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FATF Says Crypto Travel Rule Adoption Is Rising, But Enforcement Still Lags

The Financial Action Task Force says more jurisdictions are putting crypto rules into law, but enforcement remains the weak point.

In its Seventh Targeted Update on the implementation of FATF standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, the global watchdog

Hester Peirce Warns Crypto Vaults And Lending Strategies May Still Trigger Securities Rules

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has issued a new statement on crypto vaults and lending strategies, and the message is more nuanced than a simple pro-crypto or anti-crypto headline.

Peirce’s July 22 statement, titled “Headstands and Summervaults: A Statement on Crypto Vaults and

SEC Enforcement Deputy Sam Waldon To Step Down As Agency Reshuffles Leadership

Sam Waldon, the Principal Deputy Director of the ’s Division of Enforcement, will leave the agency on July 31, 2026, marking a leadership change inside one of the most closely watched divisions in US financial regulation.

The SEC said Waldon is departing after more than 14 year

National Fraternal Order of Police Gives Green Light to Clarity Act in Latest Support for Crypto Bill

The National Fraternal Order of Police became the latest organization to throw its support behind the long-awaited Clarity Act. 

In a statement Friday, specifically addressed to Democratic senators Elizabe

SEC Sets 24-Hour Trading Roundtable As Markets Move Toward Always-On Finance

The is preparing to hold a public roundtable on 24-hour trading, and while the announcement is focused on US equity markets rather than crypto, the direction of travel is hard to miss.

Traditional markets are being pushed toward a world that crypto already knows well: trading

Sealed in Foil: BMAG’s New Focus on Trading Cards

Somewhere right now, on a livestream, someone is tearing open a foil package while hundreds of people watch. Trading cards have become a spectator sport. The card market is at all-time highs, cardboard repriced by the hour, rare cards selling for

Top Crypto Industry Groups Pen Letter to Senate Leaders Urging Them To Support the Clarity Act

Top crypto advocacy groups the Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, and the Digital Chamber have said in a letter that they support the latest draft of the Clarity Act. 

In a letter Frida

Democrats Push Back on GOP Ethics Text as Thune Doubts a Pre-Recess Clarity Vote

Senate Democrats have rejected the ethics provision in the latest Clarity Act draft in blunt terms, and Majority Leader John Thune cast doubt on Thursday that the crypto market-structure bill can pass before the August recess.

Japan’s Crypto Law Changes Put Bitcoin ETF Hopes On A Longer Track

Japan’s latest crypto law changes have revived the country’s spot Bitcoin ETF discussion, but the important part is the timeline. This is not an approval story today. It is a regulatory groundwork story, and that means investors need to be patient.

The Japanese Cabinet submitte

Bitcoinist.App Brings Private Mining Pools to iOS

RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE, July 23, 2026: BFM Company Limited today introduced Bitcoinist.App, a non-custodial Bitcoin mining app and Learn-to-Mine platform released exclusively for iOS. Available from the Apple App Store, Bitcoinist.Ap

Elizabeth Warren Claims Clarity Act Would Help Trump — And ‘Criminals and Cartels’

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has blasted the Clarity Act draft bill, claiming it would allow criminals and cartels to move money. 

Speaking in a video statement on X Thursday, Warren that the poten

Kraken’s UK Setup Shows Why Crypto Regulation Is More Complicated Than A Simple License

Kraken’s UK presence is a good example of how crypto regulation actually works in practice: not as one broad approval, but as a patchwork of registrations, permissions, services, and limits.

The exchange operates in the UK through several FCA-regulated entities. Payward Limited

Marathon’s Utah Landfill Gas Pilot Shows Bitcoin Mining’s Energy Story Is Getting More Practical

Marathon Digital has launched a small Bitcoin mining pilot in Utah powered by landfill methane gas, and while the project is not huge, it is a useful example of where mining infrastructure may be heading.

The project, built with Nodal Power, uses off-grid landfill methane to ge

Smarter Web Company Sells Bitcoin to Clear $11.7 Million Debt Facility

The Smarter Web Company has sold a portion of its Bitcoin treasury to repay an $11.7 million convertible debt facility held by TOBAM, a move the company frames as a choice for balance-sheet flexibility over equity dilution.

BlackRock IBIT And MicroStrategy Show Two Very Different Ways To Accumulate Bitcoin

BlackRock’s IBIT and MicroStrategy are both huge Bitcoin accumulation stories, but they are not doing the same thing, and that distinction matters more as the numbers get bigger.

IBIT gathers passively through ETF demand. Investors buy shares, the fund creates exposure, and Bi

Bitcoin Slumps But These Mining Stocks Are Up Thanks to AI Deals

Bitcoin may be slumping — along with the Nasdaq in general — but one technology investment seems to be doing well: publicly-traded mining companies. 

Top U.S. Bitcoin mining companies — Hut 8, CleanSpark,

$67M Ethereum Short On Hyperliquid Shows How Institutional Trading Is Moving On-Chain

A large Ethereum short on Hyperliquid is giving the market another glimpse of how serious capital is starting to use decentralized derivatives venues, not just centralized exchanges and OTC desks.

The position, tracked through the Hyperliquid explorer at wallet address `0x7fdaf

S&P And Pantera Launch Crypto Index Built Around Protocol Fundamentals

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have launched a new digital asset benchmark that tracks crypto networks through a more fundamentals-focused lens.

The S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, or SPPDA, launched with 18 constituents and uses a rules-based methodology. A

BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun the Quantum Threat — If It Moves Fast Enough

BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, has chimed in on the crypto-quantum debate — and is surprisingly optimistic.

The firm, which manages over $15 trillion in assets, in its new report, Quantum Comput

T. Rowe Price Crypto ETF Filing Puts Active Multi-Asset Funds In Focus

T. Rowe Price’s active crypto ETF filing is a reminder that the next phase of digital asset funds may not be limited to simple Bitcoin and Ethereum exposure.

The T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, listed under the ticker TKNZ, filed registration documents under CIK 0002089855 and