A Bitcoin wallet dormant since January 2014 just moved 26.96 BTC, now worth about $1.73 million in unrealized gains after 12.5 years. No sale was confirmed, but the transfer adds to a wave of old-coin activity that has traders watching closely.
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Russia is proposing a tightly controlled crypto market that would let Bitcoin, Ether, and USDT trade on regulated venues, while keeping everyday crypto payments banned. Retail access would be capped, investors tested, and banks lined up to run the rails.
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The EU’s MiCA register has grown to 321 authorized crypto firms, signaling that Brussels’ rulebook is no longer just theory. But with national regulators still in charge and ESMA eyeing more control, the fight over how Europe supervises crypto is just getting started.
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Coinbase is rolling out 170+ crypto derivatives in the UK for eligible professional investors, including perpetual futures, dated futures, and options. The move expands regulated access to high-leverage trading while underscoring Coinbase’s push to become a broader “Everything Exchange.”
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SEC is set to meet on Aug. 14 to consider a crypto-specific offering regime, a possible step toward clearer token fundraising rules and a token safe harbor. It’s only a proposal stage, but it could mark a real shift in how the SEC treats digital asset launches.
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UK lawmakers are pressing major banks to explain why crypto firms still face account blocks and payment limits, even as the UK’s full crypto regime nears 2027. The fight is now clear: risk controls versus needless de-risking.
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MiCA’s July 1 cutoff left 1,062 EEA crypto firms without authorization, underscoring how uneven Europe’s licensing rollout still is. TRM Labs says the unauthorized cohort carried far more risk overall, but the bigger story is a compliance squeeze that could get messy fast.
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Broadridge says its blockchain-based DLR platform processed $8 trillion in repo trades in July, showing real traction for distributed ledger tech in Wall Street’s core financing plumbing. The numbers point to serious institutional usage, not crypto cosplay.
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The Senate’s CLARITY Act is now headed for a September vote after clashes over Trump-linked ethics rules, stablecoin rewards, and DeFi liability jammed up the bill. Crypto, banks, prosecutors, and GOP infighting have turned a market-structure fix into a full-blown Washington knife fight.
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South Korea is widening its scam-refund system to include eligible crypto losses from voice-phishing, a pragmatic move that recognizes how fast fraud can move from a phone call to an irreversible blockchain transfer. The catch: this is a narrow fix, not a blanket payout for every crypto blunder.
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