The U.S. Treasury Department has formally sanctioned six Ethereum addresses allegedly used by the Sinaloa Cartel to launder illicit fiat proceeds. This move escalates the regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency's role in organized crime.
Lawmakers are pushing to make a strategic Bitcoin reserve a permanent fixture in federal law. The American Reserve Modernization Act, or ARMA, aims to formalize what started as a campaign promise, but serious questions remain about its true purpose and viability.
As the US CLARITY Act navigates the Senate, its potential to reshape the domestic crypto landscape is a hot topic. A16z champions it as a boon for innovation, but not everyone is convinced.
The Senate floor is becoming a digital gold rush of amendments, with over 100 proposed changes to a single crypto bill. It's a classic Washington dance: promise of progress, followed by a flurry of legislative chaos.
Brazil is slamming the door shut on stablecoins and crypto for cross-border payments. Fintechs using digital assets for overseas remittances have just been told 'no more,' effective October 1st.
The banking industry's lobbying power appears to have scored a win with the CLARITY Act compromise. But did they truly hobble innovation or just delay the inevitable?
Todd Blanche just became the most powerful law enforcement officer in America—and he did it after systematically gutting the DOJ's ability to police the crypto industry, all while allegedly violating ethics rules by holding crypto assets himself.