bitcoin
* Wyoming company debanked by Mercury, a banking platform, without clear cause * Debanking is part of a systemic effort to suppress Bitcoin businesses * Regulators exploit centralized banking choke points to isolate Bitcoin from traditional financial system * Debanking stifles innovation and undermines fairness in financial services * Congress must launch investigations, hold regulators
backed
* World Liberty Financial raises concerns with plans to allocate 70% of tokens to insiders. * Uniswap settles with CFTC, pays $175K fine, while a16z and Union Square Ventures receive subpoenas. * Summary : World Liberty Financial, a crypto project backed by Trump, is causing concern due to its allocation of tokens. The project
bullish
* Bitcoin likely to be the only crypto asset approved for spot ETFs in the US. * MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor shifts stance on crypto post Ethereum ETF approval. * MicroStrategy buys more Bitcoin, pushing total stash to $13.5 billion. * Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan sees bullish prospects for crypto industry in Washington.
ethereum
* Fidelity's U.S. spot ethereum ETF added to DTCC's list under ticker FETH. * DTCC designates FETH as domestic fund, not yet active for processing. * DTCC includes proposed spot ether ETFs from VanEck, Franklin Templeton, BlackRock. * SEC approved 19b-4 forms for spot ether ETFs from eight firms.
assets
Troy Paredes, a former commissioner at the SEC, believes that the regulator may be overstepping its boundaries when it comes to classifying digital assets as securities. Speaking at a conference, Paredes stated that the SEC has taken a broad view of what constitutes a security under the Howey test. He