The digital asset industry is bracing for a tense macro environment this week. Arthur Hayes critiques the token economy, and decentralization advocates face intense crackdowns from sovereign nations.
Crucially, the assets will be held in regulated custody by Standard Chartered, establishing the first-ever off-exchange tokenized collateral model backed by a Tier 1 Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB).
From Hyperliquid to Ripple, from Canada to Malaysia, here are the crypto news you may have missed this week.
A public clash between Binance founder CZ Zhao and OKX chief Star Xu escalates after a memoir release triggers allegations, denials, and a $1 billion wager.
OKX introduces Orbit, a built-in social feature that lets users share verified trading data and exposes fake profit claims within crypto communities.
Under the terms of the agreement, ICE will secure a seat on the OKX board of directors.
The products allow users to trade stock-based derivatives 24/7 through a single unified account. This mirrors the structure of crypto perpetual futures
The $20B crypto flash crash on October 10 last year sparked a fierce public clash between Binance and OKX over risky yield strategies and market manipulation.
Binance is still the leading and most used centralized crypto exchange (CEX) in terms of spot trading, futures trading, and global traffic, according to the 2025 CEX Annual Report by crypto publication Wu Blockchain.
OKX and Standard Chartered bring their crypto custody and collateral mirroring system to Europe, aiming to reduce risk and boost institutional confidence.
