Senator Warren accuses the OCC of granting illegal trust bank charters to nine crypto firms, including Coinbase and Ripple.
Author: Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Since 2018, the editorial team at Crypto Valley Journal has been reporting from Zug - the heart of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley - on Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and regulatory developments in digital assets. Behind the publication’s collective editorial voice is a team of writers with backgrounds in financial markets, law, and technology.
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The Bank of England weighs alternatives to BoE stablecoin holding limits for sterling. Industry criticism meets conservative reserve rules.
PostFinance opens its crypto offering with 22 coins to Swiss corporate clients. Custody runs via Sygnum, execution only, starting in May 2026.
SEC plans Innovation Exemption for tokenized stocks in May 2026. DTCC pilot launches July, NYSE rules already active.
SpaceX Pre-IPO perpetual on Hyperliquid implies valuation above USD 2 trillion, four weeks before the planned Nasdaq listing on 12 June.
Goldman Sachs liquidates all XRP and SOL ETF positions in Q1 2026, cuts ETH by roughly 70%, and opens a new HYPE treasury stake in PURR.
Bitcoin Depot bankruptcy: Chapter 11 filing shuts down 9,000 crypto ATMs as regulatory pressure forces the Nasdaq-listed operator into wind-down.
Bitcoin falls below 77,000 USD after Trump’s Iran warning. Around 660 million USD in liquidations and ETF outflows weigh on the crypto market.
CME and ICE press CFTC and Congress to put Hyperliquid under oversight. At stake: 700 million USD in daily oil perpetual volume.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Poland’s Sejm debates four MiCA bills while the Zondacrypto case puts Zug-based Divisio Holding AG at the center of a criminal probe.
The Clarity Act passes the US Senate Banking Committee 15-9. Ethics questions over the Trump family crypto businesses threaten passage.
The crypto market has recovered noticeably in recent weeks. On a year to date basis, however, the picture remains more selective. Bitcoin is still trading around 9% lower, while Ethereum remains under even greater pressure with losses of roughly 24%. The rebound points to a stabilization in risk appetite, but not yet to a broad based new bull market. This marks a key difference from the previous market phase. Capital is no longer flowing evenly back into the broader crypto sector. Instead, it is concentrating in the segments that are deepest in liquidity, most accessible to institutions, and most established…
Charles Schwab launches Schwab Crypto: spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum with a 75 basis point fee and Paxos as sub-custodian.
Circle secures USD 222 million for Arc blockchain: a16z leads the round, BlackRock and Apollo invest. FDV: USD 3 billion.
Descartes Finance is the first Swiss asset manager to systematically integrate Bitcoin into pillar 3a and vested benefits portfolios.
Most crypto cards hide who issues them. After mapping the licensed issuers, here is why Switzerland’s self-issuing model reads differently.
18 percent hold crypto assets in Switzerland, an IFZ and LUKB study shows. Banks see potential for up to 1 million advisory clients.
