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XRP and Ethereum have moved to the center of a major regulatory shift in the United States, after fresh signals from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) triggered claims that up to $4.7 trillion in capital may now be unlocked for the crypto market. XRP, Ethereum Lead As Analyst Points To...

American Bitcoin, the Trump family-backed mining venture, is rapidly emerging as a significant player in the Bitcoin ecosystem, now holding approximately $450 million in BTC. With a treasury of 6,899 BTC, the company has climbed to become the 16th largest Bitcoin-holding corporate entity globally, s...

Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets strategy, Amy Oldenburg, has said that Bitcoin ETF adoption is still in its early stages. This comes as the Wall Street giant also looks to offer a BTC ETF, two years after the first funds launched. Morgan Stanley Exec Says Bitcoin ETF Adoption Still In Early ...

Scammers have already hit more than 700 crypto wallets — some holding over a million dollars in stablecoins — with a phishing scheme disguised as a federal law enforcement action. Related Reading: Crypto Crackdown Intensifies: Canada Revokes 47 Licenses A Scam Built On Fear The operation targets use...

CNBC reported on Friday that a tentative agreement between banking and cryptocurrency industry representatives could be announced later today, potentially clearing a path for the long-stalled crypto market-structure legislation known as the CLARITY Act. Lawmakers Near Agreement On Crypto Bill The ne...

A Protos report says Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen stands to wield significant influence over Evernorth, an XRP treasury company headed for a Nasdaq listing through blank check firm Armada Acquisition. The report argues that a web of nonprofit, trust, and Ripple-linked contri...

US financial regulators have issued a clarification on how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets, and Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are among the direct beneficiaries. The joint guidance, which was published by the SEC and CFTC, formally established five categories for digital assets and explicitl...

Bitcoin’s quantum risk is real, but the network is not sleepwalking into it. That is the core conclusion of a March 19 research note from Galaxy Digital, which argues that while a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could one day threaten exposed Bitcoin wallets, developers are already doing subs...

Republican senators huddled with a White House crypto adviser Thursday in a closed-door session that participants called “very productive” — a sign that Washington’s push to rewrite the rules of digital asset oversight may be gaining real momentum. Related Reading: Nasdaq’s Big Bet...

Historically, there have been similarities between past Bitcoin cycles when it comes to both the bull and the bear markets. A lot of these have to do with the percentage by which the price rises, and then the percentage by which the price begins to crash. Naturally, the expectation has become that t...

On-chain data shows Pepe is among the cryptocurrencies that have seen the largest week-over-week increases in the Whale Transaction Count. Pepe Whale Transaction Count Has Witnessed A 61% Jump In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has shared the top 10 list of digital assets that hav...

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, is launching the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), a tokenized fund on Ethereum and Stellar starting with about $100 million in committed assets. A Traditional Fund With A Tokenized Wrapper Institutions historically related to TradFi have found a way to...

South Korea’s opposition party has proposed a bill to abolish the upcoming income tax on crypto assets, citing US regulators’ guidance on asset classification, concerns about double taxation, and inconsistencies with the current tax system. Related Reading: New Crypto Market Structure Bill Draft Cou...

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins said that the commission is moving away from a purely enforcement-driven response to digital assets and toward clearer, more constructive rules — a shift he framed as necessary to keep crypto activity onshore. Clearer Path For Crypto Clas...

Peter Brandt thinks the crypto market has not hit bottom yet. If he is right, the Algorand Foundation’s decision to cut 25% of its staff may be just one of many similar moves still to come across the industry. Related Reading: Congress Targets Crypto Prediction Markets With 4 Bills Banning War...

Ripple on Thursday released findings from a global survey of more than 1,000 finance leaders, and concluded that the “digital asset revolution is happening now.” The study, conducted at the start of 2026 and spanning banks, asset managers, fintechs, and corporate treasuries, finds strong momentum be...

Canada’s financial watchdog fined crypto platform Cryptomus $126 million last October after the company allegedly failed to flag suspicious transactions on 1,068 separate occasions in a single month. Related Reading: Crypto Power Move: Bitmine Ramps Up Ethereum Buys To 4.6M ETH A month before ...

South Korean right-wing lawmakers have proposed a bill to abolish the taxation of crypto assets scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2027. A Long Chain Of Regulation Delays According to Korean outlet Digital Asset, Korea’s main opposition party the People Power Party is advancing a plan that would...

XRP’s cheat sheet is pointing to higher levels this year. This cheat sheet is based on a 12-year cycle chart shared by analyst Cryptollica, who also suggests the asset is positioned for a major move higher on the social media platform X. The Relative Strength Index is also now pointing to over...

Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao used an appearance at Blockchain Summit 2026 to push back sharply against what he described as a new wave of misleading mainstream coverage, arguing that recent reporting about his wealth and alleged links to Iran-related illicit finance rests on false premises...