OpenPayd secures MiCA license as stablecoin adoption grows in Europe
OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto…
Month: June 2026
US nears ban on CBDCs until 2030 as housing bill goes to Trump
The House passed a housing bill with a central bank digital currency ban until 2030,…
Catholic leaders, US authorities challenge CLARITY Act over illicit activity
“Regulatory certainty should not come at the expense of accountability, transparency, victim protection, or public…
Senate Dems urge probe into $500M crypto deal between Trumps, UAE
Democrats want the Senate to hold hearings on the dealings between the Trump administration, World…
HSBC Expands Orion Network to UAE, Enabling Real-Time Dirham Liquidity Flows
HSBC has launched its tokenized deposit service in the United Arab Emirates, introducing the UAE…
Bitmine and Sharplink Fund Ethlabs to Scale Ethereum for AI and Institutions
Ethlabs, a new independent nonprofit research lab founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers, has launched…
Cboe Launches Prediction Markets With Yes-or-No S&P 500 Index Contracts
Cboe launches prediction markets-style binary options tied to the Mini-S&P 500 Index, scaled to one-tenth…
Crypto’s Liquidity Outlook Darkens as Fed Hawkish Pivot Pushes Hike Odds to 77%
Crypto markets faced tighter liquidity conditions after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and signaled…
StarkWare introduces ‘Private KYC’ to address personal data breaches
“Identity checks today ask for your whole document when they only need one fact,” Starknet…
Meta Builds “Arena” Prediction Markets App to Take on Polymarket and Kalshi
TLDR: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tasked an internal team with building Arena, a standalone…
CFTC sues Kentucky after state’s prediction market lawsuits
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is…
Opera’s MiniPay launches Visa debit card for stablecoin spending
The card will allow MiniPay’s 16 million users to spend stablecoins through Visa’s network as…
Ethereum Foundation sacks 20% of workforce amid strategic restructuring
The Ethereum Foundation fired 54 employees and unveiled a new organizational structure as Vitalik Buterin…
Crypto lobby urges Congress to pass staking and mining tax bill as is
A trio of crypto lobby groups says a bill allowing staking and mining rewards to…
Ethereum’s much-hated staking ‘tax’ may already be obsolete
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate: a contentious plan to tax staking…