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Australia's Crypto ATM Operators Face Regulatory Squeeze as Regulators Tighten Enforcement
AUSTRAC has suspended the registration of a major operator running 96 of Australia's roughly 1,800 crypto ATMs, with the suspension effective August 9...
Federal Judge Halts CFTC's Civil Lawsuit Against Soldier in Prediction Market Trading Case
A New York federal judge has granted a stay in the CFTC's civil action targeting US soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly profited over $400,000 ...
Mystery Buyer of $100M Trump Token Stake Faces Money Laundering Scrutiny
A shadowy figure controlling the Aqua 1 entity—which just dropped $100 million on World Liberty Financial tokens—is drawing serious heat from investig...
Banks Now Pricing In Community Pushback as Legitimate Credit Risk for AI Data Centers
Wall Street's underwriting teams are fundamentally reshaping how they evaluate AI data center projects. Local opposition and community backlash are m...
Brazil's Crypto Crackdown: $319B Market Races Against October 30 Licensing Deadline
Brazil's cryptocurrency ecosystem is facing a critical regulatory moment. With a $319 billion market at stake, the country has set an October 30 dead...
Senate Pushes Back Crypto Regulation Vote, Drawing Sharp Industry Backlash
The crypto community isn't happy. A procedural delay in the US Senate has kicked the highly anticipated CLARITY Act vote into the post-recess period—...
Keel Exits US Bitcoin Mining as AI Infrastructure Play Takes Center Stage
Keel is shutting down all of its US bitcoin mining operations, marking another high-profile pivot away from crypto mining toward AI infrastructure—a t...
Standard Chartered Targets Chainlink at $200 by 2030—Here's Why Crypto Infrastructure Matters
Standard Chartered just dropped a bullish thesis on Chainlink, and they're not mincing words: LINK is the rails that tokenized finance runs on. The i...
Bybit Takes Legal Fight to North Korea Over Massive $1.5B Cryptocurrency Heist
Bybit is bringing the fight directly to Pyongyang. The crypto exchange has filed suit against North Korea over the February 2025 hack attributed to t...
North Korea's Kimsuky Weaponizes AI to Supercharge Crypto-Targeting Cyberattacks
North Korea's notorious Kimsuky hacking group is leveraging generative AI to dramatically scale and sophisticate its assault on cryptocurrency and fin...
UK Financial Regulator Charts Path for Tokenized Gold, Eyes Collateral Rules
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is laying groundwork for a comprehensive regulatory framework governing tokenized gold—a move that signals ...
Robinhood Consolidates UK Crypto Offering With Direct App Integration
Robinhood has integrated cryptocurrency trading directly into its main UK application, marking a significant consolidation of its digital asset strate...
Australian Regulator Cracks Down on Cryptolink Bitcoin ATMs Over Compliance Breakdowns
Australia's financial watchdog has suspended Cryptolink's registration for three months, marking the latest enforcement action against the Bitcoin ATM...
Bitcoin's BIP-110 Quietly Fails as CLARITY Crypto Bill Faces Uphill Senate Battle
BIP-110 has effectively killed itself, fragmenting into what the community is calling a "2-block chain"—a technical disaster that signals the proposal...
Ex-Pentagon Leader Frames Crypto Regulation as Core Defense Issue, Not Just Finance
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is reframing the conversation around crypto regulation in Washington—and he's making a security argument instea...
Bitcoin Fork Collapses Within Hours: Mining Split Fails to Gain Traction
The much-hyped "anti-spam" Bitcoin fork sputtered out almost immediately, securing just 2. 53% of the network's mining hashrate before grinding to a h...
Crypto Fundraiser Tied to Money Laundering Probe: What We Know
World Liberty Financial, the crypto platform backed by Donald Trump, received a $100 million investment from Guren "Bobby" Zhou, a businessman current...
Crypto Venture World Liberty Linked to Businessman Under Active Money Laundering Investigation
Guren "Bobby" Zhou, a businessman currently under investigation for potential money laundering, funneled $100 million into World Liberty—a crypto vent...
Brazil Implements Mandatory Holding Period for Self-Custody Wallet Transfers Starting 2027
Brazil's financial regulators are tightening the screws on crypto fraud with a controversial new rule requiring a 24-hour waiting period before users ...
Brazil's 24-Hour Crypto Lock: New Self-Custody Rules Coming in 2027
Brazil is moving to crack down on crypto fraud with a significant regulatory update that'll reshape how investors move assets. Starting Jan.