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Bitcoin, XRP draw Japanese firms as weak yen drives treasury diversification

Japanese companies are turning to bitcoin and XRP as a weak yen pushes them to diversify their corporate treasuries, according to SBI VC Trade,...

Belgium Adds Six Crypto Firms to Fraud List Under Mica Rules

Belgium’s financial markets regulator warned consumers against six crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) it said were operating in the country without authorization, days after the...

Preferred Stock Is Becoming Bitcoin Treasury Firms’ Financing Tool Of Choice: Report

A new class of Wall Street securities has grown from an experiment into a multibillion-dollar market in under two years, and a June 2026...

UK Sets Final Crypto Rules as Firms Face 2027 FCA Authorization Deadline

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its landmark crypto regulatory framework, marking the completion of its crypto roadmap seeking to bring digital...

Europe’s unlicensed crypto firms face ‘wipeout’ as MiCA transition deadline nears

The locked capital needed for a MiCA spot license is relatively small, somewhere between 50,000 euros ($57,000) and 150,000 euros by class, according to...

Dubai Crypto Market Reaches 50 Licensed Firms Under VARA

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai's crypto regulator, has granted its 50th virtual asset service provider (VASP) license.On Monday, VARA said its latest...

ASIC Extends No-Action Relief for Digital Asset Firms

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given digital asset businesses another three months to apply for licenses required under its updated regulatory...

CoinEx denies claims it served as $3.84 billion gateway to sanctioned Iranian crypto firms

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs said CoinEx served as a gateway for the crypto sector in Iran, having traced more than $3.84 billion in...

European Union’s ESMA Orders Unlicensed Crypto Firms To Exit EU Market As MiCA Deadline Arrives

Europe’s markets regulator has told unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to shut down EU operations without delay. The European Securities and Markets Authority...

BitGo offers MiCA compliance lifeline to EU crypto firms as license deadline looms

Eligible businesses may also continue to evaluate or pursue their own MiCA-focused crypto asset service provider (CASP) licenses in parallel while integrating BitGo Europe’s...

Thanks to you, 25% of ‘Mag8’ firms now hold bitcoin

Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, the world's largest publicly listed bitcoin holder, has a new term for Wall Street's most elite stocks and a...

Solana Foundation Launches Frontier Traders, an Institutional Program for $500M+ Volume Firms

The Solana Foundation formalized Solana's institutional market-structure tier with Frontier Traders, requiring $500M in trailing 30-day DEX volume for VIP access, with the debut...