Crypto Headlines

Regulatory

Australia fines local Binance unit $6.9M over client onboarding failures

Lawmakers weigh tokenization push as SEC preps innovation exemption plan

Del. Lawmakers Roll Out Banking Overhaul, Stablecoin Bills

Fidelity urges SEC to refine rules for broker-dealers handling crypto assets

CFTC Clears Phantom to Offer Derivatives Trading Without Broker Registration

Minnesota Lawmakers and Police Seek Complete Ban on Crypto ATMs

SEC to dismiss Gemini Earn lawsuit with prejudice after full investor recovery, ending three-year battle

UK banks block or delay around 40% of payments to crypto platforms, exchange survey finds

Japan Set to Approve First Crypto ETFs by 2028

U.S. Marshals investigate claims that son of government contractor stole $40 million of seized crypto

Industry

Tether taps Big Four firm KPMG for first financial audit of $184 billion stablecoin issuer: FT

Binance outlines market maker, token launch ‘red flags’ in updated trading rules

Balancer Labs to shut down after $128 million exploit; protocol eyes ‘lean’ restructuring

BMO Is First Bank to Join CME’s Tokenized Cash Platform on Google Cloud

How the largest crypto exchange hack happened: What Ethereum security experts say about Lazarus’ $1.5 billion Bybit attack

Uniswap wins full dismissal in long-running scam token class action

WisdomTree gets SEC approval for 24/7 trading

Kraken rolls out ‘DeFi Earn’ in US, EU and Canada tapping yield-bearing Veda vaults

Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from Mastercard takeover

Ripple partners with Saudi bank unit on blockchain payments, custody

Miscellaneous

Coinbase launches token-backed down payments for Fannie Mae loans

Franklin Templeton, Ondo to launch tokenized ETFs with 24/7 trading via crypto wallets

MoonPay Launches Open-Source Wallet Standard for AI Agents

Ethereum Foundation Launches Post-Quantum Research Hub

Arrest Made in Violent Kidnapping of Ledger Founder for Crypto Ransom: Report

Morgan Stanley taps Coinbase and BNY for custody in proposed Bitcoin ETF

IBM Opens Quantum Hardware to Researchers as Bitcoin Security Threat Looms

Disgraced Mt Gox CEO Suggests Bitcoin Hard Fork to Recover $5 Billion in Customer Funds

Ethereum Foundation forms post-quantum security team, adds $1 million research prize

Influential NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Set to Shut Down in February