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View More NewsIn brief The EU’s MiCA transition period ends July 1, closing the window for crypto firms to operate under old national regimes without a bloc-wide license. Just 200 or so firms have secured full MiCA authorization, according to ESMA’s register—a small fraction of the pre-MiCA market. Binance is reportedly set to be denied an EU license, while Malta’s regulator is weighing how decentralized finance might fit within MiCA’s scope. Europe’s crypto industry is bracing for a shakeout.The transition period for the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, ends July 1, closing the window in which firms could…
Latest NewsPublishedJun 18, 2026For the first time in seven years, the Irish government released an assessment related to digital assets, noting risks from money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions violations and bribery.The government of Ireland is taking aim at digital assets used in money laundering and terrorism financing as moves to implement industry standards “relating to the acceptance of crypto-related activities as a source of funds” by the second half of 2027 as part of its policy priorities. In part of its implementation plan following a national risk assessment released on Thursday, the Irish department of finance said crypto assets presented “very…
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Last Wednesday, 3 June, was surely one of the most shameful days in the Knesset’s 77-year history. Michael Rabello, the personal attorney of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected the country’s next state comptroller—the official who inspects, reviews, and audits government policy and conduct, and whose broad powers of inspection include the use of hundreds of lawyers, accountants, and other professionals under his authority.Israeli law stipulates that the Knesset vote for this position must be carried out in secret, with MKs casting ballots alone behind a screen. Rabello’s rival for the post, former Supreme Court justice Yosef Elron, won…
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said it was taking legal action against the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over cryptocurrency perpetual futures.In…
In brief Predictors on Myriad are becoming increasingly bearish on Bitcoin and Ethereum as their prices slide on Thursday. Odds have surged to favor…
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from the total-capitulation dept If there’s one thing that Donald Trump has shown over the years, it’s that he will get his most sycophantic…
Defend American Jobs, the cryptocurrency company-backed political action committee (PAC) affiliated with Fairshake, reported spending millions of dollars to support a Republican candidate’s run…
In brief Federal authorities say they disrupted an alleged plot to attack the White House UFC Freedom 250 event using explosive drones and shooters.…
from the not-great-for-reality dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. During a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17,…
A very short excerpt from yesterday’s Seventh Circuit opinion in Betts v. Boone County, written by Chief Judge Michael Brennan and joined by Judge…
Strategy’s (MSTR) dividend-paying preferred stock, STRC, closed at $91.79 on Tuesday, its third-lowest since trading began in July 2025, amid lower bitcoin prices and…
Key takeaways:Bitcoin derivatives show weak conviction with 2% futures basis and elevated put options premium signaling caution.Institutional buying via $86 million ETF inflows plus…
In brief Alibaba unveiled the Qwen-Robot Suite, a trio of AI models designed to handle robot navigation, manipulation, and physics-based world simulation through a…
This week, police in Mississippi shot into a car, trying to stop a fleeing suspect. In the process, they killed a 1-year-old boy and…