Brussels is once again eyeing crypto trading as a revenue source, with a proposal that would slap a 0.1% tax on cryptocurrency trades across the European Union and, according to estimates, raise €3–4 billion a year. On paper, that sounds tiny. In practice, it could become another irritating bite out of market activity, liquidity, and […]
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Criminals are moving away from Bitcoin and leaning harder on stablecoins, and that says a lot about where illicit crypto use is headed. River reports criminals prefer stablecoins over Bitcoin as illicit crypto use shifts dramatically, and the shift comes down to one brutal fact: if you’re moving stolen funds, you don’t want them melting […]
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Hong Kong is putting real money behind its digital asset ambitions, and this time it’s not just marketing fluff with a blockchain sticker slapped on top. With a push toward tokenization and roughly $2 billion in government bonds in the mix, the city is signaling that it wants blockchain-based finance to plug into real markets, […]
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Washington is running out of excuses on crypto policy. The CLARITY Act, a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, now faces a narrow June window in the US Senate, and supporters say missing it could kick meaningful digital asset regulation down the road for years. Only four working weeks remain in June for Senate action The […]
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Solana price prediction is under pressure after breaking below a key support level, but ETF hopes, tokenized asset growth, and a major network upgrade still keep the long-term bull case alive. $78.17 is the key SOL support level now Solana lost $87.46 and broke its higher-low structure More than $203 million was liquidated across crypto […]
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is taking direct aim at the CLARITY Act, warning that the bill could give crypto firms a sweet regulatory deal while banks keep swallowing the compliance bill. Prediction markets now give the CLARITY Act a 59% chance of becoming law this year Jamie Dimon says banks will keep fighting the bill […]
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Bitcoin is still setting the pace, and XRP’s next major move may depend less on its own story than on whether BTC regains momentum and drags the rest of the market into an old-fashioned altcoin frenzy. Bitcoin leads, XRP follows — XRP’s upside still depends heavily on BTC strength and later capital rotation into altcoins. […]
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The SEC has sued Texas resident Nathan Fuller, alleging he ran a $12.3 million crypto investment fraud that used AI hype, fake trading claims, and promised absurd returns to lure roughly 150 investors. Regulators say the setup was a classic Ponzi scheme dressed up with buzzwords, with only a tiny fraction of investor money actually […]
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Bitcoin is sitting on a knife edge near $73,500 after pulling back hard from roughly $78,000, and one on-chain support level around $72,400 is now doing the sort of heavy lifting usually reserved for overworked bartenders and unpaid interns. BTC fell from about $78,000 earlier this week Price is stabilizing near $73,500 for now $72,400 […]
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The U.S. Treasury says it has seized roughly $1 billion in crypto linked to Iran, one of the largest crypto sanctions enforcement actions yet. The message is simple: blockchain does not make you untouchable, and self-custody is powerful, but it is not some magical invisibility cloak. Roughly $1 billion in crypto seized from Iran-linked wallets […]
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