Those accused converted cash from drug sales into crypto assets and sent them to Mexico. The Treasury collaborated with different entities, such as Chainalysis, to confirm money laundering. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned more than a dozen people and companies linked to the Mexican … Read more
SpaceX, the aerospace technology company founded by Elon Musk, officially confirmed its plans to go public after filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the S-1 form, the financial document that companies must submit before debuting on the public market. But beyond the firm’s expected IPO, one of the data that caught … Read more
99% of existing stablecoins are denominated in US dollars. The project incorporated 25 new financial entities, consolidating a banking network of 15 countries. The European banking consortium, Qivalis, expanded its base to 37 financial institutions with the aim of advancing the launch of a stablecoin in euros under the MiCA regulatory framework. The announcement was … Read more
The rise of RWA and stablecoins puts pressure on a possible regulatory update. Issuers, exchanges and providers will be able to provide comments on MiCA. The European Commission opened a public consultation to assess whether MiCA, the European Union’s cryptocurrency regulatory framework, remains adequate in the face of the rapid evolution of the digital asset … Read more
Hybrid custodians, direct settlement accounts, and BTC credit cards are possibilities. Cryptocurrency companies with FinCEN MSB license will be able to openly partner with banks. The new executive order issued by the White House transforms the rules of the financial game in the United States by mitigating bureaucratic fragmentation and ordering federal agencies to evaluate … Read more
Trump’s executive order seeks to eliminate “excessively burdensome and fragmented” regulations. The head of each financial regulator will need to conduct a review of existing provisions. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at restructuring the country’s regulatory environment to enable the direct incorporation of distributed ledger technology and the use of bitcoin, … Read more
The position in Circle (CRCL) is equivalent to approximately $20 million. CRCL is less than 0.1% of Duang Yongping’s investment portfolio. Duan Yongping, a Chinese-American businessman and investor known as the “Chinese Warren Buffett,” bought 200,000 shares of Circle Internet Group (CRCL), the issuing company of the USDC stablecoin, through his investment firm H&H International … Read more
Commercial banks in the United States advance financial digitalization through corporate use of cryptocurrency networks. One of the most recent examples is SoFi Bank, a nationally licensed institution founded in 2011 that scheduled the implementation of tokenized deposits for the third quarter of 2026. The revelation of this novelty occurred on May 11, 2026 at … Read more
For AI, the main bottleneck is accessing the electrical grid, according to the WEF. By 2030, 10% of new electricity connection requests will come from AI centers. Artificial intelligence data centers represent the most difficult type of electricity demand faced by the global grid, according to a report published this May 18 by the World … Read more
The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) took a new step in its digital asset integration strategy by approving a regulatory framework that will allow the entry of foreign stablecoins into its formal financial system. The reform, published this May 19 and which will enter into force on June 1, 2026, recognizes certain stablecoins issued … Read more