The Turkish government is set to empower its financial crime watchdog with new authority to freeze or restrict access to bank and cryptocurrency accounts. Alignment with Global Standards The Turkish government is reportedly preparing to grant its financial crime watchdog, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), new authority to freeze or restrict access to both …
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The Turf War Is Over: SEC-CFTC Alignment Signals Major Crypto Market Shift
U.S. regulators are tearing down barriers to streamline financial oversight, signaling a groundbreaking era of crypto-friendly policy coordination and market-driven innovation. SEC and CFTC Join Forces in Historic Push for Regulatory Unity Financial regulators are signaling a reset in their approach to overlapping responsibilities, focusing on cooperation instead of competition. The U.S. Securities and Exchange …
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SEC Crypto Task Force and NYSE Explore Game-Changing Crypto Product Rules
Momentum is building in U.S. financial markets as the SEC, NYSE, and ICE advance crypto oversight talks, spotlighting tokenization, innovation, investor protection, and pathways toward mainstream adoption. SEC, NYSE, and ICE Tackle Crypto Oversight Frameworks Regulatory engagement with leading exchanges is signaling momentum toward a more defined framework for digital assets, an outcome many market …
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Societe Generale-FORGE Opens Ethereum Access for Regulated Euro and Dollar Tokens
Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital assets unit of France’s third-largest bank, is pushing its euro and dollar stablecoins deeper into decentralized finance (DeFi) with new deployments on Morpho and Uniswap. EURCV, USDCV Go Live on Morpho Vaults With Curation by MEV Capital With vaults live, pairs trading, and liquidity humming, SG-FORGE has officially stepped out of …
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Bitcoin Stumbles as US Government Shutdown Looms
The U.S. Federal government will shut down at midnight if Republicans and Democrats are unable to agree on a budget. BTC Dips Under Shadow of U.S. Government Impasse U.S. Republicans and Democrats locked horns over the fiscal direction of the country on Tuesday, with no resolution in sight, even as the deadline to pass a …
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Kamala Harris Calls Ross Ulbricht ‘Fentanyl Dealer’ in New Memoir
The former U.S. Vice President’s new book details what she says is “the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.” Harris’s New Memoir Takes Aim at Ross Ulbricht, Rebranding Him as a ‘Fentanyl Dealer’ More than $200 million in drugs was sold across 13,000 listings on Ross Ulbricht’s online marketplace Silk Road, between 2011 and 2013, …
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Wind-Powered Hash: Soluna to Host 20 MW of Canaan Miners in Texas
Soluna Holdings and Canaan Inc. signed a hosting deal to deploy 20 megawatts of Avalon A15 XP bitcoin miners at Soluna’s wind-powered Project Dorothy site in Briscoe County, Texas. Canaan’s Avalon A15 XP Rigs Head to Soluna’s Wind Farm in Briscoe County Announced on Tuesday, the agreement positions Canaan to place roughly 1 exahash per …
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UBS Tokenize Pilot Trials Chainlink DTA With Swift Messaging
Chainlink announced a method to let financial institutions trigger and manage digital-asset workflows from existing systems using Swift messages routed through the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE). Chainlink Says Banks Can Use Swift to Access Blockchains via CRE Chainlink said on Tuesday that the approach allows banks and service providers to access public or permissioned blockchains …
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Report: Robinhood Explores Overseas Prediction Markets Launch
Robinhood is reportedly taking its prediction markets global, betting that the world is just as eager to wager on everything from elections to sports. Not content with just disrupting domestic investing, Robinhood is now taking its prediction markets global, according to a recent Bloomberg report. The move aims to capitalize on soaring international demand for …
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Deutsche Börse Teams With Circle as Stablecoins Push Into Core Euro Markets
Europe is taking a massive leap toward regulated digital finance as Circle and Deutsche Börse join forces to embed stablecoins into core market infrastructure. Circle’s USDC and EURC Take Aim at Legacy Systems Via Deutsche Börse Global integration of digital assets into regulated markets is gaining momentum, with Europe emerging as a central hub for …
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Onchain Data Shows Tether-Linked Wallet Bags $1B in Bitcoin, Symbolism and All
On Tuesday, a bitcoin wallet reportedly tied to Tether—the heavyweight of stablecoin issuers—stacked 8,888.8888888 BTC, a tidy haul worth just over $1 billion. Lucky Eights? Tether-Linked Wallet Adds 8,888.8888888 BTC in Billion-Dollar Transfer Onchain sleuths spotted something curious at block height 917053, where Bitfinex’s hot wallet pushed 8,888.8888888 BTC into a wallet said to be …
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Blackrock’s IBIT Overtakes Deribit as World’s Largest Bitcoin Options Venue
Blackrock’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has surpassed Deribit in bitcoin options open interest, signaling a structural shift as institutional demand and regulated markets take the lead. IBIT Tops Deribit in Bitcoin Options Open Interest Blackrock’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has officially surpassed Deribit as the world’s largest venue for bitcoin options, a milestone that underscores …
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Bitcoin Price Watch: Bulls Aim for $118K, Bears Circle Below $111K
Bitcoin is still flexing its trillion-dollar muscles this morning, trading at $113,083 with a market cap of $2.25 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $61.95 billion. The price ping-ponged between $112,009 and $114,762 over the last 24 hours, making it the kind of market that either keeps you caffeinated or completely unhinged. Bitcoin On …
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Crypto.com Partners With Sharps Technology to Manage $400M+ Solana Treasury and Boost Ecosystem Liquidity
Crypto.com and Sharps Technology, Inc. (STSS) announced a partnership to bolster Solana ecosystem growth by deploying the platform’s institutional-grade custody and OTC services to manage STSS’s solana-focused digital asset treasury. STSS, which holds over 2 million SOL—valued at more than $400 million with SOL trading above $200—will use Crypto.com’s custody infrastructure, deep‑liquidity OTC desk and …
Kalshi and Polymarket See US Government Shutdown as a Done Deal
Users of the largest prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket, consider the U.S. government shutdown a done deal. Bets open on both platforms put the probability above 78% as both parties refuse to budge. Kalshi, Polymarket Degens Bet on US Government Shutdown Event Prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, have become the center of attention when …
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