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Highlights: SEC has allowed broker-dealers to apply a 2% stablecoin haircut instead of a full 100% deduction. Qualifying payment stablecoins can now count toward net capital like money market funds. Updated guidance will support tokenized securities and broader on-chain settlement […]

Highlights: Brad Garlinghouse believes the CLARITY Act has 90% chance of passing by April. The CLARITY bill aims to clarify oversight between the SEC and the CFTC for digital assets. Prediction markets raise CLARITY Act passage odds to between 85 […]

Highlights: Grayscale’s S-1 filing aims to introduce an AAVE spot ETF. The proposed ETF will charge a 2.5% fee and list on the NYSE Arca. Coinbase will act as the custodian and prime broker for the ETF. Grayscale Investments submitted […]

Highlights: Trump’s Truth Social plans to launch two new digital asset ETFs. The ETFs include Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cronos tokens with staking rewards. Crypto.com will provide custody and staking services for the new ETFs. Truth Social, linked to Trump Media […]

Highlights: Thailand has approved crypto as an underlying asset for regulated derivatives, following a proposal from the Finance Ministry. The SEC will amend the Derivatives Act and introduce risk controls for crypto-linked contracts and exchanges. Retail crypto payments remain banned […]

Highlights: Bitwise aims to launch the first regulated Uniswap ETF in the U.S. market. Coinbase Custody will hold UNI tokens for the proposed Bitwise Uniswap ETF. The ETF offers DeFi exposure without the need for managing wallets or private keys. […]

Highlights: The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the CLARITY Act draft after a narrow party-line vote. The bill assigns crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC while adding registration and customer protection rules. Senate Banking Committee delays and ethics disputes continue […]

Highlights: The US SEC has released new guidance targeting different categories of tokenized securities. The move is targeted towards educating market participants on how these securities are treated under current rules.  The two broad categories of tokenized securities were those […]

Highlights: SEC has backed Ripple’s argument that speculation alone should not trigger US securities rules. Lawmakers have delayed crypto market structure talks while agencies prepare joint coordination meetings. The new regulatory drafts propose flexible tests for digital asset classification instead […]

Highlights: VanEck’s Avalanche ETF offers unique exposure to AVAX’s price returns and staking rewards. The fund’s first $500 million in assets will come with waived sponsor fees until February 2026. Avalanche’s blockchain gains institutional attention, with firms like Citi and […]

Highlights: Quidax has discontinued P2P trading amid regulatory pressures in Nigeria’s crypto market. Nigeria’s SEC is imposing stricter capital requirements for crypto service providers. Quidax will shift focus to higher-demand features like instant swaps and order-book trading. Nigerian crypto exchange […]

Highlights: The SEC dropped its lawsuit against Gemini Earn after more than two years. Gemini Earn users fully recovered their assets, returned in kind, not cash. Gemini faced no penalties, which marks a rare outcome in crypto regulation. The US […]