Regulations

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The federal government is preparing to redraw the boundaries of America's retirement accounts.The US Department of Labor has proposed a new rule clarifying how 401(k) fiduciaries (the employer committees…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Circle's biggest selling point may be becoming its biggest liability. On-chain investigator ZachXBT's “Circle Files” allege that the USDC issuer has inconsistently applied its freeze powers.Circle was too…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Washington is in a generous mood with its banks. In March, federal regulators unveiled a sweeping overhaul of capital requirements (the financial cushions that banks must hold to absorb losses in hard…

Washington has escalated its fight with states over prediction markets, launching lawsuits that could decide whether these platforms operate as national financial products or state-regulated gambling. The outcome will determine if sports…

On Apr. 2, Coinbase received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust charter.Coinbase joined a cluster of at least eight firms that the OCC has moved toward federal trust-charter status…

A new sovereign-reserve argument is gaining traction: an asset does not truly function as a reserve if it cannot be accessed during a crisis. That shift is pushing Bitcoin into policy debate not as a growth bet, but as a hedge against…

The CLARITY Act entered Washington as a bid to impose a durable market structure on crypto. It now sits at the center of a four-way fight over who gets to define that structure, who gets paid inside it, who supervises it, and how much of…

Treasury's first proposed GENIUS rule landed on April 1 as a notice of proposed rulemaking.The text inside it builds the operational architecture for US stablecoin governance, addressing which institutions may issue payment stablecoins,…

Paolo Ardoino said that Tether wanted to allocate 10% to 15% of its $20 billion proprietary investment portfolio to physical gold. Two days later, Tether reported more than $10 billion in profit for 2025 and $6.3 billion in excess…

America holds roughly 38% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the specialized hardware powering that position comes overwhelmingly from Chinese manufacturers.Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act on…