The Biden administration is preparing to release an executive action that will task federal agencies with regulating digital assets such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a matter of national security, a person familiar with the White House’s plan tells Barron’s. The national security memorandum, ...Read More

One of lawmakers’ best shots at passing transformative antitrust legislation on Big Tech will be within reach on Thursday. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to deliberate on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which some experts consider to have the most realistic chance of becoming law out ...Read More

Stablecoins, a popular type of digital asset pegged to traditional currencies, could transform the way Americans pay for everything from cell phones and gasoline to haircuts and cups of coffee, according to a long-awaited report released by the Biden administration. When regulated, stablecoins could ...Read More

Regulatory uncertainty has always been a cloud hanging over the crypto world, especially now, as the U.S. regulators pay closer attention and occasionally send warnings to the fast-developing industry. This week, executives at major crypto companies including Coinbase COIN, +0.13%, FTX, BlockFi, Circle, Gemini and Solana expressed ...Read More

It was a busy week for cryptos on both the regulatory and corporate adoption front, but the highlight was the talk delivered on August 3 by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler who laid out his views on crypto at the Aspen Security Forum. Below, are the top ...Read More

Turns out even the most compliant Chinese billionaires aren’t immune to the regulatory onslaught sweeping the world’s second-largest economy. In a twist that has upended conventional wisdom on the political pecking order of China’s business elite, Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s mild-mannered boss, Pony Ma, has ...Read More

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been banned from operating in the U.K. by the country’s markets regulator, in the latest sign of a growing crackdown on the crypto market around the world. Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said Saturday that Binance Markets Limited, the U.K. division of Binance, ...Read More