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ECB chief economist Philip Lane puts tokenization and AI at the center of central banking's future at the 2026 Sintra forum, with a dedicated session on unified ledgers and digital money.
The SEC won a default judgment against NanoBit and four other entities in a pig butchering scheme, ordering $5.52M in penalties. A federal judge said the scammers wired funds to Hong Kong.
Coinbase partners with Spiko Finance for instant stablecoin entry/exit in EU UCITS funds. COIN stock slips 1.67% as market digests MiCA license implications.
Firms have until Feb 28, 2027 to apply for a crypto licence under the FCA's final rulebook. Stablecoin capital requirements halved to 1%. DeFi with no controller stays exempt.
White House brokers Monday law enforcement session to settle cryptocurrency bill's crime rules before expected Senate vote. The outcome could decide the future of DeFi regulation in the U.S.
UK's FCA finalises crypto rulebook with Sept 2026 licence window. Stablecoin capital requirement cut to 1% after industry pushback. Regime takes effect October 2027.
Securitize, the tokenization firm behind BlackRock's $3 billion BUIDL fund, starts NYSE trading Thursday after SPAC vote approval. $400 million in proceeds, PIPE oversubscribed.
CoinGecko report: $347B in RWA perps traded May 2026; 1,472x jump from early 2025. Binance leads with 35.9% share. Micron volume up 17x month-over-month.
Yann Sommer left Inter Milan as a free agent. The club's crypto partnerships with Gate.io remain intact, showing sports-crypto deals are player-independent.
Azerbaijan's central bank expects a crypto licensing law by year-end. Every firm serving the domestic market would need approval and face AML rules.
Japan's Financial Services Agency is reclassifying crypto as financial instruments. The change would let pension funds and asset managers buy Bitcoin for the first time. A decision is expected by year-end.
Japan's yen at ¥162 per dollar, worst since 1986. The carry trade is back, with short positions at 9-year highs. Bitcoin below $60k as macro forces align.
ECB's Wunsch says case for further rate hikes is weakening, a week after the ECB raised rates to 2.25%. Services inflation at 3.5% is the key data point.
UK FCA finalizes crypto framework: Firms must apply by Feb 28, 2027, for new regime starting Oct 25, 2027. Stablecoin issuers get 1% capital requirement, BoE oversees largest stablecoins.
Institutional investors pulled $1.79B from Bitcoin ETFs and $273M from Ether ETFs last week, rotating into HYPE and XRP products. The shift tests the correlation between majors and altcoins.
Senate Republicans have four weeks before recess to pass the CLARITY Act, with NDAA scheduling and filibuster math as the biggest hurdles. Galaxy Research now puts 2025 passage odds at 50%.
Former UBS derivatives trader and DeFi protocol co-founder takes over from Takeshi Chino. PayPay's 40% stake in the exchange shapes the road ahead.
SBI Holdings acquires bitbank for ¥46.7B, creating Japan's largest crypto exchange group with ¥1.1 trillion in customer assets. Deal closes in stages through August 2026.
Binance exits EU as MiCA begins Tuesday, leaving 244 licensed rivals like OKX and Coinbase to fight for its users. CZ says Greek application was close.
TD Cowen says CLARITY Act faces Senate timing squeeze; July 24 is key deadline. Law enforcement pushback and Trump signing doubts are among unresolved hurdles.
CryptoQuant says 84% of Binance-listed altcoins trade below their 200-day MA, the second-longest streak since 2020. Bitcoin demand and retail interest must recover for a break higher.
Ark Invest dropped $13M on Coinbase, Circle, and Bullish shares Monday. Circle also announced a BNY Mellon partnership for USDC custody. AlphaScala scores show mixed signals on the crypto names.
Binance Charity pledges $3 million in USDT to earthquake-affected users in Venezuela. The donation is an intended transfer with no eligibility criteria or payout timeline published yet.
MiCA's July deadline is driving crypto founders to Dubai, with inquiries surging to 120 per week. As Binance withdraws its EU application, the exodus may accelerate for smaller firms facing high compliance costs.
Miles Guo sentenced to 30 years for $1B crypto fraud via Himalaya Exchange and H Coin. The case signals stepped-up enforcement against crypto scams, with SEC and DOJ seizing $634M.
Bybit will phase out services on its global platform for EEA users as it shifts to a regulated European entity. The exchange said assets won't be frozen, and users will get time to close positions before MiCA's July 2026 deadline.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says KuCoin sent legal warnings to a victim whose stolen $250k was routed through the exchange. KuCoin has a history of DOJ penalties and compliance issues.
Securitize expects $400M in gross proceeds from its SPAC merger. The tokenization firm will trade on the NYSE under SECZ starting July 2.
Five EU states hold zero MiCA licenses as Germany leads with 57. Poland lacks a local law after three presidential vetoes. Traders face service restrictions by July 2026.
A federal court ordered $5.52M in penalties against operators of the fake NanoBit crypto platform, which used WhatsApp groups and fake ICOs to lure investors. The SEC continues to target similar group-chat scams.