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The OCC has ended its formal enforcement action against Patriot Bank, concluding a costly compliance chapter that tallied over $5 million in related expenses.…
FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed a six-figure Strategy stock purchase six months late, drawing STOCK Act violation allegations and raising crypto conflict-of-interest concerns.…
FBI Director Kash Patel failed to disclose a significant November 2025 stock purchase in Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy — a position now sitting 44% underwater.…
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned over 100 ISIS-K cryptocurrency addresses, blocking approximately $1.4 million in funds and intensifying scrutiny on crypto compliance.…
The U.S. DOJ has charged 19-year-old Peter Stokes, extradited by the FBI, in connection with the Scattered Spider crew facing $100 million in ransom claims.…
A teenage Scattered Spider suspect has been extradited to the US after allegedly helping demand $8M in crypto from a luxury jeweler, part of a crew linked to $100M in ransoms.…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce expects the CLARITY Act to reach a Senate vote before August recess, with Galaxy Research assigning 60–75% odds of passage in 2026.…
Standard Chartered has become the first Global Systemically Important Bank authorized to let institutional clients mint and redeem Circle's USDC stablecoin directly.…
CACEIS has entered exclusive acquisition talks with French crypto platform Meria, a move that signals deepening convergence between traditional asset servicing and digital assets in Europe.…
OKX recorded $1.2B in inflows as MiCA regulation drives non-compliant crypto exchanges out of Europe, concentrating market share among licensed players.…
UK regulators have released an updated national retail payments blueprint demanding tokenization infrastructure and interoperability across emerging forms of digital money.…
Tothemoon has obtained MiCA approval in Cyprus just as the July 1, 2026 deadline forces unlicensed crypto providers to halt operations across Europe.…