Helen Partz

After adopting the AI Act last year, the European Union is considering easing certain provisions amid mounting pressure from the US and Big Tech.

Coinbase insists that the US Treasury cannot override Congress’s intent on the GENIUS Act, but banks continue to press for a blanket ban on stablecoin interest.

Tangem Pay enables users to spend Circle’s USDC stablecoin worldwide through a virtual Visa card that connects directly to Tangem’s self-custodial hardware wallet.

After dropping under its 365-day moving average price, Bitcoin faces uncertainty as analysts weigh whether it signals a looming bear market or a brief pullback.

Ripple’s US dollar-pegged RLUSD has entered the top 10 stablecoins by market cap, reaching $1 billion less than a year after launch.

Giggle Academy, founded by Binance’s CZ, clarified that it is not behind the GIGGLE token as market swings and community confusion continue to unfold.

The FTX Recovery Trust dropped a motion to limit payouts to creditors in countries including China, which holds about $380 million in claims.

Nasdaq has reprimanded TON Strategy for its $272.7 million Toncoin purchase and PIPE deal, citing missed shareholder approval.

The crypto VC giant plans a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed fintech Currenc, giving Animoca shareholders majority control of the new entity.

Trump again denied ties to Binance co-founder CZ amid reports that the exchange helped facilitate a $2 billion stablecoin deal linked to his World Liberty Financial platform.

JPMorgan is moving forward with the launch of its fund tokenization platform, Kinexys Fund Flow, with the rollout planned for 2026.

Europe’s MiCA framework is seen by Germany’s main opposition party as a barrier to Bitcoin adoption, sparking calls for regulatory reform.

European crypto asset manager CoinShares rolled out exposure to Telegram-linked TON via an ETP, despite the token plummeting almost 60% year-to-date.

Truth Social wants to “democratize information” for its 6.3 million users with a social media prediction platform developed in collaboration with Crypto.com.

As central banks ramp up their gold buying, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink referred to crypto and gold as the “assets of fear.”

Evernorth Holdings is progressing with its plan to launch a publicly traded XRP treasury vehicle on the Nasdaq by accumulating 388.7 million XRP.

Strategy posted few BTC buys in October, with only 778 BTC purchased, down 78% from 3,526 BTC in September.

ClearBank and Circle’s partnership involves scaling USDC and EURC operations through Circle Mint, which enables the minting and redemption of the tokens.

Bitcoin, which had been the main driver of crypto ETP outflows a week earlier, almost fully recovered its losses with $931 million in inflows last week.

Switzerland’s BTC-only investment app, Relai, obtained a MiCA license in France, aiming to bring Bitcoin to as many people as possible.

Thailand’s SEC raids World’s iris scanning site over unlicensed WLD token operations, raising legal concerns about the digital identity project.

After steep declines in Q1 and Q2, crypto spot trading on CEXs rebounded significantly, with volumes approaching those of late 2024.

Cointelegraph takes a look at the latest devices from Ledger and Trezor, two long-time leaders in self-custody hardware wallets.

Blockchain.com praised Malta’s regulatory clarity while member states still argued over how MiCA should apply across the EU.

Turkey’s $200 billion crypto market leads the MENA region, but has been fueled more by speculative activity than by sustainable adoption, according to Chainalysis.

Gold suffered a massive $2.5 trillion market cap dip comparable to the entire Bitcoin market, showing that “safe-haven” assets are not immune to volatility.

World’s Polymarket Mini App integration came amid prediction markets surging past 2024 records, with $2 billion in weekly trading volumes.

Echo, a crowdfunding platform whose first fundraising project was Ethena, has been acquired by Coinbase after operating for less than two years.

After its latest modest purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has 59,582 BTC to go before hitting 700,000 BTC on its balance sheet.

Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares.