South Korea adds token securities to capital market overhaul
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has placed token securities infrastructure within a wider capital-market modernization…
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Hut 8 Investors Reach $2.35 Million Settlement Over US Bitcoin Merger Claims
Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT) has agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a proposed securities…
US House Sends Fed CBDC Ban to Trump’s Desk as Housing Bill Clears Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, sending…
Brazil Can Now Freeze Illegal Betting Operators’ Funds, Not Just Block Sites
A decree signed by President Lula on June 19 lets Brazil’s gambling regulator order banks…
She Won $71.5 Million, Then a Rule Change Froze Her Lottery Payout
An 83-year-old Texas retiree using the pseudonym Jane Doe hit a $71.5 million Lotto Texas…
Meta Builds “Arena” Prediction Markets App to Take on Polymarket and Kalshi
TLDR: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tasked an internal team with building Arena, a standalone…
OpenPayd secures MiCA license as stablecoin adoption grows in Europe
OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto…
US nears ban on CBDCs until 2030 as housing bill goes to Trump
The House passed a housing bill with a central bank digital currency ban until 2030,…
Catholic leaders, US authorities challenge CLARITY Act over illicit activity
“Regulatory certainty should not come at the expense of accountability, transparency, victim protection, or public…
Senate Dems urge probe into $500M crypto deal between Trumps, UAE
Democrats want the Senate to hold hearings on the dealings between the Trump administration, World…
StarkWare introduces ‘Private KYC’ to address personal data breaches
“Identity checks today ask for your whole document when they only need one fact,” Starknet…
CFTC sues Kentucky after state’s prediction market lawsuits
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is…
THORChain resumes trading more than month after $10M exploit
THORChain resumed all network activity after implementing multiple security upgrades and a vault migration to…
Bitmine and Sharplink Fund Ethlabs to Scale Ethereum for AI and Institutions
Ethlabs, a new independent nonprofit research lab founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers, has launched…
Cboe Launches Prediction Markets With Yes-or-No S&P 500 Index Contracts
Cboe launches prediction markets-style binary options tied to the Mini-S&P 500 Index, scaled to one-tenth…