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In Clarity Act’s final weeks, its path through U.S. Senate not getting much clearer

"We keep hearing that there are other competing priorities in the Senate, and while that may be true, everyone is still prioritizing this, and...

U.S. Senate passes housing bill that carries four-year ban on a Fed CBDC

Thanks to the newly passed U.S. Senate housing affordability bill, the Federal Reserve may be heading toward a formal ban from instituting a digital...

Crypto’s second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking

While the top focus of the industry remains the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act that would establish a full U.S. regulatory regime for crypto...

Coinbase Teases 1:1-Backed Tokenized U.S. Stocks With On-Chain Dividends

Coinbase announced plans for what it calls the first tokenized U.S. stocks backed 1:1 by actual shares, with automatic on-chain dividend distribution. The exchange...

U.S. agencies seek stablecoin customer-ID rules akin to banks in new GENIUS Act rule

These standards, according to the rule proposal, "must include reasonable procedures for: (1) verifying the identity of any person seeking to open an account...

Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky gets U.S. CFTC ban in final resolution with regulator

The punishments of Alexander Mashinsky, the imprisoned former chief of Celsius until its high-profile collapse, continue with a formal banishment from any ability to...

Trace Finance Raises $32M to Expand Stablecoin Settlement Rails Across Brazil, U.S. and APAC

Trace Finance has raised $32 million in Series A funding led by CoinFundThe Brazil-based fintech startup plans to use the fund to expand its...

U.S. Congressman Nick Begich Wants America To Stop Selling Its Bitcoin — And Start Treating It Like Gold

Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) sat down with the Bitcoin Policy Institute at PubKey in New York for a wide-ranging conversation that touched...

U.S. senators urge Treasury not to leave states out of GENIUS Act stablecoin process

State regulators got sidelined in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's effort to implement the new U.S. stablecoin law, according to several senators from...

Kraken launches U.S. perpetual futures as crypto derivatives move onshore

Much of the activity has occurred on offshore exchanges, including fast-growing platforms such as Hyperliquid, which has attracted professional traders seeking deep liquidity and...

Kraken Launches Bitcoin Perpetual Futures For U.S. Traders

Kraken has switched on perpetual futures trading for eligible U.S. clients on Kraken Pro, bringing the most-traded crypto derivatives product under domestic...

The U.S. government is betting $2 Billion on quantum computing, and the defense side can’t keep up

This is why the most exposed institutional holders have been waiting. They are waiting for the coordination work to happen, which a research grant...