Court Sides With Coinbase, Slaps Down SEC Overreach The Third Circuit just handed Coinbase a major win by vacating the SEC’s refusal to consider its petition for crypto rulemaking, ruling that the agency cannot simply ignore a formal request to clarify how existing securities laws apply to digital assets. The decision forces the Commission to…
Court Revives Bilzerian Ban, Signals Wider Net for Repeat Crypto Players The D.C. district court has reaffirmed a 2001 permanent injunction against serial violator Paul Bilzerian, blocking him and his circle from ever launching new securities offerings or acting as investment advisers. The ruling matters because it shows the SEC can weaponize old decrees to…
Court Hands SEC Major Blow in Ripple Fight Fifth Circuit just reversed a lower-court win for the SEC and declared most XRP sales to retail investors were not securities offerings. The ruling slashes the agency’s ability to treat tokens like unregistered stocks and hands crypto a rare, tangible legal victory. The case started when the…
Binance’s bitcoin mining pool finds just one block in a week as shutdown nears Binance’s bitcoin mining pool has nearly vanished from the network’s block-production rankings ahead of its planned shutdown on Nov. 10, 2026, at 07:00 UTC. According to data from blockchain analytics platform mempool.space, Binance Pool produced just one Bitcoin block over the…
Bitcoin traded near $74,000 on Monday after recovering from an overnight low of $73,761, a level just above its 200-day moving average of $73,151. The move came as reports involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang added pressure to AI-linked stocks and renewed attention on crypto’s connection to wider risk markets. CoinDesk reported that bitcoin was more…
Supreme Court Narrows SEC Reach Over Digital Asset Sales In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court has tightened the SEC’s ability to classify token sales as securities offerings, holding that a “reasonable investor” test must include marketing statements, not just economic realities. The decision immediately weakens the agency’s enforcement posture against several high-profile token issuers…
The Ethereum Foundation has introduced a public-infrastructure initiative that frames open blockchain networks as tools for digital identity, institutional coordination and privacy-conscious public services. Its initial materials highlight Bhutan’s National Digital Identity system as a live example and describe a separate humanitarian aid coordination proof of concept as exploratory work. The initiative shifts attention away…
Court Knocks CFTC Authority Over Crypto Trading Platforms A divided D.C. Circuit just clipped the CFTC’s wings, ruling that the agency overstepped when it tried to treat a crypto futures platform as a traditional futures exchange. The decision hands Trevor Kitchen, a crypto entrepreneur, a major victory and signals that regulators cannot simply stretch old…
President Donald Trump confirmed that he is a co-owner of World Liberty Financial while saying he knows “nothing about it” when questioned about investors tied to the United Arab Emirates. He defended his decision not to divest from the crypto venture, saying his sons run the business. The comments renewed attention on the ownership structure…
Crypto Card Provider Gnosis Pay Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data Crypto debit card provider Gnosis Pay has disclosed a data breach involving its consumer-facing, branded card program, saying attackers gained unauthorized access to customer information stored on a legacy system supporting those cards. The company said customer funds were not affected and emphasized that its…
SEC Loses on In Rem Crypto Seizure — Judge Says “Show Us the Crime” U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper has dismissed the government’s attempt to forfeit roughly 40,353 USDT.ETH tied to an alleged Nigerian scammer who posed as the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. The ruling marks the first time a federal court has rejected a…
XRP fell to about $1.08 on Monday, reaching its weakest level since August after a broader crypto market sell-off. Bitcoin.com News reported that the move brought the $1.00 threshold into sharper focus, with a Polymarket contract assigning a 49% chance that XRP touches that level before November ends. The decline followed a move below $1.10…
Tether and Fasanara Target $3 Billion Credit Expansion Tether and Fasanara Capital are launching a $400 million evergreen private credit fund aimed at expanding asset-backed lending through fintech platforms in more than 60 countries. The move puts USDT infrastructure at the center of a push to connect digital-dollar liquidity with real-world credit demand. The fund…
Trade Groups Move to Block Illinois Crypto Tax Crypto industry groups are escalating their fight against Illinois’ planned 0.2% tax on digital asset transactions. The groups argue the levy is unconstitutional and would create costly compliance demands before its January effective date. The challenge follows an earlier lawsuit from the Crypto Council for Innovation and…
Crypto markets showed broad weakness on Monday, with only five of the 100 largest cryptocurrencies by market value gaining 1% or more over the preceding 24 hours, CoinDesk reported. The move came as attention returned to pressure in technology shares and a volatile derivatives market, where Biggo reported more than $1 billion in crypto futures…
TRM Labs Doubles Valuation as Crypto Intelligence Demand Surges Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has reportedly doubled its valuation to $2 billion in a Series C expansion. The company says its annual recurring revenue has quadrupled over the past three years, signaling that demand for crypto investigations and compliance tools is moving sharply higher. The…
Live updates: Bitcoin flatlines under $76,000 as stock bounce loses steam into the close Bitcoin traded below $76,000 on November 5, 2026, as a sell-off in U.S. technology stocks spilled into crypto markets and a modest late-day rebound in equities faded into the close. The move reversed part of the prior session’s post-election rally that…
Court Blocks Crypto Firm’s Bid to Sidestep Texas Jury In a terse, one-page order issued Wednesday, the Eighth Court of Appeals in El Paso denied a writ of mandamus sought by Envy Blockchain, Inc., NV Landco 1 LLC, and Stephen Decani, effectively forcing the trio back into a Texas state-court jury trial rather than letting…
COURT SLAPS COINBASE, HANDS SEC MORE POWER The Third Circuit just backed the SEC’s refusal to write new crypto rules, giving the agency a stronger hand against exchanges and leaving Coinbase with fewer legal weapons to force regulatory change. Coinbase filed a petition asking the appeals court to force the SEC to respond to the…
Stablecoins Go Mainstream as Samsung Wallet Adds USDC on Solana Samsung has rolled out stablecoin accounts inside Samsung Wallet for eligible Galaxy users in the United States, enabling them to buy, hold, send, and receive Circle’s USDC on the Solana blockchain. The feature went live Thursday, giving users access without needing to download a separate…
