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Ghana’s Crypto Push Begins As 11 Companies Enter SEC Sandbox

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Mobile money is everywhere in Ghana. And now, crypto wants in on that infrastructure too. Related Reading Foreign Players Circle As Local Framework Takes Shape Blockchain.com, one of the older names in the industry, announced this week it had moved into the Ghanaian market with a sharp focus on tying crypto payments to the country’s mobile money ecosystem. The move came just days after Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission published a list of 11 virtual asset companies cleared to operate inside a new regulatory sandbox — the country’s first structured…

SEC, CFTC Handshake on Memo to Regulate Markets in Harmony

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Two of the US’s most influential financial regulators have agreed to better coordinate oversight of the financial markets, seeking to put an end to decades of “regulatory turf wars” between them. According to the memorandum of understanding written on Wednesday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has become a “pivotal time” to regulate in harmony as new technologies, such as crypto, make it more challenging to monitor the markets: “New trading models, digital infrastructure, and onchain, automated systems increasingly blur traditional jurisdictional…

SEC Chair Calls for ‘Coordinated Oversight‘ Between US Financial Agencies

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Paul Atkins, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that an agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would lead to a new level of “coordination and collaboration,” including on enforcement. In a Tuesday speech for the FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference in Florida, Atkins said that the SEC and CFTC were considering an updated memorandum of understanding on coordination between the two federal regulators. The SEC chair did not explicitly mention oversight of digital assets, but said “the regrettable era of duplicative enforcement actions and…

CRYPTO TURMOIL: Trump blasts banks as CLARITY Act stalls again

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith discusses digital asset regulation, crypto volatility and tokenization on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ #foxbusiness #morningswithmaria Subscribe to Fox Business: Watch more Fox Business Video: Watch Fox Business Network Live: FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the business capital of the world — FBN launched in October 2007 and is one of the leading business networks on television.…

Coinbase Moves To ETH!🔥Robinhood vs Coinbase🔥SHOTS FIRED!

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Optimism has plunged to a new all-time low after intense selling pressure overwhelmed recent demand. The decline accelerated after Coinbase’s Layer-2 network Base confirmed it is transitioning away from the Optimism OP Stack. Meanwhile, Robinhood jokes at ETHDenver at Coinbases several failed attempts at delivering for their users. ~This episode is sponsored by BTCC~ BTCC 10% Deposit Bonus! ➜ 00:00 Intro 00:20 Sponsor: BTCC 00:50 Stonk brokers 01:20 Stats 01:50 ETHDenver: Johan Robinhood on testnet success 02:44 Optimism plunges 03:30 Optimism dead…

突发！美国国税局IRS加密税终极杀招！Coinbase等平台停止纸质税表！美国加密税务迎来”合规元年”

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io 美國國稅局（IRS）於2026年3月發布新提案，允許Coinbase、Kraken等加密經紀商僅以電子方式提供1099-DA稅表，並可終止拒絕電子接收的客戶關係，疊加今年生效的成本基礎報告規則，標誌著加密稅務合規從自我舉報邁向自動匹配的執法時代。此舉將對市場結構產生深遠影響：頭部合規交易所受益於競爭壁壘提升，而小型平台面臨合規成本壓力；投資者的稅務套利空間急劇壓縮，跨平台成本基礎混池計價不再可行，鏈上用戶面臨複雜的合規負擔。宏觀層面，IRS此舉與SEC、CFTC的監管協同及OECD-CARF全球框架共振，推動加密資產制度化進程，為機構資金入場清除不確定性。儘管存在數字鴻溝、DeFi監管難題等隱憂，但合規化趨勢不可逆轉，市場正從投機驅動轉向制度驅動，2026年將成為加密資產邁向主流金融體系的關鍵分水嶺。 ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

SEC Vs. Justin Sun Case Ends In $10M Settlement

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Rainberry Inc., the company behind BitTorrent, agreed to pay a $10 million settlement that ends a long-running case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreement lets the regulator dismiss its remaining civil claims against Justin Sun and affiliated foundations with prejudice, meaning the SEC cannot refile those specific charges. Related Reading Sun acquired BitTorrent and integrated it into his Tron blockchain ecosystem, linking Rainberry and the BitTorrent Token (BTT) to his crypto operations. Officials framed the settlement as closure rather than an admission of wrongdoing. Settlement Reduces Regulatory…

SEC, Justin Sun Settle Lawsuit for $10M

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its long-running fraud and securities violation lawsuit against Justin Sun in a $10 million settlement. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its lawsuit against crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun with a $10 million settlement, ending a two-year legal battle over alleged fraud and securities laws violations. The SEC said in a letter to a Manhattan federal court on Thursday that Rainberry, one of Sun’s companies, would pay a $10 million fine, and claims against Sun and his companies, the Tron Foundation and…

SEC Taps LINK Executive for Top Role

The price of Chainlink might be massively undervalued right now, but key developments hint that the decentralized oracle service may finally be getting its due. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Taylor Lindman, formerly of Chainlink Labs, as the new Chief Counsel for its Crypto Task Force. JUST IN: Taylor Lindman has been officially appointed as Chief Counsel of the @SECGov‘s Crypto Task Force. We thank Taylor for his great 5 years as a key part of the Chainlink Labs team in his role as Deputy General Counsel.…

SEC Tells Broker-Dealers Stablecoins Can Count Toward Net Capital

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff last week clarified that broker-dealers can apply a 2% “haircut” to their stablecoin holdings without objection from the SEC. Previously, broker-dealers were uncertain whether to apply a 100% haircut to their dollar-pegged stablecoins, meaning that they did not count the tokens toward their net capital under existing regulations. The clarification came in the form of a posting by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets as a “Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Crypto Asset Activities and Distributed Ledger Technology.”…