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If CLARITY Stalls, China Will Set the Crypto Rules—Says Senator Lummis
Senator Cynthia Lummis is sounding the alarm: without swift passage of the CLARITY Act, the U. S.
Circle Freezes $12.6M in USDC Connected to Privacy Protocol Zama—Here's Why
Circle has frozen $12. 6 million in USDC tied to Zama, a privacy-focused crypto protocol.
GOP Hopeful Converts $800K Bitcoin Stash Into Campaign War Chest for Florida House Seat
A Republican congressional contender in Florida's 22nd District just made a bold financial move: cashing out a significant Bitcoin position to bankrol...
US Seizes $1 Billion in Iranian Crypto—Double Previous Estimates, Treasury Reveals
The US has now taken control of approximately $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency holdings, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—a significa...
"Extraordinarily Unusual": Why CFTC's Gemini Settlement Reversal Is Raising Eyebrows
The CFTC and Gemini are jointly pushing to get a court to undo their 2025 settlement deal—and that's got crypto insiders asking serious questions abou...
JPMorgan Chief Declares War on Crypto Clarity Act, Attacks Coinbase Leadership
Jamie Dimon isn't mincing words. The JPMorgan CEO made his position crystal clear: he'll fight the proposed crypto market structure legislation tooth...
CFTC Greenlights Crypto Perpetual Futures, Signals Shift in Regulatory Stance
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission just made a significant move that crypto traders need to pay attention to. The regulator issued notices that...
US Treasury Seizes $1B in Iranian Crypto: Bessent Details Asset Confiscation Strategy
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that the United States has successfully seized approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency assets origin...
Celsius Founder Mashinsky Seeks to Overturn 12-Year Sentence, Cites SBF Legal Conflict
Celsius founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky is making a legal play to have his 12-year prison sentence vacated. His claim?
Coinbase Gets CFTC Green Light for US Crypto Perps—First Major Exchange to Break Through
Coinbase just cleared a major regulatory hurdle. The CFTC ruled Friday that the exchange can offer U.
The US Constitution Just Got Permanently Etched Into Bitcoin's Immutable Ledger
Someone decided to make a bold statement about permanence and governance by embedding the entire US Constitution into the Bitcoin blockchain—and they ...
Former Celsius Chief Doubles Down: Mashinsky Files Emergency Motion to Overturn 12-Year Sentence
Alex Mashinsky, the ex-CEO of the now-collapsed lending platform Celsius, is making an aggressive legal play to reverse his conviction. Court filings...
CFTC Green-Lights Bitcoin Perpetual Futures on Kalshi—A New Derivatives Frontier Opens
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has cleared the way for Kalshi to launch perpetual futures contracts in the United States, with Bitcoin price...
ICE Demands Regulatory Framework for Round-the-Clock Onchain Derivatives to Compete with Decentralized Exchanges
The NYSE's parent company is throwing down a gauntlet: regulators need to establish fair rules that let traditional finance players compete in the 24/...
Corrupt Cops Run Extortion Syndicate Targeting Crypto Wealth in Ukraine
Ukrainian prosecutors have unveiled a brazen scheme where two high-ranking police colonels allegedly orchestrated a criminal network focused on one th...
Paxos Becomes First Blockchain-Native Clearing Agent Approved by SEC
Paxos has just crossed a regulatory finish line that changes the game for institutional crypto infrastructure. The SEC registration as a clearing age...
OKX and Korean Securities Firm Team Up for $106M Coinone Acquisition
OKX Ventures and Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) are joining forces to acquire a 19. 6% stake in Coinone, South Korea's second-largest crypto exch...
Prediction Markets Face State-Level Regulatory Crackdown as Kalshi and CFTC Battle Minnesota and Rhode Island
The crypto and prediction markets space just entered a new phase of legal turbulence. Kalshi, one of the leading platforms in event-based trading, ha...
SEC's Crypto Commissioner Pushes Back on Privacy Tool Restrictions
The SEC's point person on digital assets is making a direct argument: privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) aren't the enemy of investor protection—th...
Trump's CLARITY Act Push Could Transform Crypto Regulation—Or Stall in Congress
The crypto market's regulatory future hinges on a controversial piece of legislation, and President Trump just entered the fray. His recent social me...