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SEC and CFTC: Most Crypto Assets Escape Securities Classification

Most Tokens Dodge Securities Label On Tuesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly clarified that the majority of crypto assets—including Bitcoin mining rewards,...

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SEC and CFTC: Most Crypto Assets No Longer Counted as Securities

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 days ago

SEC, CFTC Carve Out Crypto Categories On Tuesday, U.S. regulators took a significant step toward clarifying the legal status of digital assets, issuing their first joint guidance on how securities laws apply to crypto tokens...

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Binance Sues Wall Street Journal Over Iran Sanctions Allegations and DOJ Probe

By David E | 1 week ago

Binance Pushes Back Against Sanctions Allegations On February 23, Binance filed a defamation lawsuit against Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, in the U.S...

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Tornado Cash Developer Faces October Retrial as Prosecutors Target Unresolved Charges

By Loic Dos Santos | 1 week ago

Jury Deadlock Sparks New Legal Battle Roman Storm, co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, is once again at the center of a high-stakes legal fight...

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US Treasury Softens Stance on Crypto Mixers, Recognizes Lawful Privacy Needs

By David E | 1 week ago

Mixers Not Just for Criminals In a marked departure from its previous position, the U.S. Treasury Department has acknowledged that cryptocurrency mixers—the tools that blend digital asset transactions to obscure their origins—may serve.....

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Kraken Secures Federal Reserve Master Account, Marking Crypto Industry Milestone

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 weeks ago

Crypto gets seat at Fed table Kraken Financial, the Wyoming-chartered banking subsidiary of Kraken, has become the first crypto-focused institution to obtain a Federal Reserve master account...

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US Senator Probes Binance Over $1.7 Billion Iran, Russia Sanctions Allegations

By David E | 3 weeks ago

Senator presses Binance over Iran ties U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has launched a formal investigation into Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, following allegations that $1.7 billion flowed from Binance accounts to.....

Ripple’s High-Stakes Bet: Legislation, Stablecoins, and Blockchain Bonds Reshape the Crypto Landscape

By Loic Dos Santos | 3 weeks ago

Ripple CEO Bets Big on Legislation Ripple’s leadership is placing a significant wager on near-term regulatory clarity in the United States...

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White House, Banks, and Crypto Industry Edge Closer on Stablecoin Yield Rules

By David E | 4 weeks ago

March 1 Deadline Drives Bill Talks The White House has set a March 1 target to accelerate negotiations on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a bill that could reshape how digital assets are regulated in the United States...

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Trump, Crypto, and the Wyoming Bet: A New Era of Political Finance

By Loic Dos Santos | 1 month ago

Kraken Bets Big on Wyoming Newborns Kraken, the Wyoming-based cryptocurrency exchange, is making headlines with its latest initiative: sponsoring Trump Accounts for every child born in Wyoming in 2026...

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Animoca Brands Secures Dubai Crypto License, Targeting Institutional Growth

By Loic Dos Santos | 1 month ago

Dubai Greenlights Animoca’s Crypto Ambitions Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based blockchain investment firm, has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)...