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The 80,000-dollar wall
Bitcoin slips below 80,000 dollars on the Asian wave, MSCI tightens its index rules and stablecoins move into bank payments.
Crypto
Europe tightens the ring: MiCA moves from rule to enforcement
The EBA labels USDC the first «significant» token, The Hague authorises Qivalis and Paris proposes a tax on stablecoin swaps.
Crypto
Crypto walks onto the balance sheet: from bitcoin at $84,000 to tokenized collateral
Bitcoin climbs back toward $84,000 while in Brussels and on Wall Street crypto moves into the rulebooks and into traditional financial plumbing.
Crypto
Bitcoin walks into banks and rulebooks: when regulation chases the market
A South Korean bank lends against bitcoin, the CFTC opens a rulemaking on leveraged trading and ESMA tightens the screws on non-compliant stablecoins.
Crypto
Bitcoin holds above 84,000 dollars as Europe tightens the screws
Bitcoin holds 84,000 dollars despite 681 million in ETF outflows, while ESMA and France tighten the rules on stablecoins.
Crypto
Europe tightens the rules on stablecoins, Asia opens the door to ETFs: regulation accelerates
ESMA gives three months to exit non-compliant stablecoins, Thailand opens up to Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, the CFTC clarifies the line between swaps and betting.
Crypto
Regulation becomes infrastructure: Thailand, ESMA and the SEC redraw the crypto perimeter
Thailand opens the door to bitcoin and ether ETFs, ESMA tightens the screws on non-compliant stablecoins, the SEC modernises the cross-trading rule and Ledger investigates a reseller.
Crypto
Bitcoin back to $82,000 while the rules race across three continents
Bitcoin rebounds to $82,000 on the truce with Iran, while the CFTC, ESMA and Greece tighten the regulatory frame.
Crypto
Bitcoin below $83,000: Hormuz, oil and the return of fear
Bitcoin slides below $83,000 on tensions in Hormuz, while crypto regulation accelerates across Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Samsung.

Crypto
Bitcoin below 84,000 dollars as Washington changes course
Bitcoin slips below 84,000 dollars amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, while the CFTC writes the rules on its own and FinCEN withdraws its own.

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Washington shifts gear: the Treasury withdraws two rules while CFTC and SEC write the crypto manual
The Treasury withdraws the rules on self-custodial wallets and mixers; the CFTC and SEC advance dedicated frameworks. Bitcoin stays below 87,000 dollars.

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Bitcoin tests a breakout as Wall Street prepares the night shift
Bitcoin touches 87,000 dollars and slips back below 86,000. Meanwhile OKXICE files its SEC notice for a 24/7 stock market and zkAPI goes live on mainnet.