Category: Crypto

SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw criticizes the Ripple settlement, warning it may weaken the agency’s crypto enforcement power and investor protection efforts.
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Crypto governance has experienced a busy week: the SEC has opened tokenization discussions with Wall Street names like BlackRock and Nasdaq, Senate Democrats have questioned Donald Trump’s links to a meme coin and DeFi venture, and a long-awaited stablecoin framework has collapsed in a split vote.
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Michelle Bond says federal prosecutors have used stealth and deception to persuade her husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame, to plead guilty, asserting they have not upheld an understanding that she would be spared campaign-finance charges stemming from her 2022 congressional bid.
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Token unlocks continue to plague Pi Network (PI), creating challenging supply-demand dynamics that threaten its late-week surge.
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Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office and Frankfurt prosecutors have seized €34 million in mixed crypto from eXch and shut its servers, stating the privacy-centric swap service has processed large portions of the Bybit hack’s $1.4 billion haul and other funds linked to Lazarus Group and CSAM networks.
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Scott Bessent has warned that the Senate’s May 8 failure to advance the GENIUS Act has left U.S. stablecoin regulation fragmented and could push digital‑asset development overseas, as Democrats cited AML and national security concerns in narrowly blocking the bill, threatening dollar dominance.
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Taiwanese Lawmaker Ko Ju-Chun has urged the government at the National Finance Conference on May 9 to add Bitcoin to national reserves, suggesting a 5% allocation as a hedge against currency volatility and potential conflict, while Taiwan’s FSC advances draft rules for virtual asset oversight.
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$614.9 billion—that’s where blockchain gaming revenue is now forecast to land by 2030 after AI agents began running wallets, cutting trades, and even bluffing at on-chain poker tables this week. Recent data shows that the global blockchain gaming market size was valued at $128.62 billion in 2022.While this growth is impressive, on-chain games still primarily […]
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Coinbase has launched 24/7 CFTC-regulated Bitcoin and Ethereum futures via Coinbase Derivatives LLC, the first such offering in the US. Cleared by Nodal Clear and backed by Virtu, ABN AMRO and Wedbush, the move follows its $2.9bn Deribit purchase and precedes planned perpetual contracts.
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Gemini has obtained a MiFID II license from Malta’s regulator, giving it EU-wide access to offer perpetual futures and other crypto derivatives. The exchange has also said it has been pursuing a MiCA license to widen services while competitors Coinbase and Kraken expand through major acquisitions.
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