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Industry Pushes Urgent Tax Relief for Crypto Mining and Staking—Legislative Timeline Unclear
The crypto industry is mounting a coordinated push on Capitol Hill to pass tax legislation that would fundamentally reshape how mining and staking ope...
Wall Street's Tokenization Play: ICE and OKX Partnership Signals Institutional Crypto Pivot
Institutional crypto adoption just got a serious upgrade. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX—one of the world's largest crypto trading platforms...
Former NY Governor Cuomo Partners With OKX and ICE on Landmark TradFi-Crypto Bridge
Andrew Cuomo is stepping into the crypto sector with a significant play. The former New York governor will co-chair a new joint venture between crypt...
Bank of England Ditches Stablecoin Caps in Major Policy Shift—Here's What Changed
The Bank of England just overhauled its stablecoin playbook, and it's a meaningful shift for crypto market infrastructure. Gone are the restrictive i...
Google Search Just Became Your Wallet's Biggest Threat
Think your crypto holdings are secure? We need to talk about a dangerous blind spot affecting thousands of traders and investors—and it all starts wi...
Enso Opens Floodgates to 500+ Tokenized Assets, Betting on RWA Momentum
Enso just went live with a significant expansion into real-world assets (RWA). The platform now offers trading access to over 500 tokenized assets al...
Europe's Crypto Crackdown: EUR Trading Barely Registers on Binance Ahead of Major Regulation
Euro-denominated trading represents just 1% of Binance's total spot volume, CryptoQuant's latest market intelligence reveals. This minimal footprint ...
Bank of England Relaxes Stablecoin Restrictions, Sets £40B Issuance Ceiling
The Bank of England has signaled a meaningful shift in its regulatory approach to stablecoins, unveiling draft rules that dial back some of the strict...
South Korea Demands Stricter Crypto Transfer Monitoring to Close AML Loopholes
South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is pushing for expanded Travel Rule requirements that would capture smaller cryptocurrency transfers, ...
Dash Targets Philippines Crypto Payments Market as Regulatory Door Cracks Open
Dash is eyeing the Philippines as a potential beachhead for expanding its crypto payments ecosystem, capitalizing on recent regulatory shifts that hav...
Japan's Pension Giant Signals Institutional Crypto Shift With New 1% Allocation Strategy
A major Japanese corporate pension fund representing approximately 1,200 small and medium-sized businesses is moving forward with a strategic crypto a...
Europe's MiCA 2.0 Push: Stablecoins and DeFi Face Major Regulatory Overhaul
The European Commission is actively working to refine MiCA, its sweeping regulatory framework governing crypto and blockchain operations across the EU...
Pudgy Penguins Makes Retail Bet: Trading Cards Hit Target Shelves Nationwide
Pudgy Penguins is making a calculated move from the digital-native crypto space into mainstream retail. The NFT-born franchise is rolling out its Vib...
Philippine Regulator Opens Door to Real-World Asset Tokenization
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is signaling serious intent to embrace real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, according to SEC C...
Texas Brothers Plead Guilty to $8M Crypto Kidnapping of Minnesota Family
Two Texas brothers have now pleaded guilty to one of crypto's ugliest crime stories: holding a Minnesota family hostage at gunpoint and coercing them ...
WhiteBIT Obtains Austrian MiCA License, Positioning as Compliant EU Player Before Regulatory Crackdown
WhiteBIT has secured its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license in Austria, marking a critical compliance win as the EU's unified regulatory framewor...
GOP Pushes New Legislation to Close Insider Trading Loophole in Prediction Markets
A House Republican has introduced legislation designed to prevent members of Congress and their families from exploiting policy knowledge through pred...
GOP Lawmaker Pushes for Prediction Market Crackdown—But Congress Gets a Pass
A Republican legislator has introduced a bill targeting insider trading on prediction markets, though the proposal conveniently carves out a notable e...
Mining's New Frontier: Why Bitcoin Miners Are Betting Big on AI
Bitcoin miners aren't waiting for the next halving cycle to save their margins—they're pivoting hard into AI infrastructure. This shift marks a funda...
Amazon Distances Itself from Sam Altman Documentary Following Its $50B OpenAI Commitment
Amazon has withdrawn its support for "Artificial," a documentary centered on Sam Altman's dramatic removal and reinstatement at OpenAI—a move that coi...