Cryptocurrency regulation and policy
Japan’s Banking Giant Just Bought Your Crypto Exchange — Guess Who Doesn’t Have Your Keys?
SBI Holdings just dropped $289M on Bitbank, Japan's biggest crypto exchange. A bank owning the exchange means one thing: not your...
Trump Torpedoes CBDC Ban to Play Politics — Your Financial Privacy Just Got Traded
Trump canceled the signing of a housing bill with a CBDC ban until 2030 — trading your financial privacy for a...
Japan Pension Fund Allocates 1% to Crypto via Hedge Fund
A $130M Japanese pension fund plans 1% crypto allocation through a hedge fund. Japan's tax cuts and regulation are driving adoption...
Illinois Passes 0.2% Tax on Every Bitcoin Transaction
Illinois Governor Pritzker signed SB 3019, taxing every Bitcoin transaction at 0.2% — even when you lose money. Self-custody is the...
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Called Bitcoin “Your New Gold” — Now He Runs the Fed
Kevin Warsh once said "if you're under 40, bitcoin is your new gold" on CNBC. Now he's Fed Chair after his...
T. Rowe Price Crypto ETF Approved: Wall Street’s Altcoin Basket
The SEC approved T. Rowe Price's TKNZ ETF — an actively managed basket of up to 15 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Dogecoin,...
Japan Slashes Bitcoin Tax From 55% to 20% — What It Means
Japan passed a bill cutting Bitcoin taxes from 55% to 20% and classifying crypto as financial instruments. Here's what this means...
Hungary Decriminalizes Bitcoin: End of the Orban-Era Crypto Ban
Hungary's new government scraps criminal penalties for Bitcoin trading, replacing Orban-era jail terms with EU-compliant MiCA licensing for crypto services.
Bitcoin De Minimis Tax Exemption Gains Steam in Congress
House Ways and Means Committee hears testimony on a de minimis tax exemption for small Bitcoin transactions — a move that...
Trump to Banks: Don’t Undermine Our Crypto Agenda
President Trump warned banks against blocking crypto legislation as Senator Lummis pushes the Clarity Act. The battle between Wall Street and...
Knaken Bankrupt: €7M Missing from Dutch Crypto Exchange
Dutch court declares Knaken Cryptohandel bankrupt with €7 million in customer funds missing. The separate safety foundation failed too. 30,000 users locked out.
FED CHAIR WARSH: No Bailouts for Crypto — You’re on Your Own With Bitcoin
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told Congress the Fed will not bail out failing crypto firms. The same Fed that rescued...