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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says crypto regulatory clarity is inevitable either via Senate passage of the CLARITY Act or new CFTC/SEC rules. The Senate cloture vote is set for Sept 15.
Short positions worth $2.74B were liquidated in 24 hours as of August 20, 2026. The figures cover different periods than the prior day's $1.44B, and the rally's drivers include ETF inflows and bond buyback plans.
Binance's Agent OS platform lets AI agents execute trades. Users must authorize and fund a subaccount. Withdrawals are blocked. The exchange tracks transactions but not agent logic.
Two-thirds of Brazilians know crypto; 17.2% have invested, more than double the 7.4% in stocks. The survey signals a structural shift in retail investment preferences.
CFTC Chairman Selig orders staff to draft crypto rules using existing powers as the Clarity Act faces Senate gridlock. SEC unveiled its own framework the same week.
A new bill gives South Korea's FIU direct investigative powers over unregistered crypto firms. Police suspended 23 of 25 FIU referrals from 2022-2025. The bill must pass the National Assembly.
CZ says tokenization attracts FDI and backs it on all chains. Talks with governments remain talks — no deal surfaced, and no regulator has a framework for what he describes.
Two Binance employees were detained in the UAE and later cleared after a routine inquiry into client money fund flows, the NYT reports. The incident highlights emerging regulatory attention on crypto custody.
FASB's proposed rule would let corporations treat stablecoins as cash equivalents. Public comment open until Nov 19. Industry figures call it 'big and bullish' for stablecoin firms.
Bitcoin surged to $75,000 after a short squeeze liquidated $4 billion in leveraged positions. The catalyst was a Treasury bond-buyback expansion. Whether the rally holds past November hinges on new capital, traders said.
BaFin warns that a "back office" crypto job ad is a money mule scheme. Forwarding fraud victims' funds through your account can mean a prison sentence under Section 261 StGB, even without criminal intent.
Bitfinex set an August 31 deadline to withdraw 13 delisted tokens. After that, the recovery process has no fixed outcome. The same segregation question applies to every exchange account.
SEC seeks public comment until Aug 31 on new ETF rules for staking and altcoin funds, a move that could reshape the US crypto product landscape and influence European ETP offerings.
The FMA fined Bitpanda €70K for late white paper submission and premature marketing. We tested all 972 ESMA-registered white papers — 10% were unreachable.
63% of Americans say the Trump family shouldn't profit from crypto while he's president, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. The survey followed a disclosure of $1.4 billion in crypto-related income.
Total liquidations exceeded $3 billion in 18 hours. Shorts accounted for 92% of the volume. Treasury buyback expansion and a White House summit triggered the fastest concentrated squeeze of 2026.
CZ says countries can sell tokenized shares to global investors. Under OECD rules, small stakes may count as portfolio flows rather than FDI.
Upbit delayed the 13:00 KST listing of BICO, BMT, NIL and GWEI by three hours. Liquidity checks could push trading further. Each token gets one BTC and one USDT pair.
Binance's Agent OS and MCP Server give AI apps controlled access to market data and trading functions, with user-permission limits and no external withdrawals.
HMRC sent 81,172 crypto tax warnings in 2025/26, up 25% from 2024/25. The nudge letters target undeclared gains from earlier years.
Two Binance employees detained in the UAE have been cleared and released after answering questions about third-party fund flows. The exchange says the inquiry was routine.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse cites a survey estimating 67 million US crypto holders, arguing the industry has gone mainstream. The figure, roughly 25% of adults, signals policy and market shifts ahead.
Forced sales on crypto exchanges carry hidden tax risks. Learn which day counts for the holding period, how to document, and what happens if you miss the deadline.
Since Oct 9, 2025, euro transfers to crypto exchanges can be blocked by an EU name-check rule. The verification of payee requirement catches many investors off guard. Here's how to avoid failed deposits and delays.
Rapid7 uncovered 5,576 Binance accounts queued for attack and 316,002 German phone numbers with a 13.6% hit rate against exchange accounts in Operation Asterix.
BitGo Korea becomes first foreign crypto subsidiary to directly register in South Korea, as new rules tighten offshore transfers and an exchange dispute highlights friction.
DeFi TVL rebounded above $84B as DEX daily volume hit $10.2B, led by Uniswap and Raydium. Ethereum hosted $50B; L2s added $9.5B. The next catalyst: August on-chain liquidity report.
Two Binance employees were questioned and released by UAE police during a probe into third-party fund flows. The detentions come as the exchange deepens regulatory ties in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Altcoin traders saw median profits 3 to 6.6 times larger than large caps across seven years of data. Three-quarters of Ethereum DEX traders now lose money, CoinGecko found.
CFTC Chairman Selig directs staff to draft crypto market rules under existing authorities if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act. A Sept. 15 cloture vote will test the bill's path forward.