Bank of England Chief Pushes Back on Farage CBDC Claims Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has moved to quash speculation that a meeting with Nigel Farage influenced the central bank’s approach to central bank digital currencies. The report claims Bailey told reporters that the Bank’s policy decisions remain independent despite the discussion that touched…
Bitcoin Faces Fresh Assault at $60K Support Bitcoin is back under pressure at the $60,000 level as a perfect storm of macro shocks and corporate selling hits the market. Oil prices have spiked on Middle East supply fears, Japanese bond yields are flashing red flags for carry-trade unwind, and Strategy — the corporate treasury vehicle…
Coldcard Losses Near $114M as Small Bitcoin Transfers Spike The information provided includes only a headline and does not contain the underlying details needed to produce a factual news story. To write a clean, well-structured article that explains what happened, why it matters, and the broader context—without adding speculation or inventing facts—additional source content is…
Tokenized Stocks Explode 105% in a Month Trading in tokenized versions of traditional stocks has jumped from roughly $4.1 billion to $8.4 billion in just thirty days, the fastest monthly leap on record. The surge signals that both crypto-native platforms and legacy financial firms are pushing equity ownership onto blockchains at scale. The spike is…
Bitcoin Under Fire as Oil Spikes and Japan Wobbles Bitcoin is back under pressure at the $60,000 mark, with a cocktail of macro shocks and fresh selling from Strategy fueling the latest drop. Rising oil prices, renewed fears of a Japan-style economic contagion, and renewed selling from one of crypto’s largest corporate holders have combined…
KALSHI WINS ROUND TWO AS CFTC LOSES GRIP ON ELECTION BETS A federal appeals court has refused to block Kalshi’s election contracts, ruling that the CFTC cannot simply declare them off-limits without proving they violate the law. The decision keeps the contracts trading and hands a short-term win to prediction markets that have spent years…
Bitcoin Stalls at $62K as Oil Spikes and Fed Looms Bitcoin is stuck near $62,000 after crude prices jumped and traders cut risk ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next policy move. The stall follows weeks of steady gains that had lifted the coin toward the mid-$60,000s and briefly above $70,000 earlier this year. With Middle-East…
Court Orders Crypto Miner to Face Texas Lawsuit The Texas Eighth Court of Appeals just refused to let Envy Blockchain, its parent, and CEO Stephen Decani dodge a civil suit over land and water use at their West Texas mining facility. The ruling keeps the case alive in state court, where plaintiffs claim the operation…
Coinbase CEO Presses Senate to Pass CLARITY Act This Week Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is urging the U.S. Senate to pass the CLARITY Act this week, framing the vote as an important step toward clearer federal rules for digital assets. The request underscores a long-running tension in U.S. crypto policy: major industry participants have repeatedly…
Bitcoin Slides Toward $61K as Oil Spikes on Iran Tensions Bitcoin is sliding toward the critical $61,000 level as oil prices surge on the sudden collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire, with markets pricing in fresh supply disruption risks in the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes as traders rotate out of risk assets into energy…
Courts Hand CFTC New Power Over Kraft The Seventh Circuit just ordered a federal judge to let the Commodity Futures Trading Commission inspect Kraft’s internal emails and trading records in a five-year-old manipulation case. That single order hands the agency a weapon it has long sought: faster, broader access to a company’s private files without…
Court Revives 1989 SEC Case — Bilzerian Injunction Back in Play The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that a 2001 injunction against Paul Bilzerian and his associates remains fully enforceable, breathing new life into a decades-old SEC enforcement action. The decision signals that the Commission can still pursue contempt proceedings…
Supreme Court Green-Lights State Crypto Suits, SEC Authority Faces New Test The Supreme Court just handed states the power to drag crypto firms into local courts, even when federal securities claims are on the table. That single holding could flood exchanges and DeFi protocols with parallel lawsuits from attorneys general who smell political points and…
Tokenized Stocks Hit $8.4 Billion as Institutions Pile In Tokenized equity trading has exploded 105% in a single month, pushing the total value of these blockchain-based stock transfers to $8.4 billion. What began as an experiment in crypto circles is now drawing serious capital from both digital-native firms and legacy Wall Street players looking for…
Court Hands CFTC Fresh Power Over Crypto Contracts The Seventh Circuit just handed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission new muscle to police crypto derivatives, ruling that the agency can treat certain digital-asset agreements as “commodity contracts” even when the underlying token is not yet listed on any regulated exchange. The decision widens the CFTC’s reach…
Bank of England Governor Pushes Back on Farage CBDC Claims Andrew Bailey insists the Bank of England’s digital-pound work is still independent after a private meeting with Nigel Farage that touched on crypto policy. The denial comes at a critical moment for Britain’s CBDC plans, as politicians and regulators debate who will control the future…
Judge Blocks SEC’s Token Sweep, Crypto Wins Early Round Fifth Circuit just handed the SEC a stinging defeat in the agency’s campaign to treat nearly every digital asset as a security. In a terse, unsigned order, the appeals court halted the agency’s enforcement blitz against a major token issuer, signaling that regulators may have overreached…
Bitcoin, ether decline as Coldcard exploit enters a fifth day Bitcoin and ether traded lower as an exploit involving Coldcard hardware wallets entered its fifth day, keeping the market’s attention on security and custody risks. Coldcard is a popular hardware wallet used to store cryptocurrency private keys offline. Hardware wallets are generally considered a more…
India Crypto Traders Dodge Taxes at Scale India’s tax department just uncovered a stark gap between crypto trading volume and actual tax filings: fewer than one in four of the 645,000 wallets that moved coins in recent years bothered to declare the activity. The finding suggests a large slice of India’s crypto economy is still…
Regal Wins, Crypto Loses: New York Court Draws Hard Line on Commodities A New York appellate court just handed the SEC a quiet but potent precedent. In Regal Commodities v Tauber, the Second Department ruled that digital-asset trading agreements can be enforced under traditional commodities law—without needing new federal rules. That decision tightens the noose…
