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MoonPay Acquires SEC-Registered North Capital for $60M
MoonPay announced an all-stock acquisition of North Capital, an SEC-registered broker-dealer, for $60 million. The deal gives the crypto payments company direct access to regulated trading infrastructure and positions it to serve institutional clients moving between traditional securities and...
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Visa Research: Stablecoin Adoption Intent Jumps 20 Points With Bank Protections
Visa's latest research quantifies the impact of regulatory clarity on stablecoin adoption. When paired with bank-level consumer protections, U.S. adoption intent jumps from 36% to 56%, a 20-percentage-point gain that suggests trust, not product design, is the primary barrier to mainstream use.
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
CFTC Flags Prediction Market Mention Contracts as Manipulation Risk After $107K Insider Trading Case
The CFTC issued a formal warning targeting prediction market contracts based on whether individuals will mention specific words or topics, citing elevated manipulation risk. The advisory follows an enforcement action against a former White House teleprompter operator who made $107,000 trading...
RegulationBlockchain Academics Newsroom
a16z and DeFi Education Fund Ask SEC to Exempt DEXs From Exchange Registration
Andreessen Horowitz and the DeFi Education Fund submitted a joint proposal to the SEC requesting an exemption for decentralized exchanges from exchange registration requirements, targeting Commissioner Hester Peirce with a safe harbor framework.
DeFiHadi Ghadban
Visa Closes Memecoin Rewards Loophole, Grace Period Ends September 26
Visa is shutting down a creative workaround that let users earn memecoin rewards through ordinary credit card purchases, with the payment giant's grace period set to expire around September 26, 2026.
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Coinbase and Payward File With CFTC for Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Coinbase and Payward have separately filed with the CFTC to offer single-stock perpetual futures on US equities. Coinbase's filing covers more than 50 stocks and would use hourly funding rates and 24/5 trading, marking a significant regulatory milestone for crypto platforms expanding into...
RegulationBlockchain Academics Newsroom
ECB Chief Lagarde Personally Blocked Binance's EU License Bid Over Criminal Convictions
Christine Lagarde intervened at the highest level of European financial governance to kill a Binance licensing bid that had already cleared Greece's domestic regulatory review. The ECB president's objections centered on Binance's US criminal convictions and dollar-denominated stablecoin offerings.
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Blockworks Launches AI Compliance Alerts for Exchanges After Messari Acquisition
Blockworks has deployed Agentic Detection, an AI-driven compliance alert system inside Messari Monitoring, enabling exchanges to receive real-time notifications generated by autonomous agents before analyst review. The feature went live Thursday and creates an audit trail distinguishing...
AIHadi Ghadban
SEC Opens First Legal Lane for Tokenized Stock Trading With Five-Year Exemption
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year Innovation Exemption on September 17, 2026, permitting tokenized U.S. stock trading on onchain venues for the first time under official regulatory approval, creating the first formal legal pathway for tokenized equities in the United...
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
State-Sponsored Hackers Drive 420% Surge in Onchain Malware
A new Chainalysis report documents a 420% surge in onchain malware deployments linked to state-sponsored hacking groups, with North Korean and Iranian actors using public blockchain networks to run active command-and-control infrastructure.
RegulationAlejandro Silva Ramírez
South Korea Charges 26 Polymarket Users Over $12.7M in Illegal Betting
South Korean police have charged 26 people for placing bets on Polymarket following a government block on local access. At least 18 have been referred to prosecutors over $12.7 million in bets placed in violation of domestic gambling laws.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Clarity Act Collapse Sets Stage for Swift SEC and CFTC Rulemaking on Stablecoins
The Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act on Tuesday has handed regulatory authority over crypto back to the executive agencies. Bernstein analysts expect the SEC and CFTC to move fast with new rulemaking on stablecoins.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Ethereum Pulls $350M Off Exchanges After CLARITY Act Collapse, ETF Inflows Hit $121M
$350 million in ETH exchange withdrawals paired with $121 million in ETF inflows reveal institutional accumulation despite the CLARITY Act's collapse and Fed uncertainty. On-chain whale activity mirrors late-2023 patterns that preceded ETH's $4,000 run.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
BIS Study Finds Bitcoin Transfer Estimates Vary by Factor of Six
A new Bank for International Settlements working paper exposes how Bitcoin transfer volume estimates can vary by a factor of six depending on methodology, with implications for regulators and lawmakers assessing market activity and systemic risk.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Senate Blocks CLARITY Act Cloture 49-51, Falling 11 Votes Short
The Senate failed its cloture vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Tuesday, falling 11 votes short of the 60 needed to proceed. All 49 yes votes came from Republicans, with four GOP senators voting no. Democrats held firm over ethics concerns tied to President Trump's digital asset...
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Bitcoin Slides Below $76K as Clarity Act Odds Crater Ahead of Senate Vote
Polymarket's implied probability of the Clarity Act becoming law in 2026 collapsed from 29.5% to 12.5% in 24 hours as Democrats pushed for last-minute concessions. Bitcoin fell roughly 2% to approximately $75,900, with 95 of 124 largest non-stablecoin tokens declining.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Republicans Reject Democratic Amendments to CLARITY Act, Threatening Passage
Senate Republicans rejected a Democratic counteroffer to the CLARITY Act on Tuesday, moving ahead with a cloture vote without incorporating amendments on ethics, DeFi policy, and tribal gaming protections. The rejection signals potential gridlock on comprehensive crypto regulation.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
House Committee Advances Crypto Tax Bill With $10 Fee Exemption Ahead of Wednesday Markup
A House committee released sweeping crypto tax legislation Monday, setting a Wednesday markup that could reshape how tens of millions of Americans report digital asset activity to the IRS. The bill's headline provision is a $10 de minimis exemption for certain fees paid in cryptocurrency.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
EU Cyber Resilience Act Forces 24-Hour Vulnerability Disclosure on Crypto Wallets
The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act now requires crypto wallet providers to report discovered vulnerabilities within 24 hours, with a full technical notification due within 72 hours, or face administrative fines of up to $17.3 million per violation.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
WTO Says Regulatory Fragmentation Caps Stablecoin Use at 3% of Global Payments
The WTO has issued a statement arguing that regulatory fragmentation, not technology or market demand, is the primary barrier keeping stablecoins from scaling in international trade finance. The organization positions harmonized regulation as essential for realizing stablecoins' trade finance...
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Senate GOP Releases Final Clarity Act Text With 126 Democratic Amendments Before Tuesday Cloture Vote
Senate Republicans unveiled the final text of the Clarity Act on Monday, incorporating 126 Democrat-requested changes after roughly a year of negotiations, as the bill heads toward a cloture vote Tuesday that requires at least seven Democratic senators to cross the aisle.
RegulationHadi GhadbanUK FCA Set to Propose Fund Rule Exemption for Tokenized Gold on Monday
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to announce Monday whether tokenized gold should be carved out of the fund rulebook entirely, marking the most concrete regulatory accommodation for tokenized commodities yet seen in a major financial center.
RegulationHadi Ghadban
Coinbase and Moov Embed Stablecoin Rails Into 1,000 US Community Banks
Over 1,000 community banks and credit unions across the United States are set to gain stablecoin payment infrastructure through a new partnership between Coinbase and payments platform Moov. The integration embeds Coinbase's Payments API and custodial wallets into Moov's platform, providing...
RegulationIbrahim Rajab
Nasdaq and Boerse Stuttgart Ask EU to Raise or Remove Tokenization Trial Caps
Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, and other major exchanges have formally requested that the EU raise or remove caps on its tokenization trial framework, arguing current restrictions hinder innovation and risk driving activity to the US.
RegulationHadi Ghadban