Crypto

Kraken Gains Federal Reserve Access, Earning Crypto a Seat at the U.S. Banking Table

Kraken's banking arm wins Fed master account access, putting crypto on the same payment rails as U.S. banks, and deepening the CLARITY Act...

Valerie Cross

March 4, 2026

Crypto

Trump Says Banks Are Trying to Undermine Crypto’s Agenda in Clarity Act Debate

Trump blames banks for delaying the Clarity Act as stablecoin yield debate stalls in the Senate. Prediction markets show 2026 passage...

Iliana Mavrou

March 4, 2026

Axiom exchange allegations highlight need for clarity

Crypto

Axiom Insider Data Abuse Allegations Expose Crypto Compliance Gaps

On-chain investigator ZachXBT alleges insiders at Solana-based Axiom Exchange exploited access to customer order data, exposing compliance gaps as debates intensify around federal crypto...

Valerie Cross

February 26, 2026

White House pushes ethics reform before clarity act

Crypto

Insider Trading Reform Takes Priority as CLARITY Act Advances Behind the Scenes

Industry leaders from Stable, Wintermute, tx, and DonaFi told DeFi Rate that crypto's absence from the State of the Union is procedural, not a setback. However, experts were divided on...

Iliana Mavrou

February 26, 2026

Polymarket Hit by Order Book Exploit Claims

Crypto

Polymarket Traders Allege Settlement Exploit Targeting Liquidity Providers

Polymarket posted a disclaimer about a "technical exploit that may be artificially distorting prices," highlighting risks in hybrid central limit order book (CLOB) and on-chain settlement...

Dirk van Haaster

February 25, 2026

Crypto

Crypto.com Wins Conditional Approval for U.S. Crypto Custodian Bank, but Conditions Remain

Crypto.com cleared a major regulatory hurdle on its path to becoming a federally regulated custodian. Conditional approval is not final approval, and a checklist of requirements stands...

Cheryle Shepstone

February 23, 2026

Crypto

CLARITY Act Debate Intensifies as White House Hosts Third Meeting

The White House hosted its third round of CLARITY Act negotiations today, with top legal officers from Coinbase and Ripple sitting down alongside banking representatives to try to break the...

Iliana Mavrou

February 19, 2026

Coinbase shifts focus to everything exchange

Crypto

Coinbase Shifts to Stocks, ETFs and Prediction Markets After $667M Q4 Loss

After posting a $667M quarterly loss, Coinbase is scrapping its social push and doubling down on stocks, ETFs and prediction markets to compete as an all-in-one trading...

Iliana Mavrou

February 17, 2026

Crypto

White House Pushes CLARITY Act Deadline Amid Stablecoin Reward Dispute

The White House is accelerating a March 1 deadline for the CLARITY Act, but talks are stuck over stablecoin rewards, which banks see as a threat to deposits and crypto firms view as...

Iliana Mavrou

February 12, 2026

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