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SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency stands ready to issue crypto regulations independently if the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act fails to reach a Senate floor vote.…
Oregon's financial regulator has issued a proposed bulletin requiring buy now pay later providers to obtain state lending licenses before operating in the state.…
The Los Angeles lender shocked markets with a $251.3M net loss as it repositioned securities, launched a $827M loan sale, and retired $385M in subordinated debt.…
Germany's BaFin has announced it will monitor how banks, insurers and financial firms deploy AI, exercising new powers granted under the EU AI Act.…
Bison Bank has secured Portugal's first full MiCA crypto license, setting a landmark precedent for EU-wide crypto integration and institutional participation.…
BNY is launching a blockchain-based transfer agency platform, moving core financial records onchain as the bank deepens its digital asset infrastructure commitments.…
The Federal Reserve is returning to M2 money supply as a key inflation evaluation tool, reviving a metric it abandoned decades ago and potentially reshaping monetary policy across markets.…
A methodological overhaul at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is set to lower PCE inflation readings, potentially pushing the Federal Reserve toward a more dovish policy stance.…
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has identified novel mathematical weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms, signaling a new frontier in AI-assisted security research.…
After an Iranian missile strike on U.S. troops, the Treasury froze $130M in crypto assets as Trump vowed a forceful response, rattling global markets.…
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates unchanged at its July 2026 FOMC meeting, with strategists warning of a "Hawkish Hold" as geopolitical risk intensifies.…
Crypto scams drained an estimated $80.7 billion from Americans in 2025, roughly seven times the $11.4 billion in officially reported losses, exposing a chronic fraud underreporting crisis.…