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Even the US is Calling Out SEC's 'Abuse of Power' on Crypto, Resignations Triggered
Michael Welsh and Joseph Watkins who served as lead attorneys in the SEC's case against crypto platform DEBT Box have stepped down as scrutiny of the regulator intensifies
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Wall Street Calls Tokenization Strategic – Its Own Survey Says Equities Are the Exception
A new Broadridge poll of 200 financial services executives finds near-unanimous conviction on tokenization broadly, but muted enthusiasm for stocks specifically, even as onchain data shows tokenized equity transfers up more than 170-fold in a year.
What's in Store for Cryptos in Q3
Three straight quarters of losses, collapsing volumes, and ETF outflows have stripped crypto down to one question: can rates and flows stabilize the market in Q3?
Cryptos See Risk After Oil Races Above $90
Brent’s war premium is back above $90, but Bitcoin isn’t flinching – tracking macro liquidity and rate expectations instead of missiles, exposing a growing gap between oil’s geopolitical sensitivity and crypto’s monetary tether.
Base's Blocked Buidling
A three-year build that circles back to square one: Base remains fully centralized despite repeated decentralization pledges, raising harder questions about whether Coinbase is operating a dressed-up money transmission system—and how long regulators will tolerate it.
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Kraken Parent Payward Partners With GTN to Take xStocks Tokenized Stocks Global
The expansion starts with Hong Kong-listed equities and will extend to the UK, Europe and South Korea, using GTN's 90-market brokerage infrastructure to move xStocks beyond its US-stocks-only starting point.
New CLARITY Act Draft Adds Sunset Ethics Ban on Trump's Crypto Ties, But Democrats Aren't Sold
The near-final text, circulated to industry groups before Senate Democrats saw it, would have the Justice Department enforce a conflict-of-interest rule that expires in 2029, a structure one Democratic co-sponsor already calls unserious.
Wall Street Calls Tokenization Strategic – Its Own Survey Says Equities Are the Exception
A new Broadridge poll of 200 financial services executives finds near-unanimous conviction on tokenization broadly, but muted enthusiasm for stocks specifically, even as onchain data shows tokenized equity transfers up more than 170-fold in a year.
Russia's State Duma Passes First Comprehensive Crypto Law, Takes Effect September 1
The law lets licensed intermediaries sell crypto to retail investors under a roughly $3,800 annual cap and permits its use in foreign trade settlements, while keeping the domestic payment ban in place.