Update (Oct. 17, 2025, at 11:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by a Binance spokesperson. France’s banking regulator is conducting additional Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks on Binance and other cryptocurrency exchanges, as Paris lobbies for more authority over Europe’s crypto industry under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). According to…
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Privacy of data is among the key legal challenges to cross-border cooperation in regulating cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and stablecoins, according to the G20’s risk watchdog. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global financial authority funded by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has identified persistent gaps in how governments worldwide regulate the cryptocurrency market. “This…
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Key takeaways: US regional bank stress hits markets as auto sector bankruptcies expose risky loans, sending financial stock prices sinking. Bitcoin fell below the 200-day SMA, dropping to $104,500 amid $1.2 billion crypto liquidations. Analysts view $88,000 as the next significant support level for BTC, unless $104,000 holds. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to $104,000 in a…
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Key points: Bitcoin falls to its lowest levels since June as familiar US banking turmoil returns. Traders see $100,000 as possibly failing as support. Gold comes off fresh all-time highs as Peter Schiff sees it beating Bitcoin to the $1 million mark. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to 15-week lows on Friday as a US banking rout…
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Ghana’s central bank aims to have crypto regulations in place by the end of the year, with the West African country advancing a bill to parliament just a week after Kenya passed its own bill regulating the industry. Johnson Asiama, the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), said at the International Monetary Fund’s meetings…
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A Florida House Republican has filed a revised bill to allow the state to invest in digital assets, such as Bitcoin and crypto ETFs, after Florida’s operations subcommittee withdrew his initial attempt in June. The Florida House Bill 183 would let the state and certain public entities invest up to 10% of their funds in…
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Gold’s market capitalization reached a record $30 trillion on Thursday as the commodity surged to a new all-time high of $4,357 per ounce. The milestone market cap peak means that gold is now 14.5 times larger than Bitcoin’s market capitalization, which is around $2.1 trillion. It is also 1.5 times larger than the market capitalization…
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Investors are becoming more discerning of Bitcoin treasury companies as the “euphoria” over Bitcoin-stacking firms is starting to wane, according to a Bitcoin treasury executive. There are currently 205 publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies worldwide. But their sheen has started to dull, with several firms that have adopted the strategy seeing their market net…
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Several Bitcoiners, including Jack Dorsey, have reinforced their push for the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin through a new “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign, which aims to integrate Bitcoin with the Cashu protocol to enable payments within the app. “@Signalapp should use Bitcoin,” Dorsey posted to X on Thursday, retweeting a post from pseudonymous…
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Decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) protocol peaq has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to develop a regulatory framework for onchain robotics and tokenized machines. According to a Thursday press release, the memorandum centers on peaq’s Machine Economy Free Zone, with additional areas of collaboration including guidance for projects seeking…
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