Ant International, the global arm of Alipay owner Ant Group, plans to apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Luxembourg, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. This move...

South Korea may soon take a step toward integrating Web3 technologies into its political financing system. A new parliamentary seminar aims to explore the possibility of permitting political donations in the form of...

The U.S. Senate has taken a major step toward regulating stablecoins, advancing the GENIUS Act with a 68-30 vote to invoke cloture on the Hagerty-Gillibrand bipartisan amendment. The final Senate vote on the bill is...

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have called on Meta to disclose its intentions regarding stablecoins, raising fresh concerns over consumer privacy and financial surveillance. In a letter sent Wednesday,...

In a move that bucks the growing trend of state-level crypto adoption, Connecticut has passed legislation banning government involvement with digital assets. The bill, unanimously approved by both the House and Senate,...

Ukraine is taking a major step toward integrating cryptocurrency into its national financial strategy. Lawmakers in the Verkhovna Rada have introduced a bill that would allow the National Bank of Ukraine to include virtual...

President Donald Trumps nominee for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman, Brian Quintenz, addressed an avalanche of cryptocurrency questions during his Senate confirmation hearing, highlighting crypto...

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act with a strong bipartisan vote of 47-6, signaling growing momentum for comprehensive crypto regulation. The bill, which aims to define...

The U.K.s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Sarah Pritchard as its first-ever deputy chief executive, marking a strategic move to expand regulatory oversight of the growing crypto and digital assets industry....

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring exemptions for decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to ease regulatory hurdles, according to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins. Speaking at the agencys fifth crypto...