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Bitcoin Rally Stalls on U.S. Inflation, Policy Whiplash: Crypto Daybook Americas
15.8.2025
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 15, 2025
Hong Kong Regulator Tightens Custody Standards for Licensed Crypto Exchanges
15.8.2025
A regulatory review earlier this year found weaknesses in some exchanges’ cyber defenses, prompting the SFC to set new custody standards for licensed platforms
Scott Bessent Suggests Government Bitcoin Purchases Remain a Possibility
14.8.2025
The Treasury Secretary's late-Thursday afternoon tweet seemingly contradicted his statement from earlier in the day
Wall Street Joins Consumer Advocates to Call for Edit to GENIUS Act on Stablecoins
14.8.2025
U.S. bankers are pushing hard for revisions of the new stablecoin law even before regulators have begun the first steps of writing the rules
U.S. Blacklists Crypto Network Behind Ruble-Backed Stablecoin and Shuttered Exchange Garantex
14.8.2025
U.S. officials accused Garantex, Grinex, A7A5 token issuers and executives of laundering ransomware proceeds and evading sanctions
Asia Morning Briefing: Korea’s 'Onshore' Won Policy Could Hinder Its Stablecoin Ambition
14.8.2025
Korea's Won is stuck onshore. That's going to put a damper on any demand for a Won-backed stablecoin
A16z, DeFi Group Pitch U.S. SEC on Safe Harbor for DeFi Apps
13.8.2025
The crypto investment firm and the DeFi Education Fund have proposed an approach to exempting broker registration for tech offering gateways to DeFi activity
Terraform's Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Wire Fraud in UST Blow-up
12.8.2025
The 33-year-old Korean national said he "knowingly" participated in a scheme that defrauded purchasers
Who is Patrick Witt, President Trump's Next Senior Adviser on Crypto?
12.8.2025
The White House's crypto group will apparently be led again by an ex-college football star-turned-politician, though this one has some deeper DC roots
Tether, Tron-Backed T3 Financial Crime Unit Has Frozen $250M of Criminal Assets in a Year
12.8.2025
The crypto crime-fighting initiative marks a major milestone as it launches a new collaboration program with Binance to boost enforcement
Terra's Do Kwon to Change 'Not Guilty' Plea in US Fraud Case
11.8.2025
Do Kwon previously had pleaded "not guilty" to multiple fraud charges earlier this year
Paxos Applies for National Bank Trust Charter, Joining Stablecoin Issuers Circle, Ripple
11.8.2025
The stablecoin issuer seeks to convert its New York Department of Financial Services license to federal oversight
Animoca Brands and Standard Chartered Establish Stablecoin Issuer in Hong Kong
8.8.2025
The joint venture, known as Anchorpoint, also includes Hong Kong Telecom and aims to build a business model for the issuance of licensed stablecoins
SEC's Long-Running Case Against Ripple Officially Over
8.8.2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission first sued Ripple in 2020, during Donald Trump's first term
Donald Trump Signs Order Letting Crypto Into 401(k) Retirement Plans
7.8.2025
The order directs the Department of Labor to reevaluate how crypto should be treated by retirement fund managers
NYDFS Fines Stablecoin Issuer Paxos $26.5M for Compliance Failures Tied to Binance’s BUSD
7.8.2025
In addition to the fine, Paxos agreed to invest another $22 million into beefing up its compliance program
With South Korea's CBDC Plans Dead, KakaoBank Joins Stablecoin Gold Rush
7.8.2025
The online lender joins a growing wave of Korean fintechs eyeing stablecoin issuance after the government scrapped its CBDC pilot in favor of private-sector alternatives
Roman Storm Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Conspiracy in Partial Verdict
6.8.2025
After two Allen charges and four days of deliberation, a New York jury could not reach a unanimous agreement on the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge or the sanctions evasion charge
How Policy, Innovation, and Market Dynamics Are Driving Institutional Crypto M&A
6.8.2025
AlphaPoint’s Reba Beeson dives into the trends and regulatory policy shifts driving crypto M&A, cementing its role as core infrastructure for the future of finance
Roman Storm Jury Deadlocked, Judge Tells Them to Keep Deliberating
6.8.2025
After four days of deliberations, the New York jury deciding Tornado Cash Roman Storm’s fate said they can’t reach a unanimous verdict on all three charges