Regulation
Payments

Court Order Forces Circle to Freeze $12.6 Million in Zama’s Confidential USDC Contract, Locking Unrelated Users’ Funds

A federal court order in the Overnight Finance suit forced Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC contract, freezing $12.6M and locking…
Jun 1, 2026
Regulation

CFTC Opens US Crypto Perpetuals Door With First Approvals at Kalshi and Coinbase

The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP as the first regulated US bitcoin perpetual and issued Coinbase a no-action letter to route…
Jun 1, 2026
Regulation

U.S. Congress returns as GENIUS comments periods close, jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what’s coming in the week starting June 1. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Jun 1, 2026
Institutional

US, UK central bankers offer contrary views on stablecoins

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller told a conference on Sunday that stablecoins expand the reach of US policy while the…
May 31, 2026
Regulation

How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto

Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with…
May 31, 2026
Institutional

Kraken ‘plans’ regulated perp contracts as rivals are quick off the blocks

In the wake of CFTC approval of perpetual futures contracts tied to the spot price of Bitcoin, Kraken expects to…
May 31, 2026
Infrastructure

How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street’s clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle…
May 31, 2026
Regulation

Senator Lummis says China will 'write the rules' of the new financial era if CLARITY fails

The Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the CLARITY Act in May, but it must still pass both chambers of…
May 30, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama

The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to…
May 30, 2026
AI

SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots

Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to crypto…
May 30, 2026