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Since the MiCA transition period ended on July 1, phishing scams have impersonated ESMA or AMF and demanded crypto transfers to fake sites.

Wintermute’s US unit registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer, and the license opens crypto ETF settlement to the market maker.

The Senate has scheduled no cloture vote on the Clarity Act before the summer recess. Ethics and money laundering concerns remain unresolved.

Robinhood’s FCA registration gives its British subsidiary a head start on the new UK crypto licensing regime taking effect in autumn 2027.

The 21st EU sanctions package against Russia bars EU citizens from all transactions with HTX and 17 further crypto service providers.

The 21st EU sanctions package hits Russia and can now block the crypto services of entire third countries for the first time.

Kazakhstan’s crypto tax exemption by presidential decree makes all trading income on licensed, regulated platforms completely tax-free.

Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.

Trump agrees to ethics clause in the Clarity Act: It prohibits public officials from issuing crypto and assigns enforcement to the DOJ.

Digital asset security faces a new gap: crypto losses topped USD 4.70 billion in 2025, up 63%, as fraud follows multi-asset users.

Falling qubit estimates bring the quantum computer threat to Bitcoin closer and spark a debate over freezing Satoshi’s coins.

olvo Group is testing a cryptocurrency on a closed blockchain network to settle payments with its material and transport suppliers.

Trump meets Republican senators to resolve the Clarity Act ethics clause, the last hurdle before a possible Senate vote on the crypto bill.

An arbitrator dismissed Heka Funds’ USD 49 million claim against Circle, ending the Tether-linked fund’s dispute over its 2023 suspension.

A field hearing in New York aims to push the CLARITY Act through the US Senate before the summer recess. Here is what is at stake.

The DOJ dropped its USD 722 million BitClub Ponzi case against Goettsche just before trial, after two Trump-linked lawyers intervened.