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PGI Global CEO handed 20-year sentence for $200 million bitcoin, forex Ponzi scheme
13.2.2026
Instead of investing in bitcoin and foreign currency trading, as promised, Palafox used new investor funds to pay old ones and siphoned millions for personal use
Crypto execs Armstrong, Garlinghouse among many named to U.S. CFTC advisory group
12.2.2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new chief, Mike Selig, repurposed the agency's previous CEO innovation council, almost tripling its members
Crypto PAC Fairshake seeks to force resistant Texas Democrat Al Green from U.S. House
12.2.2026
The super PAC is devoting $1.5 million to get Representative Al Green, a Democrat critical of the crypto industry, defeated by a primary challenger
Key Senate Democrat wants U.S. crypto bill to move, and SEC chief reveals danger of defeat
12.2.2026
Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it
A ladder for the masses: Pakistan’s Bilal Bin Saqib says crypto is a necessity, not a luxury
12.2.2026
Regulation of digital assets is a great opportunity for emerging markets, said Pakistan’s crypto regulation lead
Agant registers with U.K. FCA ahead of British pound stablecoin debut
12.2.2026
The issuer cleared a key regulatory hurdle as it prepares to roll out GBPA, a fully backed sterling stablecoin targeting institutional use
U.S. DOJ hits Paxful for $4 million in case tied to illegal sex work, money laundering
11.2.2026
The crypto platform's penalty was sharply reduced due to its ability to pay, according to U.S. authorities
SEC's Paul Atkins grilled on crypto enforcement pull-back, including with Justin Sun, Tron
11.2.2026
The U.S. agency's chairman said in a House hearing that he's open to a confidential briefing for lawmakers on the topic
Regulation, derivatives helping drive TradFi institutions into crypto, panellists say
11.2.2026
Non-participation in decentralized finance is becoming a career risk for traditional finance professionals, panellists said
Hong Kong ready to issue first stablecoin licenses in March, Financial Secretary says
11.2.2026
Hong Kong will begin issuing a small number of stablecoin licenses to companies with credible business models and strong compliance, Paul Chan Mo-po said
Hong Kong working to allow perpetual contracts, chief regulator says
11.2.2026
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission will publish a "high-level framework" allowing perpetual contracts, SFC CEO Julia Leung said
Crypto PAC Fairshake leaps into first midterm Senate race with $5 million in Alabama
11.2.2026
The industry's leading campaign-finance operation is getting behind a pro-crypto candidate, Barry Moore, in Alabama's Republican Senate primary
Crypto's banker adversaries didn't want to deal in latest White House meeting on bill
11.2.2026
The White House had instructed crypto executives and bankers to come ready to compromise, but bankers maintained their call for a ban on stablecoin yields
Ex-SafeMoon CEO gets 8-year prison sentence for defrauding investors
10.2.2026
Braden John Karony had been convicted last year on several federal charges, and he's ordered to pay back $7.5 million in restitution
Sam Bankman-Fried files for new trial over FTX fraud charges
10.2.2026
The incarcerated former leader of the failed crypto exchange wants a new chance to defend against fraud charges
Blockchain.com wins UK registration nearly four years after abandoning FCA process
10.2.2026
The London-based company elected to withdraw its application for FCA licensing in March 2022 having not won approval ahead of an impending deadline
$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
9.2.2026
The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute
Previewing policy at Consensus Hong Kong 2026: State of Crypto
8.2.2026
The CoinDesk crew is back in Hong Kong, with policymakers and policy-users alike
Bitcoin’s 50% plunge isn’t a crisis, says hedge fund veteran Gary Bode
7.2.2026
The selloff reflects bitcoin’s built-in volatility and market misreads of Fed policy, not structural weakness, aruged Bode
Vietnam to tax crypto like stocks with 0.1% trading levy: Report
7.2.2026
Vietnam’s Finance Ministry proposes a 0.1% tax on crypto transfers, 20% corporate tax on profits and tough licensing standards for digital asset exchanges