The U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators told bankers that they need to maintain the same amount of capital to back tokenized securities as they do regulator securities. “The technologies used to issue and transact in a security do not generally impact its capital treatment,” according to the agencies, also including the Office of the…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Tron and founder Justin Sun on Thursday, the SEC said in a court filing. Under the terms of the settlement, Rainberry Inc., one of the companies associated with the Tron network, will pay a $10 million fine and be barred from future violations of securities…
Short seller Culper Research is betting against ether (ETH) and ETH-linked stocks such as BitMine (BMNR), arguing that the network’s economics deteriorated following Ethereum’s latest network upgrade. The firm said in a Thursday report that the December 2025 upgrade dubbed Fusaka flooded the network with excess blockspace and has “impaired ETH tokenomics.” That drove transaction…
Ripple, the blockchain firm closely associated with the XRP Ledger (XRP) network, said Thursday that clients on its Ripple Prime platform can now trade the full range of crypto futures listed on Coinbase Derivatives. The move gives institutions a new way to access regulated crypto derivatives within a market overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading…
French authorities arrested John “Lick” Daghita, who allegedly stole tens of millions in crypto from the U.S. government. In an X post on Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Daghita had been arrested on Wednesday on the island of Saint Martin in a joint FBI and French Gendarmerie operation. In his social media post, Patel…
The first phase of bitcoin’s BTC$72,504.45 recent drawdown has not triggered panic among institutional investors, according to crypto asset management firm CoinShares. Professional allocators reduced exposure modestly but largely maintained their positions compared with last year. Advisors trimmed holdings while hedge funds scaled back alongside the broader leverage unwind and shifting opportunities in other markets,…
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm is back in the market with a fifth venture fund, even as the digital asset sector navigates a slower investment environment, Fortune reported. A16z crypto aims to raise $2 billion for the fund and hopes to close the process during the first half of 2026, Fortune said, citing unidentified sources. The…
Crypto experts are pushing back after billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio renewed his skepticism about bitcoin BTC$72,488.26, arguing that the largest and oldest cryptocurrency lacks the qualities that make gold a reliable store of value. Speaking on the All-In Podcast, the Bridgewater Associates founder said bitcoin should not be compared to gold because it…
Eric Trump, one of the sons of U.S. President Donald Trump and a co-founder of crypto firm World Liberty Financial, went after the banking industry Tuesday over their opposition to allowing stablecoin yield in crypto market structure legislation. “Big Banks (think JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, etc.) are lobbying overtime to block Americans…
As artificial intelligence reshapes everything from finance to cybersecurity, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is carving out a strategy for how the world’s second-largest blockchain fits into that future. Instead of trying to fuse blockchains and AI at the level of raw computation — something Ethereum was never designed to handle — the EF sees the…
