KuCoin announced an exclusive multiyear deal with Tomorrowland Winter and Tomorrowland Belgium from 2026 to 2028, making the exchange the music festival’s exclusive crypto and payments partner. The move comes just weeks after KuCoin secured a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) service provider license in the European Union. KuCoin’s MiCA play goes mass‑market KuCoin EU…
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Spain’s national securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), has published a dedicated Q&A laying out how it intends to apply the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) on the ground. The document outlines what crypto companies can expect on authorizations, notifications, day-to-day conduct and the transitional regime, pushing platforms toward…
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Global macro analyst Luke Gromen has turned near-term bearish on Bitcoin, even saying that a drop to the $40,000 range is possible in 2026. He argues that the number-one crypto looks vulnerable as macro conditions and investor narratives shift. In a recent appearance on the RiskReversal podcast, Gromen largely stuck by the core debasement trade…
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A cross-party group of members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, including former Defense Secretary Sir Gavin Williamson, shadow Science and Tech (AI) Minister Viscount Camrose and the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s chief whip, Lord Hart, have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to intervene over the Bank…
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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has elevated British pound‑denominated stablecoin payments to a top policy priority for 2026, fast-tracking a dedicated regulatory sandbox for prospective issuers ahead of new digital asset regulations. The watchdog said the move is part of a package of “ambitious new growth measures” for next year, aimed at supporting…
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On Dec. 1 in Val‑d’Oise, France, the father of a Dubai‑based crypto entrepreneur was kidnapped off the street. It was another entry in Jameson Lopp’s directory of 225‑plus verified physical attacks on digital asset holders. The database that Lopp, chief security officer at Bitcoin wallet Casa, has maintained for six years, shows the pace of coercion…
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“Buy every dip.” That’s the advice from Strike CEO Jack Mallers. According to Mallers, with quantitative tightening over and rate cuts and stimulus on the horizon, the great print is coming. The US can’t afford falling asset prices, he argues, which translates into a giant wall of liquidity ready to muscle in and prop prices…
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Italy’s securities regulator has set a firm timetable for how the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) will apply in the country, warning that unlicensed crypto platforms face a hard deadline to either seek authorization or leave the market. The move directly affects virtual asset service providers (VASPs) currently operating under Italy’s regime and…
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The chorus of voices calling for a presidential pardon of Samourai wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill is growing, as Bitcoin advocates and policy groups call on US President Donald Trump to intervene before the pair report to prison next year. Rodriguez and Hill were sentenced in November to five and four years…
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Former US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler renewed his warning to investors about the risks of cryptocurrencies, calling most of the market “highly speculative” in a new Bloomberg interview on Tuesday. He carved out Bitcoin (BTC) as comparatively closer to a commodity while stressing that most tokens don’t offer “a dividend” or “usual…
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