India’s Crypto Tax Gap Raises Red Flags for Traders India’s tax authorities just confirmed what many suspected: most crypto traders aren’t declaring their activity. Out of 645,000 people who executed crypto trades, fewer than one in four actually reported those transactions on their returns. The gap is massive, and it points to either widespread ignorance…
Grayscale Wins, SEC Loses in Historic Bitcoin ETF Ruling The D.C. Circuit just handed the SEC a rare and stinging defeat. In a unanimous ruling, the court vacated the agency’s rejection of Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF, declaring the decision “arbitrary and capricious.” For the first time in years, a federal appeals court has told the…
COURT GREENLIGHTS CFTC CRACKDOWN ON CRYPTO PROMOTER In a terse but sweeping opinion, the Seventh Circuit has given the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a green light to pursue James Donelson, a serial crypto promoter, for unregistered trading and solicitation. The decision matters because it confirms the agency’s reach over unregistered dealers who hawk digital assets…
Court Slaps Coinbase, Green-Lights SEC Crackdown Coinbase just lost its bid to stop the SEC from moving ahead with enforcement over crypto staking and trading services. The Third Circuit refused to block the agency, leaving Coinbase exposed to charges that could reshape how exchanges operate and whether staking counts as an investment contract. The fight…
Tokenized Stocks Explode as Wall Street Moves In Tokenized equity trading volume just hit $8.4 billion in a single month — a 105% jump that signals the first real bridge between traditional stock markets and on-chain liquidity. What started as experimental pilots from a handful of crypto firms has now pulled in major banks and…
EU Eyes MiCA 2.0 After U.S. Stablecoin Law Brussels is quietly preparing to reopen the Markets in Crypto-Assets rulebook. Officials want to close gaps that let non-EU stablecoin issuers sell into the bloc without full oversight, especially after Washington passed its own stablecoin legislation. The move signals that Europe’s first-mover advantage on crypto rules is…
How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices The information provided does not include the underlying details needed to write a factual news story. Beyond the headline and the stated loss amount, there are no specifics describing who was affected, when it happened, how the attack worked, what…
Stablecoins Settle Over $1.1 Trillion in TradFi Perpetual Trades Binance Research just dropped data showing that stablecoin-settled traditional finance perpetual trading has exploded past $1.1 trillion in volume. The report frames stablecoins not just as trading chips, but as the actual plumbing connecting tokenized stocks, bonds, and derivatives to real capital markets. This is not…
Bitcoin Tests $61K as Oil Spikes on Iran Tensions Bitcoin is sliding toward the $61,000 level after oil prices jumped on the sudden breakdown of a US-Iran ceasefire and fresh threats of a Hormuz blockade. The move comes as traders watch whether geopolitical risk will push risk assets lower or spark a flight into digital…
India Finds Just 25% of Crypto Traders Paid Taxes India’s income tax department has uncovered a massive gap between crypto trading activity and actual tax filings, with fewer than one in four traders reporting their transactions. Out of 645,000 users flagged for crypto activity, only around 160,000 filed returns showing their gains or losses. The…
Michael Saylor Rejects Report of New Strategy Bitcoin Sale Approval Michael Saylor has pushed back against a report claiming that Strategy had approved a new sale of its Bitcoin holdings. The denial addresses a sensitive topic for the company and its investors. Strategy is closely associated with Bitcoin because it has accumulated a large position…
Bull Bitcoin Sues France Over New Crypto Surveillance Rules Non-custodial Bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin has filed a lawsuit in French court seeking to overturn a decree that implements the EU’s DAC8 tax reporting rules. The exchange claims the regulation would force exchanges to collect and share customer data in ways that expose up to 135…
Tokenized Stocks Explode 105 Percent in One Month Trading in tokenized equities just rocketed past $8.4 billion, up 105 percent in a single month, as both crypto exchanges and Wall Street firms race to turn real shares into 24/7 digital assets. What started as a niche experiment now looks like the first serious bridge between…
Stablecoins Settle Over $1 Trillion in TradFi Trades Binance Research just dropped fresh numbers showing that stablecoin-settled perpetual trading of tokenized traditional assets has already cleared $1.1 trillion in volume. That figure alone signals that stablecoins have moved beyond crypto-native use cases and are now anchoring real-world finance infrastructure. The report highlights that traders are…
U.S. sanctions Iran-linked bitcoin insurance scheme for Strait of Hormuz ships The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iran-linked scheme that allegedly used bitcoin as part of an insurance arrangement connected to ships operating around the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically critical maritime chokepoint for global energy shipments. According to the information provided, U.S….
EU Eyes MiCA Overhaul as U.S. Stablecoin Law Looms European regulators are preparing to revisit the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, signaling that the first version of MiCA may already be outdated. The move comes as Washington advances its own stablecoin legislation, raising the stakes in a global race to define how digital money is governed….
Tokenized Stocks Hit $8.4 Billion as Banks Pile In Trading volume in tokenized equities just doubled in a single month, reaching $8.4 billion, according to new industry figures. The surge shows crypto exchanges and traditional banks are both racing to turn real-world stocks into blockchain tokens, and investors are finally showing up in size. What…
EU Mulls MiCA 2.0 to Counter US Stablecoin Push Brussels is preparing to expand its flagship crypto rulebook, MiCA, to reach stablecoin issuers headquartered outside the European Union. The move is a direct response to Washington’s new stablecoin legislation and fresh rules on tokenized deposits and payments. The proposed changes, informally called “MiCA 2.0,” would…
Ethereum Turns 11 With $148B Stablecoin Base But Cooler Mainnet Fees Ethereum has marked its 11th anniversary with a stablecoin market that now totals $148 billion on the network, alongside signs that mainnet transaction fees have cooled compared with earlier periods. The milestone highlights how Ethereum’s role has evolved since launch: beyond powering decentralized applications,…
Bitcoin Slides as Oil Spikes on Iran Ceasefire Collapse Bitcoin is once again feeling the heat from geopolitics, with the price sliding toward the $61,000 line as oil surged on fresh Middle East tension. The trigger: a sudden breakdown in the US-Iran ceasefire, reviving fears of a Hormuz blockade and sending crude to $75 a…
