Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships
OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.
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SEC Issues Cease and Desist Order Against AI Quest Trading over Unregistered Investment Scheme
The Philippine SEC orders AI Quest Trading to shut down its unauthorized investment scheme offering up to 150% monthly returns.
Sep 18open_in_new
Polymarket Hires Ex-Zora CEO for Onchain Product Push
The hire comes as Polymarket’s vice president of DeFi engineering says its existing central limit order book cannot be saved long term and is being re...
Sep 17open_in_new
CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access
In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.
Sep 17open_in_new
SEC Opens Onchain Stock Trading, but Existing Tokens May Not Qualify
The SEC has granted temporary exemptions allowing onchain trading in tokenised US stocks. But at least two prominent existing products - xStocks and B...
Sep 17open_in_new
Turkey detains finance executives as authorities order $18 billion fund liquidation
The detentions highlight systemic vulnerabilities in Turkey's financial sector, potentially undermining investor confidence and market stability. The ...
Sep 17open_in_new
FCA Targets Three More London Sites Over Unregistered P2P Crypto Trading
"Anyone running an unregistered peer-to-peer crypto business should assume we are looking at them," the FCA's enforcement chief said.
Sep 17open_in_new
SEC Clears a Path for Tokenized Stocks After Clarity Act Stumbles
The "innovation exemption" lets qualifying venues trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks on public blockchains without registering as exchanges—thoug...
Sep 17open_in_new
Revolut Hackers Demand $3M Monero Ransom, Threaten to Sell Customer Data: Report
The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto.
Sep 17open_in_new
HTX Research Examines Stock-Linked Memecoins: A New Connection Between Equity Assets and Crypto Liquidity
Apia, Samoa, September 17 – HTX Research, the dedicated research arm of HTX, has released a new report titled Stock-Linked Memecoins: Issuance, Liquid...
Sep 17open_in_new
Payward Wants to Put US-Regulated Perpetual Futures on Hyperliquid
Payward plans to bring US-regulated perpetual futures to Hyperliquid’s on-chain order book. The markets would use Hyperliquid’s infrastructure, but ac...
Sep 16open_in_new
CFTC and SEC Double Down on Crypto After Clarity Act Defeat
Michael Selig and Paul Atkins pledged to use their agencies’ existing powers to provide crypto regulatory certainty after the Senate failed to advance...
Sep 16open_in_new
Deribit Moves Beyond Crypto with 90+ USDC-Settled Perpetuals
Deribit is adding more than 90 USDC-settled linear perpetual futures, including contracts tied to public companies, ETFs, commodities and private-comp...
Sep 16open_in_new
FCA Guidance Lands Two Weeks Before UK Crypto Authorization Window Opens
Overseas firms serving UK retail customers need authorization too, and nobody trades under the new rules before October 2027.
Sep 16open_in_new
UK Backs Money Laundering Crackdown With $676M and 500 New Officers
The Home Office names crypto alongside fintech and AI as drivers of a threat the NCA puts at £100 billion a year in the UK.
Sep 16open_in_new
Coinbase-Backed Crypto Group Warns of Midterms Payback After Clarity Act Fails
The Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto will add senators’ votes to its scorecards as it rallies crypto voters ahead of November’s elections.
Sep 15open_in_new
Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote
The crypto market structure bill failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate.
Sep 15open_in_new
Robinhood Engineers Charged With Fraud Over Alleged Crypto Listing Trades
Two employees allegedly earned more than $50,000 each by trading Hyperliquid perpetual futures before Robinhood announced new token listings.
Sep 15open_in_new
'It's Now or Never' for Clarity Act, Says 'Bitcoin Senator' Lummis
The Wyoming Republican says the final text hands Democrats more than 120 of their own demands, including sweeping new ethics rules, as the Senate hold...
Sep 15open_in_new
US Seeks Forfeiture of $61 Million in Crypto Linked to Alleged Iranian Oil Scheme
Prosecutors allege two Chinese companies used Binance accounts to launder oil proceeds benefiting Iran’s government and military.
Sep 15open_in_new
Crypto's Long-Sought 'De Minimis' Tax Break Gets a House Markup This Week
The proposal would overhaul federal tax treatment of digital assets but still requires approval from Congress.
Sep 15open_in_new
Democrats 'Move the Goalposts' on Clarity Act Hours Before Key Senate Vote
Democrats are pushing for further concessions as Republicans insist their latest text is their final offer ahead of today’s 60-vote test.
Sep 15open_in_new
Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity Act
Eight trade associations say exceptions for interest-like rewards could pull deposits from banks and reduce lending.
Sep 14open_in_new
Why Trump Backed Tougher Ethics Rules in Clarity Act, and Why the Crypto Industry Thinks It Can Pass
Republicans' "last, best and final offer" wins Trump's backing on stronger ethics rules and concedes on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points, but it's ...
Sep 14open_in_new
Trump’s battery ban puts America’s energy storage ambitions in a bind
The executive order risks stalling U.S. renewable energy progress by disrupting supply chains, necessitating strategic shifts in sourcing. The post Tr...
Sep 11open_in_new
EU Regulator Says Prediction Markets Are 'Rife With Inside Trading'
ESMA also asks why Kalshi and Polymarket block some EU countries but not others, and notes VPNs get around the blocks.
Sep 11open_in_new
Sam Bankman-Fried Takes His $11 Billion Fight to the Supreme Court
Sam Bankman-Fried has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out his fraud conviction and the $11 billion forfeiture order attached to it. Two Ask...
Sep 11open_in_new
Albuquerque Bans Bitcoin ATMs, Giving Operators 45 Days to Remove Them
A councilor said 90% of crypto kiosk transactions in the city are tied to fraud, calling the machines a conduit for crime.
Sep 11open_in_new
Sam Bankman-Fried Asks Supreme Court to Overturn FTX Fraud Conviction
SBF’s lawyers say he was barred from arguing customers lost nothing, and call the $11 billion forfeiture an "crushing fine."
Sep 11open_in_new
Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 Vote
The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged.
Sep 10open_in_new