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Circle can now open a US trust bank but cannot take ordinary deposits or make loans
Circle National Trust starts with custody for Circle and affiliates, while outside institutional custody and USDC res…
Housing bill that includes a CBDC ban passed into law without Trump’s signature
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which includes a provision that bans the Fed from issuing a CBDC, has become law.
DOJ to drop charges against man accused in $722 million BitClub crypto Ponzi scheme: Bloomberg
A former contestant on 'The Apprentice' is one of the persons urging the DOJ to drop the charges, the report said.
Here’s what’s next for the Clarity Act as Congress returns to Washington
Congress returns to Washington next week, ready to take up cryptocurrency legislation before the midterm election cal…
AscendEX shuts down after MiCA miss and warns some withdrawals may not be processed
Automated payouts are paused after a failed liquidity deal, leaving customers without assurances on timing or amounts…
Circle gets OCC approval to become a national digital currency bank
Circle's OCC approval could reshape the stablecoin landscape, enhancing regulatory trust and influencing future crypt…
Polymarket seeks US regulatory approval for margin trading
Polymarket is seeking U.S. approval to offer margin trading, marking its latest move to expand under a regulated deri…
BNB Chain Haber Specs Point To Faster Finality And A More Competitive Network Stack
BNB Chain Haber Specs Point To Faster Finality And A More Competitive Network Stack is the kind of crypto story that …
South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province to test stablecoin for public payments in August
Gyeonggi's stablecoin trial could enhance regional financial autonomy and privacy, influencing global stablecoin infr…
GENIUS Act deadline puts stablecoin issuers on the clock
July 18 is not a user cutoff, but it forces regulators to define which permitted, foreign, and state-qualified issuer…
Binance co-CEO says 70% of EU withdrawals went to self-custody after MiCA deadline, with just 30% going to licensed platforms
Richard Teng said 70% of EU user withdrawals following its service suspension moved to self-custody rather than MiCA-…
SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY
The agenda puts issuers, broker-dealers, and trading venues on separate NPRM tracks while the Senate races Aug. 7. Th…
SEC Names Paul Knight As Chief Operating Officer In Latest Agency Leadership Move
SEC Names Paul Knight as Chief Operating Officer In Latest Agency Leadership Move is the kind of crypto story that lo…
SEC reviews more than 24 ETFs that could bring election betting to brokerage accounts
More than 24 prediction market ETFs proposed by Roundhill, Bitwise, and GraniteShares remain in regulatory limbo, wit…
Stablecoin firm Circle wins final OCC approval to open national trust bank
Circle wins final OCC approval for First National Digital Currency Bank, with USDC reserve management planned for a l…
Phantom pulls on-chain perps into the US wallet war ahead of July 9 deadline
On July 9, Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the CFTC to remove rules they say “unduly impede” fint…
New Hampshire’s $100 million bitcoin bond proposal fails to pass final vote
Governor Ayotte had expressed support for the proposal, touting it as an innovative way to bring more investment oppo…
JPMorgan’s $4.7T private blockchain warning just gave Bitcoin bulls fresh ammunition
JPMorgan sees Wall Street’s shift toward private blockchains as a deeper threat to Bitcoin than Strategy selling it…
Polymarket seeks approval to bring margin trading to U.S. customers
Polymarket's application to allow users to take positions that are not fully collateralized follows authorization gra…
DOJ charges federal inmate over alleged theft of $290,000 in crypto forfeited to US government
Federal inmate Rossen Iossifov faces new charges for allegedly taking $290,000 in government-forfeited cryptocurrency.
UK Labour MPs push to permanently ban crypto political donations
Labour MPs are gathering support for proposed amendments to a key bill that would permanently ban crypto political do…
North Carolina passes bill recognizing CFTC preemption over prediction markets
North Carolina's new law taxes prediction market platforms at 6% of their net trading fee revenue that is attributabl…
Polymarket files applications to offer regulated margin trading in US
Polymarket's rival platform, Kalshi, already received US regulatory approval to provide margin trading back in March.
Bitwise says bitcoin’s ‘floor is rising’ despite AI boom and regulatory delays
Bitwise says institutions are buying the bitcoin bear market dip, while many larger investors are still awaiting regu…
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal steps down, remains in advisory role
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal joined the firm in mid-2020 to lead its legal, compliance and government rel…
New Clarity Act draft could land as soon as next week: CoinDesk
Senate negotiators are preparing a new Clarity Act draft as crypto market structure legislation faces a narrow July w…
Kalshi’s court loss shows federal approval may still leave prediction markets fenced off by states
The ruling gives New York room to press sports-event enforcement while the CFTC is still writing national rules. The …
White House defends Trump’s regulatory appointments as CFTC vacancies complicate crypto bill push
The White House pushed back against Democrats’ criticism that the administration has declined to appoint commission…
Hyperliquid Policy Center, Phantom urge CFTC to stop treating onchain protocols like traditional brokers and exchanges
The CFTC and Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Request for Information in mid-June on financial innovation.
Phantom and Hyperliquid Policy Center urge CFTC to clarify onchain market rules
Phantom and Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the CFTC to clarify rules for onchain protocols, wallet providers and reg…