DeFi

SEC Clarifies How Federal Securities Laws Apply to Crypto Assets

The SEC has issued an official interpretation clarifying the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets and transactions, marking a significant step in...

ZEC Rallies 20% After Cypherpunk Reports First Annual Profit

The Winklevoss-backed Zcash treasury company reported $4.8 million in net income in 2025, driven by unrealized gains on its ZEC holdings. Zcash (ZEC) surged as...

Huntington Bancshares, First Horizon, M&T Bank, KeyCorp among lenders moving on tokenized deposits

A group of U.S. regional banks is developing the Cari Network, a tokenized deposit platform built on ZKsync, a layer-2 network, as lenders seek...

Daos May Need To Ditch Decentralization To Court Institutions

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) were built on an ideological premise that is now running up against the realities of running a business, where decentralization...

FATF shifts stablecoin oversight to secondary markets, expands monitoring beyond on- and off-ramps: Financial Action Task Force

The FATF's latest report pivots regulatory focus from deposit/withdrawal monitoring to tracking peer-to-peer transactions across personal wallets, with issuers now expected to freeze illicit...

Australian Senate committee backs digital assets regulatory framework: Senate Economics Legislation Committee

Australia's Senate Economics Legislation Committee has endorsed proposed legislation to modernize the country's digital assets regulatory framework.Australia's Senate Economics Legislation Committee has backed a...

World Liberty Financial Passes Proposal Offering Team Access for Top Stakers

The Trump family-backed protocol's "Super Node" tier promises partnership discussions with the WLFI team.World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance (DeFi) project affiliated with President...

SEC drops lawsuit against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji over DeSo crypto project

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ended its civil enforcement action against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji and several related defendants, saying the decision...

MSTR added 22,337 BTC last week, marking another mammoth purchase

Strategy (MSTR), the world's largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, continued with its large string of weekly purchases, adding $1.57 billion worth of BTC,...

Crypto Markets Soar as Stocks Rally, Oil Drops 5%

Total crypto capitalization is up 3.5%, with Layer 1s and memecoins leading the charge.Crypto markets are off to a strong start this week, with...

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South Korea trade giant POSCO puts receivables onchain in tokenization test with LG

POSCO International, South Korea's largest trading company, has begun...

Russia’s Biggest Bank Plans Crypto Trading Infrastructure By Year End

Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading...

2 weeks left for Clarity: State of Crypto

The crypto industry, naturally, is urging passage. The common...

CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Vague Self-Certification

For the second time this year, the US Commodity...

U.S. regulator warns prediction markets against cutting corners in event contracts

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has claimed...