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South Korea's Crypto Sector Pushes Back Against Aggressive AML Crackdown
The South Korean crypto industry is sounding the alarm over proposed anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that could create operational chaos for m...
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CFTC Faces Divided Crypto Community on How to Regulate Prediction Markets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has hit a wall when it comes to prediction market regulation. With over 1,500 comment submissions flooding i...
Stablecoin Issuers See $112B Growth Window Across Latin America Beyond US-Mexico Lane
The remittance landscape in Latin America is shifting. While the US-to-Mexico corridor remains the biggest player, it contracted 4.
Canton Network: How Institutions Are Building Security Guardrails Into Decentralized Finance
The institutional adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) has hit a critical inflection point. As more traditional players explore blockchain-based ...
Voter Skepticism Meets Crypto Cash: Industry Super PACs Face Midterm Backlash Risk
Americans are increasingly suspicious of both crypto and AI—and that's creating a potential minefield for politicians betting on industry funding, acc...
Iran's Biggest Crypto Exchange Tied to Supreme Leader's Inner Circle, Reuters Reports
Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, operates under ownership connected to the Kharrazi family—a powerhouse clan with direct ties to the country's...
New York Regulators Extract $5M from Uphold Over CredEarn Deception
New York Attorney General Letitia James just forced Uphold to cough up $5 million for misleading investors about CredEarn, a crypto savings product th...
Crypto Industry Has a Backup Plan If CLARITY Act Stalls, Says Alpha Factory Analyst
The regulatory pressure on crypto isn't forcing the industry into a corner—not yet anyway. According to crypto executive Chris Perkins, the digital a...
Bitcoin's April Rally: Best Month in a Year, But Still Below Historical Norm
Bitcoin delivered its strongest monthly performance in twelve months during April, finally breaking a prolonged period of sideways trading and volatil...
Hollywood's Oscar Rules Exclude AI-Generated Content—What This Means for Crypto Innovation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just drew a hard line: AI performances and screenplays won't be eligible for Oscars, period. This mov...
a16z Throws Weight Behind CFTC in State-Level Prediction Market Battle
Andreessen Horowitz is making a bold move in the prediction market wars, filing briefs that directly oppose state-level bans on platforms like Kalshi ...
Payward Seals Bitnomial Acquisition: Building a CFTC-Approved Crypto Derivatives Empire
Kraken's parent company Payward just closed its acquisition of Bitnomial, a move that signals serious ambitions in the regulated US crypto derivatives...
Stablecoin Yield Framework Locked In: Industry Braces for Banking Pushback
The crypto sector is entering a critical phase as final stablecoin yield rules under the CLARITY Act have been formalized, but Galaxy Digital's head o...
Minnesota Targets Deepfake Porn as Legislators Push AI Accountability in Crypto-Adjacent Digital Crime Wave
Minnesota's legislature just passed a major bill that bans AI tools designed to generate fake nude images—a move that signals growing regulatory press...
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Crypto Capital Fractures: Industry Diverges on AI, Ethereum, and New Collateral Paradigms
The crypto ecosystem is fragmenting as market participants pursue wildly different strategic directions. We're watching capital allocation splinter a...
DeFi's Dilemma: The Cost of Freezing Stolen Assets
The crypto industry is caught in a vice—criticized simultaneously for freezing stolen funds and for failing to act when security is breached. This co...
Crypto Venture Capital Hits Near Two-Year Lows as Deal Flow Dries Up
Venture capital funding into crypto projects collapsed to just $659 million in April, marking the weakest monthly performance since July 2024. The sh...
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Lutnick's Tether-Linked Trust Arrangement
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden are pressing Commerce Secretary Marco Lutnick over a financial arrangement involving Tether and a trust establ...
Seoul Court Clears Bithumb: Major South Korean Exchange Escapes Six-Month Operating Freeze
A Seoul court has reversed a March order that threatened to cripple South Korea's second-largest crypto exchange, lifting a proposed six-month busines...
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Brazil Blocks Crypto From Settlement in Regulated Payment Infrastructure
Brazil's central bank has formally prohibited virtual assets from being settled through regulated eFX payment rails, marking an escalation in the gove...