European Commission considers community tax on cryptocurrencies

The European Commission is studying the possibility of creating a common tax on crypto assets throughout the European Union (EU). This follows from a document internal leaked and revealed by Politico this May 29, 2026. The writing was known in advance of the upcoming discussions on the long-term community budget. The text offers concrete details … Read more

Circle freezes privacy platform contract without notice

Rand Hindi, founder of Zama, clarified that it was not a sanction against the platform. The freeze affected 12.6 million USDC within the cUSDC contract. The privacy platform Zama was involved on May 30, 2026 in a judicial dispute unrelated to its activity. Everything happened after Circle will freeze 12.6 million USDC contained in its … Read more

Strategy moves its bitcoin back and calms the market

The move involves 411.5 bitcoin (BTC), valued at $30.2 million. There is no official confirmation of sale from Strategy. Strategy, the firm founded by Michael Saylor, withdrew a total of 411.5 units of the asset from Coinbase Prime (Coinbase’s institutional service) on May 29 to an address attributed to the company itself. The movement occurred … Read more

Binance is not perfect, the confession of its marketing director

Leading the industry becomes a “responsibility and obligation” for Binance. “The big global cryptocurrency players need to sit down with lawmakers,” says Conlan. The famous phrase “With great power comes great responsibility”which appears in the modern cinema classic Spidermanapplies to everything, even in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Binance, which is the largest cryptoasset exchange in the … Read more

Bitcoin revolutionized a system that took 200 years to build

In it episode thirty of Separating Money and State, Iván Gómez talks with Rachel Conlan, global Chief Marketing Officer of Binance, about the cultural mutation of the cryptocurrency industry in its 17 years of history and about the contradictions of building a massive brand for a technology that was born, according to Rachel herself, from … Read more

Cryptocurrency regulation in Uruguay “kills startups”

“Many things that I think need to be addressed are not talked about,” Sobral warned. He points out that this is a consequence of “not understanding what they are regulating.” The bill to regulate the cryptocurrency sector in Uruguay is advancing late, presents deep structural gaps and establishes prohibitive economic barriers that threaten to expel … Read more

Knots and DATUM promise to decentralize Bitcoin mining at any scale

Until now, installing them required manually compiling code, a process that took hours, according to Haf. The change applies to home miners all the way to industrial farms, Haf explained. One of the clearest expressions of decentralization in Bitcoin mining, independently deciding which transactions to include in each block instead of delegating it to a … Read more

Sequans, the “French Strategy” that could not be, sells bitcoin to pay debt

The technology company, Sequans Communications confirmed on May 28, 2026 a definitive turn in its financial strategy: the company used part of its bitcoin (BTC) holdings to completely cancel its convertible debt and will progressively abandon its treasury model based on digital assets, while redirecting its focus to the semiconductor business for IoT (Internet of … Read more