News Archive
Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
PYMNTS
Card issuing platform provider Marqeta has launched a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK. This collaboration is designed to provide stablecoin-backed card capabilities to crypto-native and non-crypto companies, the companies announced Wednesday (Sept.
CryptoTicker
Crypto belongs in Annex SO, but in two different sections. When you have to declare at all, where gains, losses and staking income go, and why line numbers from older guides lead you astray.
Crypto Economy
Consensys Software Inc. is splitting into two companies that will operate independently. The existing legal entity will operate exclusively under the MetaMask brand to manage mass-consumer products, while a new company will take on the name Consensys to lead protocol development and institutional infrastructure such as Linea, Besu, and Teku.
PYMNTS
The Clarity Act may be a dead letter in the current Congress. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.
Crypto Briefing
Ledger's strategic leadership consolidation highlights the urgent need for robust, unified defenses against evolving AI-driven cyber threats. Ledger consolidates technology and security oversight amid rising AI threats.
The Currency Analytics
Germany is about to blow up one of the most investor-friendly tax rules in Europe.
Crypto Briefing
Block's move to establish a national crypto bank could streamline regulatory processes, potentially setting a precedent for fintech innovation. Block applies to become a US crypto bank with Builders Bank & Trust.
Crypto Briefing
Block's move could boost institutional crypto adoption, influencing Bitcoin's market dynamics and regulatory landscape in the U.S. Block files to create federally supervised US crypto bank.
Coinspress
Consensys spent much of Ethereum's first decade assembling businesses across the blockchain stack, from the MetaMask wallet used to access onchain markets to Ethereum clients, Layer 2 technology and institutional infrastructure.
Decrypt
Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.
Benzinga
The crypto market structure bill is becoming a high-stakes political bet, with prediction markets and Washington insiders sending sharply different signals on its chances of passing. Polymarket currently places the CLARITY Act's passage odds at roughly 14%, while some Capitol Hill sources privately estimate the probability at just 3% to 5%.
Dailycoin
Germany's Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill ending the tax-free holding period for crypto.
Cryptopolitan
Interior Minister Ulan Niyazbekov told a state blockchain council on September 5 that Kyrgyzstan's police have opened 90 criminal cases involving cryptocurrency since the start of 2026. Kyrgyzstan has drawn repeated Western sanctions over allegations that its banks and crypto platforms help Russia evade financial restrictions.
Tokenpost
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language online marketplace accused of supporting cryptocurrency scams, money laundering and other illicit financial activities linked to cybercriminal networks. The Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said Xinbi helped Southeast Asian scam centers obtain supplies and access financial services needed to operate criminal schemes.
Crypto Briefing
Lightfield's AI-native CRM could disrupt legacy systems, pushing the industry towards more automated, dynamic data management solutions. Lightfield raises $47M Series A led by a16z to build AI-native CRM.
Crypto Briefing
Latitude's funding could accelerate stablecoin adoption by simplifying cross-border transactions, potentially reshaping global payment systems. Latitude raises $35M in Series A funding led by Oak HC/FT to build stablecoin payment rails.
Crypto Economy
Germany is preparing a bill to tax cryptocurrency gains on assets acquired after December 31, 2026. Holdings acquired before that date would retain the current regime, which allows tax-free sales after 12 months of holding.
CoinPedia
The word “CLARITY” has been doing rounds on Crypto Twitter for months, one senator promising it's finally coming, the next going live to declare it dead on arrival. Somewhere between “most important crypto bill in history” and “dead on arrival,” the September 15 deadline is closing in fast.
Unchained
Two Republican senators were quoted in a Semafor report saying the crypto market structure bill is heading for defeat, and the Sept. 15 vote would not pass it even if it succeeds.
Cointelegraph
Following on their earlier lawsuit, CCI and the Blockchain Association seek to block Illinois' 0.2% crypto tax, arguing it is unconstitutional and would impose costly compliance burdens.