Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
Germany’s federal cabinet plans to scrap the one-year Bitcoin holding period and tax private crypto gains at 26.375% regardless of duration.
India’s central bank keeps pushing for a crypto ban, while the tax authority flags billions in untaxed gains among 39 million investors.
An arbitrator awards Kraken parent Payward USD 22 million against Mazars, a consequence of the Operation Choke Point 2.0 banking campaign.
Most crypto cards hide who issues them. After mapping the licensed issuers, here is why Switzerland’s self-issuing model reads differently.
Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is stuck in a turf war between the Treasury and Commerce departments, while its legal basis is missing.
Seven Swiss crypto service providers hold a MiCA CASP authorization. AMINA was the world’s first; three followed via Liechtenstein.
The Mastercard BVNK acquisition, worth up to $1.8 billion, expands the card network’s stablecoin infrastructure for B2B payments.
S&P and Pantera launch the S&P Pantera Index, a crypto benchmark of 18 constituents that excludes Bitcoin for lack of protocol revenue.
The Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report puts illicit activity below 1% of on-chain volume, countering the myth of Bitcoin as a criminal currency.
