Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
The league designates two platforms as preferred exchanges and establishes an information-sharing agreement with the federal regulator to strengthen market integrity protections
The National Football League has filed an amicus brief supporting New Jersey regulators in a case that could determine whether state gambling rules or federal derivatives law govern sports-related contracts on prediction markets like Kalshi
Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements developed a proof-of-concept system that anchors cryptographic fingerprints of statistical datasets on the XRP Ledger, enabling rapid integrity checks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its first substantive overhaul of transfer agent rules in more than four decades to address electronic recordkeeping, blockchain systems and tokenized securities
Austria’s financial regulator has imposed a €70,000 fine on Bitpanda for breaches of EU crypto-asset rules on white papers and marketing, marking its first final published penalty under MiCA
Nigeria’s securities regulator has admitted Pisi Payments, Blockchain.com and Yellow Card into its accelerated incubation programme for virtual asset providers
Trump Media opened its Truth API on August 1, offering trading firms millisecond access to top Truth Social posts for up to $100,000 monthly amid congressional calls for regulatory review and further Bitcoin sales
Key Democratic senators have expressed dissatisfaction with the latest draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, citing insufficient protections on ethics, illicit finance, and market integrity despite Republican efforts to incorporate presidential input
Senator Cynthia Lummis highlights the CLARITY Act's potential to provide certainty for developers, protection for investors, and integrity for digital asset markets, amid urgent Senate debates and warnings of delays until 2030 if action stalls
Zcash has confirmed the mainnet activation of its Ironwood upgrade on July 28 at block height 3,428,143, introducing a new shielded pool to address a prior vulnerability in the Orchard system
