GENIUS Act: US Tightens Stablecoins with AML Rules and Freeze Power

SEC Drops Futility Fight in Kraft CFTC Showdown The Seventh Circuit just slammed the door on the CFTC’s desperate bid to force Kraft Foods and Mondelēz to cough up emails in a long-dead yogurt futures probe, ruling the agency wasted years chasing ghosts. This mandamus denial guts bureaucratic overreach, signaling courts won’t let regulators harass…

BlackRock ends 2025 with roughly 771,000 BTC in its spot ETF as Larry Fink outlines conditions for $700,000 bitcoin BlackRock closed out 2025 with its spot bitcoin ETF holding roughly 771,000 BTC, underscoring how quickly institutional vehicles have become a major conduit for bitcoin exposure. The accumulation coincides with comments from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink,…

BlackRock, Janus Henderson tokenized funds get instant redemptions with new $1 billion facility BlackRock and Janus Henderson tokenized funds will be able to offer instant redemptions through a new $1 billion facility, according to the information provided. The change is aimed at improving how quickly investors can exit or redeem their holdings in tokenized fund…

Bitcoin Has Years to Prepare for Quantum Risk Bernstein analysts have downplayed fears that quantum computing will suddenly break Bitcoin, arguing the network still has three to five years before meaningful threats emerge. The real danger sits in old wallets holding exposed public keys rather than any systemic flaw in the protocol itself. Markets reacted…

Japan moves to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products Japan is moving to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, a shift that would place digital assets more squarely within the country’s established financial regulatory framework. The change matters because legal classification typically determines which rules apply to an asset class, how it can be marketed, and what…

COURT SLAPS CFTC ON WRIST, TRADERS BREATHE EASIER The Seventh Circuit just told the CFTC it cannot stretch its reach by re-labeling old disputes as new enforcement actions. In Conway Family Trust v. CFTC, the court vacated a $1.2 million penalty and a lifetime trading ban, ruling the agency waited too long and tried to…