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Warsh's five Fed task forces overhaul communications, balance sheet, and AI policy, but digital assets are entirely absent from the agenda. Recommendations due by year-end 2026.
Binance fires employees who repeatedly fail phishing simulations testing for social engineering attacks. 65% of crypto breaches in 2025 came from such tactics.
The Clarity Act's new draft merges two committee versions and adds an ethics provision targeting Trump's crypto earnings. The Senate has three weeks to pass before recess.
Coinbase, Bybit, Circle, and Gemini lead CNBC and Statista's 2026 Fintech 500 ranking. McKinsey says the industry hit $650 billion in 2025 sales, up 21%.
GameStop and Nvidia tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain each logged over $10M daily volume in late July. RWA value jumped 5x to $70M. The after-hours gap risk is real.
Illicit crypto transactions hit $154B in 2025, up 162% from 2024. Stablecoins account for 84% of flows. FATF flags gaps in travel rule enforcement and DeFi oversight.
Liquidations wiped $113M from leveraged crypto positions in 24 hours. Prediction market odds for Bitcoin reaching $67,500 in July fell to 34.5% from 46%.
South Korea's largest bank will process U.S. dollar payments across 10 countries using J.P. Morgan's blockchain platform, keeping SWIFT for compliance. Fees and exact date are not yet disclosed.
Removal of nine Hong Kong officials from OFAC lists after the emergency order expired raises questions about the future of regulated crypto flows between Hong Kong and the US.
Gate.com and TradeXYZ list perpetual futures tied to CXMT, an unlisted Chinese chipmaker. The instruments let offshore traders bypass Stock Connect quotas to bet on a $10B STAR Market IPO.
Russia's Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure including a digital depository by Dec. 1. The EU sanctioned HTX the same week. The platform could operate outside Western sanctions reach.
Wise will reapply for an OCC trust charter under the GENIUS Act after a July rejection over AML controls. The OCC has approved similar charters for Coinbase, Circle, and Ripple.
Sberbank targets Dec. 1 for regulated crypto trading and custody as Russia imposes $64B liquidity thresholds that may restrict exchange listings to top-tier assets.
Musk called himself 'ex-almost-billionaire.' CZ replied 'pre-rich.' The viral exchange moved no price but showed how social-media banter between crypto's biggest names still shapes attention in digital assets.
MiCA's July 1 deadline left only 300 authorised firms in Europe, up from 194 in May. Bank-crypto partnerships accelerate. UK FCA opens September 30.
Former military hackers arrested for stealing from state banks and laundering via crypto. The cash-out route through China brokers mirrors patterns sanctions monitors have flagged.
Bitcoin holds $64K in an ascending channel as traders weigh Fed Chair Warsh's inflation stance and the CLARITY Act's prospects. A close above $65K could open $66K.
Brazil's pilot tokenized 10 cows as collateral. The bigger test is whether Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya and Pakistan can turn livestock into bankable assets at scale.
Wise disclosed OCC denial of national trust bank application, shares fell 10%. Company refiles under GENIUS Act framework for stablecoin issuance.
U.S. authorities seized over $25 million in crypto tied to romance scams and investment fraud, filing five civil forfeiture complaints. The move signals rising enforcement pressure on laundering networks.
Coinbase and Kalshi launch perpetual-style futures in the US as CME sues the CFTC. The fight will decide if offshore-style crypto leverage goes onshore.
The former Binance CEO says acquirers underestimate the cost of fixing legacy vulnerabilities from smaller platforms. His memoir released April 8.
Hashdex launched the first Solana ETF and the first XRP ETF. A Bitcoin-gold hybrid fund (GBTC11) starts July 29. Brazil's CVM approved the lineup. The US SEC did not.
Sberbank targets December 2026 for a regulated crypto wallet and depository under Russia's new ₽300,000 annual purchase cap for non-qualified investors. How the bank-run model differs from offshore exchanges.
South Korea removed 29 overseas crypto exchange apps from Google Play, blocking Android users from downloads and updates. The Block reports the move targets unregistered providers.
Meme coins lead Friday's crypto rally ahead of a potential CLARITY Act Senate vote. Shiba Inu jumps 25% with volumes up 782%. Polymarket odds of passage slip to 34%.
Senate leaders say the CLARITY Act likely won't pass before August recess, cutting crypto market structure bill odds to roughly one-in-three. Trump's personal intervention failed to break the Democratic holdout on ethics language.
44.5% of bStocks volume occurs when US markets are closed. 41.5% of the product's 190,417 users had no prior Binance trading experience, signaling a new on-ramp to equities.
NIP Group mines Bitcoin and runs DOJO fan token at $0.076 with low volume. The CS2 team forced overtime against paiN Gaming on July 26. Match results did not move the token.
Only 300 of 3,000+ EU crypto firms secured MiCA authorisation. Compliance costs are pushing smaller players toward mergers or bank tie-ups. The UK's FCA regime could accelerate the trend.