7+ hour, 42+ min ago   (295+ words) Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, stressed that high stock prices and upcoming interest rate hikes suggest bitcoin’s price may retrace meaningfully to $10,000, serving as a leading indicator of a risk-asset drawdown. While the cryptocurrency market enjoyed one…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (232+ words) Stablecoin licenses carry different reserve and oversight requirements, Ripple emphasized as it outlined RLUSD’s regulatory structure. The company also distinguished its conditional federal bank approval from a completed charter and clarified the scope of derivatives collateral rules. Protections for stablecoin…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (475+ words) U.S. crypto regulation is becoming clearer even as the CLARITY Act faces an uncertain path through Congress, according to Grayscale. Stablecoin legislation and agency initiatives are advancing, though several changes remain proposals rather than final rules. “CLARITY is no longer the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (332+ words) Banca d’Italia has issued a communication to payment service providers and crypto asset service providers (CASPs), reinforcing the need for continued screening of financial transactions using travel rule-related procedures, stressing that there are no minimum amounts for these checks. The…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (610+ words) Nasdaq Ventures has agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as the companies deepen a partnership designed to move traditional stocks onto blockchain networks and build markets that can operate beyond conventional trading hours. The investment, announced Sept. 10, adds…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (242+ words) On Wednesday, Consensys Software Inc. announced plans to split into two independent companies, with consumer wallet platform Metamask breaking away from Consensys, which will remain focused on protocols and institutional infrastructure. Consensys Executive Chairman Joe Lubin said the company spent…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (677+ words) Illinois’ 0.2% digital asset tax could cost crypto firms millions and expose them to felony charges for compliance errors, two trade groups warn. They want enforcement blocked before the Jan. 1, 2027 launch produces irreversible costs and customer losses. Illinois crypto users could…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (669+ words) The artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic is still private, but crypto traders are assigning the Claude maker an implied valuation of about $2.12 trillion through synthetic perpetual contracts that do not represent company shares. The juggernaut OpenAI has witnessed its synthetic…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (515+ words) Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume has climbed above a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15-fold from a year ago. The growth is forcing card issuers, lenders and banks to rethink how they finance settlement in an always-on crypto market....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (484+ words) Circle is acquiring Tazapay in a $400 million all-stock deal that would bring more than $25 billion in annual payment volume into its orbit. With 60% of Tazapay’s transactions already involving stablecoins, the acquisition could materially expand USDC’s reach across Asia, Africa and…...