India’s ED raided Bengaluru crypto firms in a ₹2,500 crore FEMA probe, with USDT-driven cross-border transfers, OTC trades, and shell entities now under the microscope. Stablecoins are useful, but sloppy compliance can turn “innovation” into a regulatory beatdown.
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India’s Enforcement Directorate is probing crypto on-ramp and off-ramp firms in a cross-border case, zeroing in on the money bridges where laundering, fraud, and evasion often hide.
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Japan’s push for a flat 20% crypto tax could ease the pain for retail traders, boost Bitcoin demand in Asia, and make crypto participation far less of a bureaucratic nightmare. Big catalyst? Maybe. Magic bull-run button? Not a chance.
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AIMCo’s $25M bet on Circle shows institutions still want stablecoin exposure, but the market is cooling fast. USDC remains a key crypto rail, yet Circle faces harsh valuation resets, regulatory risk, and growing competition.
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Stablecoins are being pushed into bank-style compliance under the GENIUS Act AML rules, trading some privacy and permissionless appeal for legitimacy, institutional adoption, and tighter anti-money-laundering controls. The big question: can crypto rails stay open without becoming a surveillance machine?
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Bitcoin fell below $64K as a hawkish Fed sparked $270M in liquidations and extreme fear hit crypto. Meme coins SHIB and PEPE kept sliding, while Pepeto’s $10.28M presale tries to sell “early opportunity” amid the wreckage.
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CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju says the old Bitcoin-to-altcoin rotation is breaking down, meaning the classic alt season playbook may no longer work. BTC can still lead, but altcoins now need real catalysts, not just Bitcoin’s fumes.
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Cardano’s Leios testnet is closing in on launch, promising major scaling gains for ADA, but price remains stuck far below its peak. Meanwhile, Pepeto’s flashy presale is pitching faster upside with heavy hype, staking rewards, and exchange buzz.
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Ricardo Salinas says fiat is a rigged game of currency debasement and calls Bitcoin the better long-term store of value. He’s stacking BTC via dollar-cost averaging, dismissing AI hype, and says a $1 million Bitcoin is possible.
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CFTC permanently bars Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from trading after Celsius’s collapse, marking the agency’s first crypto-lending enforcement case. It’s a sharp reminder that “high yield” can mask high risk, weak controls, and a very expensive trust problem.
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