Senator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarity Act vote.
The CFTC warned that prediction-market contracts tied to a specific person's statements or actions are especially prone to manipulation and outlined criteria for allowing such markets to operate.
The European regulatory push mirrors U.S. debates over stablecoin rewards, highlighting growing global central bank opposition to yield-bearing digital assets.
Legal analysts emphasize that prolonged congressional delays convert regulatory clarity into a major competitive advantage for international financial centers.
The European Central Bank aims to invest a portion of its reserves in tokenized securities through the Pontes platform, enabling direct engagement with blockchain-based financial markets while building toward broader integration of central bank money in tokenized finance.
The U.S. Treasury says Tehran-based BitBank moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and processed Strait of Hormuz passage fees. The sanctions freeze its U.S.-jurisdiction assets and threaten foreign transaction processors with exclusion from the American financial system.
The Shark Tank investor says Congress will face pressure to revive crypto market structure legislation as it moves to establish tax rules for digital assets.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a blanket 5-year exemption for listing and trading tokenized securities without registering as an exchange.
Hamas’ military wing has advised donors to avoid using Binance for funding and instead opt for alternative platforms such as Bybit, OKX, Kast, and Redotpay, as revealed in recently unsealed U.S. Department of Justice documents.