Standard Chartered plans to launch crypto prime brokerage under its VC unit
Key Takeaways Standard Chartered is planning to launch a crypto prime brokerage under its venture capital arm, SC Ventures. The...
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Stablecoins and Crypto Crime Reshaped Regulation in 2025
As crypto markets entered 2026, one theme became increasingly clear: Last year was less about speculation and more about infrastructure,...
SEC Extends PENGU And T. Rowe ETF Decisions, Opens Comment on Grayscale
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended its decision deadline on two crypto-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) while...
UK Lawmakers Push to Ban Crypto Political Donations
Seven senior UK lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the use of crypto for political donations, arguing...
South Korea Will Allow Corporate Crypto Investment After 9 Years
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is reportedly updating its guidelines to allow corporations to invest in digital assets after...
US Government Pressure Identified as a Leading Cause of Debanking
The majority of debanking cases in the US are a result of government pressure, rather than individual banks’ policies, according...
Powell Says DOJ Probe Due To Defying Trump on Interest Rates
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has blasted the Trump administration over a new criminal probe, arguing it’s the latest attempt...
Memecoins Fuel Deadliest Year for Crypto Tokens
Crypto market turbulence decimated memecoins in particular last year, driving the number of crypto project failures to over 11.6 million...
India Tightens KYC and AML Requirements to Onboard New Crypto Users
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a regulatory agency that sets anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations, issued new guidelines tightening rules...
US Crypto Framework Advances as Senate Banking Schedules Market Structure Markup
U.S. lawmakers are moving closer to rewriting the rules for digital assets as a key Senate panel advances sweeping market...
Tennessee Orders Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com to Halt Sports Betting
Tennessee’s sports betting regulator has ordered prediction market platforms Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to halt the offering of sports event...
ViaBTC CEO Haipo Yang: From Nof1 to x402
With Nof1’s live AI trading competition and Coinbase’s newly launched x402 protocol becoming major industry talking points, AI Agents are...
Exodus trims Bitcoin holdings but clears debt to enter 2026
Key Takeaways Exodus reported a year-end update showing a debt-free balance sheet alongside adjustments to its corporate digital asset holdings....
Colombian Tax Watchdog Strengthens VASP Reporting Requirements
DIAN, the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs, issued a new Resolution that strengthens the data reporting requirements for virtual...
How Binance Blockchain Week Confirmed Dubai as the New Ground Zero for Crypto’s Fourth Revolution
The desert heat of Dubai has always been a metaphor for the intensity of the crypto market, unforgiving, radiant, and...
Event Contracts Gain Regulatory Clarity as CFTC Issues Bitnomial No-Action Relief
Clearer regulatory ground is emerging for event-based derivatives as U.S. regulators outline how certain contracts can operate within existing swap...
US Lawmakers Demand Ethics Safeguards for Market Structure Bill: Report
Democratic leaders on key committees considering crypto market structure legislation are reportedly drawing a line in the sand over elected...
Colombia Introduces Mandatory Crypto Reporting Rules for Exchanges
Colombia’s tax authority, DIAN, has introduced a mandatory reporting regime for crypto service providers, requiring exchanges and intermediaries to collect...
CLARITY Act Needs Bipartisan Support in Senate Banking Committee: Analyst
The passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, also known as the CLARITY market structure bill, hinges...
Nasdaq and CME relaunch crypto index to meet rising demand for trusted benchmarks
Key Takeaways Nasdaq and CME rebranded their joint crypto index to support institutional demand for transparent benchmarks. The Nasdaq CME...
US Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban Politically-Related Prediction Bets
New York Representative Ritchie Torres, with the backing of more than 30 other Democrats in the House of Representatives, has...
Bitcoin Steadies as ETF Flows Reverse and Altcoins Reprice
Cryptocurrency markets experienced a limited recovery this week as investor liquidity gradually returned after the holidays.Bitcoin (BTC) topped a weekly...
