Regulation

The Clearing House is expected to operate the bank-owned rail as a regulated alternative to stablecoin payment flows.

The pact sets shared metrics, audit and status data exchange, and crisis coordination tied to MiCA oversight.

The package also backs yen-denominated stablecoins and frames the push as keeping pace with US regulation.

In Georgetown Law remarks, she framed privacy tech as mainstream infrastructure and invited builders to engage the SEC Crypto Task Force.

The proposal also authorizes transaction blocking tied to unlicensed betting platforms and extends restrictions to banks and payment firms.

The 2%/1%/1% split stake purchase from Kakao affiliates positions Samsung across tokenized securities and payments rails.

A 2026 cohort shows near-legacy strictness on direct exposure, while indirect thresholds stay 10–20x looser in key illicit categories.

A survey of 1,244 crypto holders found 88% would consider borrowing, but only 14% currently do.

He says Hyperliquid and beaten-down AI tokens like NEAR and TAO signal a renewed altcoin risk-on phase.

Lagarde warned ECOFIN that larger euro stablecoins could destabilize deposits and weaken monetary policy transmission.

The May 21 listing brings a state-supervised, USD-pegged token into Hong Kong’s licensed venue stack via OTC rails.

The broker disclosed spot crypto brought in £2.4 million of Q1 2026 revenue and gave no rollout timeline.

Her planned move would leave the SEC with two commissioners as the CLARITY Act could shift crypto oversight toward a one-member CFTC.

FEC filings show multi-million-dollar ad buys as the group positions a bipartisan pro-crypto bench for 2026.

The note argues HYPE is being valued as “just perps” despite Hyperliquid’s multi-asset ambitions and non-crypto-linked volume.

The directive sets 3- and 6-month deadlines and spotlights master-account style pathways for uninsured and non-bank firms.

Negotiators now face a three-week push to merge Banking and Agriculture drafts and settle unresolved ethics language.

The CLARITY Act advanced in the Senate Banking Committee the same day SharpLink’s Joseph Chalom laid out his catalyst checklist.

Faisal Monai also claimed $12.5B in tokenization mandates and cited a Feb. 4 tokenized deed transfer as a proof point.

Senate Banking faces 100+ amendments by a 5:00pm ET deadline, while Kelp plans a two-week rsETH reissuance.