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Sen. Tillis aims to release draft resolving Clarity Act’s stablecoin yield dispute this week: report
Banks have been strongly pushing back against allowing crypto firms to pay rewards on idle stablecoin balances.
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Justice Department opens compensation for victims of $4B OneCoin crypto fraud
OneCoin was launched by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood in Bulgaria. Ignatova has been missing since 2017, and Greenwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Banks challenge White House report on stablecoin yields
The American Bankers Association is concerned that stablecoin yields would lead to mass deposit outflows from smaller community banks.
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SEC proposes certain crypto interfaces don’t need to register as brokers
Hester Peirce, who heads the SEC’s crypto task force, said that the staff statement represented “expansive readings of the securities laws“ in response to digital assets.
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New Pro-DeFi Policies Show the SEC Isn't Waiting for Congress to Act on Crypto
The SEC released a new, permissive policy on DeFi interfaces Monday that was immediately celebrated by crypto industry leaders.
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Ondo seeks SEC clearance for tokenized equities model on Ethereum
The SEC is signaling openness to tokenization, encouraging firms to engage directly as it fine-tunes regulations.
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Bank of Korea floats crypto ‘circuit breakers’ after Bithumb blunder
Bithumb accidentally sent customers 620,000 Bitcoin instead of 620,000 Korean won in February. The Bank of Korea wants lawmakers to make it so it doesn't happen again.
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EU central bank backs plan for crypto supervision under EU markets watchdog
The European Central Bank has boosted a proposal to take away EU member states' regulatory oversight of crypto and hand it to the European Union’s market regulator.
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SEC admits crypto crackdown went too far ‘headlines’ as it dismisses 7 cases
In November 2024, the SEC celebrated 583 enforcement actions and a record $8.2 billion in remedies, saying crypto was proof it could keep pace with emerging threats. This week, the same agency published a 2025 review calling that approach a mistake. The new report said prior resources were misapplie
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US down to 'last chance' to pass CLARITY Act before 2030: Lummis
United States Senator Cynthia Lummis said the country should not risk its financial future by further delaying the CLARITY Act.
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US President Trump faces renewed backlash as Trump-linked tokens crash
Democratic lawmakers and crypto investors characterized crypto projects launched by or tied to Trump as scams and political corruption.
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Crypto Regulation Heats Up As Coinbase CEO Supports CLARITY Act
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency handed Coinbase a national bank trust charter last week — a major regulatory win that came as the crypto exchange’s CEO was ramping up pressure on Congress to finalize long-stalled digital asset legislation. Related Reading: XRP Eyes $17 After Massive Br