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Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after more than 50 years of leadership, officially completing the company’s succession plan. Berkshire announced that the 96-year-old Buffett will...

The Federal Reserve’s Treasury bill schedule has stirred optimism among crypto traders, although the operations remain routine reinvestments rather than a new monetary easing program. Under the schedule, the Fed...

In a joint operation, authorities in the UAE, in coordination with Swedish officials, arrested a Swedish national suspected of running an international money-laundering network. The move coincided with the arrest...

The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25% on Friday, reaching its highest level in roughly 31 years. The BOJ rate hike passed by...

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) is pushing crypto deeper into traditional banking through a new partnership with Stablecore that enables thousands of community and regional banks and credit unions to...

The New York Stock Exchange is developing an alternative trading system (ATS) for 24/7 onchain trading, with Avalanche emerging as a potential infrastructure partner. The proposed venue would allow investors...

Binance’s effort to secure an EU-wide crypto license through Greece was blocked after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reportedly intervened, despite indications that approval was near. According to sources,...

Republican US Senator Josh Hawley was among those who voted against the CLARITY Act, which failed to pass into law on September 15. The Senator representing Missouri said he voted...

President Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal but isn’t “ready,” framing the standoff as a choice between diplomacy and a military response, as Iran keeps the Strait of Hormuz...

Bitget celebrated its eighth anniversary, with Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng highlighting the company’s transparency, security, and regulatory compliance. Ng said Bitget has grown from a crypto derivatives exchange into...

World, the identity project led by Sam Altman, has launched World Money, a financial app built around stablecoins and digital assets. World Money is a self-custody wallet designed to bring...

Bitget has expanded its Proof of Reserves (PoR) system from four cryptocurrencies to more than 19 major assets, broadening reserve coverage and allowing greater transparency into the assets backing user...

Bitcoin records every transaction on a public ledger, but that data does not produce one fixed measure of economic activity. A September 2026 BIS working paper found Bitcoin transfer-value estimates...

The crypto market is facing increased uncertainty as two central banks have raised interest rates. The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan have made changes to their monetary...

The European Central Bank is bringing its digital euro work closer to a real checkout test. The Eurosystem has opened applications for online and mobile merchants to join its planned...

The global crypto market cap rose 1.2% to $2.73 trillion over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin traded at $77,488.22, up 1.4% on the day but roughly flat on the week...

Veteran investor Kevin O’Leary expects Congress to revisit the CLARITY Act next year after the Senate blocked the bill from advancing this week. Speaking at the Avalanche Summit in New...

Binance will temporarily pause deposits and withdrawals across its platform on September 22 during a scheduled wallet infrastructure upgrade. The exchange plans to begin the maintenance at 06:00 UTC. Binance...

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned BitBank and several people linked to Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, accusing them of helping operate a cryptocurrency network used to evade sanctions. The Office...

WisdomTree and MoonPay are joining forces to broaden U.S. investor access to tokenized Treasury funds through MoonPay’s digital asset network. The partnership centers on WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund...

U.S. derivatives regulators moved to reduce a registration hurdle for software providers connecting users with regulated markets. The CFTC’s Market Participants Division issued a no-action position Thursday for passive software...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced temporary relief allowing eligible venues to trade tokenized U.S. stocks onchain. The move creates a regulatory pathway for Tokenized Securities Venues, or TSVs,...

World has begun rolling out World Money in more than 150 countries. The service supports payments, stablecoins and investing, while allowing users to manage funds, transfer assets and track their...

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has attributed the CLARITY Act’s failure to Washington’s attempt to regulate the entire digital asset ecosystem at once, rather than taking a modular, category-specific approach. In...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is ramping up its crackdown on illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading, targeting three London locations suspected of running unregistered crypto exchange businesses. Working alongside...