Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, says the Trump family’s embrace of cryptocurrency was sparked by being “debanked” in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump...
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has lashed out at French authorities, accusing them of pursuing a baseless criminal investigation that has dragged on for more than a year and left him tethered to legal obligations in Paris. Durov, a Dubai-based...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has rolled out its second “crypto sprint,” this time inviting public feedback from market participants on how the agency should approach regulating spot cryptocurrency trading. Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham announced the...
Australia’s financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has ordered Binance Australia to undergo an independent audit following concerns over the exchange’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) controls. The directive, announced on August 22, targets Investbybit Pty Ltd, Binance’s local entity...
Andrew Tate has booked a $16,000 gain from betting against Kanye West’s meme coin YZY, even as the token’s market collapse highlights the risks surrounding celebrity-linked cryptocurrencies. Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that Tate opened a three-times leveraged short...
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov has formally appealed to the leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom following recent sanctions targeting the country's cryptocurrency networks and financial institutions, which are alleged to have facilitated Russian efforts to evade...
Nearly every major digital asset trade group in Washington is throwing its weight behind Brian Quintenz’s nomination as the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), pressing the White House to break through a confirmation logjam that...
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has launched the Beacon Network, the first real-time crypto crime response system designed to stop illicit funds before they exit the blockchain. The initiative brings together major exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and law enforcement agencies...
Sonic Labs has unveiled a governance proposal to issue $150 million worth of new tokens in a bid to fund its expansion into the United States. The plan, published on August 20, represents one of the project’s largest governance-led...
A new chapter in asset tokenization is unfolding in Hong Kong as Timeless Resources Holdings (8028.HK), Eddid Financial, and HashKey Chain signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop the city’s first silver-backed real-world asset (RWA) token. The initiative...
