Adam Forsyth

Ripple Joins 210 MiCA-Compliant Firms Days Before EU Hard Deadline

In XRP news today, Ripple has received a preliminary ‘Green Light Letter’ for its Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the country’s financial regulator, under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, announced June 23, 2026. The approval, still subject to final conditions, covers all…

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Kalshi restricts Indian users after regulatory pressure on prediction markets

Kalshi has added India to its list of restricted jurisdictions, preventing residents from accessing the U.S.-based prediction market platform, based on an updated members’ agreement published on Wednesday. Summary Kalshi has added India to its list of restricted jurisdictions, preventing local residents from accessing the prediction market platform. The move follows India’s April advisory targeting…

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Crypto market selloff deepens as Warsh Fed and Iran uncertainty hit Bitcoin

Wintermute said crypto markets absorbed a risk reset before U.S. equities could fully respond, after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and U.S.-Iran talks lost momentum.  Summary Bitcoin moved before Wall Street reopened, turning weekend geopolitics into an early crypto stress test. Fed rate doubts returned as Warsh’s shorter statement removed guidance and kept inflation…

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China Crypto: PBOC’s Crypto Crackdown and Xiaowei Signal China’s Digital Future

China delivered a two-part signal to the crypto market this week: Tencent began testing Xiaowei, a native AI agent embedded in WeChat’s 1.4 billion-user platform, while the PBOC (People’s Bank of China) published a sweeping review of its anti-money-laundering enforcement. It reported more than 2,000 money-laundering convictions in 2025 alone and named virtual-currency laundering a…

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Aptos CBO Solomon Tesfaye Interview

The tokenization narrative is not only growing, but it’s also evolving. While early conversations focused on whether the real-world asset sector could move on-chain, institutions are now asking a very different question: can blockchain infrastructure support financial markets at scale? This shift is becoming increasingly visible across multiple networks, including Aptos. Securitize-related assets have reportedly…

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