A crypto industry group has asked the Treasury to clarify the GENIUS Act rules for DeFi.
TL;DR: The Blockchain Association has asked the US Treasury to clarify rules for DeFi software, foreign stablecoin issuers, and who […]
Crypto Regulation
Crypto News
Visa and Mesh want crypto wallet balances to be usable at 175 million merchants.
Mesh and Visa have announced a partnership that aims to let consumers spend cryptocurrency and stablecoins from participating wallet apps
Crypto News
Mastercard adds fraud checks before stablecoin payments are recorded on-chain.
TL;DR: Mastercard has launched Stablecoin Security, a risk-scoring tool that helps financial institutions check payments before and while they move
Bitcoin News
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF attracted $665 million, while competing funds lost money.
BlackRock’s IBIT took in about $665 million in net inflows on October 19, even as several other US spot Bitcoin
Bitcoin News
BlackRock has filed for a Bitcoin ETF with built-in downside protection.
BlackRock has proposed another Bitcoin-linked ETF, this time using options to seek some downside protection while giving up part of
Regulation
South Korea is facing renewed pressure to delay the crypto gains tax until 2029.
South Korea is nearing another decision point on its long-delayed cryptocurrency gains tax, as exchanges and policymakers prepare to discuss
Exchanges
Kraken's parent company, Payward, is entering European banking through a deal with Saldo.
Payward, the company behind crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank, giving it a way into European
Crypto News
German savings banks have started rolling out crypto trading within the Sparkassen app.
Germany’s Sparkassen savings-bank group is starting a phased rollout of cryptocurrency trading within its existing banking app, bringing an asset
Derivatives
CME aims to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19.
CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, giving institutional derivatives traders access to two
Ethereum News
Ethereum schedules October 26 Hoodi test for the Glamsterdam upgrade as the 200M gas limit approaches.
Ethereum’s next major upgrade has another date on the calendar, though it is not a mainnet launch. Developers have scheduled
Regulation
Latvia has changed how it taxes crypto and opened a declaration window for 2027.
Latvia has changed how gains in crypto investment accounts are taxed, shifting the focus from individual trades to what an
Crypto News
JPMorgan moves JPM Coin to Ethereum as banks test settlement on public blockchains.
JPMorgan is moving its bank-issued deposit token onto public Ethereum, extending an established Wall Street payments product onto infrastructure typically