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Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral election, but he’ll be competing in a field where digital assets could be an issue.

Nick van Eck, co-founder and CEO of Agora, behind one of the stablecoins Anchorage said it would phase out, claimed inaccuracies and an inconsistently applied framework.

After passing the GENIUS stablecoin bill, Republican leadership on the Senate Banking Committee has turned its sights to digital asset market structure.

The reported business deal would make the “Web3-native fund” one of World Liberty Financial's biggest tokenholders, with more than Tron founder Justin Sun.

The interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York requested an exclusion so prosecutors and defense lawyers may discuss a “potential resolution” for Michelle Bond's case.

Several exchanges have announced MiCA licenses this year, following requirements being enforced in 2024 to offer digital asset services in the EU.

Cynthia Lummis said she expects the CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act to pass through Congress and be ready for the president’s signature by the end of the year.

In a Wednesday status conference, the judge overseeing the Terraform Labs co-founder’s case reportedly said he was “mindful of the GENIUS Act.”

Only five US senators out of the 11 typically on the digital assets subcommittee were available to ask questions about a potential market structure bill.

Mayor Eric Adams criticized Andrew Cuomo’s approach to crypto as New York governor, as voters in the Democratic primary prepare to choose their candidate for the November election.

The US Senate Banking Committee’s digital assets subcommittee will hear testimony from former CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam and lawyers at Coinbase and Multicoin Capital.

Trump Media’s recently announced $400-million buyback plan will not alter its strategy of using $2.3 billion to invest in Bitcoin, according to the company.

The proposed bill from Senator Adam Schiff followed similar legislation in the House of Representatives from Maxine Waters in response to the president's memecoin dinner.

The digital assets subcommittee in the Senate will hold a Tuesday hearing to discuss a bipartisan effort to establish a crypto market structure.

Many users said they would delete accounts or consider moving to another platform if Reddit were to adopt World’s verification system.

A temporary ban could be imposed as early as autumn based on an investigation into crypto miners’ energy consumption.

The latest reported “wrench attack,” in which criminals targeted individuals for their crypto holdings, occurred in the suburbs of Paris this week.

The crypto exchange is setting up a new headquarters for the first time since shuttering its San Francisco office in 2022, following reports of employees being attacked.

The platform launched the betting market for the GENIUS Act after the US Senate passed it on Tuesday.

An umbrella company controlled by the president and his family has reportedly been reducing its stake in World Liberty Financial since December 2024.

Justice Department officials did not go into great detail regarding the investment scam, but said that more than 400 suspected victims had lost millions of dollars.

Officials reported that scammers had used crypto to pay for fake digital asset investment ads on social media platforms, leading to more than $1 million in losses for victims.

The initial purchase of more than 187 BTC was part of a larger strategy to “substantially increase its Bitcoin holdings,” according to Prenetics.

The bill passed without amendments to address Donald Trump’s connections to World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin, which many Democrats had been calling for.

The Tuesday notices will push the SEC's deadline to approve or disapprove of the ETFs to late July, though it could be delayed further at that time.

If approved by the US regulator, the investment offering could have Coinbase competing against other stock trading platforms.

The project said several wallets had “coordinated a liquidity attack with an egregious malicious attempt” followed by “aggressive ZKJ sell-offs.”

US President Donald Trump promoted a 250th anniversary celebration of the Army that coincided with his birthday, leading to a sharp divide in how many Americans spent June 14.

The former global head of institutional markets for Blockchain.com and a partner at a Washington, DC-based law firm will be the latest additions to SEC staff.

Roughly two years after the initial indictment, the Tornado Cash developer’s criminal trial is expected to begin on July 14.