Esper Warns Senate to Pass CLARITY Act for National Security
Mark Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, stresses the CLARITY Act would extend Patriot Act provisions to digital assets, modernizing the identification and special...
VALR’s Ehsani Warns Crypto Curbs Could Reduce Regulatory Oversight
VALR co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that South Africa’s proposed cross-border crypto regulations could severely harm the local digital asset sector, stifle innovation,...
Cyprus Targets On-Site Audits for Crypto Custodians
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission will launch on-site inspections and desk-based reviews of authorized crypto asset service providers starting in the second half...
France Pushes Bill to Share Crypto Tax Data With 48 Nations
A new bill, presented by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, would expand the exchange of cryptocurrency activity data with 48 nations...
Thune to File Motion to Force September Vote on CLARITY Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office has reportedly indicated that he intends to file for a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to...
Bybit Expands European Footprint With Austrian EMI License
Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has granted Bybit a license enabling it to build future payment features, including peer-to-peer transfers and card initiatives. Regulatory...
Paxos Completes OCC Charter Conversion, Bolstering Stablecoin Oversight
Rongchai Wang Aug 04, 2026 19:20 Paxos' OCC charter positions the firm as a federally supervised national trust bank, enhancing...
Nexo Says MiCAR Gives Clients a Clear Standard for Platform Trust
Nexo has restructured its operations in the European Economic Area to meet the European Union (EU)’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) standards by using...
Kenya Cuts Stablecoin Capital Rule 40% to $2.32M as Global Issuers Weigh Entry
Kenya’s National Treasury reduced the paid-up capital requirement for stablecoin issuers by 40% to approximately $2.32M to encourage entry into its rapidly growing crypto...
Anthropic CEO Rejects Open-Weight AI Ban Amid U.S.-China Tensions
Peter Zhang Jul 27, 2026 22:38 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei opposes a ban on open-weight AI models, highlighting risks tied...