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• 25d ago

  Iran’s 7-Day Hormuz Proposal Hits an Already Nervous Market

  The United States and Iran are reportedly discussing a phased arrangement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within roughly seven days in exchange for easing Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports, according to Reuters. No deal has been signed, and markets aren’t waiting around. Brent crude is hovering near $104, U.S. stocks are mixed, Treasury […]

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• 25d ago

  NY AG Sues Polymarket, Calls Prediction Market Illegal Gambling

  New York has sued Polymarket, accusing the prediction market of running an illegal gambling operation while advertising sports betting across all 50 states. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit reveals the latest front in a widening fight between states and federal regulators over who gets to police prediction markets. New York Comes for Polymarket […]

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• 25d ago

  AI Threat: Web3 Told to Add Spending Caps and Circuit Breakers Onchain

  European Union regulators warned that quantum computing threats could emerge earlier than commercial applications, urging financial entities to move away from legacy cryptography. An expert says protocols must replace vulnerable elliptic-curve proofs with hash-based STARKs and upgrade key wrapping immediately to protect sensitive long-term data. EU Regulators Issue Post-Quantum Cryptography…

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• 25d ago

  Curacao’s ‘Casino Secrets’ Exposed in Regulatory Leak as Firms Push Back

  A searchable archive of leaked documents taken from Curaçao’s gambling regulator opened to the public on Wednesday morning, a day after an international consortium published its first stories from the files. However, the named companies dispute the findings, and so does the regulator. Curaçao’s ‘Casino Secrets’ Go Public The Casino Secrets archive, which went live […]

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• 25d ago

  $5 Billion of Nearly Identical Kalshi Trades Draw CFTC Scrutiny

  Almost one million trades of nearly the same size have moved through a single Kalshi market since August, and federal regulators are looking at them, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Based on the exchange’s public data, the pattern is still running on Wednesday morning—and regulators are reportedly looking into it. One Order Size […]

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• 25d ago

  Grayscale Sees US Opportunity for Hyperliquid in Kraken Parent Plan

  Payward’s plan to bring onchain perpetual futures to U.S. traders could open a new market for Hyperliquid. Grayscale sees a potential benefit for HYPE, but that depends on regulatory approval and trading fees reaching the protocol. A US Market Could Expand Hyperliquid’s Reach Hyperliquid could gain access to U.S. futures traders under a plan from […]

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• 26d ago

  Trump Accounts Reveal MSTR Buy as Bitcoin Treasury Giant Rebounds

  Trump-linked investment accounts spent the early summer unloading shares of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin. Then, with the stock badly beaten down, the accounts turned around and bought it back. On July 24, they reported a Strategy purchase in the $1,001-to-15,000 range, according to ethics filings. Three days […]

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• 26d ago

  Kalshi Thinks Bitcoin Price Will Reach $97K in 2026, but Not This Month

  Traders on Kalshi now give bitcoin roughly a 46% chance of topping $100,000 before year-end, even as their bets on a September breakout cool with bitcoin’s price back near $86,200. The Number on the Screen Kalshi, the U.S.-regulated prediction market where traders buy contracts that pay $1 if an event happens, runs a contract series […]

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• 28d ago

  Circle Now Lets Institutional Clients Borrow USDC Against Their Bitcoin

  Stablecoin issuer Circle is courting crypto-owning institutions, launching a lending service on Monday that lets them borrow USDC against their bitcoin holdings. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has launched a service that lets institutional customers borrow dollar-pegged tokens against their bitcoin holdings—the latest push by a crypto firm to court treasury departments that […]

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• 28d ago

  Kraken Boss Blasts Hostile US Political Stance on Crypto Rules

  David Ripley, co-head of Kraken, a leading U.S. crypto exchange, commented that Europe has taken a more pragmatic approach to crypto regulation, adopting a less belligerent stance when delivering market rules like MiCA, which bring clarity to the industry. Kraken CO-CEO David Ripley Praises Europe’s Crypto Regulation Industry figureheads are still examining the landscape of […]

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• 28d ago

  Fairshake PAC Targets Sherrod Brown With $30M War Chest

  Fairshake, the largest cryptocurrency PAC, is reportedly spending $30 million to spoof the odds of Democrat Sherrod Brown returning to the Senate this year. The move is being taken as payback, as Democrats bombed the CLARITY Act in the Senate. Fairshake Crypto PAC Moves $30 Million Against Sherrod Brown’s Campaign The cryptocurrency industry, left without […]

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• 28d ago

  X Files Lawsuit Targeting UK Crypto Influencers

  Social media giant X has filed a lawsuit against crypto influencers Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa, accusing them of fraudulently taking over $277,000 from the platform’s creator revenue-sharing program. Account Suspensions and the Pivot to Original Content Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media company X has sued two cryptocurrency influencers in the High Court of […]

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• 28d ago

  Strive’s Bitcoin Stash Tops $2B After a 5-Week Buying Binge

  Strive Inc. bought another 1,355 bitcoin for roughly $107.7 million last week, yet somehow finished the same stretch with more cash than it started with. The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury firm lifted its holdings to 26,355 BTC, now worth roughly $2.1 billion to $2.2 billion at Monday morning prices. The trick is increasingly familiar. Strive keeps […]

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• 28d ago

  US Blacklists Bitbank Over Hundreds of Millions in Bitcoin Transfers

  The United States blacklisted Iranian crypto exchange Bitbank and its software developer over alleged sanctions-evasion activity. Treasury says financier Babak Zanjani used the platform to move hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces. Treasury Blocks Bitbank and Its Developer Companies handling […]

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• 28d ago

  House Panel Advances US Bitcoin Reserve Bill With 20-Year Hold

  A House committee advanced legislation that would codify the existing U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and prohibit sales of qualifying federal bitcoin for 20 years. The amended bill would place the current executive policy in federal law. House Panel Advances the Bitcoin Reserve Bill Bitcoin legally owned by the federal government and not required by law […]

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• 29d ago

  CLARITY Fails, Kraken Prepares for On-Chain Perps, And More – Weekly Recap

  This week’s stories centered on regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure. Seven Democratic senators vowed to keep negotiating on the CLARITY Act, while Tom Lee forecast a bullish 12 months for crypto. Revolut attackers demanded 6,000 XMR for stolen customer data, Kalshi captured about 80% of U.S. prediction-market volume, and Kraken parent Payward unveiled plans […]

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• 29d ago

  ACI Announces 5th Annual Forum on Digital Assets, Bringing Regulatory, Legal and Compliance Leaders to New York

  NEW YORK, NY — American Conference Institute will host its 5th Annual Forum on Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight on November 17–18, 2026, at 3 Times Square in New York City. As digital assets move further into mainstream financial services, legal and compliance teams are confronting a new phase of regulatory, enforcement and […]

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• 29d ago

  Schiff Warns Tokenized Stocks Will Siphon Liquidity From Bitcoin

  The gold bug argued that the market reaction to the new official push for tokenized stocks made no sense, as these would constitute another investment source competing with bitcoin for available liquidity, comparing the latter to a Ponzi scheme. Peter Schiff Says Latest Bitcoin Rally Makes ‘No Sense’ The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) latest […]

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• 29d ago

  Arthur Hayes Calls CLARITY Act ‘Nonsense’ as Bitcoin Tops $80K

  Arthur Hayes seized on bitcoin’s move above $80,000 to dismiss the CLARITY Act and argue that higher rates give wealthy investors more money for financial assets. The rally followed the Senate setback and the Federal Reserve’s rate increase. Hayes Pits a Rate Hike Against Crypto Regulation Bitcoin investors watched the cryptocurrency reclaim $80,000 after two […]

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• 1mo ago

  Only Four Crypto Exchanges Await Central Bank Approval in Brazil

  With a little over a month until the new crypto regulatory regime’s deadline, local sources indicate that only five VASPs have submitted authorization requests to the Central Bank of Brazil, and one has already been rejected. Only Five Exchanges Have Applied for Operating Licenses in Brazil The Central Bank of Brazil’s proposed and approved crypto […]

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• 1mo ago

  Brian Armstrong Says WSJ Will Blame Coinbase for CLARITY’s Collapse

  Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the Wall Street Journal is preparing a story blaming him for the CLARITY Act’s Senate defeat, and he went public with his defense before it ran. A Pre-Emptive Strike Armstrong did not wait for the alleged article to come out; instead, he took to X and aired his thoughts, stating: […]

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• 1mo ago

  JPYC Hit South Korea’s Upbit at 1 Yen and Traders Sent It Flying Past 3

  This week, Japan’s first licensed yen stablecoin, JPYC, landed on South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, and promptly shot higher, briefly reaching the equivalent of more than 3 yen. At present, the JPYC/KRW pair ranks among the trading platform’s most active markets. JPYC’s 1:1 Yen Peg Meets Upbit’s Retail Rush Launched under strict national regulations, […]

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• 1mo ago

  Vietnam and Austria Partner on Crypto Oversight

  Vietnam has built a pilot legal framework and plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026. Building Guardrails Vietnam reportedly plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026 under a pilot legal framework as the Southeast Asian country seeks to modernize its financial market oversight. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen […]

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• 1mo ago

  SBI Invests in Singapore’s Dtcpay to Scale Stablecoin Rails

  SBI Group is backing Singapore-based Dtcpay as the regulated payments company expands its stablecoin merchant network and product suite. The investment extends Dtcpay’s Series A to $25 million and deepens SBI’s digital asset push across Asia. SBI Extends Dtcpay’s Series A to $25 Million Regulated stablecoin payment access is set to expand across Asia after […]

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• 1mo ago

  Ripple Legal Chief Calls for Crypto Unity After CLARITY Act Defeat

  Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty is calling for greater coordination across the crypto industry after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate. He said the setback exposed divisions in messaging and political support surrounding digital asset legislation. Alderoty Calls for One Crypto Voice After Senate Setback The crypto industry’s response to Washington […]

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• 1mo ago

  Argentina to Share Crypto User Transaction Data Globally by 2029

  The exchange network will give Argentine tax authorities new tools to curb tax evasion linked to cryptoassets in transactions involving virtual asset service providers registered abroad. Over 77 jurisdictions have agreed to implement this framework by 2029. Argentina to Implement Crypto Asset Reporting Framework by 2029 Argentina is joining a global network of nations that […]

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• 1mo ago

  Bitcoin Price Hits $81K on Renewed Spot Demand, Leverage Reset

  Bitcoin surged past $81,000 on Friday, hitting an intraday high of $81,238, before settling around $80,800 with a $1.62 trillion market cap. CFTC Draft Rules Spark Rally Beyond $81,000 Bitcoin’s price breezed past $81,000 Friday amid reports that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sent crypto market rules to the White House for review. The […]

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• 1mo ago

  Bitcoin’s Price Rips Past $80K as Short Sellers Get Steamrolled

  Bitcoin’s price ripped from the mid-$76,000s to nearly $81,000 on Friday at 10:45 a.m. ET, after traders spent the week absorbing a failed U.S. Senate crypto vote and two central-bank rate hikes. The final leg wasn’t simply buyers charging in. Roughly $192 million in leveraged crypto positions vanished in one hour, including more than $183 […]

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• 1mo ago

  XRP Open Interest Is Back Above Pre-CLARITY Levels

  Binance traders now hold more XRP in futures contracts than they did before the Senate sank the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, even with XRP still about 65% below its all-time high. The Number That Came Back Open interest, i.e. the total amount of futures contracts still open, is the cleanest read on how much […]

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• 1mo ago

  WSJ: Lagarde Blocked Binance’s EU License and Left It Locked Out

  The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to keep Binance out of the European Union. Three months after the bid collapsed, the world’s largest exchange is still locked out of the bloc. The Announcement That Never Shipped By late May, Binance’s paperwork was effectively done, so much […]

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