Binance’s Use of Legal Exemption to Serve EU Customers Without MiCA License Faces EU Probe
EU regulators are investigating Binance over its use of the “reverse solicitation” exemption under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation...
Regulation
It’s Over for Waiting on Congress: SEC and CFTC Make 9 Moves to Write Crypto Rules Without the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act is dead for 2026. The Senate failed cloture 49–50 on September 15, falling 11 votes short of...
White House, Senator Lummis Blame Democrats for Derailing CLARITY Act in Senate
The White House blamed Senate Democrats for blocking the CLARITY Act and failing to pass it, arguing they put political...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $450M After Senate Blocks CLARITY, Biggest Outflow Since June
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $450.33 million on Tuesday, September 15, the heaviest single-day redemption since June 25. The print...
Hedera Joins BlackRock, Ripple and Chainlink in Shaping UK Tokenised Markets
The UK’s UK wholesale tokenization landscape just moved a step closer to reality. On September 14, the Financial Conduct Authority...
SEC Staff Issues New Guidance Saying Staking Tokens Are Not Securities
SEC staff issued fresh crypto guidance explaining how staking receipt tokens, wrapped assets, buybacks, and functional networks may fall outside...
Strategy CEO Chairman Michael Saylor Predicts CLARITY Stall Could Push More Capital Into Bitcoin
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has predicted the stalled CLARITY Act could shift more capital toward Bitcoin as regulators move...
Australia Confirms Sam Altman’s OpenAI Agent Breached Government Services
Australia has claimed an OpenAI-developed agent gained unauthorized access to a Medicare statistics portal in June, prompting a national investigation....
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With 40% Lower Costs Ahead of $2T IPO
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5.5 as it cuts model costs and prepares for a November public listing. The release...
CLARITY Act Dead or Delayed? Seven Democrats Reopen Talks as SEC-CFTC Path Takes Over
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats who voted against Tuesday’s cloture motion have issued a joint statement saying the CLARITY Act is...
WSJ Says ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Personally Blocked Binance’s EU-Wide License in Greece
Binance came closer to an EU passport than previously known. The Wall Street Journal now reports that ECB President Christine...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Calls CLARITY Act Failure a Speed Bump, Not a Roadblock
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has reversed his own warning. In January, he said a CLARITY Act failure could...
