EU authorities include HTX exchange in Russian sanctions

The exchange, already sanctioned by the UK, is now on a list of 18 entities “providing crypto-assets services or payment services“ in defiance of the EU’s measures against Russia. Source…

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF Is A Roaring Success

Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley Bitcoin exchange-traded fund now has close to $400 million in assets under management — despite only launching in April.  The NYSE Arca-listed fund, which is…

Strive’s SATA Rebounds Toward Par as Samson Mow Says Bitcoin bottom Is In

Strive’s SATA preferred shares have rebounded from a June low of $83.30 to about $97, recovering most of the selloff and moving back within roughly 3% of their $100 par…

US State Department To Debut Freedom Program With Bitcoin

The U.S. State Department is launching a program that includes Bitcoin as a way to advance digital freedom worldwide.  Named the Freedom Tech Excellence Program, the initiative will see the…

India’s IFF Calls BitChat GitHub Takedown Unconstitutional

India’s Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has condemned a government order directing GitHub to remove repositories for Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app BitChat, calling the move unconstitutional and warning it threatens…

The Fraternal Order Of Police Supports The Clarity Act.

The National Fraternal Order of Police became the latest organization to throw its support behind the long-awaited Clarity Act.  In a statement Friday, specifically addressed to Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren…

Crypto Advocacy Groups Support CLARITY Passage as Ethics Rules Face Pushback

The Crypto Council for Innovation, Digital Chamber and Blockchain Association wrote to US Senate leaders on Friday calling for the chamber to prioritize “floor consideration” of the Digital Asset Market…

Top Crypto Industry Groups Throw Support Behind Clarity Act

Top crypto advocacy groups the Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, and the Digital Chamber have said in a letter that they support the latest draft of the Clarity Act. …

World Foundation raises $52.5M in Pantera-led funding to expand World ID infrastructure

The organization sold locked WLD tokens to strategic investors as it seeks to grow its biometric identity network amid rising demand for human verification online. Source link

Senate Democrats Reject Clarity Act Ethics Rewrite

Senate Democrats have rejected the ethics provision in the latest Clarity Act draft in blunt terms, and Majority Leader John Thune cast doubt on Thursday that the crypto market-structure bill…