The Federal Reserve just dismantled its targeted crypto oversight, clearing the runway for banks to re-enter digital assets under streamlined rules and unleashing fintech innovation nationwide. Federal Reserve Just Pulled the Plug on Crypto Crackdown Machine The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced on Aug. 15, 2025, that it will end its Novel Activities Supervision Program
Bitcoin could climb as high as $150,000 before the end of the year, followed by another bear market in 2026, according to Steven McClurg, CEO of Canary Capital. But he’s not convinced that the recent Ethereum surge will continue. The BTC prediction comes as crypto markets flirt with record highs and institutional investors pile into
Capital requirements for banks from by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), which crafts banking standards, create a “chokepoint,” designed to throttle the growth of the crypto industry, according to Chris Perkins, president of investment firm CoinFund. The current capital rules lower a bank’s return on equity (ROE), a critical profitability metric in banking,
The crypto sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on track to become its second-largest industry in the next five years, due to the country’s regulatory policies and attractive business environment, according to Chase Ergen, a board member of publicly traded digital asset investment firm DeFi Technologies. “They have a reputation for leadership, legislation,
Crypto exchange Gemini filed an updated registration statement for its initial public offering effort, sharing a few more details in its push to become a publicly traded firm. Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Cantor acting as lead bookrunners on the IPO, Gemini said in a press release Friday. Evercore ISI, Mizuho,
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is in discussions with major exchanges, custodians and DeFi protocols to license and list tokenized versions of its benchmarks, according to Stephanie Rowton, the firm’s director of US equities. Rowton told Cointelegraph that the index provider is taking a “strategic approach” to ensure tokenized S&P products are launched only
The company raised $1.1 billion through its initial public offering, pricing 30 million shares at $37 each. This gave Bullish a market value of $5.4 billion at launch, though the stock’s strong performance pushed its valuation to over $13 billion by the end of trading day. From Filing to Trading Floor Bullish first filed for
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink nominated as interim co-chair of World Economic Forum board Summary Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, became interim chair of the World Economic Forum board Formerly a Bitcoin skeptic, Fink has been the driving force behind Wall Street’s crypto adoption WEF founder, Klaus Schwab, recently resigned amid reorganization Bitcoin (BTC) may soon
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. It’s worth taking another look at those corporations hoarding crypto — particularly as we see momentum around the ones accumulating ETH. You may know them as crypto treasury companies or, as Blockworks Research’s Dan Smith calls them: DATs (digital asset treasuries).