Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ program
The Bitcoin Policy Institute and three partner organizations will be able to send employees to work alongside State Department officials...
Regulation
EU authorities include HTX exchange in Russian sanctions
The exchange, already sanctioned by the UK, is now on a list of 18 entities “providing crypto-assets services or payment...
EU Widens Belarus Crypto Ownership Ban Under MiCA
The European Union will prohibit Belarusian nationals and residents from owning, controlling or managing crypto exchanges and other crypto service...
SEC Pays $150,000 Settle Coinbase FOIA Suit
The US Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to pay $150,000 in legal fees to settle a Coinbase lawsuit seeking internal...
CLARITY Act Could Help CFTC Deal with Prediction Markets: Lawyer
Lawmakers in the US House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held a hearing...
Celsius Co-Founders Leon, Goldstein to Pay FTC Over $6M
Celsius co-founders Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein have been ordered to pay over $6 million to settle Federal...
South Korea Uncovers 30 Cases Unfair Trading
South Korea’s financial authorities investigated more than 40 cases of unfair trading, including market manipulation and fraudulent crypto trading, in...
HSBC wins Bank of England approval to enter Digital Securities Sandbox
The Bank of England approved HSBC Orion to go live in its Digital Securities Sandbox, with the first Digital Gilt...
Senator Warren Requests 2026 Reporting for Trump’s Crypto Earnings after $1.4B Disclosure
Update (July 17, 11:59 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from the White House.Senator Elizabeth...
Balaji Seeks Malaysia Deal After Network School Probe
Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan is seeking a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia after authorities probed his Forest City tech...
Trump to Meet Senators on CLARITY Act push
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators at the White House on Thursday to discuss progress...
Kalshi says CFTC, Michigan orders leave it in ‘impossible position’
Kalshi says it is being put in an “impossible position” after the US commodities regulator on Tuesday said it was...
White House Crypto Adviser To Take Leave of Absence as CLARITY Act deadline looms
Patrick Witt, the White House’s pointman on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, is taking a leave of absence at...
Thailand Central Bank Audits USDT Amid Gray Money Crackdown
Thailand’s central bank is stepping up stablecoin surveillance as part of a wider effort to crack down on money laundering,...
Senate Democrats Call for Hearings into Trump’s Ties to Crypto Amid CLARITY Act Discussions
Five Democratic senators have called for committee hearings “to investigate the national security implications of President Trump’s cryptocurrency holdings” as...
DOJ Seeks Dismissal of $722 Million BitClub Fraudster
The US Department of Justice is reportedly moving to drop charges against the founder of BitClub Network, a purported crypto...
EU Parliament Passes Message-Scanning ‘Chat Control’
The European Parliament has passed legislation allowing tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028, a...
Senate Leaders Urged to Keep Dev Protections in CLARITY Act
US Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has urged Senate leaders to ensure that crypto developer protections stay in the crypto market...
EU Again Set For Vote on ‘Chat Control’
EU lawmakers are set to vote again on controversial legislation dubbed “chat control” by its critics, which would allow tech...
Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve Stalled By Interagency Clash: Report
The Trump administration’s push to establish a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has reportedly hit a roadblock, as the Commerce and...
Europe Warns AI Threatens Financial Stability
European regulators and central bankers have warned that rulemaking cannot keep pace with rapid advances in agentic artificial intelligence and...
Revolut Notifies Customers of USDT Delisting
Revolut, a crypto-friendly digital banking platform headquartered in the United Kingdom, notified some users it will delist Tether USDt (USDT)...
