A US court has dismissed a lawsuit by crypto developer Michael Lewellen seeking legal protection for his software from money transmitter laws, ruling there was no credible threat of prosecution.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has launched MAVAN, an institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform designed to run validator infrastructure for both its own holdings and external clients.
US President Donald Trump has appointed 13 members from the crypto, blockchain, AI, and technology sectors to his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
The Marshall Islands’ universal basic income programme has attracted crypto-connected backing, with M1X Global raising $3 million to support a digital sovereign bond tied to the initiative.
Bitpanda has launched Vision Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 platform designed to help European banks and fintechs issue and manage tokenised assets under MiCA and MiFID II regulations.
The European Central Bank aims to finalise key technical standards for a potential digital euro by this summer, allowing banks and merchants to begin preparing their systems.
An Indian court has granted bail to CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Surendra Gupta and Niraj Ashok Khandelwal, ruling that no prima facie case exists against them in a fraud complaint.
Ripple has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s BLOOM initiative with Unloq to test programmable cross-border trade settlement using the XRP Ledger and Ripple USD.
Pump.fun has introduced a restriction limiting token creators to a single post-launch change in fee distribution, after which settings are permanently locked.
STS Digital has launched a structured products platform for digital assets, partnering with Kraken as its first distribution partner to expand access to options-based investment strategies.
BitGo and ZKsync are partnering to build infrastructure that allows banks to issue and settle tokenised deposits within existing regulatory frameworks.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government will introduce a moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, citing risks linked to illicit finance and foreign interference.
