Australia Must Move Fast on Real-World Assets, ASIC Executive Warns
TLDR: ASIC warns Australia risks missing global RWA adoption momentum. Private credit has surged over 500% to $200B in the past de...
Kazakhstan Sets Up $500M-$1B Crypto Reserve Fund With Seized Assets
TLDR: Kazakhstan’s fund aims for $500 m-$1 billion in size and uses seized/repatriated assets. The reserve will invest in ETFs and...
Japan’s Top Banks to Pilot Yen-Backed Stablecoin Under FSA’s Payment Innovation...
TLDR: Japan’s FSA backs the first multi-bank yen stablecoin pilot under the Payment Innovation Project. MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho wil...
Coinbase Executives Call Crypto Bills ‘Oil for the Onchain Economy’
TLDR Coinbase executives urged US lawmakers to treat the GENIUS and CLARITY crypto bills as connected parts of one framework. Shan...
GENIUS Act Could Reshape U.S. Dollar Stablecoin Regulation, Says Circle
TLDR: Circle urges full backing of payment stablecoins with cash or liquid assets for consumer protection. Foreign stablecoin regi...
Coinbase Europe Fined €21.5 Million by Irish Central Bank: Here’s Why
TLDR: Coinbase Europe fined €21.5M after coding errors disrupted monitoring of €176B in crypto transactions. The Central Bank of I...
UNDP Prepares Global Blockchain Training Initiative for Sustainable Growth
TLDR: UNDP plans blockchain training and advisory programs to drive responsible global adoption. The Blockchain Advisory Group wil...
SBI Digital Markets Partners With Chainlink to Launch Cross-Chain Asset Hub
TLDR: SBI Digital Markets integrates Chainlink’s CCIP for secure cross-chain tokenization. The collaboration supports compliant tr...
Spanish Institute to Cash Out $10M in Bitcoin Bought for €10K
TLDR: Tenerife’s ITER bought 97 Bitcoin in 2012 for roughly €10,000 as a research investment. The holdings now approach a valuatio...
Samourai Wallet Developer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
TLDR Samourai Wallet developer sentenced to 5 years for running an unlicensed crypto mixing operation. Rodriguez and Hill were cha...