Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Aims $30 Million at Sherrod Brown Again
Crypto super PAC Fairshake will spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown's Senate bid days after the Clarity Act failed a Senate cloture vote.
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Saudi Arabia Quietly Exits China-Backed mBridge CBDC Project
Saudi Arabia's central bank has left the China-backed mBridge cross-border CBDC platform after completing a proof of concept, narrowing a project US officials have called a sanctions-evasion risk.
ECB Becomes Both Operator and Buyer in New Tokenized Bond System
The ECB's new Pontes system settles tokenized securities in central-bank money, and the ECB itself plans to buy tokenized bonds through it — making the bank both operator and participant.
Crypto PAC Fairshake Plans $30 Million to Sink Sherrod Brown Again
Crypto PAC Fairshake, backed by Coinbase and Ripple, plans $30 million to oppose Sherrod Brown's 2026 Ohio Senate bid after helping defeat him in 2024.
Senate’s Clarity Act Failure Pushes Crypto Rules Offshore, Critics Say
The Senate's narrow failure to advance the Clarity Act leaves crypto rulemaking to the SEC and CFTC, a shift critics say favors banks and offshore hubs like the UAE.
ECB Launches Pontes Platform to Settle Tokenized Assets in Euros
The ECB has launched Pontes, a platform letting banks settle tokenized-asset trades in central-bank money, as it works to keep dollar stablecoins from dominating Europe's digital markets.
Failed CLARITY Act Exposed a Loophole for Officials’ Adult Children
The Senate's failed CLARITY Act would have forced officials to divest crypto holdings — but exempted adult children, a gap that touches both the Trump and Lutnick families.
Polymarket Faced $10 Million Fraud Scheme, WSJ Report Finds
A WSJ investigation says Polymarket faced a $10 million debit-card fraud scheme and a separate account-compromise incident as it pursues a $21 billion valuation and faces an active CFTC probe.
Brussels Weighs a Dedicated EU Rulebook for Crypto Staking
The EU's MiCA review is asking whether staking-as-a-service needs its own rulebook, a question with stakes for a market regulators size at $44 billion.
SEC’s Five-Year Tokenized-Stock Rule Favors Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle
The SEC's new five-year exemption for AMM-traded tokenized stocks puts Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle ahead of Nasdaq and NYSE, analysts say, though volume caps limit near-term disruption.