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CLARITY Act Nears a Defining Vote as Crypto Regulation Gains Momentum in Washington
The long-running debate over cryptocurrency regulation in the United States may finally be approaching a turning point. After years of uncertainty over which federal agency should oversee digital assets, lawmakers are once again pushing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, better known as the CLARIT
Coinbase’s Existential Bet: Why Brian Armstrong Chose to Fight Washington
Brian Armstrong did not enter the cryptocurrency industry expecting to become a political operator. He was an engineer building financial infrastructure, not a lobbyist studying congressional committees or an executive preparing to challenge a federal regulator. His original assumption was straightf
Trump Steps Into the CLARITY Act Standoff as Crypto Ethics Threaten the Bill’s Future
The final obstacle confronting America’s most consequential cryptocurrency legislation is no longer a technical dispute over tokens, exchanges or regulatory jurisdiction. It is a much more politically explosive question: should the officials writing the country’s crypto rules be allowed to profit pe
ECB Taps Stripe, Revolut and 34 Payment Firms for Landmark Digital Euro Trial
Europe’s digital currency project is moving out of policy papers and into the payment terminal. The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers, including Stripe, Revolut, Adyen, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit, to participate in a year-long digital euro pilot beginning in the second
CFTC Chair: Prediction Markets Are “The Next Crypto” as Washington Signals a New Era for Digital Finance
Prediction markets may be approaching the kind of expansion that turned cryptocurrency from a narrow experiment into a global financial industry. That is the view of Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig, who argues that event-based markets are evolving beyond their original us
EU Parliament Opens the Door to DeFi, Staking and NFTs Under MiCA
Europe’s crypto rulebook may be about to get a second act. After years of building MiCA into the world’s most comprehensive crypto framework, lawmakers are now looking at what the regulation left outside: decentralized finance, staking, crypto lending and NFTs. The European Parliament has adopted it
MiCA’s Day of Reckoning: Why Europe’s Crypto Industry Is About to Change Forever
Tomorrow, Europe’s crypto industry crosses a line it cannot uncross. After years of operating under fragmented national regimes, thousands of crypto companies face a new reality under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, better known as MiCA. The old registration era is ending.
Congress Just Handed Crypto a Digital-Dollar Victory
The fight over a U.S. central bank digital currency has been one of the most important ideological battles in crypto policy. Now, after years of warnings from Bitcoin advocates, stablecoin issuers, privacy groups and pro-market lawmakers, Congress has moved to block the Federal Reserve from launchin
Circle and INFINIOS Put USDC on a Faster Track in the Middle East
The stablecoin race is no longer just about crypto exchanges, DeFi liquidity, or traders moving between risk assets. It is increasingly about payment infrastructure. Circle’s new strategic agreement with Bahrain-based INFINIOS points directly to that shift. By plugging USDC, EURC, and API-enabled on
Europe Draws a Line in the Sand: Unlicensed Crypto Firms Told to Leave as MiCA Era Officially Begins
The European Union’s landmark crypto regulatory framework is entering a decisive new phase, and regulators are making it clear that there will be little room for delay. With the final MiCA transition period ending on July 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has instructed c
Europe’s Crypto Countdown: MiCA Turns Compliance Into a Survival Test
In two weeks, Europe’s crypto market stops being a patchwork and becomes a filter. On July 1, 2026, the final transitional window under MiCA closes for many crypto platforms that were allowed to keep operating under old national regimes. For users, the change may arrive as a bland email asking them
Europe’s USDT Cutoff: MiCA Turns Stablecoins Into Licensed Infrastructure
The European Union is not merely pushing Tether’s USDT off exchange menus. It is redrawing the stablecoin market around a simple but brutal principle: if a dollar token wants access to regulated European liquidity, it must live inside Europe’s licensing perimeter. For years, USDT was the default set