The US Treasury Department is going after Iran’s oil money, and this time, the crypto industry is caught in the crosshairs. New sanctions under what the government is calling Operation Economic Fury target a sprawling network of companies, individuals, and vessels involved in smuggling Iranian oil to China. The kicker for crypto markets: $344 million
JPMorgan (JPM) is preparing to launch a tokenized money market fund, the latest sign that major financial institutions and Wall Street asset managers are speeding up efforts to move traditional assets onto blockchain rails. A Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC) outlined plans for a blockchain-based money-market fund investing exclusively in
Michael Green, a well-known figure in the financial world, discussed the current state of the markets and the economic challenges facing the younger generation on the New Era Finance Podcast. Green’s harsh criticisms, particularly regarding Bitcoin and passive investment strategies, attracted attention. Green described comparing Bitcoin to gold or valuing it based on its scarcity
The US Treasury Department has issued fresh guidance telling banks to watch for, and report, suspected money laundering networks tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The directive specifically flags the use of shell companies and cryptocurrency networks as key channels for moving illicit funds. At the center of the guidance is Iran’s sanctioned oil
The Federal Trade Commission just put Big Tech on notice. The agency sent compliance letters to more than a dozen major technology companies, including Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple, pressing them to follow the requirements of the Take It Down Act. The law, known as TIDA, targets the spread of non-consensual intimate imagery, the polite legal
As senators have finalized the text of the CLARITY Act, the digital asset market structure bill is now set for a key vote in the Senate Banking Committee this Thursday, May 14. Against this backdrop, Strategy founder Michael Saylor publicly explained why the legislation is a fundamental pillar of his long-term Bitcoin strategy. While media
Regulated digital securities platform tZERO has integrated its tokenization infrastructure with the Aptos blockchain, paving the way for institutional issuers to mint and manage real-world asset tokens directly on the high-throughput Layer 1, according to a report from ChainCatcher. tZERO plugs regulated tokenization into Aptos The collaboration aims to fuse tZERO’s compliant issuance and transfer
With the CLARITY Act heading to committee and a July 4 signing window, Bitcoin sits near $82K as ETF flows, corporate treasuries and post‑halving supply all align for a $100K test. Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed on X that the U.S. Digital Asset Market Structure Act — known as the CLARITY Act — is set to
Ronin L2 migration completed May 12, ending four years as a sidechain after a 10-hour network shutdown. The Ronin L2 hard fork executed at block 55,577,490 on May 12, transitioning the gaming blockchain from an independent EVM sidechain into a full Ethereum Layer 2 built on Optimism’s OP Stack. Sky Mavis co-founder Jihoz announced in