Eight years after the ICO boom, the regulator is offering a path that the market already abandoned. The capital it is trying to regulate now flows through channels the proposal does not touch. Summary The SEC proposed a framework allowing crypto projects to raise up to $75 million annually through public token sales without full…
US President Donald Trump called it the largest oil deal in history. Can it impact crypto? The United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, which could reshape global energy markets, but does it actually matter for bitcoin and crypto? President Trump announced on Friday that…
A research paper published this week quantifies what happens when bank deposits move at blockchain speed. The number is large enough to reshape how banks fund the economy, and the crypto industry is building the pipes without acknowledging the consequences. Summary A research paper published on August 25 found that tokenized deposits could reduce U.S….
XRP is down by 20% since the local peak marked last Saturday. What comes next? Ripple’s cross-border token staged one of the most impressive recoveries in the past 10-12 days, surging from just under $1.00 to a multi-month peak at $1.70. However, this major rally was halted, and the momentum has faded, with the…
The Bank of Russia is building a surveillance apparatus for digital assets at the same time the Russian state relies on those assets to circumvent Western financial restrictions. The contradiction reveals how governments actually think about crypto. Summary The Bank of Russia added 2,600 crypto wallets to a monitoring system used by banks and law…
Social chatter around ZEC hit six times its August baseline before the price peak, then vanished as the ETF launched. Zcash has been one of the best-performing assets this year. It has managed to attract significant institutional capital. This week, asset manager Grayscale Investments launched the first exchange-traded fund that tracks the spot price…
Two U.S. fund filings dated Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 have listed three XRP-linked ETFs, adding fresh evidence of the token’s growing presence across regulated investment products. Summary ProShares’ filing lists its unlevered XRP ETF and the 2x leveraged Ultra XRP ETF. Morningstar Funds Trust’s amendment includes a live fund combining S&P 500 stocks with…
Charles Schwab announced it is expanding its recently released crypto trading business by adding three major altcoins. Just a few months after it launched its first notable cryptocurrency-focused platform, the Wall Street behemoth has expanded its offering beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The giant recently announced that its Schwab Crypto trading service will add Solana…
INTERPOL has reported 58 arrests, 263 identified suspects and $2.67 million seized after a 22-country operation targeted crypto investment scams, romance fraud and money laundering networks. Summary Operation Jackal IV involved 22 countries across six continents between November 2025 and June 2026. Police arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects linked to West African organized…
The TRUMP meme coin accounts for an estimated $3.2 billion in investor losses, according to Public Citizen’s latest report. US consumer advocacy group Public Citizen reported that crypto ventures linked to Donald Trump and his family have left investors with at least $4.7 billion underwater since 2022. Most of the losses remain unrealized. Trump’s…
