How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere to convert local currencies to stablecoins and then to debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t... Ken Caldeira / @kencaldeira.com : Is there any purpose to cryptocurrency other than to facilitate criminal activity? — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/...
The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks
the Biden/Warren crew just enacted this to stop @X from becoming a payments juggernaut. Wow, a whole new 259-page rule aimed at X...yet more lawfare against you.👊 (Congress can & p...
The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks
the Biden/Warren crew just enacted this to stop @X from becoming a payments juggernaut. Wow, a whole new 259-page rule aimed at X...yet more lawfare against you.👊 (Congress can & p...
Crypto.com sues the US SEC after receiving a Wells notice that the agency plans to bring an enforcement action against it; Consensys sued the SEC in April 2024
- The crypto trading platform said it decided to sue the agency after receiving a Wells notice and said the SEC's actions left them “with no other choice.”
SoFi tells its crypto customers to liquidate their accounts or move holdings to Blockchain.com by December 19, as it exits crypto due to regulatory scrutiny
or possibly face a big tax bill Mark Matousek / The Information : SoFi Shutting Down Its Crypto Business Jack Kubinec / Blockworks : SoFi shutters crypto trading following Fed regu...
Coinbase says the exchange received regulatory approval from the CFTC-backed National Futures Association to offer futures trading services to eligible US users
a ‘watershed moment’—as decision on Grayscale spot Bitcoin ETF looms Emily Tonelli / Crypto Briefing : Coinbase Steps Up, Securing Approval for Listing US Crypto Futures Trading Mu...
Coinbase says the exchange received regulatory approval from the CFTC-backed National Futures Association to offer futures trading services to eligible US users
- Coinbase is now allowed to operate as a futures commission merchant and offer eligible U.S. customers access to crypto futures from its platforms, the company said.
A look at the similarities and differences between the SEC's lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance, as the SEC views every crypto exchange in the US as illegal
SEC v. Crypto — “A decent rule of thumb,” I wrote in March, “is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes …
Coinbase asks a US federal court to compel the SEC to respond to a petition the company filed in July 2022 asking 50 questions to help clarify crypto regulation
instead of simply swooping in w/ vague and spotty enforcement actions, which has chilling and hostile effect on the space. When you can't get a clear answer on a narrow question, f...
Coinbase asks a US federal court to compel the SEC to respond to a petition the company filed in July 2022 asking 50 questions to help clarify crypto regulation
instead of simply swooping in w/ vague and spotty enforcement actions, which has chilling and hostile effect on the space. When you can't get a clear answer on a narrow question, f...
Coinbase asks a US federal court to force the SEC to respond to a petition Coinbase filed in July 2022, demanding clearer crypto regulations
The cryptocurrency exchange filed the petition along with a long list of questions last July. … Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal wrote …
Coinbase asks a US federal court to force the SEC to respond to a petition Coinbase filed in July 2022, demanding clearer crypto regulations
The cryptocurrency exchange filed the petition along with a long list of questions last July. … Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal wrote …
The FDIC plans to sell all of Signature Bank's 40 branches to Flagstar Bank, as well as some Signature loans and deposits not in its digital banking business
Bloomberg reports: — “Signature Bank's crypto-related deposits will be returned to customers directly … Michael Farrell : I am pleased to announce that Signature Bridge Bank, N.A...
The FDIC plans to sell Signature Bank's deposits to Flagstar Bank, excluding those in its digital banking business, some loans, and Signature's 40 branches
A subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) has entered into an agreement with U.S. regulators to purchase deposits and loans …
Signature's and SVB's collapse was aided by GOP-led Dodd-Frank reforms that raised the “stress test” threshold from $50B to $250B, pushed for by SVB executives
Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.
Independent examiner: Celsius misled investors and sometimes used new customer funds to pay for withdrawals, CEO Alex Mashinsky made false claims, and more
Shoba Pillay was appointed by a New York bankruptcy court to look at whether the crypto lender operated as a Ponzi scheme
A US judge rules that the crypto deposits in bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network's yield-bearing accounts belong to Celsius and not the individual holders
Celsius Network's bankruptcy might have just set a precedent in determining what crypto assets belong to whom when stored on a centralized platform.
As crypto markets tumbled, strict US regulatory rules on risky assets mostly insulated Wall Street from the chaos, while retail investors had no such safeguards
As cryptocurrency prices plunged and funds failed, strict rules on risky assets helped Wall Street companies sidestep the worst. Tweets: @drewharwell , @ianguider , @tphillips , @g...
Sources: Biden plans to nominate Cornell law professor and cryptocurrency critic Saule Omarova to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
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Sources: US officials are considering a Financial Stability Oversight Council review into whether Tether and other stablecoins threaten financial stability
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