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The UK government has reversed its plans to mandate digital identity (digital ID) documents for workers. This notable policy reversal comes after a public petition against the plan gained almost...

BNB Chain has successfully activated its Fermi hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet, a big upgrade that reduces block times from 0.75 seconds to about 0.45 seconds...

Visa and BVNK have announced a new partnership that will see BVNK provide stablecoin infrastructure for pilot programs on Visa Direct, Visa’s global money movement network with an annualized volume...

Pakistan has signed an agreement with a firm linked to World Liberty Financial to explore the use of its USD1 stablecoin for cross-border payments, according to a source involved in...

Ripple has received preliminary authorization for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s financial regulator, marking a further step in the company’s European regulatory expansion. The approval was issued...

Global markets, including crypto, face a volatile 24-hour period driven by major U.S. events. The Supreme Court is set to rule on Trump-era tariffs, followed by speeches from Fed officials....

Privacy coins have been on an impressive run, with the top echelon of the digital asset category returning significant profit since the beginning of the year. Data from CoinGecko reveals...

As Congress prepares for a big committee vote on crypto regulation, Elizabeth Warren is drawing a hard line. The Massachusetts senator is urging the Office of the Comptroller of the...

Russia is on the verge of adopting cryptocurrency into its mainstream financial sector.  According to reports, Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, stated that a...

What started as a routine question quickly turned into a heated exchange. During a recent interview, Michael Saylor pushed back against skepticism around the growing number of companies adopting Bitcoin...

Crypto markets rose on Wednesday as Bitcoin climbed above $96,000, reaching a two-month high. The rally followed easing U.S. inflation data, regulatory developments, and shifting global risk sentiment. Altcoins outperformed...

For years, the U.S. crypto industry has lived in a gray zone. Companies built, investors traded, and regulators argued, often without clear rules. Now, lawmakers say they are ready to...

Galaxy Digital Research has issued an alert regarding proposed Senate cryptocurrency legislation, characterizing Treasury Department surveillance provisions as comparable to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Alex Thorn, head of...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has rescheduled its markup for crypto market structure legislation, setting a new timeline that includes the release of bill text and...

DZ Bank has officially entered the crypto industry. The second largest bank in Germany, with more than €660 billion in assets under management (AUM), will begin to offer crypto-related services...

CoinGecko is exploring a sale at a valuation close to $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The process began in late 2025. Investment bank Moelis has been...

Pro-crypto U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, says the bipartisan text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is ready for markup this coming Thursday.  Upgrading the U.S. Financial Markets...

The newly published Senate Banking draft of market structure has classified network tokens as commodities. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which currently has bipartisan support, intends to classify network...

PancakeSwap community members are discussing a proposal to cut CAKE’s maximum supply from 450 million to 400 million tokens. The change would permanently remove 50 million CAKE from the protocol’s...

Iran’s currency, the rial, is under heavy pressure again, trading near 1.45 million per U.S. dollar in early January 2026. While it hasn’t officially collapsed, many Iranians say it has...

Claims that BlackRock embraced Ripple’s RLUSD sparked debate across crypto social media. The discussion followed a post citing a screenshot of a private Ripple document. Public disclosures now provide a...

Ukraine has officially limited access to the Polymarket website. The National Commission for State Regulation in the Field of Electronic Communications (NCEC) issued the order under Resolution No. 695. The...

A mix of political tension and regulatory movement in the United States is reshaping how markets view Bitcoin, not through sudden price jumps, but through quieter structural changes. Fed Pressure...

A new discussion is growing on X around an old idea. Some users are pointing out that the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has supported tokenized gold for years. The surprising part...

South Korea’s digital asset exchanges are objecting to a government plan that would cap major shareholders’ stakes at 15–20%, arguing that forced changes to ownership structures could change decision-making and...