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Speed, precision, and making the right decision at the right moment. Track cycling combines long-term preparation with the intensity of races where every detail matters. Crypto4me supports the Czech national track cycling team and its journey towards success on the international stage.

The technological infrastructure for round-the-clock trading of U.S. stocks is ready, but the revolution is being postponed for now. A new joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and traditional financial giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has encountered an unexpected obstacle. The list of issuers that have exercised their regulatory right to block the tokenization of their securities has already grown to 22 companies, including some of the most prominent names in global markets.

On 19 October 2021, the first bitcoin ETF started trading in the US. Five years on, we look at what really changed: the price, the total market value, who owns bitcoin and how much the price swings. The data show that the bigger shift came only in 2024 with spot ETFs, and that bitcoin remains a risky asset.

One year after the broad correction of October 2025, liquidity in the crypto market is concentrated mainly in the order books of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Although total spot trading volumes remain below last year’s levels, market depth in the two largest assets has reached higher levels than before the decline at that time. However, this development is not broad-based, as market makers are concentrating capital primarily in the main crypto assets, while smaller projects continue to face reduced liquidity.

The Cardano network has officially launched the new CIP-0113 standard on its mainnet, introducing advanced options for setting rules for tokens intended for use in regulated environments without requiring a hard fork. The new standard opens the door to regulated tokenized funds, bonds and stablecoins through features such as identity verification, freezing, restrictions or forced transfer of assets. It represents potentially significant infrastructure for institutions, while at the same time introducing an important trade-off between the ability to implement regulatory requirements and traditional decentralized ownership.

Perpetual contracts from the decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid have appeared in the Bloomberg Terminal data environment. The DeFi protocol has therefore crossed an important threshold toward greater visibility among professional investors. However, the listing of data itself does not automatically mean that traditional financial institutions are beginning to trade on the platform.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has presented his long-term vision for the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. By 2030, the network is intended to transform into a so-called cryptographic world computer. The foundation of the entire change is to move away from the existing model, in which every computer repeats the same calculations, and replace it with fast mathematical proofs and stronger privacy protection.

Václav Ježek of the Kasper crypto4me team is among the fifteen Czech riders at the UCI Road World Championships in Montréal. Find out how the Czech squad has fared so far, what the 21-year-old rider achieved this season and what awaits him in the men's U23 road race.

Bitcoin is on track to close July, August and September in positive territory, something that has happened only once before in its history. While 14 years ago this period was followed by a brief decline and then a substantial rally, today’s market operates under completely different conditions. The next direction will be determined primarily by demand from large investment funds and the policy of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Although the U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act crypto bill ended in failure, the cryptocurrency market responded with a rapid rise. Bitcoin moved above the USD 85,000 level, while stocks linked to digital assets strengthened. The advance was also supported by steps taken by U.S. regulatory authorities, which continued to create conditions for the use of new financial technologies despite the failure of the legislative proposal.

The most ambitious attempt to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States has encountered a major obstacle. On September 15, 2026, the U.S. Senate rejected a motion to invoke cloture on proceeding to the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) by a vote of 49–50, falling short of the 60 votes required. The result does not represent a final rejection of the legislation, but it means that the Senate did not proceed to consideration of the bill at that stage and leaves the future of U.S. crypto market structure regulation uncertain.

The seventh edition of the ChainCamp conference brought the Czech and Slovak Bitcoin community to Ostrava on September 11 and 12. Alongside Bitcoin, this year's topics also included asset protection, privacy and a personal Plan B. Brand manager Tomáš Bára attended the event on behalf of crypto4me and shares his impressions.