Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao ends a year-long authorized saga and indicators a friendlier stance on crypto regulation. The choice follows in depth lobbying and comes amid rising hyperlinks between Binance and the Trump household’s crypto enterprise. Lawmakers from each events have criticised the transfer, warning it dangersContinue Reading

Péter Szilágyi, former Geth lead, alleged in a letter that the Ethereum ecosystem has concentrated control by a small core of 5-10 actors and VC firms. Szilágyi claimed that Ethereum’s direction is ultimately controlled by Vitalik Buterin’s friend circle, despite the network’s decentralised nature. He warned that privileged funding routesContinue Reading

Australia introduced draft legislation to bring crypto platforms under the Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) regime, integrating them into existing financial services law. The proposal introduces two new categories—digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms, moving oversight for most exchanges from AUSTRAC to ASIC. The framework extends obligations to servicesContinue Reading

Michigan lawmakers have advanced a bill to create a state-level crypto reserve, with a broad definition for eligible assets, and without mentioning Bitcoin directly.  If passed, Michigan would join other states like Texas, New Hampshire, and Arizona that have either passed or are considering similar legislation to establish crypto reserves.Continue Reading

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has seized more than C$56 million (AU$62 million) in digital assets from the cryptocurrency exchange TradeOgre, making it the largest crypto seizure in the country’s history. It followed a year-long investigation that found the exchange was allegedly operating without registering as a money servicesContinue Reading