CFTC Gets New Leadership with Michael Selig, After Quintenz Fallout
TLDR President Donald Trump has nominated Michael Selig to lead the CFTC. Selig replaces Brian Quintenz, whose confirmation was de...
Crypto.com Moves Closer to U.S. Banking, Files for National Trust Charter
TLDR: Crypto.com filed a National Trust Bank Charter application with the OCC to expand regulated custody services. The Charter ai...
Blockchain.com Wins EU Greenlight With MiCA Approval Across 30 Nations
TLDR: Blockchain.com received authorization from the Maltese Financial Services Authority under the EU’s MiCA framework. The MiCA...
FBI Cracks NBA Gambling Ring Tied to La Cosa Nostra in Multi-State Raid
TLDR: The FBI arrested 30 people in an 11-state raid uncovering a gambling ring tied to La Cosa Nostra. NBA figures, including Bil...
Bitwise Secures NYSE Approval for Solana ETF Listing as Launch Nears
TLDR: Bitwise’s Form 8-A 12B/A amendment confirms SEC acknowledgment and NYSE approval for Solana ETF listing. The Staking Solana...
Canada Slaps Cryptomus with $126M Fine for Massive AML Failures
TLDR: FINTRAC fined Cryptomus $126M for failing to report 2,500+ suspicious crypto transactions tied to criminal activity. The fin...
Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ, Signaling Softer U.S. Crypto Policy
TLDR: President Trump used his constitutional power to pardon CZ after his conviction involving crypto money-laundering failures....
Crypto Leaders and Lawmakers Clash Behind Closed Doors Over DeFi Rules
TLDR: Lawmakers and crypto executives met privately in Washington to push stalled crypto market structure legislation forward. Whi...
Crypto’s Dirty Tricks Face Extinction as the Clarity Act Moves to Clean House
TLDR: The Clarity Act splits crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC to end years of regulatory confusion. Exchanges will need r...
Melania Trump and Javier Milei ‘Unwitting Faces’ of $57M Meme Coin Fraud, Suit S...
TLDR: Founders allegedly used one-sided liquidity pools to extract around $107 M from the LIBRA token launch. The complaint states...