Former U.S. comptroller Eugene Ludwig warns that fintech and crypto firms pose a threat to banks. He thinks banks should be more aggressive about crypto.

Judge Lewis Kaplan will indeed let Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team ask certain Department of Justice witnesses about their recreational drug use – sort of, anyway. The judge, who has overseen the case for nearly a year now, inched closer to r...

Countries should set up legal frameworks that support the deployment of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), Agustin Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, an international bank said on Wednesday . Around 80% of...

Binance has agreed to sell the entirety of its Russia business to CommEX , the company announced Wednesday. "To ensure a smooth process for existing Russian users, the off-boarding process will take up to one year. All assets of existing Rus...

I was out sick yesterday and so instead of anything resembling a proper newsletter, I have a few thoughts on salient issues of our time, like how an impending government shutdown is probably Not Good News for crypto's D.C. hopes. On a trial-rela...

As Congress nears a cliff on its budget negotiations and the federal agencies prepare for the worst, the Securities and Exchange Commission pushed off a couple of its deadlines to respond to ETF applications. The SEC has formally postponed its...

Four members of the House Financial Services Committee – including Rep. Tom Emmer, the majority whip in the House leadership – called on the SEC to move forward to approve ETF applications, and they'll be able to ask him about it at a hearing th...