The CLARITY Act, the most consequential crypto legislation working through the US Senate, is stalling partly because of President Donald Trump’s own meme coin. That’s the argument being made publicly by at least one analyst who says the broader industry is too close to the president to say it loud. Trump’s Token Is Giving Democrats […]
Just hours before attending another event in the White House from which he had to be evacuated after multiple gunshots were heard, US President Donald Trump delivered a 45-minute keynote speech at his own meme coin gathering at Mar-a-Lago. According to attendees cited by several journalists, he spoke about several major hot topics, including the […]
The Attorney General for New York filed a lawsuit against the prediction market arms of Coinbase and Gemini on Tuesday. The claim is that these platforms violate state laws against illegal gambling. According to the petitions filed in the state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James argues that both Gemini and Coinbase have not […]
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent order against the company that’s operating the popular cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, called Peken Global Limited. The allegations were that it had allowed US participants to trade directly on its platform without having registered with the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission […]
Crypto and bank representatives convened again on Capitol Hill this week to review the latest legislative text outlining a compromise between the two groups after months of discussions. The meeting continues previous talks on whether the former should be allowed to offer its customers rewards from their stablecoin holdings. Proposed Rules Will Allow For Activity […]
According to a survey of 351 institutional investors published by EY-Parthenon and Coinbase on March 18, three out of four institutional investors believe that crypto prices will go up over the next 12 months. The findings suggest that recent price drops have done more to tighten how large investors engage with crypto than to shake […]
The SEC issued an interpretation on Tuesday clarifying how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions involving cryptocurrencies. This is a “major step in the Commission’s efforts to provide greater clarity regarding the treatment of crypto assets,” it stated. The guidance also “complements Congressional endeavors to codify a comprehensive market structure framework […]
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has inched closer to creating guardrails to ascertain how cryptocurrencies are regulated. In a recent commission-level guidance submitted to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), the SEC outlined how securities laws can be applied to crypto. If followed, the new guidelines could affect […]
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has said that regulators should not panic over falling crypto prices, pushing back against calls for emergency intervention as Bitcoin (BTC) slipped toward $66,000. The remarks signal the SEC’s intent to focus on structural rulemaking rather than market volatility, offering a roadmap for tokenized securities while […]
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has selected several cryptocurrency executives to serve on its newly created Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC). This development comes as the agency, led by Chair Michael S. Selig, continues to indicate that his administration plans to adopt a more permissive approach to regulating the digital asset industry. IAC Appointee […]