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Five major Brazilian cryptocurrency and fintech associations representing more than 850 companies have formally opposed government plans to extend a financial transaction tax to stablecoin operations, warning the move would be unconstitutional and economically damaging. The joint statement, shared w

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo said U.S. banks need the stalled CLARITY Act — the proposed crypto market structure bill — more urgently than the digital assets industry itself, warning that financial institutions risk falling behind global competitors without regulatory certainty. What Happene

The Bank of Canada has completed Project Samara, a limited blockchain experiment that issued Canada's first tokenized bond on a distributed ledger platform, with settlement in wholesale central bank deposits. The pilot found operational efficiency gains but warned that broader adoption "will likely

Zerohash, a blockchain infrastructure provider, has filed an application for a National Trust Bank Charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), joining a wave of digital asset firms — including Crypto.com, Ripple, Circle, Paxos, Fidelity, and BitGo — now pursuing or holding fede

Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange, has become the first digital asset firm to obtain a Federal Reserve master account through its Wyoming-chartered banking arm, Kraken Financial, gaining direct access to the same payment rails used by thousands of U.S. banks and credit unions — a development that