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Europe’s MiCA deadline is turning access and infrastructure into the same question: which crypto apps remain available, and who controls the rails underneath them? BitGo Europe GmbH announced a partnership with Bielik.io, a Warsaw-based crypto trading platform, to support regulated trading access across the EEA by integrating BitGo Europe’s Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure. Through that integration, eligible … Read more

The next fight over crypto perpetual futures regulation is moving into the agency comment file: a place built for lawyers, incumbents, startups, and public-interest groups. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission opened the process June 18, seeking public comment on how to further define swaps, security-based swaps, mixed swaps, novel products, … Read more

Africa has never been friendly to crypto. Despite incredible adoption numbers on the continent, African governments have met almost every crypto discussion with bans or warnings. However, some of its largest economies have abandoned that approach and are working to introduce licensing regimes, stablecoin oversight, and compliance rules designed to integrate digital assets into the … Read more

The FCC’s proposed robocall rule, published May 26 under CG Docket Nos. 17-59 and 02-278, asks whether originating voice service providers should collect and retain customer names, physical addresses, government-issued identification numbers, alternate telephone numbers, and supporting verification records before granting service. The agency proposes a four-year retention window once the customer relationship ends, a … Read more

Three federal agencies have proposed rules that would make stablecoin issuers operate like banks. The Treasury wants them to run anti-money-laundering and sanctions programs. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) wants a weekly confidential report and a quarterly financial report from each one, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) wants Bank … Read more

Morgan Stanley filed amended registration statements for proposed Ethereum and Solana ETF trusts on June 18, setting a 0.14% annual delegated sponsor fee on both products. Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas described the proposed fee as the lowest among ETH and SOL products worldwide. The ETH trust, expected to trade on NYSE Arca under … Read more

Texas spent years courting AI companies, cloud providers, and Bitcoin miners with cheap electricity, abundant land, and a sales tax exemption that’s grown into one of the state’s costliest incentive programs. But now, Governor Greg Abbott has told state regulators to flip the arrangement, directing them to require data centers to fund the grid they … Read more