The CLARITY Act failed a Senate cloture vote 49-50, with zero Democratic support, but a procedural maneuver by Senator Thom Tillis keeps the bill alive. Ethics provisions tied to Trump's...
A share swap between Upbit parent Dunamu and NAVER Pay could trigger two conflicting South Korean rules: the Fair Trade Act's minimum holding-company stakes and the cap on major crypto...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says the agency's new innovation exemption creates Tokenized Securities Trading Venues (TSVs) and will not preemptively label them or their AMM liquidity providers as exchanges or...
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams argues the SEC's innovation exemption notice is less important than Commissioner Hester Peirce's suggestion that decentralized systems may not need exemptive relief at all. The distinction...
The SEC has approved onchain trading of tokenized stocks while banning synthetic replicas and giving issuers veto power over tokenization. Regulated custodians and compliant platforms stand to gain, while synthetic...
The SEC has granted an innovation exemption allowing tokenized exchange-listed stocks to trade via automated market makers without the venues registering as national securities exchanges. The order gives traditional finance...
Michael Saylor says the SEC's new Innovation Exemption will let qualified U.S. investors trade tokenized STRC and MSTR on-chain 24/7. The move signals a major regulatory shift toward tokenized equities...
The SEC has granted five-year exemptive relief for onchain trading of stock tokens fully backed 1:1 by underlying shares with complete voting and dividend rights, while explicitly excluding synthetic tokens....
Tether froze over $52 million across 50 addresses tied to Xinbi Guarantee, a Southeast Asian illicit crypto escrow platform. The action highlights stablecoin issuers' growing role in sanctions enforcement and...
OFAC sanctioned Xinbi Guarantee, a crypto escrow platform accused of supporting cyber fraud and money laundering, along with 52 crypto addresses and two supporting companies. The action underscores regulators' focus...
Hong Kong's five-year plan marks a strategic shift from licensing digital asset platforms to building the infrastructure that integrates stablecoins and tokenized assets into trade finance and the broader financial...
Payward, Kraken's parent company, plans to deploy on-chain perpetual futures on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets for US clients, with Bitnomial and NinjaTrader handling clearing and accounts. If approved, it would be...
South Korean authorities referred 18 Polymarket users to prosecutors over roughly $12.7 million in prediction-market wagers. The move signals tightening enforcement against offshore, crypto-based betting platforms in Asia and raises...
Two House committees advanced a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill and a digital asset tax measure on Wednesday, a day after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act....
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act 38-5, sending it to the full House. The bill would create a de minimis exemption for...
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act in a 38-5 bipartisan vote, a day after the Senate's Clarity Act failed. The bill creates a...
A U.S. Department of Justice filing shows Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades advised donors to avoid Binance and use Bybit, OKX, Kast, RedotPay or Trust Wallet instead, preferring USD transfers. The disclosure...
A DOJ forfeiture filing shows Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades advised donors to avoid Binance and use Bybit, OKX, Kast and Redotpay, moving USDT over Tron's TRC-20 network. Binance called the warning...
A US DOJ forfeiture filing includes a Hamas military wing letter advising donors to avoid Binance and instead use Bybit, OKX, Kast and Redotpay, with USDT on Tron's TRC-20 network....
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said the agency will advance crypto market rules using its existing statutory authority after a disappointing Senate vote, signaling a shift from waiting on Congress to...
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