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Coinbase Gets Conditional Green Light for US National Trust Charter—But Not a Bank

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

What Coinbase Can—and Can't—Do Coinbase has secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to form a national trust company, a move that could reshape its custody business but stops short On.....

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Circle Stock Plunges 20% as Lawmakers Eye Stablecoin Yields, Tether Ups Audit Game

By David E | 2 months ago

Lawmakers Target Stablecoin Yields—But How? Circle’s stock (CRCL) suffered its worst trading day since going public, tumbling just over 20% to close at $101.24 on Tuesday...

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Brazil’s Election Year Puts Crypto Tax Plans on Ice

By David E | 2 months ago

Election Season Pauses Crypto Tax Overhaul Brazil’s new finance minister, Dario Durigan, has put the brakes on a sweeping overhaul of cryptocurrency taxation, shelving a public consultation process that was originally planned for later in.....

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Kalshi’s $22 Billion Surge Collides With Nevada Ban

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Kalshi’s Meteoric Rise Meets Legal Storm Kalshi Inc., the New York-based prediction market platform, has seen its valuation rocket to $22 billion after closing a $1 billion funding round led by Coatue Management...

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Kalshi Faces Nevada Ban as Legal Storm Intensifies Across States

By David E | 2 months ago

Nevada Court Slams Brakes on Kalshi Kalshi, the New York-based prediction market platform, is now barred from offering bets in Nevada for at least two weeks after a state court issued a temporary restraining order on Friday...

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SEC and CFTC: Most Crypto Assets Escape Securities Classification

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

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 months 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 | 3 months 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 | 3 months 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 | 3 months 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.....