Regulations

BlackRock’s global head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, believes the institutional adoption of crypto exchange-traded funds is still in its early stages.During a Sept. 25 interview with the Crypto Prime podcast, Mitchnick stated that…

The Senate Finance Committee said Sept. 24 that it will hold a hearing next week on how digital assets should be taxed as industry leaders continue to push for clear federal rules.Committee Chairman Mike Crapo announced that the session,…

Democratic Senators called for investigations into potential ethics violations by Trump administration officials related to World Liberty Financial and its $2 billion in funding from the UAE.In a Sept. 23 letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren…

GSR submitted filings for five crypto-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 24, tracking the performance of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies and Ethereum (ETH) staking.The Digital…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman Caroline Pham announced on Sept. 23 that the agency will launch an initiative to enable tokenized collateral in derivatives markets, including stablecoins.The announcement builds…

MetaMask’s mUSD, the European Union’s digital euro initiative, and Hong Kong’s offshore yuan token AxCNH set up a three-way contest for on-chain payments.The prize is not trading volume or speculative flows, it is the share of real-world…

Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal and Base founder Jesse Pollak argued that Layer-2 (L2) sequencers constitute infrastructure rather than exchanges.Their statements contradict the current regulatory stance, considering SEC…

Nine House Financial Services Committee members sent a letter to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Sept. 22, urging swift implementation of President Donald Trump’s Aug. 7 executive order enabling cryptocurrency investments in 401(k) retirement…

The UK and US have launched a joint regulatory task force for digital assets on Sept. 22, called the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future.The task force will report within 180 days to both finance ministries through the UK-US…

The following is a guest post and opinion from Jill Ford, Founder of Bitford Digital.The DOJ’s seizure of roughly $1 million tied to BlackSuit ransomware is more than just a win against cybercrime. It’s a sign that crypto is maturing under…