Regulations

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins told the agency’s fifth cryptocurrency roundtable on June 9 that the ability to hold crypto without an intermediary belongs at the core of US law.Atkins opened the “DeFi and…

A new House bill introduced Friday would lock in President Trump’s unprecedented executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, signaling the GOP’s deepening embrace of digital assets as fiscal and geopolitical leverage tools.The…

OpenSea’s rollout of its OS2 platform has driven its highest user growth in over two years, suggesting that the long-dormant NFT market may be flickering back to life.Monthly active users on OpenSea jumped to roughly 467,000 in May, marking…

US Senator Cynthia Lummis said the confirmation of Michelle “Miki” Bowman as Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve marks a critical shift in the regulatory approach toward digital assets.According to Lummis, the appointment is a…

VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital requested on June 5 that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reinstate the queue-based review system that awards exchange-traded product approvals in the order issuers filed. In a joint…

Trump Media & Technology Group has filed a Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, registering 85 million securities related to its previously closed $2.44 billion Bitcoin treasury deal.The filing also includes a…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed lifting its longstanding ban on crypto exchange-traded notes for retail investors, opening the door for broader access to regulated crypto exposure through public investment exchanges.The…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged US lawmakers to write transparency rules for artificial intelligence companies instead of granting a decade-long freeze on state regulation proposed in President Donald Trump’s technology bill.In a June 5…

Hong Kong’s push to legalize crypto derivatives is gaining political momentum, with reports that senior officials see the next wave of virtual asset reforms unlocking Bitcoin futures and options trading for professional investors. The goal…

Upcoming exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that integrate staking yields stand to benefit significantly as US lawmakers and regulators clarify the legal status of on-chain rewards, according to a June 3 report.The report noted points to two…