation , Atkins outlined the agency's intent to create workable pathways for digital asset projects rather than relying solely on enforcement.
Kraken is pursuing banking status in Europe, signaling the cryptocurrency exchange's ambition to evolve from a trading platform into a full-service financial institution on the continent.
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