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BTSE Exchange Pte Ltd (“BTSE Bhutan”) today announced that it has been granted a Financial Services License (FSL) by the Gelephu Financial Services Office (GFSO), the financial regulator of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) Special Admini…
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Brazil banned sports betting and online casino games on Sept. 25, nine days before the first round of its presidential election. The decision ends a licensed market that opened in January 2025; the government is nevertheless keeping the $4…
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Spanish institutional custodian Cecabank is expanding its regulated crypto-asset custody services to Luxembourg via the MiCA European passporting process. Strategic Push via MiCA Passporting Spanish institutional custodian Cecabank has rep…
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This completes Coinbase's derivatives infrastructure, allowing it to list, broker, and clear fully collateralized products in-house.
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The Sept. 25 answer referred only to a system’s functionality. The revised wording makes the absence of centralized control an explicit condition.
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With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
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Records show 344,780 COMP increased the Foundation’s voting power before a $52 million V4 budget vote. The proposal had enough support to pass without those tokens.
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Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.
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After nearly a decade at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Hester Peirce is wrapping up her last week at the agency.
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WisdomTree’s Treasury money fund trailed its T-bill benchmark by 15 basis points over a year. Issuer disclosures show how expenses and liquidity terms affect returns.
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Democrats on the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence published a report alleging that USDT had become a key tool for the Iranian government.
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Senate Democrats say Iran leaned on Tether's USDT to dodge sanctions. Tether points to $550 million frozen. See the clash. The post Senate Says Iran Leans on Tether's USDT: Is Its $550 Million Freeze Record Enough? appeared first on BeInCr…
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ESMA will focus on CASP resilience, outsourcing and reverse solicitation while pursuing harmonized reporting across national regulators.
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The Gary Gensler era is long gone and now the SEC is providing clarity on what crypto protocols can and can’t do with their tokens.
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Governor Gavin Newsom’s legislation bars public officials from issuing meme coins and exchanges from listing tokens tied to politicians.
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The SFC and AFRC signed a new MoU extending financial reporting, audit and compliance cooperation to licensed virtual asset service providers.
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Crypto market making is effectively restricted under South Korea’s manipulation rules, but regulators are reconsidering the approach after a JPYC spiked on Upbit this month.
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The law also restricts crypto companies from offering certain memecoins tied to public officials to California residents and takes effect for tokens issued from Jan. 1, 2027.
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According to court filings, River Financial sued Blockstream Services Canada ULC on Sept. 11 for $6.7 million on a canceled contract. Headlines shared on X said Blockstream was the defendant. However, Blockstream Corp stated on Saturday th…
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New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look "opt-in."
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A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public files in June.
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The watchdog's Division of Corporation Finance has published a new set of crypto FAQs. Here are the most important topics.
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After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough?
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The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sports-event contracts under state laws.