Kevin Helms

More than 70,000 U.S. law enforcement professionals have urged federal officials to revise provisions of the CLARITY Act, warning that broad exemptions could weaken oversight, accountability, and investigative tools used to combat criminal activity involving digital assets.

Grayscale Investments said several leading revenue-generating crypto protocols are trading at relatively low valuation multiples. The firm added that a potential CLARITY Act vote in the coming weeks could support growth in on-chain finance and tokenized assets.

Ripple and SBI launched RLUSD in Japan after regulatory approval, giving institutions and retail users access through SBI's crypto exchange platform. The U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin has reached a $1.7 billion market capitalization.

SBI Holdings is moving to buy Bitbank in a deal that could reshape Japan's crypto exchange market. The planned takeover, involving regulatory review, would combine Bitbank with SBI VC Trade and potentially create the country's largest crypto platform group by custody assets.

Binance will halt crypto asset services in European Union markets from July 1 after notifying customers that it could not meet the bloc's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licensing requirements before the regulatory deadline.

A narrowing congressional calendar ahead of the midterm elections is putting pressure on Senate leaders to advance the CLARITY Act. Stand With Crypto,

Caleb & Brown has implemented Ripple Payments to enable quicker U.S. dollar withdrawals for its brokerage clients, integrating Ripple’s network into

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is joining the Nasdaq-100 and FTSE Russell’s U.S. equity indexes less than a month after its record-breaking IPO, placing the newly

Senate timing constraints have weakened the CLARITY Act's outlook as lawmakers face a crowded agenda before the August recess. Galaxy Digital's research lowered its 2026 passage estimate to a 50-50 chance, citing no floor date, no motion to proceed, and no unified committee text.

Australian digital asset firms have until Sept. 30, 2026, to apply for or vary licenses after ASIC extended no-action relief for eligible crypto services, expanding coverage to more authorization arrangements while retaining enforcement powers after receiving about 30 licence applications.