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Feds Prepare Unified Crypto Fraud Crackdown as Lawmakers Push for DoJ-Led Task Force
A growing bipartisan coalition in Congress is moving to establish a coordinated federal response to crypto theft and scams—signaling that Washington i...
Delaware and New Jersey Push Aggressive Crypto ATM Bans as States Tighten Digital Asset Rules
Delaware and New Jersey are moving forward with sweeping legislation designed to eliminate crypto ATMs entirely—a drastic regulatory approach that rem...
CFTC Charts Middle Path: New Rules Would Green-Light Sports Prediction Markets While Blocking Gambling
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission just dropped a framework that attempts to thread a needle nobody thought was possible—allowing crypto-based s...
Anthropic's Dario Amodei Pushes for AI Safety Guardrails While Company Scales Aggressive Development
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has published a new essay calling for binding safety regulations on frontier AI models—even as his company accelerates...
Banks Are Quietly Choking Off UK Crypto Access—And Advocates Are Fighting Back
Stand With Crypto UK is sounding the alarm on what they're calling systematic financial gatekeeping: major banks are blocking transfers to regulated c...
Anchorage Pushes Treasury for Clearer Stablecoin Sanctions Framework as AML Rules Take Shape
Anchorage Digital, a major player in regulated crypto custody and blockchain infrastructure, just filed a public comment letter backing the Treasury D...
Mastercard Rolls Out AI Agent Commerce Layer With Crypto Heavyweights as Partners
Mastercard just dropped something worth paying attention to: Agent Pay for Machines, a new infrastructure layer that lets artificial intelligence syst...
CFTC Targets Prediction Markets: New Rules Would Prohibit Geopolitical Event Betting
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is drafting sweeping regulations that would effectively ban prediction market wagers on certain geopolitical ...
Crypto Giants Challenge Stablecoin Surveillance Rules, Demand Responsibility Clarity
Paradigm and the Hyperliquid Policy Center are pushing back hard on proposed anti-money laundering (AML) regulations targeting stablecoins under the G...
Robinhood Gains Major IPO Underwriter Credentials Amid Crypto Market Positioning for Mega Listings
Robinhood is moving into new territory. CEO Vlad Tenev revealed the retail brokerage has secured underwriter approval, positioning the firm to lead o...
Delaware Pushes Hard Against Crypto ATM Networks Over Consumer Protection Fears
Lawmakers in Delaware are moving forward with legislation that would effectively eliminate all cryptocurrency ATMs from the state, with operators faci...
Crypto Markets Retreat as Geopolitical Tensions and Regulatory Headwinds Collide
The crypto market is nursing losses this morning as investors juggle multiple headwinds simultaneously. We're watching three major developments that ...
TradFi Bridges $650M Equipment Financing Gap With Blockchain Solution
Equipment financing represents one of crypto's next big opportunities—and Trad. Fi is making a serious play.
Kalshi Tightens Trading Rules: Mandatory Employer Disclosure Aims to Curb Insider Activity in Prediction Markets
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EU Escalates Crypto Clampdown Against Russia With 11-Platform Transaction Ban
The European Union is tightening its sanctions regime against Russia by proposing a sweeping ban on transactions across 11 cryptocurrency platforms. ...
Japan's Banking Giants Map Path to 2027 Stablecoin—Here's What It Means
Three of Japan's heaviest hitters in traditional finance just signaled their serious play in crypto. MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank, and SMBC have officially...
Blockchain.com Enters SpaceX Trading Frenzy With New Perpetual Futures Contract
Blockchain. com has jumped into the pre-IPO crypto trading wave, launching a perpetual futures contract tied to SpaceX ahead of Elon Musk's space comp...
Hyperliquid and Paradigm Push Back Against Stricter GENIUS Act Money Laundering Rules
Hyperliquid Policy Center and Paradigm are sounding the alarm on Treasury Department regulations tied to the GENIUS Act, arguing that proposed money l...
How Crypto Prediction Markets Could Collapse Under Strict Insider Trading Bans
Prediction markets operate on a simple principle: better information leads to better prices. But new research suggests that aggressive insider tradin...
House Democrats Split on Crypto Tax Framework as Election Timeline Pressures Legislation
Pro-crypto Democrats are pushing back hard on proposed tax treatment for digital asset activities, creating unexpected friction within party ranks dur...