Open USD, a bank-backed group developing a dollar-pegged stablecoin, is the most credible threat yet to Circle Internet's (CRCL) USDC because it targets the economics at the heart of the company’s business, crypto asset…
Read more →Surging volumes on Robinhood Chain could be very good for Ethereum, but only if the “ETH is money” crowd turn out to be right.
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Read more →AMLA is expanding its crypto oversight as firms complete the transition to the EU’s MiCA licensing regime.
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Read more →A major UK review of fraud has recommended that judges and magistrates be trained to handle a coming wave of cases involving cryptocurrency money laundering and fraud powered by artificial intelligence.
Read more →The group that spent the past year running the Ethereum Foundation's institutional privacy work has spun out to start its own company. EthSystems launched Tuesday as an independent, for-profit firm building privacy and …
Read more →Bitcoin held near a three-week high and ether steadied around its highest since June 3 as U.S.-Iran hostilities capped gains from a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation report on Tuesday.
Read more →Japan’s revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act introduces crypto insider trading rules, tougher penalties and new oversight requirements for crypto businesses.
Read more →South Korea’s Economy Ministry plans to include digital assets and intellectual property under the country’s new state-asset management framework.
Read more →Payments giant Stripe offered to buy PayPal (PYPL) in a deal worth $53 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Read more →BTC price upside predictions include $68,000 within two weeks and up to $80,000 next month, contrasting with warnings of a 2022 bear-market rerun for the rest of 2026.
Read more →The Czech Finance Ministry added Polymarket to its blacklist of unauthorized online gambling websites, requiring internet providers to block access within 15 days.
Read more →The U.S. and UK have laid out a joint roadmap for aligning how they regulate stablecoins, tokenized assets, and digital money, a coordinated push by two of the world's largest financial centres to let blockchain-based f…
Read more →Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added $13.9 million worth of Circle shares on Tuesday, extending its July buying spree to 725,517 shares amid a steep stock decline.
Read more →Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for $53 billion, at a 28% premium compared to the company’s Tuesday closing price.
Read more →Coinbase’s Head of Platform, Rob Witoff, said 95% to 100% of the company’s code is now written by or with the assistance of AI, up from about 40% in February, according to a Cointelegraph interview. He said nearly all e…
Read more →Every major card network has signed on to a payment standard built so that software can pay software without a human involved.
Read more →“We are disappointed by this decision and believe it is unfair to Kalshi,” the company’s legal counsel said on X.
Read more →Bitcoin climbed to near $64,800 on Wednesday, its best session in weeks, after U.S. inflation cooled by more than economists expected and traders abandoned bets that the Federal Reserve would raise rates this month.
Read more →“US Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran’s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
Read more →Ethereum staking generated 98% of Bitmine’s revenue last quarter as the company’s pivot from Bitcoin mining gained momentum following its March validator launch.
Read more →Coinbase’s Rob Witoff said the company is leaning more on AI to help with execution, but still needs high-agency humans for judgment and strategy.
Read more →Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly said the chamber will consider a vote on the crypto market structure bill before Aug. 10, though it’s unclear whether it has enough Democratic support to pass.
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