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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Calls for Clearer Crypto Regulatory Frameworks

At the recent SEC Speaks event, US SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, also known as the Crypto Mom, made a bold and clarifying statement: most crypto assets should not be considered securities. Peirce, who leads the agency’s Crypto Task Force, stressed that regulatory clarity is essential as the crypto space continues

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

XRP Futures Make Strong Debut on CME with $1.5M in Trading Volume

Crypto futures contracts offer a new window to crypto trading for investors. They allow traders to access crypto trading without directly involving themselves with crypto market price fluctuations. The most recent XRP Futures launch on CME Group’s derivatives platform became successful yesterday with considerable trading volume.  XRP is one of

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon Allows Bitcoin Purchases, Maintains Skepticism

The Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, has revealed that the bank will permit its clients to purchase Bitcoin but will not custody the cryptocurrency in the near future.  On May 19, at the firm’s annual investor day, the CEO asserted that we were going to permit you

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

SEC Commissioner Warns of “Regulatory Jenga” Under Trump Administration

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s sole remaining Democratic Commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, has issued a stark warning about the agency’s recent approach to crypto regulation. She compares it to a dangerous game of “regulatory Jenga” that risks destabilizing market safeguards carefully built over decades. Regulatory Rollbacks Raise Alarm Bells In her

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

GENIUS Act Gains Steam as Senate Pushes it Forward

Stablecoin regulation has gained momentum after President Donald Trump stressed its importance several times. The President and other government officials, such as David Sacks, believe that US Dollar-backed stablecoins hold the potential to increase dollar dominance across the globe.  Taking things forward, the US Senate advanced the long-awaited GENIUS Act

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

Australian Court Classifies Bitcoin as Money, Could Trigger $640M in Tax Refunds

A judge in Australia decided that Bitcoin should be treated as money rather than a taxable asset, which may significantly change the nation’s cryptocurrency tax environment. The decision might result in capital gains tax (CGT) returns of over $640 million for Bitcoin transactions. The May 19 ruling resulted from a

May 20, 2025 2 mins read

 Crypto Executives Spend Millions on Security

As cryptocurrency continues to penetrate mainstream finance, its prominent figures are facing new and more dangerous risks like kidnapping, extortion, and targeted physical threats. In response, major crypto firms like Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood have begun investing heavily in personal security, especially for their top executives. In 2024, Coinbase allocated

May 19, 2025 2 mins read

Dubai VARA Sets June 19 Deadline for Crypto Firms to Comply with New Rules

The crypto regulator of Dubai has given a deadline of June 19 to various digital assets companies to comply with its updated activity-based rulebooks to boost market integrity as well as risk oversight.  Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) publicized on May 19 that it had launched Version 2.0 of

May 19, 2025 2 mins read

XRP Awaits Breakout as CME Futures Launch Looms

XRP is trading sideways as the cryptocurrency market turns its focus to an anticipated catalyst: the launch of regulated XRP futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Monday, May 19, 2025. While the token’s price has remained relatively flat, hovering around $2.37, market activity tells a different story. Volume

May 19, 2025 3 mins read

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Ethereum L1 Scaling With Lighter Nodes

The Ethereum network and its Ether token have been lagging behind for the past few months as strong contenders emerged in the market. Scalability is one of the major issues for this, and to address this, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed a new concept in his latest blog post.  Vitalik

May 19, 2025 2 mins read