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Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it
U.S. agencies are racing to substitute their regulations for the law that was meant to set crypto markets in governmental bedrock, but will the stand-ins last?
'We have lost control': Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks
Marc van der Chijs sold much of his bitcoin to invest in AI. Now, growing concerns about the technology accompany a move to put some profits back into crypto.
Ripple says asset managers are preparing for XRP Ledger’s next payments upgrade
The upcoming Batch V1.1 can make linked asset and payment transfers succeed together or fail together, and Ripple says commercial projects are already being built around the feature after an extensive
'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary
"Bitcoin feels like the CD in the age of Spotify, the DVD in the age of Netflix," wrote Jason Calacanis.
Why Wall Street giants build tokenization money for institutions, not regular consumers
JPMorgan and Citi move billions in tokenized deposits, but only among their branches. A U.K. challenger bank is about to do something neither has done.
Robinhood Chain fees collapse 97% even as transactions stay near record highs
Seven-day average fees fell 82% while transaction counts slipped 6%, with about $1.5 billion a day still changing hands.
Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter
Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and white-label issuance from a single federally regulated entity.
Dtcpay welcomes SBI Group as strategic investor extending Series A to $25M
Singapore-based payments company completes Series A funding round with Japanese investor SBI Group.
Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report
Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes.
Coinbase files to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US market
Coinbase wants to bring 24/5 perpetual futures trading to individual US stocks, with its proposed contracts now awaiting regulatory approval.
Binance launches 24/7 FX perps with weekend pricing system
Binance is joining a growing number of crypto exchanges offering around-the-clock exposure to foreign exchange markets through perpetual futures.
Crypto stocks rebound after CLARITY Act selloff
Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks rallied Friday as the CFTC and SEC moved ahead with crypto-related actions under existing authority.
CFTC submits crypto market regulation plan for White House review
The US commodities regulator submitted a new crypto market regulatory action for White House review days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act.
Bitcoin hits $81K as US bond yields rebound on global oil woes
Bitcoin price action made swift gains at the start of Friday’s Wall Street trading session as US 30-year bond yields began rising again.
CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act
The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.
Crypto tech provider Haruko hit by cyberattack affecting 15 clients, some funds lost
Some smaller hedge funds with weaker security controls may have lost funds in the targeted attack, sources said.
Banks double on EU MiCA crypto provider list as share hits 23%
Banks now represent nearly one in four providers on ESMA’s MiCA register after roughly doubling their presence since late June.
DHS’s predictive policing is unconstitutional, un-American and should be stopped
Targeting Americans based on what their spending habits can tell us about their politics is an abuse of our financial system, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.