TREE NEWS update: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he requested a blockchain plan as one of several alternatives to counter potential banking sanctions, as Britain threatens action against businesses supporting settlement construction. The premier described blockchain as an option under consideration among other measures. No further details on the plan or its implementation were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said blockchain could help Israel prepare for possible sanctions targeting its banking system. He is seeking a blockchain-based plan to brace for such measures. No further details on the plan’s scope or timing were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Tether blacklisted USDT wallets linked to outflows from CoinDCX, with AMLBot estimating the frozen sum at about $2.2 million. The move follows CoinDCX’s acknowledgment of losses tied to a failed process for securing deposits to retired addresses.
TREE NEWS update: Sen. Richard Blumenthal is seeking answers from Tether after reports that the stablecoin issuer paid millions to a firm founded by a former White House crypto adviser. The senator said he wants Tether to explain the payments, though the material did not specify the amount or the name of the firm. Tether has not publicly responded to the request.
TREE NEWS update: The Democratic ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has asked Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino for records related to a reported deal between Tether and Nxum. The request follows reports of the transaction involving the former Trump crypto adviser’s firm. The senator is seeking documentation on the deal.
TREE NEWS update: Iran’s central bank governor said the country remains able to finance its imports despite economic pressure from Washington, and that this capacity will extend beyond US President Donald Trump’s term. The remarks address Iran’s import financing capability under sustained US sanctions pressure.
TREE NEWS update: New York’s attorney general asked a court to order the founders of NovaTech, who have fled the country, to pay about $1.37 billion for running a crypto fraud that lured victims through prayer groups. The office also settled with four top promoters for nearly $6 million.
TREE NEWS reports: Six more issuers have objected to OKX-ICE trading tokenized versions of their shares, bringing total objections to 22, Reuters reported. Under SEC rules, those objections keep the tokens off the venue. The latest objectors include Wells Fargo, Arm and Intuit.
TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has flagged tokenization as an emerging market risk in its examination priorities for 2027, while cryptocurrencies are not listed as a standalone examination category. The designation places tokenized assets within the scope of the agency’s market oversight planning for the year. The SEC’s priorities did not create a separate crypto category.
TREE NEWS update: The US Department of Energy has classified helium as a critical material, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced. Wright said helium is essential to producing the semiconductors and advanced technologies that underpin the US economy, calling the designation another step in safeguarding supply chains. The move places helium on the federal list of materials deemed critical to national manufacturing and security.
TREE NEWS update: China has set a 2030 target for its national blockchain network, prioritizing trade and finance applications in the Yangtze River Delta and industrial uses in the Chengdu-Chongqing region. The plan also maintains existing restrictions on cryptocurrency business. No further details on funding or governance were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: MiniMax said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing that it has completed the Commerce Ministry’s technology export registration required for the open-sourcing and overseas licensing of several recently released and planned models. The registration follows requirements set out in a 2026 joint announcement by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The filing did not disclose which models are covered or the terms of the overseas licenses.
TREE NEWS update: The SEC has added tokenization to its 2027 examination priorities, bringing clearing agencies and entities covered by Regulation SCI under explicit scrutiny for tokenization. Transfer-agent technology reviews, which began in 2026, will continue as part of the program.
TREE NEWS update: China’s State Post Bureau held a symposium on safety governance in the postal and express delivery industry, calling for deeper efforts to advance its ‘anti-involution’ campaign. The bureau said it would step up rectification of major production safety hazards, tighten fire safety and outsourcing management, and improve corporate safety systems. It also flagged stronger risk controls in delivery channels, including anti-fraud work and information security.
TREE NEWS update: The SEC’s Division of Examinations announced its Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities, identifying key areas of focus as the division carries out its mission to promote compliance and prevent fraud. The annual report sets out where the regulator’s examiners will concentrate their scrutiny during the fiscal year. The announcement did not specify which sectors or firms the priorities target.
TREE NEWS update: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig said the agency is reviewing March oil trading activity that took place during the Iran war. Selig said the CFTC’s enforcement division has been investigating trading activity since March and that the agency regulates oil trading markets very seriously.
TREE NEWS update: MMG has proposed guaranteeing nickel pig iron supply to European stainless steel producers to address EU antitrust concerns over its acquisition of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel business. Anglo American said the remedy would provide supply security for European stainless steel producers if the European Commission approves the deal. Anglo American has previously warned it would close the Brazilian mines if the transaction is blocked.
TREE NEWS update: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the 2026 Global Governance Forum in Xiong’an that governance gaps in deep sea, polar and outer space areas must be filled, and that AI should be governed by a broadly agreed framework. He said new frontiers should be spaces for international cooperation rather than zero-sum competition, and that AI must remain under human control and benefit the public.
TREE NEWS update: China’s five-year digital development plan sets a 2030 target for building out its national blockchain network, calling for wider blockchain use in trade and manufacturing alongside stronger technical standards. The plan, part of the country’s digital development roadmap, aims to expand deployment of the technology across industrial sectors while tightening technical standards.
TREE NEWS update: Interpol’s Operation Serengeti III recovered $105 million and led to 1,462 arrests across 21 countries, the international police organization said. Angolan police seized more than 2,000 crypto mining devices as part of the sweep targeting African cybercrime, including illegal crypto mining operations.