Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have written to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, requesting information about loans made by the stablecoin firm to a trust that Lutnick’s children benefited from. Bloomberg reported in March that Lutnick sold his stake in Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm, to his…
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In brief Bitcoin’s April gains hovered just under 12%, marking its second positive monthly close since September 2025. Michael Saylor’s Strategy made four BTC purchases in April totaling $4.13 billion, with MSTR stock closing the month up 33%. CryptoQuant warns that “price gains are speculative rather than structural” as the demand metric remains negative, highlighting…
US-listed spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finished April in the green as Bitcoin rallied throughout the month. Bitcoin ETFs drew $1.97 billion in inflows in April, well above March’s $1.37 billion, marking their highest monthly inflows of the year, according to SoSoValue data. With inflows in March and April offsetting outflows in January and…
Tokyo-based SBI Holdings has opened talks to acquire shares in cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank and make it a consolidated subsidiary, extending its push to consolidate regulated crypto trading platforms in Japan as the country moves toward securities-style rules for digital assets. The financial conglomerate said Friday it is considering a share acquisition as part of a…
Brazil’s central bank, Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), has barred the use of virtual assets in certain regulated international payment and transfer services, tightening rules for cross-border payment providers operating under the country’s eFX framework. On Thursday, BCB published Resolution BCB No. 561, amending existing rules for eFX, a regulated category covering international payments and…
In brief The Seoul Administrative Court granted a stay on Bithumb’s business suspension Thursday, pending a final ruling. Judge Gong Hyeon-jin cited potential irreparable harm to the exchange if core functions remained restricted. The suspension was part of March sanctions by South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit. A Seoul court granted crypto exchange Bithumb an emergency…
Bitcoin (BTC) eyed $77,500 on Friday after US stocks posted fresh record highs on strong tech earnings. Key points: Bitcoin continues a rebound after the monthly close as stocks hit record highs. Strong tech earnings propel the S&P 500 over 7,200 points for the first time in history. PCE inflation data nears its highest levels…
Digital asset company Bakkt completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm Distributed Technologies Research (DTR) through an equity-based transaction as part of its bid to create a digital settlement layer. Bakkt CEO Akshay Naheta said on Thursday that the deal aims to combine Bakkt’s institutional infrastructure with DTR’s native artificial intelligence payments engine and stablecoin…
Crypto wallet startup Oobit has launched a Visa-supported virtual card for AI agents to make online purchases in USDT on behalf of businesses without human intervention. The Agent Cards are funded directly from stablecoin issuer Tether’s treasury, meaning no fiat on-ramp or conversions are needed for AI agents to top up USDt (USDT) balances and…