Leveraged Funds Rebuild Bitcoin Futures Shorts Amidst Regulatory Scrutiny and Approaching Federal Reserve Meeting

Leveraged funds, a classification encompassing sophisticated financial entities such as hedge funds and money managers, significantly increased their net short positions in regulated Bitcoin futures markets in the week concluding…

The Urgent Call to Pace Frontier AI: Anthropic CEO Unveils a Three-Stage Plan for Global Safety and Oversight

This weekend, on September 12th, Dario Amodei, CEO of leading artificial intelligence company Anthropic, stepped into the global spotlight to issue a stark warning and propose a comprehensive, multi-pronged strategy…

Crypto wallet creators now have just 24 hours to alert regulators when flaws are exploited

Commercial manufacturers whose connected hardware wallets or wallet software meet the European Union’s product test must now warn cyber authorities within 24 hours of discovering an actively exploited vulnerability or…

Thailand’s Stablecoin Proposal Would Block Transfers to Other People’s Wallets

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled a significant regulatory proposal that would impose a strict "same-owner" requirement for stablecoin transfers processed by licensed digital asset operators. This measure,…

Nasdaq Deepens Kraken Ties with Proposed $100 Million Payward Investment and Enhanced Surveillance Infrastructure

Nasdaq has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, and Payward plans to adopt Nasdaq market-surveillance technology across its diverse trading businesses. These strategic moves…

Circle Seeks to Bridge the Gap Between Blockchain Settlement and Real-World Fiat Payments with $400 Million Acquisition of Tazapay

Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has announced a significant strategic move to bolster its global payments infrastructure by agreeing to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border payments platform, for…

Banks get cross-exchange crypto hedge relief under Canada’s new 2027 capital rule

Canada’s banking regulator has finalized a narrow change to its crypto capital rules that should reduce capital overstatement for some market-neutral positions without broadly easing how banks must treat digital-asset…

The CLARITY Act Faces Crucial Senate Vote as Negotiators Push for Dialogue Amidst Unresolved Disputes

The Senate is on the precipice of a critical procedural vote on the CLARITY Act, a landmark piece of legislation aiming to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets.…

SEC Gives Bitcoin-Heavy Trusts a New 15% Window to Venture Beyond Existing Listing Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a pivotal rule change on the Nasdaq Texas exchange, granting commodity-based trusts, particularly those heavily weighted towards Bitcoin, a more flexible…

Tether CEO’s Bold Proposal to Decentralize U.S. Debt Ownership Through Stablecoin Users Sparks Debate

In a recent interview that has sent ripples through both the cryptocurrency and traditional finance spheres, Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, proposed a novel solution to a persistent challenge…