Recent News on Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Finance | Yellow

The Federal Reserve has withdrawn its 2023 policy that restricted uninsured state banks and crypto activities, replacing it with a new guidance framework supporting “responsible innovation” across the banking sector.

Coinbase has launched its largest product expansion yet, adding stock trading, prediction markets, derivatives, and a tokenization platform as it seeks to evolve into a full-stack financial app. The rollout signals the company’s push to merge traditional assets with on-chain rails while expanding tools for retail, institutional clients, and developers.

Caroline Ellison, the former Alameda Research CEO and key witness against Sam Bankman-Fried, has been moved out of federal prison after roughly 11 months, entering community confinement nearly nine months before her scheduled release.

Bitcoin’s recurring 10 a.m. price crashes are sparking renewed discussion over market manipulation and raising fresh questions about whether Gary Gensler’s long-criticized oversight approach was aimed at protecting retail investors.

A federal judge has allowed investors to file an expanded complaint in the $HAWK Solana token lawsuit, adding Meteora, Haliey Welch, Ben Chow, and others as new defendants while introducing fraud and contract-related claims.

ASTER cryptocurrency slides 22% weekly after breaking support at $0.85, trading near $0.74 as technical indicators confirm downtrend.

Binance is exploring a potential relaunch of Binance.US that could reduce founder Changpeng Zhao’s ownership stake, aiming to clear regulatory barriers following CZ’s prison sentence and the exchange’s U.S. market retreat.

Shiba Inu burned 715K tokens with a 3,620% rate surge, but the minimal impact on 589 trillion supply offers limited deflation.

JPMorgan shifted $350B from Federal Reserve to Treasuries since 2023, cutting Fed balance from $409B to $63B ahead of rate cuts.

Tether launched PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager storing credentials locally on devices, following 16 billion password leak.