Crypto’s favorite $90 trillion trading product is coming to Wall Street, but big banks are taking it slow
Perpetual futures have spent years as one of crypto’s most popular trading products, especially for investors outside the United States. Now that the contracts are entering regulated US markets, Wall…
Clarity: 2 weeks left for State of Crypto
The crypto industry, naturally, is urging passage. The common perception online is that Clarity includes some investor protection rules and creates some structure for crypto products, while not passing the…
Senate Dems should accept Trump’s victory on crypto border: White House
This negotiation over the government’s conflict of interest issue had delayed progress on the Clarity Act by several months – now potentially beyond the window in which it could most…
Crypto lobby group TDC sues Illinois to block digital asset tax
A crypto lobbying organization has sued the state of Illinois over a last-minute tax provision inserted into the state budget last month. The Digital Chamber alleged that Illinois’ Digital Asset…
Inside Cardano’s ‘Van Rossum’ hard fork, and how it matters for users
It adds new capabilities to Plutus, the platform developers use to write Cardano’s smart contracts, unifying built-in functions available in the three versions of the platform so older applications can…
Genius Act turns 1: State of Crypto
A year later, the rules aren’t quite ready for implementation, but we have a clear idea of ​​how regulators are thinking about stablecoins and what they’re likely to implement on…
France orders the country’s internet service providers to block Polymarket
France’s gambling regulator, the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANZ), ordered Internet service providers to block Polymarket on July 16, deeming the prediction market an illegal gambling venue rather than a…
Polymarket traders cut the odds of Clarity Act passage to record low due to Senate delays
Lack of moral provision remains the biggest hurdle. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), one of two Democrats who voted to advance the bill out of the Senate Banking Committee, has repeatedly…
Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a ‘DOG mode’ answer
While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through consensus changes and has almost no miner support, a new DOG mode client wants the opposite and does not require any votes.…
ZachXBT calls hardware wallets complete garbage; BTC stable near $65,000
Crypto investigator ZachXBT criticized hardware wallets on Thursday, calling them unreliable for signing transactions or storing meaningful funds. In their view, all hardware wallet solutions existing today fall short in…