Regulation & Politics

Treasury says HormuzSafe, developed by Iran's Ministry of Economy, accepted digital assets to fund an IRGC-backed 'extortion' scheme targeting commercial shipping.

Securitize Capital's registration took effect July 22, SEC records show, adding an advisory license to the tokenization firm's U.S. regulatory lineup three weeks after its NYSE debut.

India's cybercrime agency gave GitHub three hours to pull three Bitchat repositories, objecting to the mesh messaging app's ability to work during internet shutdowns amid protests in New Delhi. Digital rights advocates called the order unconstitutional.

The Commissioner known as 'Crypto Mom' framed the statement as an invitation to engage rather than an enforcement threat, warning builders who twist the law that they "will have a painful fall."

Coinbase, the Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund urged the Senate to pass the 616-page merged draft, while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks called its DOJ-led ethics enforcement "wild and unserious and stone-cold crazy."

Bitcoin reclaimed $66,000 after reports that the White House circulated agreed-upon ethics-provision language to Senate Republicans, removing the main obstacle to a floor vote before the August recess.

The regulator stayed a Kalshi rule change and invoked emergency authority, calling the first state attempt to void executed derivatives trades unprecedented.

The order targets holders at Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitfinex, but analyst Fernando Molina says no funds have actually been frozen yet.

The Wyoming senator says the bill will focus on fighting illicit finance, consumer protections and keeping crypto markets onshore in the US.

Trump tied the crypto market structure bill to beating China and AI competition, days after Senate Banking Committee chair Lindsey Graham's death.