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Erebor Bank is in active fundraising talks at a valuation of at least $8 billion, signalling a pivotal shift in investor appetite for crypto-native financial institutions.…
OFAC designated 134 cryptocurrency wallet addresses tied to ISIS-K, as Chainalysis breaks down the implications of one of the largest terrorist crypto sanctions actions to date.…
A 140-company alliance including Visa, Mastercard, BNY, and Coinbase has launched a dollar-pegged stablecoin initiative aimed at mainstreaming digital tokens in commerce.…
Jefferies warns only 20 Senate days remain before August recess, with Polymarket pricing CLARITY Act passage odds at just 48% — rattling crypto-linked equities.…
Reform UK quietly removed a crypto bill from its website days after investigators launched a probe into a secret £5M "gift" tied to donor Christopher Harborne.…
Standard Chartered and Circle launch institutional USDC minting and redemption from Dubai's DIFC, marking a pivotal fusion of banking infrastructure and stablecoin issuance.…
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez reports 77 crypto-related kidnappings and extortions since January, unveiling an ambitious new security plan as France faces a violent crime surge.…
Google has lost its final appeal against a landmark EU antitrust fine, ending eight years of litigation with consequences for its European market dominance and earnings.…
Singapore's MAS and China's CSRC have signed a staff exchange agreement at their 10th annual supervisory roundtable, signalling deepening capital markets cooperation.…
An Avalanche-focused treasury company that sought to accumulate $1B in AVAX has disclosed a going-concern warning to the SEC after its stock collapsed 93%.…
Estonian crypto exchange Coinmetro has filed for reorganization, attributing its collapse to the failure of one or more financial partners.…
U.S. regulators have blacklisted 134 crypto addresses tied to ISIS-K, with 131 Tron wallets traced to over $1.4 million in terror-linked donations.…