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The ruling keeps pre‑2019 investor claims in open court and rejects Binance’s bid to send the dispute to private arbitration in Singapore.

MetaMask Card goes live in the US, with first-time availability across 49 states, including New York, following initial pilots over the past two years.

Sam Bankman-Fried asked a federal appeals panel for a new trial in the FTX fraud case, arguing that new witness testimony could weaken the case that led to his 25-year sentence.

The six-month central bank pilot brings together market infrastructure providers, banks and Web3 companies to assess how core UK markets could move onchain.

The grocery giveaways come as Kalshi and Polymarket lead prediction market trading volumes, which have recently exceeded $400 million per day.

Five New York officials reportedly argued that the GENIUS Act could reduce incentives for stablecoin issuers to cooperate with law enforcement, potentially allowing criminal misuse.

The platform remains subject to regulatory approval and would mark a cautious step toward onchain markets.

Despite the backlash, a spokesperson for Adams said he remains committed to funding education programs and supporting scholarships for underserved students through the token.

Less than two weeks into office, Zohran Mamdani said ”no” when asked whether he held any crypto or planned to invest in a former New York City mayor's memecoin project.

The Solana-based NYC Token briefly surged before plunging shortly after launch, with Eric Adams saying proceeds would fund education initiatives.

Whale accumulation across Solana tokens is headlining crypto-related social buzz as 2026 begins, according to data from Santiment.

There are five other Satoshi statues made by Valentina Picozzi located around the world, in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam and Miami, in the US state of Florida.

The regulatory approval followed the payments company obtaining a BitLicense from the NYDFS in June, making it one of a handful of crypto companies to have both.

A former lawyer for Coinbase, Khurram Dara, has thrown his hat in the race for New York attorney general. But incumbent Letitia James has a strong foothold, and a Republican hasn't won in 30 years.

Khurram Dara had hinted that he might try to unseat Attorney General Letitia James, claiming that she had engaged in “lawfare” against the crypto industry.