April 14, 2026 @ 6:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act, crypto market infrastructure legislation, is expected to move forward in the US Senate this month with a floor vote arriving in May. According to multiple reports, a deal is in the works on stablecoin yield, the biggest hurdle to the legislation’s approval…. Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Keyrock has issued a statement announcing the issuance of a tokenized corporate bond that was enabled by Sygnum. The EURC-denominated corporate bond uses the Ethereum blockchain. Keyrock is a Brussels-based crypto investment firm that also provides market making, options, and asset management. It reports operations… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a data and analytics company for online capital formation, recently published its Q1 2026 update, which highlights a softer market for investment crowdfunding under Reg CF and Reg A. Currently, there is no comprehensive data on Reg D offerings, which many platforms support, so… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

In another big win for the crypto industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Markets and Trading, has issued a statement today indicating that certain software user interfaces used to trade crypto do not need to register as broker-dealers. The SEC, under the… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a statement countering the report by the Council of Economic Advisers, part of the Trump White House, which recently stated that stablecoin yield does no harm to banks but, if banned, harms consumers’ ability to generate value from stablecoin holdings. In… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) are cratering in pre-market trading following an earnings beat that apparently did not top whisper expectations that it would crush its earnings. Goldman, the world’s top investment bank, saw its shares decline by over 4% before the market opened and… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:43 am By JD Alois  |  

As should have been expected by all, a research report published by the Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) indicates that stablecoin yield will not impact lending at all. The FUD promoted by banks never held any merit but it was a great display… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie is a tenacious participant in the investment crowdfunding sector. Founded by David Duccini in 2016 and based in the Midwest, the platform has continued to iterate and add new services as it adapts to the evolving marketplace of online capital formation. Over time,… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has selected David Woodcock to become the Director of the Division of Enforcement Selected. Enforcement is the largest division of the SEC. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said he was incredibly pleased to have Woodcock step in and lead the… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin platform Confirmo has been approved and licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland. Confirmo is now a fully regulated operational hub for the company’s entire European business. Under EEA passporting rules, the license grants Confirmo the right to offer its services across all 27… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Custody will work with Re7 Capital, a crypto-native investment firm. According to a release, Zodia will provide access to Zodia Custody’s Interchange network for custody services and off-exchange settlement. Zodia works with a number of prominent firms including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings,… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands based ClearBank has been approved under Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. The company announced that it had received approval from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to operate as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP). The bank stated that it will… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading online investment platform that provides access to capital for issuers as well as access to secondary offerings, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss key issues which will impact online capital markets as well as secondary trading of… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Top Fintech founder Mike Cagney took to X to slam Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and its tax documentation process. Cagney founded two Fintech unicorns, SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI) and Figure Technologies (NASDAQ:FIGR). In the US, tax filings are due this month on April 15th. Today, investment platforms automatically generate… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Global law firm Jones Day experienced an embarrassing hack as a handful of clients had their information posted on the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) website. Reuters reports that the law firm confirmed the breach and all clients have been notified. In May 2025, the federal… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital asset bank, is reporting that it is now providing custody for USDM1, a US dollar-denominated sovereign debt instrument issued on the blockchain by the Marshal Islands. The digital asset is said to be collateralized 1:1 by US Treasury instruments…. Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Reg Crypto is still on track, at least as was recently expressed by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins. The Chairman has spoken about creating an “innovation exemption” in the past but according to Alex Thorn, posting on X, Atkins reiterated the concept at… Read More

April 6, 2026 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) received an early win in its battle with certain states that are challenging federal oversight of prediction marketplaces. A group of different states are pursuing prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket arguing they should be regulated under state gaming… Read More

April 6, 2026 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

A significant 65% of investors are said to be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to aid them in the decision making process, according to a recent survey. The poll queried 938 US investors to determine the degree of usage of AI investing tools. Conducted by investing.com,… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) will soon offer crypto trading on its investment platform. While this should come as no surprise, a better question is why it took the popular broker-dealer so long. Today, the strategy is to be a “super App” or “Everything Platform.” Crypto native… Read More