News Archive
Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
CryptoTicker
A ministerial draft bill from Germany's finance ministry names a cut-off date for the first time: crypto assets acquired after December 31, 2026 are to fall under the flat-rate withholding tax. What that means for legacy holdings, running savings plans and staking income, and why nothing has been decided yet.
Crypto Economy
Republican Senator Mike Rounds announced that the legislative outlook is unfavorable ahead of the vote in the United States Senate. Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks conditioned her support on the inclusion of stricter ethics clauses. The estimated odds of the initiative being signed into law during the 2026 legislative year dropped to 15%.
Cointelegraph
Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena's ENA token.
Bitcoin Magazine
Pro-crypto senator Cynthia Lummis has said that the Clarity Act can still get through, but it'll need "further compromise" from Democrats.
The Currency Analytics
Uzbekistan is running a live payments test.
Cryip
Matter Labs, the developer behind the ZKsync network, has open-sourced the permissioning engine at the core of Prividium, its private blockchain platform for banks and other regulated institutions.
Coincu
DeFi Development Corp has completed an $11 million CHAD preferred share issuance with participation from Fundstrat's Tom Lee. Here are the key details.
Crypto Economy
Binance will remove OPEN/FDUSD, SAGA/FDUSD and VELODROME/USDC from Spot trading on September 11 at 03:00 UTC. The affected tokens will remain available on Binance through other trading pairs, meaning this is not a full token delisting.
Crypto Economy
Mexican authorities dismantled a clandestine crypto mining farm in Tlaola, Puebla, after tracing an illegal electricity connection near the Nuevo Necaxa hydroelectric dam. Investigators seized around 300 computers, transformers, medium-voltage equipment and satellite internet antennas, while examining possible money-laundering links and the cryptocurrencies involved.
Crypto Economy
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national residing in Miami, pleaded guilty in a Washington D.C. federal court. He was accused of leading an international organized crime syndicate that carried out the theft and laundering of more than $245 million in cryptocurrency. According to the U.S.
CryptoPotato
What it used to take up to two business days was settled for minutes during the weekend.
AMBCrypto
EDGE faces fresh KuCoin supply as persistent outflows and Fibonacci support shape its recovery outlook.
CoinPedia
MoonPay has secured an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Dutch Central Bank, opening the door for the company to issue regulated euro-denominated stablecoins across Europe. The approval also allows MoonPay to offer payment accounts and related services, giving the crypto payments firm a stronger position in Europe's growing stablecoin market.
Coincu
Bybit launches perpetual contracts on major foreign exchange currency pairs with up to 100x leverage. Explore the announcement and key leverage risks.
CoinPedia
Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act will not fail over ethics concerns. But the bill could instead fail if Democrats refuse to support what she calls a bipartisan plan for consumer protection.Lummis said Democrats now face a choice: support American innovation and strong consumer protections, or let China take the lead in finance.
Cryptopolitan
Robinhood Markets has agreed to list Crypto.com's yes-or-no event contracts on its app. The company has also agreed to buy minority stakes in both the exchange and its newly separated prediction-markets arm, OG.com.
The Block
Malone Lam pleaded guilty for his role in leading an international "social engineering" scheme, stealing $245 million worth in cryptocurrency.
Crypto Briefing
Bybit's 24/7 forex perpetuals could reshape trading by offering continuous market access and reducing barriers for crypto-native traders. Bybit launches 24/7 perpetuals for EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY.
The Currency Analytics
Kraken had a rough Tuesday. The exchange flagged withdrawal delays shortly after 2 p.m.
Crypto Economy
Matter Labs open-sourced the permissioning engine of Prividium, its DLT platform for regulated financial institutions. The Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, is the first institution to test and deploy Prividium on its own infrastructure. The permissioning engine can operate as a standalone component, without requiring a commercial agreement with the developer for its use.