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NY judge stays lawsuit seeking ownership of nearly 40,000 bitcoin wallets, sets July hearing on proposed amicus brief
The brief, filed by attorney Ian R. Cohen, argues New York's lost-and-found statute cannot be used to claim "lost" as…
A quick review of the Ways and Means tax bills: State of Crypto
The House Ways and Means Committee is gearing up for its big tax push.
Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren't a crisis, Joe Lubin says
The Consensys leader told CoinDesk the Ethereum Foundation's role should be narrower and more focused on stewarding t…
HTX to delist Trump-linked USD1 after saying World Liberty Financial froze exchange-linked addresses
The move follows World Liberty Financial's apparent freeze of HTX-linked on-chain addresses, citing UK sanctions comp…
AI’s $800 billion spending boom is becoming Bitcoin’s Fed problem
For the better part of two years, Wall Street has treated AI as the most bullish trade on the board, a growth engine …
Researcher who found Zcash's bug with AI adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
AI exposed a massive flaw in top crypto network and experts warn banks could be next
After an AI model helped uncover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash, security researchers warn that similar bugs may be hi…
Next up, taxes: Crypto tax legislation circulated ahead of House Ways and Means Committee hearing next week
As cryptocurrency-related bills from regulating stablecoins to the market as a whole take center stage — now comes …
Securitize clears SEC registration statement hurdle, sets path to NYSE listing as SECZ
Securitize's SPAC merger is expected to close shortly after a CEPT shareholder vote, if approved, later this month.
Crypto Council for Innovation launches coalition to push for regulatory clarity on vaults
A new coalition is forming, focused on crypto vaults, an increasingly popular mechanism for depositing digital assets…
U.S. House tax committee weighs crypto bills, including relief for small transactions
Seven draft bills are being circulated by the House Ways and Means Committee ahead of a hearing next week, including …
Live updates: bitcoin falls below $62,000 ahead of jobs data as Zcash bug rocks crypto
Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.
Hong Kong taps JPMorgan, HSBC for expert group to scale tokenized bonds
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the formation of an expert group to advance the development of tokenized b…
Bitcoin in danger of dropping to $60,000, with Zcash bulls turning their backs on ZEC
AI bets are recording rapid profit-taking as Broadcom as outlook for AI-chip sales fell short of high expectations, d…
White House crypto adviser Witt defends Clarity Act, calls it ‘pro-law enforcement’ as lawmakers race to pass bill
The White House's top cryptocurrency adviser, Patrick Witt, called the Clarity Act a "pro-enforcement bill," despite …
Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forward
The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat…
OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choice
The regulator rejected claims he's doing President Trump's bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed…
Chainalysis says ‘top-tier’ gray market peptide vendors turn to bitcoin and stablecoins
“To scale, the gray-market peptide trade adopted cryptocurrency as its backbone,” Chainalysis said in a report.
JPMorgan says crypto bill may have only a narrow window for passage this year
JPMorgan analysts said the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, may have only a narrow window for passage th…
Senate Republicans urged financial regulators to rework bank capital rules for digital assets
A group of Senate Republicans is pressing key financial regulatory agencies to clarify capital standards for digital …
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine war
The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
JPMorgan warns time is running short for crypto market structure bill
The Clarity Act still faces several legislative hurdles, and disputes over stablecoin yield have emerged as a key sti…
Coinbase, SpaceX, Meta join DOJ anti-scam operation that froze $3.8 million in crypto
Private-sector firms joined the DOJ's "Disruption Week," freezing $3.8 million in crypto and disrupting 1.4 million s…
New DeFi entrant widens field of crypto political campaign funds as elections loom
The Defend Developers PAC is aiming to contribute to lawmakers who seek to shield crypto developers from legal vulner…
Bessent backs summer push for Clarity Act, says bitcoin reserve moving at ‘deliberate speed’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department is moving at a "deliberate speed" to establish a strategic bitco…
Sen. Lummis says JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon hasn’t read Clarity Act, calls remarks ‘distasteful’
Republican Senator Lummis said the JPMorgan CEO "either hasn't read" the Clarity Act "or he wants to mislead people."
Crypto industry launches PAC focused on software developer safeguards as elections near
A new cryptocurrency-focused PAC has emerged, this time with an exclusive focus on software developers as midterm ele…
House of Lords committee urges UK regulators to ease stablecoin rules that could stifle market growth
A UK House of Lords committee warned that Britain lags the U.S. and the EU on stablecoins, calling on the BoE and FCA…