Politics, Legal & Regulation

September 5, 2025 @ 11:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment gateway, has been granted a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in South Carolina. With the inclusion of South Carolina, Alchemy Pay now holds MTLs in  Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wyoming, and Arizona. The Money Transmitter License, issued under the authority of the South Carolina Attorney General in accordance with the… Read More

September 3, 2025 @ 1:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets and the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk have issued a statement on the joint initiative regarding spot crypto trading. The announcement is associated with the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets… Read More

September 3, 2025 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has issued a statement regarding the House Judiciary Committee hearing addressing European laws that harm US firms. The EU  and UK have enacted multiple laws that solely impact US firms – typically, US big tech. While crafted… Read More

September 2, 2025 @ 5:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a key decision on August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declared most of the United States’ recently imposed tariffs illegal, affirming a May ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court had determined that the… Read More

September 2, 2025 @ 12:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

QCP Trading Pte. Ltd., the over-the-counter (OTC) spot digital payment tokens (DPT) trading arm of QCP Group, is pleased to announce that it has been granted a Major Payment Institution (MPI) License by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The development enables QCP Trading to… Read More

September 1, 2025 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pete Balint, Partner at Financial Crimes Advisory at SolomonEdwards, has recently shared key insights with CI. As now widely reported, the 2025 GENIUS Act is reshaping how digital assets are regulated in the U.S. With new AML requirements, stablecoin issuers are now classified as financial institutions…. Read More

September 1, 2025 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The London Stock Exchange has become an operator that has been granted a PISCES Approval Notice (PAN) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its Private Securities Market. The new secondary market will, for the first time, “provide private companies with access to intermittent liquidity… Read More

September 1, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight has recently issued an advisory regarding the foreign board of trade (FBOT) registration framework for non-U.S. “entities legally organized and operating outside the United States that seek to provide persons physically located in the United States… Read More

August 31, 2025 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) unveiled a Money Laundering National Risk Assessment (NRA) resource, designed to enable countries to strengthen their risk-based strategies in combating financial crime. This resource marks a step forward in the global effort to safeguard financial systems from money laundering,… Read More

August 31, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said it had seized two marketplace domains and a blog operated by VerifTools, an online platform accused of producing and selling fraudulent identification documents to cybercriminals worldwide. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began probing… Read More

August 30, 2025 @ 5:06 pm By Joshua Ashley Klayman, Danelle Le Cren, John Hwang, Michael Bassett, Philip Lee and Jessica Blatz  |  

  Imagine this:  A lender, confident in its documentation, makes a secured loan to a borrower and takes a security interest in a portfolio of digital assets—only to learn, months later, that its “first priority” lien is no longer first priority. Why? Because the borrower’s… Read More

August 29, 2025 @ 3:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is enhancing its market surveillance and fraud detection capabilities by deploying Nasdaq’s surveillance technology. As the CFTC embraces an expanding regulatory remit, it will look to Nasdaq’s Market Surveillance platform to support its mission to promote market integrity. The… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant shift in its regulatory approach, the Federal Reserve Board announced on August 15, 2025, that it is discontinuing its dedicated program for supervising banks engaged in cryptocurrency and financial technology activities. This decision marks a notable step in the central bank’s evolving… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

US stocks were volatile this week after President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board of Governors, an unprecedented act that is intensifying fears about the erosion of the Fed’s independence. The ICE US Dollar Index shed… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the state of New York and New York City continue to raise taxes on the wealthy, the amount of revenue declines, according to a report. Of course, this paradigm seems obvious to all, except for politicians who make these decisions, it seems. The Laffer… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The US Department of Commerce has put its macroeconomic data onchain in partnership with Chainlink, according to a public statement. The information from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will include Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Personal Consumption Expenditures (CPE) Price Index, and Real Final… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has issued a demand that regulators must crack down on digital assets that “mimic equities.” This references the concept of tokenization or digital securities. These digital assets will eventually replace their analog relative, but it appears legacy exchanges are… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency’s rise as a global financial tool has brought both tech advancements and challenges, with illicit actors exploiting its decentralized and permissionless nature. As noted in an update from Chainalysis, recent enforcement actions underscore a concerted international effort to combat crypto-enabled crime, from pig butchering… Read More

August 27, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 discusses how rate cut signals and political pressures are shaping crypto flows, and what’s next for Bitcoin: “Rate cuts and political pressure are creating two reinforcing forces for crypto right now: on one side, lower rates weaken the dollar and push capital toward alternative… Read More

August 27, 2025 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The PitchBook Q3 2025 Quantitative Perspectives: US Market Insights report has provided an analysis of the US private markets amidst a dynamic macroeconomic environment. The report examines trends across private equity, venture capital, real estate, real assets, and private debt, with a particular focus on… Read More