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JPMorgan Abandons Polymarket Banking Partnership Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
JPMorgan Chase severed its banking relationship with Polymarket in October 2025, citing regulatory concerns as the primary driver, according to recent...
Senate Recess Derails SEC's Crypto Regulatory Roadmap
The SEC has postponed a critical meeting designed to finalize proposed rules governing crypto token offerings, a setback that underscores the politica...
Bitwise Explores On-Chain Staking Rewards: Tokenizing Solana ETF Through Superstate Deal
Bitwise is exploring a significant pivot in how investors access staking yield, eyeing the tokenization of its Solana staking ETF through a partnershi...
Washington Judge Shuts Down Kalshi's Political Betting—But Leaves Door Open for Other Markets
A Washington state court has ordered Kalshi, the crypto-native prediction market platform, to halt most of its offerings in the jurisdiction—but with ...
Gemini's Stock Tumbles on $108M Loss as Winklevoss Acknowledges Execution Challenges
Gemini's shares took a hit following the cryptocurrency exchange's reported $108 million loss, prompting co-founder Cameron Winklevoss to acknowledge ...
Baltimore Targets Crypto Trading Platforms Over Unregulated Prediction Market Deals
Baltimore's city government is taking legal action against prediction market platform Kalshi and three major crypto and trading brokers—Robinhood, Web...
Anthropic Embeds Hidden Watermarks Into Claude AI—Here's What That Actually Means for Crypto Traders and Builders
Anthropic is implementing an invisible, machine-readable watermark across every output from its latest Claude models. The watermark system uses stati...
South Korean Crypto Executive Delio Gets 15-Year Sentence for Massive Fraud Scheme
Jeong Sang-ho, the CEO behind crypto platform Delio, has been handed a 15-year prison sentence by South Korean authorities. The verdict caps off a le...
Baltimore Takes Legal Offensive Against Prediction Markets and Major Crypto Platforms
Mayor Brandon Scott and the Baltimore City Council filed suit against Kalshi and Polymarket, dragging Coinbase, Robinhood, and Webull into the crossha...
Trump Opens Door for Private Companies to Strike Back at Cybercriminals—Here's the Catch
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that opens a legal gray area for vetted U. S.
CFTC Gearing Up for Crypto Regulation Push as CLARITY Bill Stalls
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is doubling down on its own regulatory framework for digital assets. The CFTC will convene its Innovation Ad...
Citigroup CEO Pushes for Crypto Bill While Battling Stablecoin Reward Provisions
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser is signaling cautious optimism on getting meaningful crypto regulation through Congress—though significant friction remains ...
Federal Banking Access: The Weapon That Could Crush Crypto's Infrastructure
The Blockchain Association is sounding the alarm on a potential existential threat to the crypto industry—and they're taking it straight to the Suprem...
Blockchain Association Takes Fed to Supreme Court Over Banking Access Rights
The Blockchain Association is stepping into a high-stakes legal battle, backing Custodia Bank's challenge against Federal Reserve gatekeeping over dir...
Hawaii Closes Crypto ATM Cash Deposit Loophole to Combat Scam Epidemic
Hawaii's getting serious about stopping the money trail scammers use. Starting in October, the state will ban cash deposits at cryptocurrency ATMs—a ...
Trezor Security Breach: 14,000 Customer Records Exposed Via Logistics Partner
Trezor just confirmed a data exposure incident affecting roughly 14,000 users through a vulnerability in their shipping provider's systems. Here's wh...
FCA and HTX Negotiating Settlement Over Unauthorized UK Crypto Marketing
The Financial Conduct Authority is in active settlement discussions with HTX (formerly Huobi) regarding alleged illegal cryptocurrency promotions targ...
Hardware Wallet Maker's Supply Chain Exposed: What Trezor Users Need to Know
Trezor confirmed this week that customer data was compromised through a breach at one of its shipping partners—a stark reminder that even when your cr...
MUFG Tests Blockchain Settlement for Japanese Government Bonds to Enable Round-the-Clock Trading
MUFG Bank, Japan's largest financial institution by assets, is running a proof-of-concept (PoC) to migrate Japanese government bond repo transactions ...
SEC Green-Lights Franklin Templeton's Onchain Money Market Strategy
The SEC has effectively opened the door for Franklin Templeton to deploy cash reserves into its own tokenized money market fund without legal repercus...