Pakistan has signed an agreement with SC Financial Technologies, a firm linked to Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, to explore using its USD1 stablecoin for payments....
The groups urged Congress to extend crypto tax relief beyond stablecoins, warning the current approach would not simplify everyday payments....
Crypto majors are mostly flat headed into Monday open; btc even at $90,600; eth +1% at $3,110, sol +2% at $140; xrp -2% to $2.04. Ip (+20%) and xmr (+15%) led top movers; xmr hit a new ath at $590. Fe...
Inflation held steady in December, continuing to prove stubborn just days after reports of a Department of Justice probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...
Pakistanâs Ministry of Finance has signed an MOU with an affiliate of the Trump-backed DeFi project to target cross-border payments....
A revised Senate CLARITY Act draft would allow activity-based stablecoin rewards tied to payments, wallets and staking, while barring interest paid solely for holding tokens....
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is demanding criminal penalties for crypto scams, including one that have drained elderly New Yorkers' life savings....
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott says further negotiations to garner bipartisan support for a key crypto-regulating bill are needed before it can advance....
With the CLARITY Act scheduled for a markup on Thursday, some lawmakers could still be at odds over decentralized finance, stablecoins and ethical concerns....
Galaxy says the draft crypto market structure bill would give the US Treasury new powers to freeze transactions and deploy Patriot Actâstyle measures....
Galaxy said that new Treasury authorities in a Senate draft could mark the largest surveillance expansion since 2001....
A top Russian lawmaker says crypto âwill be a common occurrenceâ in the country, with plans for a bill to deregulate the market for retail use....
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong raised four crucial points that he believes would make the legislation âmaterially worseâ for the US crypto industry....
The move could derail efforts to get cryptoâs coveted market structure bill over the finish line....
The draft provision would treat tokens as ânon-ancillaryâ assets, exempt from SEC securities rules, if they were in an ETF by 2026....
Less than two weeks into office, Zohran Mamdani said ânoâ when questioned whether he held any crypto or planned to invest in a former New York City mayor's memecoin project....
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after his new cryptocurrency token crashed just hours following its launch on Monday. As reported by CoinDesk , Adams' "NYC Token" hit a $580 million ma...
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