Bitcoin, blockchains, regulation, and the crypto industry.
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CoinDesk ·
"It's coming home," Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino proclaimed on X last week, referring to the return of his company's stablecoin, USDT, to the Bitcoin network.
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times ·
The Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to violating an anti-money-laundering law, was pardoned by President Trump …
Ben Weiss / Bloomberg ·
Open Standard, a company backed by more than 100 corporations, including Visa Inc., Stripe Inc., and Mastercard Inc. …
Maria Clara Cobo / Bloomberg ·
Miami-based fintech Jeeves Inc. said it raised $110 million from investors to help expand its offerings, including a stablecoin wallet …
Danny Park / The Block ·
This completes Coinbase's derivatives infrastructure, allowing it to list, broker, and clear fully collateralized products in-house.
Bloomberg ·
Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc., one of the oldest crypto services companies, is telling prospective investors it wants to go public this year …
Brian Danga / The Block ·
The funding follows HIFI's role in DTCC's July tokenized-asset trades and a September Visa partnership for stablecoin-funded payouts.
Megan Howard / Bloomberg ·
The Federal Reserve unveiled proposals for stablecoin issuers on Thursday, the latest step from regulators moving ahead with crypto rulemaking.
Bloomberg ·
The Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote the use of dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas …
CoinDesk ·
Binance bought $100 million of Circle shares as the companies signed a five-year deal that pays the crypto exchange to promote the USDC stablecoin on its platform.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times ·
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
CoinDesk ·
Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan's financial giant, the SBI Group.
Angus Berwick / Wall Street Journal ·
ECB leader personally intervened to keep crypto's biggest player, which pleaded guilty to financial-crime violations in U.S., from operating in EU
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk ·
Iran has spent this year charging tankers between $1 million and $2 million to cross the Strait of Hormuz …
Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg ·
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to expand crypto and prediction market trading via online platforms …
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
- World is rolling out World Money, a financial "super app" spanning stablecoins, investing, yield, and global payments in more than 150 countries.
Olivier Acuna / CoinDesk ·
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Thursday that it conducted actions to crack down on three illegal peer …
Hannah Lang / Reuters ·
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited exemption that will allow companies …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ·
X will now allow users to trade from their timelines. The Elon Musk-owned social network on Wednesday launched …
Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal ·
CoinEx says it is ceasing operations less than three months after a Wall Street Journal article spotlighted its use in Iran
CNBC ·
The Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a major blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market structure framework.
The Information ·
When Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank launched earlier this year, it made an attractive pitch to lure new crypto customers: It would convert their stablecoins to cash for free.
Wall Street Journal ·
Prosecutors said around $1.5 billion was sent back to Iran through a series of interrelated digital wallets
Bloomberg ·
Donald Trump's pledge to ensure that Bitcoin mining activity is centered in the US is rapidly disintegrating under the twin forces …
Wall Street Journal ·
Platform known for prediction markets has seen perpetual futures surge in popularity
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg ·
Nasdaq Inc. is investing $100 million in Payward, the parent of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, as the firm continues to build …
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
- Consensys Software Inc. will split into two independently operated companies, separating its consumer-facing MetaMask business …
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
Stablecoins have made it exceptionally easy to move money across borders instantaneously. The problem that remains for users …
Sarah Wynn / The Block ·
- Prosecutors say Malone Lam, who went by aliases "Anne Hathaway," "$$$" and "King Greavy," led the operation.
Wall Street Journal ·
The brokerage will add yes-or-no contracts from Crypto.com prediction business and take stake in digital-currency exchange
Bloomberg ·
The news hit with a thud in June: Binance Holdings Ltd., the world's largest crypto exchange, was about to get kicked out of the European Union.
Gina Heeb / Wall Street Journal ·
Twenty-one firms, including several megabanks, plan to establish a company that would help guard against competition from digital assets
Financial Times ·
Crypto hoarders have been selling tokens and reverting to former activities
Financial Times ·
Treasury gives central bank a new legal objective as part of effort to promote UK as hub for stablecoins
Wall Street Journal ·
The Emirati 'spy sheikh' backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank
Wall Street Journal ·
Executives are on defensive as companies outside of banking system launch coins
Charlie Wells / Bloomberg ·
Revolut Ltd. joined the rush among global banks and payment firms to roll out stablecoins, a bet that digital money will gain …
Lee Ying Shan / CNBC ·
Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday, as renewed inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs and improving risk appetite extended the cryptocurrency's recent rally.
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk ·
Stablecoin-focused digital bank Fasset said Monday it has raised $68 million in a funding round led by Japan's SBI Group …
Jonathan Levin / Bloomberg ·
Cryptocurrencies emerged in part as a protest against central banks flooding the global economy with money during the financial crisis 18 years ago.
Andrew Higgins / New York Times ·
The mysterious collapse of a European cryptocurrency exchange helps to explain why the industry hasn't shaken off its reputation as a magnet for criminals.
Reuters ·
Uruguay seemed like the perfect place for cryptocurrency giant Tether to launch a bitcoin mining operation.
Dawn Kopecki / Reuters ·
A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. midterm elections this year …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch ·
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange with more than 300 million registered users, on Thursday launched a platform …
Bloomberg ·
President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass digital asset market structure legislation that is a top priority for the industry …
Hannah Lang / Reuters ·
As sweeping U.S. crypto legislation stalls, President Donald Trump's regulators are set to fill the void, but efforts …
Anton Zverev / Reuters ·
Binance last year handed Russian authorities details of cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns that were used …
Reuters ·
A national U.S. bank regulator on Friday conditionally approved a bank charter application linked to President Donald Trump …
Bloomberg ·
RedotPay has delayed plans for an initial public offering in the US as the stablecoin payments company seeks regulatory approvals …
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk ·
More than three dozen bitcoin and crypto companies have asked the largest AI labs to give open-source security researchers early access …
Wall Street Journal ·
Probe targets the marketing practices of four prediction markets with operations in the city
The Information ·
Craft Ventures, the VC firm helmed by former White House AI czar David Sacks, is raising its first fund since Sacks stepped away …
Sara Fischer / Axios ·
Truth Social's parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, is pulling back from a pair of Crypto.com deals as its new leadership looks …
Reuters ·
The United States on Friday sanctioned an unlicensed multi-state cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it processed millions of dollars …
Bloomberg ·
The bipartisan ethics proposal senators have pitched to President Donald Trump to get landmark crypto legislation over the line …
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block ·
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Bloomberg ·
Binance affiliates are suing the founders of Hong Kong-based crypto payments firm RedotPay for allegedly diverting hundreds …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune ·
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Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk ·
Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings said it agreed to buy cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank for around $289 million.