Crypto executives pushed the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to rethink its method to blockchain privateness, arguing that not all customers of those instruments are criminals. The meeting, the SEC’s sixth crypto-focused roundtable this 12 months, drew sharp exchanges between regulators and business representatives over how privateness, id verification, and stablecoin adoption intersect….
Ripple Stablecoin (RLUSD) is increasing to Ethereum in 2026. The choice was made in a press launch, and 4 Ethereum Layer 2 networks had been picked. The stablecoin might be on a “trial” by way of Optimism, Base (Coinbase’s L2), Ink (Kraken’s L2), and Unichain (Uniswap’s L2), the corporate said. The integration is about to…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally concluded its multi-year investigation into the Aave Protocol with out recommending any enforcement motion. The motion ends almost 4 years of regulatory uncertainty surrounding one in all decentralized finance’s most generally used lending platforms. Aave founder and chief govt Stani Kulechov disclosed the end result in a…
The yen carry commerce unwind has been hovering over markets recently — the type of “plumbing” story that most individuals ignore proper up till volatility spikes and all the things immediately feels related. Graham Stephan put it right into a Bitcoin and crypto-friendly body yesterday. In a Dec. 15 post, the favored YouTuber described the…
JP Morgan Chase & Co. has formally entered the contest for on-chain money, and the prize is not only a new product line. It is the billions of {dollars} in institutional capital that now sit in zero-yield stablecoins and early tokenized funds. On Dec. 15, the $4 trillion banking big launched the My OnChain Net…
Less than every week after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Gemini Space Station Inc. a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license, the cryptocurrency trade added prediction markets to its platform. Gemini Predictions is now accessible through the corporate’s affiliated entity Gemini Titan. According to the Dec. 15 announcement, the platform will provide “occasion contracts which…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has introduced a brand new framework that outlines how banks can apply to problem cost stablecoins by way of subsidiaries as a part of the implementation of the nation’s stablecoin invoice, the GENIUS Act. FDIC’s First Move On GENIUS Act In a statement, Acting Chair Travis Hill emphasised that…
Following the sudden pullback noticed throughout the cryptocurrency market, the value of XRP has fallen sharply, inflicting it to revisit the $1.8 threshold. With XRP’s price going through heightened bearish stress, merchants seem like stepping again, elevating questions in regards to the present worth motion. Leverage Unwinds Across XRP Markets XRP’s waning worth motion is…
Grayscale stated it expects 2026 to speed up long-term structural shifts in digital asset investing, pushed by macroeconomic pressures and clearer regulation. But it has outlined two high-profile matters it doesn’t anticipate to meaningfully affect crypto market efficiency in 2026 – quantum computing dangers and the rise of digital asset treasuries (DATs). Quantum Risks and…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into the Aave Protocol with out recommending enforcement motion, in accordance with a discover dated December 16. The determination ends a multi-year probe into one of many largest decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platforms and removes a significant regulatory overhang for the sector. Investigation Closed Without…