Category: Regulation & Policy
Nearly 989,000 wallets are sitting on a combined $3.81 billion in losses on the TRUMP memecoin, according to Nansen blockchain analytics data published July 4. The token launched at under $1 in January 2025,...
President Donald Trump disclosed more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-related income for 2025 in his annual filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, released June 30. The 927-page document puts a hard dollar...
Stablecoin policy shifted on multiple fronts between June 27 and 28, 2026, as regulators in the UK and Europe advanced formal frameworks, Nigeria recorded a second consecutive year of outsized dollar-token adoption, and structural...
Europe’s MiCA transitional period closes on July 1, 2026, and ESMA has issued its clearest directive yet: unlicensed crypto firms must stop serving EU clients immediately. The regulator’s June 23 statement orders unauthorized providers...
Meta Platforms is developing a standalone prediction markets app called Arena, directed personally by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a New York Times report citing two employees with knowledge of the plans. The app...
Prediction markets posted a weekly trading volume record of $10.8 billion in the week ended June 20, 2026, according to data from Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto research division, surpassing the $10 billion threshold for the...
Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission is set to reject Binance’s MiCA license application, according to two sources cited by Reuters on June 16, putting the world’s largest crypto exchange on course to lose access...
A House Ways and Means Committee hearing on June 9 exposed unresolved divisions over seven crypto tax bills, casting doubt on whether any legislation can advance before the current congressional session closes at year-end....
US Treasury’s OFAC designated Nobitex, Iran’s largest crypto exchange, and three rival platforms on June 3, blocking their access to the dollar system. Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex joined Nobitex on the SDN list under...
On May 29, 2026, the CFTC approved the first Bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a US-registered exchange and granted Coinbase a no-action position to route domestic clients to offshore perps markets. The two actions...