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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The global conversation around crypto regulation usually starts with laws and ends with enforcement. Is that bad? Not necessarily, but it is missing a big part of the puzzle. What it misses is the quieter, more consequential movement happening underneath…talent is moving. Summary Crypto regulation is really a talent competition — builders move faster than laws, and jurisdictions that offer clarity and speed attract the people who actually create the ecosystem. Uncertainty repels execution — piecemeal, enforcement-first…

Coinbase, a crypto trading platform, said that it’s aware that some users were experiencing incorrect or missing balances and incorrect price quotes for assets on base. The crypto exchange announced the incident on X on Thursday, confirming the situation and assuring users that its team was tracking the problem and would provide an update. During the investigation, the trading platform found a lag or poor performance when depositing CAD via EFT on the mobile app. It promised to work on the situation and provide updates as more information became available. The crypto exchange also confirmed to its users that all…

Onchain asset manager Maple is extending its yield-bearing US dollar token, syrupUSDC, to Coinbase’s Base network, plugging institutional credit directly into a fast‑growing Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem. According to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the launch will provide the company with a “direct path” to Coinbase’s broader ecosystem of users and products, while making institutional-grade yield available to a wider base of onchain users, rather than keeping it siloed on the Ethereum mainnet. An Aave governance proposal is also currently live to onboard syrupUSDC as collateral on the Aave V3 Base Instance, if the vote passes. Maple said Chainlink infrastructure…

Kevin Hassett, the Chairman of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), has recently emerged as one of the leading candidates to head the next US Federal Reserve (Fed). At this point, while Donald Trump is expected to announce his FED presidential candidate at the beginning of 2026, markets are focused on the FED’s December interest rate decision. As the Fed prepares to announce its December interest rate decision without significant data, a 25 basis point cut is being priced into the markets. According to CME FEDWatchToll data, the Fed is priced in at 87% for a 25 basis point…

In today’s newsletter, Joshua Riezman, chief legal and strategy officer at GSR, takes us through the United States regulatory status, expected changes and their impact. Then, Shea Brown from Windle Wealth answers questions about these changing investment models and how they could impact investors in Ask an Expert. – Sarah Morton U.S. Crypto Regulatory Outlook: From Intent to Implementation Heading into 2026, the U.S. regulatory outlook for digital assets is more constructive than it has been in years. The challenge is no longer whether policymakers want to act, but whether they can execute. Engagement with Congress and the Executive Branch…

Table of Contents What Does The Kraken Listing Mean For Telcoin?Who Is Telcoin And What Makes It Different?Recent Regulatory MilestonesHow Does This Expand US Market Access?ConclusionResourcesFrequently Asked Questions Telcoin’s native token $TEL will begin trading on Kraken on January 22, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, expanding access to the token that powers the Telcoin Network’s telecommunications blockchain infrastructure. The listing follows Telcoin’s recent regulatory approval as the first U.S.-chartered digital asset bank and the December 2025 launch of its eUSD stablecoin. Coming soon to Kraken 📱 $TEL, the native token of Telcoin Network. @TelcoinTAO aligns mobile networks around a shared blockchain…

TRON founder Justin Sun announced an $8 million investment in River, a decentralized finance (DeFi) project. This strategic investment, announced by River on its X platform, aims to strengthen the project’s ecosystem integration and has also attracted attention due to the sharp rise in River’s native token during the same period. River, not to be confused with the US-based Bitcoin brokerage of the same name, operates as a DeFi protocol developing cross-chain stablecoin infrastructure. The project launched its stablecoin system, which it calls “chain abstraction,” in August. With this system, the asset called satUSD is positioned as an “omni-chain” stablecoin…

Abu Dhabi-focused Solana infrastructure firm Solmate (SLMT) has signed a non-binding term sheet to acquire digital asset firm RockawayX in an all-stock deal that would create an institutional crypto group with more than $2 billion in assets and third-party stake. The combined company would fold RockawayX’s infrastructure, liquidity and asset management units into Solmate, which is shifting from a passive digital asset treasury to an operating crypto business, and keep on trading under the SLMT ticker. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2026, still requires definitive agreements, regulatory clearance and shareholder approval. Solmate CEO Marco Santori…

The Bitcoin Policy Institute, Fedi, and Cornell University have launched a two-year U.S. study on financial privacy attitudes. The study will examine regulatory impacts, privacy trade-offs, and developer approaches to privacy tools. The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), the blockchain payment firm Fedi, along with the Brooks School Tech Policy Institute of Cornell University, has revealed the launch of a two-year empirical research collaboration to understand how Americans perceive financial privacy, the privacy trade-offs that they are willing to make, and how public policy shapes both user patterns as well as developer choices. With the recent spotlight being placed upon the…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Ramp Network becomes fully operational across the EU as a licensed Crypto Asset Service Provider. Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited, trading as Ramp Network, a financial technology, today announced that it is live as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) in the European Union, with EU customers now serviced under its approved CASP license. All EU customer activity is conducted under its CASP authorization, which includes regulatory requirements set out in the Marketing in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and by…