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Sam Bankman-Fried officially asks Trump for a presidential pardon
The fallen crypto mogul serving a 25-year sentence filed a clemency petition, betting on Donald Trump's history of cr…
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried officially files for a presidential pardon from Trump
Sam Bankman-Fried is pressing ahead with his bid for a presidential pardon, even after President Trump said he has no…
Congress is weighing whether crypto tax relief should stop at stablecoins
A June 9 Ways and Means hearing pushes crypto policy into the tax code, where small payments, stablecoin use, network…
MetaMask debuts Agent Wallet giving AI bots self-custody access to Ethereum
Consensys-backed MetaMask is rolling out a non-custodial wallet for AI agents for general availability this summer.
Coinbase, Ripple among over 200 crypto organizations urging Senate Clarity Act vote
More than 200 organizations, including Coinbase and Ripple, urged Senate leaders to advance the Clarity Act to a floo…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 1,550 bitcoin for $101 million after small sale as total holdings rise to 845,256 BTC
Strategy's total holdings account for more than 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth around $53.5 billion.
UK FCA proposes allowing authorized funds to allocate up to 10% to crypto ETNs
The FCA proposed allowing authorized UK funds to hold up to 10% in crypto ETNs, extending access opened by last year'…
Trump’s family crypto feud spills into customer accounts after wallet freeze
Crypto exchange HTX will permanently remove President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial’s fiat-backed USD…
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.
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 t…
Bybit follows Kraken in offering tokenized SpaceX IPO access via xStocks
The product is built on Payward's xStocks framework, the tokenized equities platform Kraken acquired through its purc…
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…
Wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin moves 110,000 ETH to defend $259M DAI debt position
Onchain analysts described the move as defensive collateral management to reduce liquidation risk, not likely a sale.
Crypto exchanges are losing retail traders but are filling the gap with Wall Street-style bets
Crypto exchanges are seeing the weakest retail-driven activity in years, but some of the biggest platforms are findin…
Cardano founder floats splitting his own blockchain after warning more apps will die
Charles Hoskinson raised the possibility of splitting Cardano after the collapse of one of its best-known ecosystem t…
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 …
Strategy’s Saylor says Bitcoin should avoid choosing between ‘purity and adoption’ as BTC extends losses
Strategy Exec Chairman Michael Saylor divided the Bitcoin ecosystem into four camps, saying that each serves a necess…
AI-assisted Zcash flaw exposes the supply integrity gap an emergency fork could not fully close
The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash's n…
CME CEO Duffy says new perpetual futures could be ‘disaster waiting to happen’
CME CEO Terry Duffy warned that U.S.-approved perpetual futures risk retail blowouts and excessive leverage exposure.
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…
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 …