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ESMA has selected EuroCTP as the European Union's inaugural Consolidated Tape Provider for equities and ETFs, a landmark step toward market transparency.…
Ripple secures full MiCA authorization in Europe, but XRP trades at $1.0792, pinned below $1.10 resistance as the Fed's hawkish rate stance tempers any breakout.…
South Korea confirms a 22% crypto gains tax from 2027 as trading volumes across its five major exchanges plunge nearly 55% in H1, raising urgent policy questions.…
Chainlink partners with Swift, UBS, and Euroclear to modernize corporate actions processing, targeting $58B in AI-related risk through improved data accuracy and cost reduction.…
A 25-minute attack drained 500 Coldcard wallets of $38M in Bitcoin, exposing a critical bug that even AI-powered security tools failed to catch.…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quoted Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator to pressure Senate Democrats into holding an immediate vote on the Clarity Act crypto regulation bill.…
Security firm ack3 recorded 135 exploits and $939.86M in losses in H1 2026, exposing the limits of protocol auditing as a security guarantee.…
The White House is reviewing the CLARITY Act's ethics compromise as the bill's Senate passage remains uncertain, with major implications for U.S. digital asset regulation.…
Tether earned $1.5 billion in Q2 2026 and grew its reserve surplus to $4.11 billion, driven by US Treasury holdings even as the broader stablecoin market softened.…
Tether earned $1.5 billion in Q2 as USDT supply expanded and gold holdings surpassed 146 metric tons, reinforcing the stablecoin giant's reserve diversification strategy.…
China has completed its first outbound digital yuan payment to Malaysia, a milestone that signals a direct challenge to SWIFT's grip on global trade finance.…
Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region, and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban, citing power supply concerns, with restrictions running through 2032.…