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Coinbase Sues 3 States as Prediction Markets Trigger Federal Versus Gambling Law Clash
20.12.2025
Coinbase is escalating a high-stakes legal fight over prediction markets, arguing federal law — not state gambling rules — governs event contracts, a clash that could reshape U.S. financial innovation, regulatory authority, and market access. Coinbase Challenges State Gambling Laws Over Prediction...
Federal Court Advances Crypto Recovery as Forfeiture Clears Path for Victim Restitution
20.12.2025
Federal prosecutors moved to return seized cryptocurrency after a court ordered forfeiture tied to an elderly-targeted scam, clearing the way for restitution as authorities traced bitcoin and USDT used in a multistate fraud scheme. Forfeiture Order Finalizes Recovery of Bitcoin and Tether From...
Federal Reserve moves toward narrower, crypto-driven take on master accounts
19.12.2025
The U.S. central bank has been mulling the idea of a "skinny" version of master accounts for firms that want payments access without the deeper Fed demands
Senate confirms Trump crypto-friendly nominees to take over CFTC, FDIC
19.12.2025
In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto
Fed Rolls Back 2023 Crypto Rules, Shifting How Banks Assess Digital Asset Exposure
18.12.2025
Federal Reserve scraps crypto-specific bank rules, replacing them with a principles-based framework that eases regulatory friction, expands flexibility for state member banks, and reopens pathways for crypto custody, payments, and tokenization. Federal Reserve Ditches 2023 Crypto Rulebook...
Bitcoin is all over the place ahead of U.S. inflation data
18.12.2025
U.S. inflation data for November, expected to show a 3.1% increase in CPI, could influence Federal Reserve interest rate decisions
Federal Reserve Withdraws 2023 Crypto Guidance for Banks
18.12.2025
Key Highlights The U.S. Federal Reserve has withdrawn its 2023 guidance that effectively blocked uninsured banks from becoming…
CFTC's acting chief Pham poised to go to crypto firm MoonPay once Mike Selig lands
18.12.2025
The leader of the derivatives regulator is planning to join the crypto industry as the CFTC and other federal regulators work on policies to benefit the sector
Ex-Alameda CEO won’t be spending the holidays in federal prison
17.12.2025
With about two months remaining until her expected release date, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has been transferred out of federal prison
Don't call it QE — the Fed's $40 billion bill buys may not shake crypto out of slump
17.12.2025
There's a major difference between ensuring liquidity in short-term rate markets and the quantitative easing that juiced risk assets after during Covid and after 2008 financial panic
Crypto Tax Pressure Reaches Congress as Lawmakers Face Urgent Push to Rewrite Federal Rules
17.12.2025
Lawmakers are confronting rising pressure to modernize cryptocurrency tax policy as uncertainty clouds compliance, threatens U.S. competitiveness, and forces Congress to weigh legislative action amid warnings that capital and innovation could move offshore. Capitol Hill Braces for Crypto...
U.S. FDIC proposes first U.S. stablecoin rule to emerge from GENIUS Act
16.12.2025
The banking regulator began its formal rulemaking process to set up the procedures by which depository institutions can start stablecoin subsidiaries
Most Influential: Jerome Powell
16.12.2025
Powell’s decisions as Fed chair have continued to have a massive impact on bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency markets
Crypto bank Custodia files petition for a rehearing by all appellate judges
16.12.2025
The Wyoming-based cryptocurrency bank argued that the three-judge panel undermined state banking authorities, raising “serious constitutional questions”
Fed Cuts 0.25pt, Bitcoin Defense, and More — Week in Review
15.12.2025
Fed Cuts 0.25pt, Bitcoin Not a Tulip, JPMorgan Blockchain Breakthrough, Do Kwon Sentenced, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by a quarter point on Dec. 10, 2025, aligning with CME futures pricing, commentators argued that bitcoin is not...
Trump's Voice Would Have 'No Weight' in Rate Decisions, Fed Front-Runner Hassett Says
15.12.2025
Hassett is perceived as dovish and likely to support Trump's calls for significant interest rate cuts to boost economic growth
January Odds Scream ‘No Rate Change’ While Powell Shuts Down New Fed Chair Chatter
13.12.2025
After the U.S. Federal Reserve trimmed the benchmark interest rate last week, attention now shifts to the Jan. 28, 2026, meeting, where current odds suggest the central bank is poised to leave the target rate exactly where it is. A Few Days Following the Last Cut, Traders Price in a January...
Ripple Wins Major Federal Baking License from OCC
12.12.2025
Key Highlights OCC has approved Ripple to operate a national trust bank Ripple is planning to establish Ripple…
From Lockstep to Lag, Bitcoin Poised to Catch Up With Small Cap Highs
12.12.2025
The Federal Reserve begins Treasury bill purchases later Friday, starting with $8.2 billion as part of its reserve management program
Market Analyst Lyn Alden Explains Why the Fed Could Be Forced Into Permanent Printing
11.12.2025
The Federal Reserve may not want to call it a pivot, but macro analyst Lyn Alden says the central bank’s subtle shift hints at something bigger: liquidity is quietly creeping back into the system, even as parts of the U.S. economy lose altitude. QT Is Over, Liquidity Creeps Back, and Markets Aren’t...