Cryptocurrency regulation and policy
THEY BLOCKED 10,092 TRANSFERS TO BITCOIN — THEN JPMORGAN ADMITTED IT WILL BEAT GOLD, STOCKS AND BONDS
9,803 people filed 10,092 complaints against UK banks in 90 days for blocking Bitcoin transfers. The same week, JPMorgan projected Bitcoin...
BITCOIN REGULATOR SUED GEMINI AND GOT $5 MILLION – THEN TRIED TO DELETE THE CASE. THE JUDGE REFUSED.
The CFTC and Gemini jointly asked a judge to erase a $5 million Bitcoin futures settlement. Judge Hellerstein refused. The penalty...
RUSSIA JUST BANNED PEER-TO-PEER BITCOIN AND TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN’T MOVE YOUR COINS TO YOUR OWN WALLET — THEN GAVE ITS BIGGEST BANK A LICENSE TO HOLD THEM
The Bank of Russia confirmed direct peer-to-peer crypto trades end July 1, 2027 — and that individuals can't move coins from...
THE UK SEIZED 61,000 BITCOIN FROM A FRAUDSTER — A JUDGE JUST RULED THE 128,000 PEOPLE HE ROBBED HAVE TO PROVE IT IN CHINESE LAW
A judge ruled Chinese law governs claims to 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian. If the 128,409 investors he robbed can't...
THAILAND JUST OPENED ITS STOCK EXCHANGE TO BITCOIN ETFs — WHILE FRANCE WROTE A FORM TO MAKE YOU DECLARE YOURS
Thailand's SEC cleared Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs for the Stock Exchange of Thailand from October 16. In the same week, France's...
FRANCE JUST VOTED TO TAX YOU FOR LEAVING THE COUNTRY — AND TO MAKE YOU DECLARE EVERY BITCOIN YOU HOLD IN SELF-CUSTODY
France's National Assembly Finance Committee backed an exit tax on crypto above €800,000 and a 31.4% tax on swapping Bitcoin into...
FRANCE IS NOW THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO HOLD BITCOIN — ‘KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER’ BECAME ‘KILL YOUR CUSTOMER’: 90 KIDNAPPINGS AND BEATINGS IN 7 MONTHS
France's Interior Ministry logged 90 violent crypto crimes in 7 months — one every 2.5 days. Chainalysis blames the data leaks....
BRUSSELS JUST GAVE YOU 90 DAYS TO DUMP THE DOLLAR TOKENS IT DOESN’T LIKE — AND YOUR EXCHANGE WILL DO IT FOR YOU
ESMA told every MiCA-licensed EU crypto firm to stop servicing non-compliant stablecoins by Jan 8, 2027. Your exit is "temporary and closely supervised."
1.1 MILLION USERS HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THEIR BITCOIN SINCE JUNE — AND THE REGULATOR JUST SAID NO AGAIN
BaFin refused bitcoin.de's MiCA license. Trading has been frozen since June 12 and 1.1 million customers' coins were already moved to...
CONGRESS FAILED TO PASS THE CLARITY ACT — SO THE CFTC JUST LEGALIZED LEVERAGED CRYPTO TRADING FOR RETAIL AND ADMITTED IT CANNOT MAKE ANYONE USE IT
The Senate couldn't pass the CLARITY Act, so the CFTC wrote the rules itself: Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM would let...
82 CRYPTO PROJECTS RAISED $1 BILLION AND DIED IN 2026. BITCOIN RAISED NOTHING, HAS NO CEO, AND IS STILL HERE.
A researcher logged 82 crypto projects that shut down in 2026 - Balancer, Radiant Capital, Neon EVM, Blast. Together they raised...
THEY BLOCKED 10,092 TRANSFERS TO BITCOIN — THEN JPMORGAN ADMITTED IT WILL BEAT GOLD, STOCKS AND BONDS
9,803 people filed 10,092 complaints against UK banks in 90 days for blocking Bitcoin transfers. The same week, JPMorgan projected Bitcoin...