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The securities regulator cited an "unforeseen scheduling issue," but sources point to a legal threat from Wall Street trade group SIFMA and...
US-based crypto exchange ABFinance, founded by ByBit’s former CEO Helen Liu, closed its doors last week before it ever opened. ABF...
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 in its first published MiCA penalty, citing white paper and marketing disclosure failures.
President Donald Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting on Wednesday with chief executives from the crypto, prediction...
The FMA said Bitpanda breached MiCA rules on crypto white papers and marketing communications, with the decision now final.
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 17
Austria's Financial Market Authority (FMA) fined Bitpanda GmbH EUR 70,000 (about $81,000) for several breaches of the Markets in C...
The penalty, one of the first under the MiCA framework, marks the start of an era of oversight of VASPs’ activities to ensure the...
There were hopes that regulators could move if the Clarity Act didn't advance, but those, too, may be paused.
Storm pointed out the flawed logic behind the case against him and Tornado Cash, stressing that Google and OpenAI would be liable...
Crypto firms raised $11.2 billion in H1 2026, all flowing to regulated businesses. BlackRock, Goldman and Gulf sovereigns now set...
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act lives to fight in September, Strategy sells 1,690 BTC, and Mastercard completes a $1.8 billion de...
Binance will stop processing transactions involving 16 crypto platforms following regulatory developments. Transfers attempted aft...
The session is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday and is intended as a kickoff for the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Commi...
Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Pe...
JPMorgan severed its links with Polymarket last year, citing regulatory concerns as the prediction market industry stood on shakie...
Ireland has launched its first national anti-money laundering strategy, targeting crypto assets, corporate transparency, and inter...
Kalshi has removed all sports-mention markets (contracts on whether a broadcaster says a particular word), as the Commodity Future...
RedotPay attributes the delay to regulatory approvals alone, leaving unresolved legal and leadership questions out of its own fram...