Illinois becomes the first US state to introduce a 0.2% Illinois crypto tax on digital asset transfers, taking effect in January 2027.
SEC and CFTC publish a joint token taxonomy. Most crypto assets are classified as non-securities under the new guidance.
The Clarity Act is stuck in the US Senate as a dispute over stablecoin interest blocks the most important crypto law in US history.
Strategy STRC pays an 11.5% yield and uses it to finance Bitcoin purchases – the comparison with Terra-Luna reveals surface-level parallels.
Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licenses to HSBC and Standard Chartered: HKMA selects only 3-4 issuers from 36 applicants.
A DeFi user lost around $50 million in a collateral swap on Aave: the largest DeFi user error of all time in detail.
Ripple launches a $750 million share buyback at a $50 billion valuation. Employees and investors gain liquidity.
Meta is building the prediction market app Arena under Zuckerberg as an attack on Polymarket and Kalshi, initially without real money.
BlackRock files its fourth S-1 amendment for the Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA). Analysts expect a launch ahead of Goldman Sachs.
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