Crypto Regulation

Coinbase has launched Coinbase Business in Singapore, marking its first international expansion for the platform beyond the United States. The move underscores the exchange’s ambition to bring stablecoin-powered finance to startups and small enterprises across Asia.Coinbase Picks Singapore for Its First Global Expansion, Launches Coinbase Business to Power USDC Payments

Stablecoin payment company Transak has just secured six U.S. state Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in six different states—, in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Vermont, and Pennsylvania — in its mission to achieve direct licensing coverage across all 50 states.

Bitcoin (BTC) surged this week, climbing 6.7% to break past the $106,000 mark as optimism swelled around a U.S. Senate bill expected to end the longest government shutdown in American history.

Brazil’s central bank has announced a major regulatory overhaul for digital asset service providers (VASPs), extending anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) standards to the country’s booming crypto sector.

The CEO of Kelsier Ventures and advisor of the President of Argentina, Hayden Davis, has found his digital assets frozen after prosecutors found evidence that linked him to the Libra memecoin scandal.

Former Binance boss Changpeng “CZ” Zhao says he was stunned when President Donald Trump pardoned him in October — and insists the move was no payoff. The pardon has launched an awkward public triangle: political opponents demanding answers, the White House defending the decision, and CZ attempting to rebuild a reputation tarnished by criminal pleas and regulatory fights.

Pakistan is actively exploring the launch of a rupee-backed stablecoin and a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as policymakers and industry leaders warn that delays in regulating digital assets could cost the nation up to $25 billion in missed economic opportunities.

Despite being the President of one of the world's most powerful countries in the world, Trump has found himself burnt by the Bitcoin volatility after the price of Bitcoin took a nosedive over the weekend.

Coinbase Europe was fined €21.5 million by the Central Bank of Ireland after its system failed to monitor over 30 million transactions worth more than €176 billion between 2021 and 2022. The errors, caused by coding mistakes, meant some potentially suspicious transactions linked to crime went unchecked, and Coinbase has since fixed the system and strengthened its controls.

Prediction markets, once confined to a small circle of crypto-savvy insiders, are rapidly entering the mainstream. Now, Gemini — one of the most tightly regulated exchanges in the U.S. — is preparing to stake its claim in this emerging sector.