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The CFTC has ordered George Santos to pay $35,000 over manipulative trading on a prediction market, spotlighting regulatory gaps in decentralized platforms.…
A Bank of Italy study finds stablecoins offer no consistent cost advantage for remittances, with fiat conversion and infrastructure — not blockchain fees — driving most costs.…
Tether posted $1.5B in Q2 2026 earnings, yet excess reserves backing USDT fell from $8.23B to $4.11B — raising structural questions about the world's largest stablecoin.…
Tether earned $1.5B in Q2 2026, growing its reserve surplus to $4.11B as US Treasury holdings continued to underwrite the world's dominant stablecoin.…
Tether's latest attestation reveals $1.5B in Q2 profit, growing USDT supply, and gold reserves surpassing 146 metric tons, reinforcing its dominance in the stablecoin market.…
The New York Fed asked US banks to check the EUR/JPY rate, signaling potential American involvement in efforts to stabilize a weakening Japanese yen.…
Citigroup has hired Andrea Gacki, the US Treasury's anti-money laundering chief, as its new global head of sanctions — a move that signals how seriously major banks are treating compliance infrastructure.…
BitMEX, once the dominant force in crypto derivatives, has shut down after 11 years, felled by mounting regulatory pressure and fierce market competition.…
Coinbase's Q2 filings reveal a striking paradox: Base hit record transaction volume with stablecoin activity up 7x year-over-year, yet sequencer revenue declined.…
Distribution agents have begun releasing funds in FTX's fifth creditor payout round, with ex-users reporting receipts from the $900M tranche tied to 2022 losses.…
The Clarity Act reportedly commands enough votes to advance, but the Senate's unpredictable dynamics threaten to stall landmark digital-asset legislation once again.…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent invoked Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto to pressure Senate Democrats into an immediate vote on the Clarity Act crypto regulation bill.…