The U.S. Department of the Treasury has formally begun implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, releasing its first notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and opening a 60-day public comment period. The 87-page proposal outlines how the Treasury will determine whether state-level stablecoin regulatory regimes are “substantially similar” to the
New AI agents from Chainalysis simplify blockchain analysis while preserving accuracy, auditability, and human oversight. Chainalysis has introduced a new suite of AI-powered agents to expand access to blockchain intelligence across organizations. The growing use of AI by cybercriminals has increased pressure on compliance teams to respond faster. The blockchain analytics firm framed the move
Artificial intelligence has become the dominant narrative in global markets over the past 18 months. What began as a major technological breakthrough has evolved into a once-in-a-generation capital-allocation story, with investment now running into the hundreds of billions across data centres, advanced semiconductors and the power infrastructure required to support them. That scale naturally raises
EDX Markets, the crypto exchange backed by Citadel Securities, has applied for a national trust bank charter, marking a new step in its push to serve institutional clients. The exchange submitted its filing to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday, according to documents seen by CoinDesk. The move comes about three
Interactive Brokers has launched crypto trading for eligible retail investors across the European Economic Area, extending its digital asset offering through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, an authorized crypto-asset service provider. The rollout gives users access to 11 digital assets, including Bitcoin, alongside equities, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and mutual funds within a single account interface.
Hong Kong delays stablecoin licenses as regulators review 36 applications, tighten KYC rules, and ensure financial stability before first approvals. Hong Kong has delayed the release of its first stablecoin licenses. It was to be rolled out by the end of March 2026. Nonetheless, regulators are still going through applications with care. Thus, the process
MARKET SNAPSHOT BTC Spot ~$68,300 (1 April, 2026) Mid-Timeframe Range $64,939 – $68,573 Monthly Close (31 Mar) First positive close since September 2025 ✓ STHRP (overhead) ~$84,000; overhead supply wall, unchanged Long Liq. Cluster $66,400; $1.2B concentration, unchanged Short Liq. Cluster ~$71,800 (prev. $72,100); cleared on 20 March squeeze, rebuilding OI (1 Apr) $47.78B; UP
Tether’s USAT stablecoin – a regulated, U.S.-market digital dollar – is leaving Ethereum mainnet for the first time, landing on Celo, a mobile-first Ethereum layer-2 network with 14 million Opera MiniPay wallet users already transacting across 66+ countries. That’s not a minor technical footnote. It’s a direct pipeline from regulated dollar infrastructure into one of
Bitcoin’s reputation has historically been built on extreme boom-and-bust cycles, with steep drawdowns of up to 90% following all-time highs. This cycle, however, the decline has been closer to 50%, a shift that analysts said reflects the maturation of BTC as an asset class. “Bitcoin’s drawdowns compressing to about 50% is a sign of a
Afroman has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. Born Joseph Foreman, the Grammy-nominated rapper best known for his 2001 hit “Because I Got High” arrives in Las Vegas this April not just as an artist, but as someone who spent three years in court defending his right to say what happened to
