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EU Approves Commissioners, Including Ones Who Will Likely Oversee Crypto Rules

The European Parliament approved its new slate of commissioners on Wednesday. Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné, Maria Luís Albuquerque and Henna Virkkunen are likely to have crypto within their purview.  The EU’s markets in crypto assets legislation is going to be in full force by the end of December so more work might need to be done […]

Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned by U.S. Appeals Court; TORN Soars Over 500%

A U.S. federal appeals court has delivered a major legal victory to the crypto sector by throwing out the U.S. Treasury Department’s earlier effort to directly sanction crypto mixing service Tornado Cash. The court found that the government didn’t have the proper tools to include the actual technology underpinning the service as a sanctioned entity. […]

Ripple Drops Another $25M Into Crypto PAC to Sway 2026 Congressional Races

Fairshake will have a whopping $103 million to spend on the next U.S. congressional election — so far — thanks to another $25 million just promised from Ripple Labs. This latest contribution puts the political action committee in a powerful position to repeat its successes from this year’s elections, in which dozens of its favored […]

Mudslinging Sullies Prediction Markets Just as Sector’s Prospects Brighten

Kalshi paid social media influencers to spread a narrative that rival Polymarket’s founder, Shayne Coplan, engaged in illegal activity, an article in Pirate Wires revealed. Someone apparently decided to launch a retaliatory smear campaign against Kalshi. (Polymarket denies any involvement.) All of this is happening just as things were starting to look bright on the […]

Bitcoin Buying Plans Are Supercharging Stocks. Is This a Michael Saylor Redux — or Another ‘Long Island Iced Tea’ Fad?

Following MicroStrategy’s successful bitcoin buying strategy, many companies, some microcaps and unrelated to crypto, started announcing similar steps. The strategy has led to significant short-term share price rallies for some of these companies, but according to market observers, the long-term success remains uncertain. While optimists see this as a step toward more mainstream bitcoin adoption, […]