Fed, FDIC, OCC Clarify Bank Crypto Custody Rules
Banks may custody crypto and stablecoins if they meet strict compliance and risk standards, U.S. regulators confirm in new joint guidance U.S.…
US Senate To Vote Today On GENIUS Stablecoin Act
Eleanor Terrett says the GENIUS Stablecoin Act may pass the US Senate on Tuesday, setting the stage for a House vote soon after. The highly…
Israel, Iran Compete For Edge In Crypto Adoption
Israel’s airstrike triggers $1.15B crypto liquidation as conflict with Iran escalates—who’s leading in the regional crypto…
Blockchain.com Expands Africa As Crypto Rules Emerge
Blockchain.com opens a Nigerian office as it expands into Africa, targeting nations like Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa with evolving crypto…
Hong Kong Police Preview Crypto Tracing Tool
Hong Kong police unveil plans for a crypto tracing tool aimed at curbing online financial crime and boosting blockchain-based investigations…
Texas, Google Reach $1.38B Data Privacy Settlement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a settlement in principle with Texas that Google will pay $1.375 billion for data privacy…
US Senators Call for Binance-Trump Probe After $2B Deal
A group of Democratic U.S. senators is requesting a federal investigation into Binance’s ties to the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture,…
How STOs Are Making Blockchain Investment More Secure and Regulated
Over $4.6 billion was lost to scams in the unregulated blockchain space in 2024 and this makes the subject of how STOs are making blockchain…
Italy Fines OpenAI $15M Over Data Privacy
Italy’s privacy authority has mandated OpenAI to run a six-month public campaign explaining how ChatGPT collects and processes user…
UK Antitrust Suit Claims $1.25B from Microsoft
A U.K. competition class-action lawsuit is targeting Microsoft, with a demand for £1 billion (approximately $1.25 billion at current exchange…
French Court Blocks Subdomain of Popular Porn Site
A French court has ordered the blocking of a subdomain associated with a popular pornographic website, citing concerns over legal compliance…
FTC Opens Antitrust Probe into Microsoft
According to numerous reports that verify the Financial Times’ prior reporting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated an…
DOJ Says Google Must sell Chrome to Curb Monopoly
According to a petition with the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice argued that Google…
Musk Adds Microsoft to OpenAI Lawsuit
Elon Musk revives lawsuit against OpenAI, adding Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and Dee Templeton as defendants in an amended complaint In the…
Chinese National Admits Laundering Crypto Through US Firms
A Chinese national has entered a plea of guilty to laundering $73 million through numerous shell companies in the United States, which were…
Bankman-Fried Returns Amid Scrutiny
Sam Bankman-Fried makes a notable return, drawing renewed attention amid ongoing legal and regulatory scrutiny surrounding his financial…
Elon Musk’s X Shifts Legal Battles to North Texas
The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas will shortly hear lawsuits against X (formerly Twitter) The change was initially…
NYDIG Boss Calls Bitcoin Political Imperative
NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro asserts that investors can no longer ignore Bitcoin after Trump and the Republicans’ election wins boost its…
Tech Exec Bob Lee Murder Trial Enters Next Phase
The murder trial for tech executive Bob Lee progresses to its next phase as new evidence and testimonies emerge in court About 19 months after…
FTX Ex-Chief Engineer Nishad Singh Avoids Prison
Nishad Singh, a former executive of FTX, was spared prison time following his conviction by a federal magistrate in Manhattan, where Singh has…