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White House crypto adviser Witt says other obstacles in the Clarity Act are being removed

The White House’s top crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, said work is still underway to nail down the compromise he believes will move the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act forward in the US Senate, although he said several other items are also being worked out behind the scenes. In an interview on CoinDesk TV on Monday,

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Bankers reject White House claim that stablecoin dividends do not threaten deposits

The crypto industry’s main effort in US politics – the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act – has remained held up on a point about stablecoin dividends that has little to do with the bill’s central goal of regulating US crypto markets. It remains an issue as bankers fired the latest salvo to claim the industry’s

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The US SEC says that software that allows crypto wallet transactions is not considered a broker

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said that software that sets up user interfaces that allow trading of crypto-securities through individuals’ wallets does not need to be registered and regulated as a broker. In the latest of the agency’s staff statements on crypto — now a broad list of views intended to allow the crypto

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Targeted in Extortion Attempt; says no breach and no funds at risk

Crypto exchange Kraken is facing an extortion attempt by a criminal group threatening to release videos allegedly showing access to internal systems containing client data, the company said on Monday. The Wyoming-based company said it identified and closed two instances of inappropriate access linked to individuals within its support team, each involving restricted customer data.

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Circle’s Allaire says USDC freezes require legal orders amid mounting criticism

Circle Internet (CRCL) CEO Jeremy Allaire offered his clearest public response yet to growing criticism over how the stablecoin issuer handles illicit funds, saying it does not freeze wallets unless there is a formal legal basis to do so. Speaking on stage at a press conference in Seoul, Allaire positioned USDC, the second largest dollar-pegged

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ClearBank says it is the first Dutch bank with MiCA approval to roll out EURC, USDC

ClearBank Europe plans to start offering euro- and US-dollar-denominated stablecoins after saying it is the first Dutch credit institution approved to provide crypto services under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. The bank, which has more than 270 institutional clients, 1.7 million individual clients and more than $13 billion in assets under management,

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