North Carolina News

Super PACs backed by the crypto industry are expected to spend millions of dollars in the 2026 midterm elections after many of their chosen candidates won in 2024.

The $61 million USDT seizure in North Carolina shows how US authorities can trace and freeze stablecoin flows tied to pig butchering scams, as AI‑driven impersonation schemes surge.

North Carolina’s House passed a bill to allow the state treasurer to invest government funds in approved cryptocurrencies with a 71 to 44 vote.

North Carolina joins the growing list of US states attempting to pass comprehensive digital asset bills as a hedge against inflation.

North Carolina lawmakers have introduced twin bills in the House and Senate which could see up to 5% of crypto assets allocated to state retirement funds.

This week, four different states introduced crypto-related bills, bringing the number of US states to introduce such legislation up to nine in February alone.

The bill limits investments to Bitcoin exchange-traded products only but includes various state funds such as pensions and insurance.

A new law in North Carolina seeks to ban CBDCs in the state, but there are questions about whether the new legislation is even legal. 

A North Carolina Senate veto-busting vote saw 12 Democratic Party senators who initially voted for the bill to ban a CBDC switch to backing Governor Roy Cooper’s veto.

The bill received strong support in the General Assembly. Now, the state Senate will consider overturning the veto.

Governor Roy Cooper was slammed for not putting “partisan politics aside” to support a law that would benefit all North Carolina residents.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will now either sign or veto the law that bars the state’s government from accepting a Federal Reserve CBDC, potentially joining Louisiana.

Oregon joins five other states that have delicensed Binance.US after former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to felony charges.

The study would examine the possible impact of holding crypto and how the state would custody digital currency.

Argentina’s central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, adding that it intends to reduce the country’s payment-system exposure to digital assets.