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Tech stocks rise, Bitcoin rallies as Treasury yields ease: AlphaCheck

Bitmine bought $75 million ether as Tom Lee says institutions are still underweight crypto

The largest Ethereum-centric treasury firm kept buying, while its chairman argued ETH’s strong third quarter could push institutions to increase crypto exposure.

Strategy's Bitcoin Pile Nears June Record After $76M Purchase

The Bitcoin treasury firm’s holdings bottomed at 840,447 BTC in August. They have since climbed 5,553 BTC, to within 0.2% of the high.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent champions dollar dominance across global markets and stablecoins

Bessent pushed back against a bearish assessment of the U.S. economy highlighting strong growth, foreign demand for American assets and continued dollar dominance.

T. Rowe Price’s Blue Macellari: Bitcoin is Now Core to the Debasement Conversation

T. Rowe Price’s Blue Macellari shares her insider perspective on the current state of the Treasury market. This post T.

Coinbase Policy Chief: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Outlook

The Clarity Act's cloture vote failed. Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad breaks down what went wrong and where regulation goes next.

Why Legendary Investor Bill Miller IV has “Never Been More Bullish on Bitcoin”

” Miller Value Partners CEO Bill Miller IV explains why worsening fiscal deficits make Bitcoin further undervalued today than at the last cycle peak.

Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle could be early winners of SEC's tokenized-stock push, analysts say

Goldman Sachs and Citizens analysts said the agency's move create new opportunities in custody, tokenization infrastructure and stablecoin settlement, while giving…

REX launches 2x leveraged ETF tied to Bitcoin treasury firm Strive

The new ASSX fund offers 2x daily exposure to Strive shares, giving traders a leveraged way to bet on the Bitcoin treasury company.

How the Clarity Act's Defeat Handed the SEC and CFTC the Wheel on Crypto

The Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, shifting the industry’s focus to a new wave of action from the SEC and CFTC.

VanEck criticizes Metaplanet over executive dilution despite compensation cuts

VanEck said Metaplanet’s executive equity exposure remains well above its digital asset treasury peers, even after the company cut its potential share pool by 41%.

Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it

U.S. agencies are racing to substitute their regulations for the law that was meant to set crypto markets in governmental bedrock, but will the stand-ins last?

Schwab Treasury ETF vs SPDR Corporate Bond ETF. Which Bond Fund Is the Better Insurance Policy for Your Portfolio?

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Adjusts His Crypto Outlook After the Senate Vote. Here’s What He Changed

CFTC makes it easier for software platforms to offer crypto trading

Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia

The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.

CFTC Sends Proposal To Regulate Crypto Transactions Following Clarity Act Fail

The regulator has already sent a proposal to the White House following this week's failed vote.

Crypto stocks rebound after CLARITY Act selloff

Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks rallied Friday as the CFTC and SEC moved ahead with crypto-related actions under existing authority.

CFTC Kicks Off Crypto Rulemaking, Bypassing a Stalled Congress

The agency submitted a prerule on crypto asset transactions and markets to the White House for review, signaling it will build a derivatives framework on its own…

CFTC submits crypto market regulation plan for White House review

The US commodities regulator submitted a new crypto market regulatory action for White House review days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act.

Bitcoin reclaims $80,000, Solana and Hyperliquid rally as crypto markets shrug off Clarity setback

The moves comes as the SEC and CFTC advance crypto-related rulemaking despite the Clarity Act stalling in the Senate.

CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act

The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.

Banks double on EU MiCA crypto provider list as share hits 23%

Banks now represent nearly one in four providers on ESMA’s MiCA register after roughly doubling their presence since late June.

CFTC files crypto asset rulemaking with White House, pressing ahead without Congress

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't sitting idle — the agency has sent its crypto rulemaking to the White House for review.

ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ

Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed…

Morning Minute: SEC Approves ‘Innovation Exemption’ Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward

It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.

Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade

Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.

Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships

OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.

Binance brushes off Lagarde MiCA speculation, reaffirms Europe commitment

Binance declined to address reports of ECB intervention in its Greek MiCA bid, saying it remains committed to securing authorization in Europe.

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments…

US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments

US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in…

'Why wouldn't you want that?' Ex-CFTC chief on the $1 Treasury fund coming to crypto wallets

Treasury Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to IRGC

The U.S. is targeting Iran's use of crypto — specifically bitcoin.

Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work

The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.

The Ondo Finance succession crisis gets messier as Kathleen Allman’s daughter alleges ‘dementia’, alcoholism and reckless spending

The estranged daughter of 77-year-old Kathleen Allman has petitioned a Hawaiian court to establish a limited conservatorship to protect her parents’ share of her…

Ondo token jumps as SEC opens door to onchain stock trading

CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access

In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.

CFTC Backs Off Prediction Markets, Crypto Trading Enforcement

US sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank over alleged bitcoin transfers to IRGC

Treasury said the previously sanctioned Hormuz Safe platform used BitBank to transfer payments collected since June.

CFTC expands regulatory relief for passive trading software providers

The US regulator’s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as…