What he’s signed—and what it means.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is replacing its enforcement unit devoted to misconduct in the cryptocurrency markets, the latest sign of the regulator’s more friendly approach to digital assets.

Yield-bearing stablecoins have long been on the wish list of many crypto market participants who use the tokens to facilitate billions of dollars in transactions daily.

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Private equity firms Carlyle Group Inc. and Thoma Bravo are among the suitors shortlisted in the bidding for French software firm smartTrade Technologies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Emily Nicolle dishes the dirt on how crypto exchanges are plotting to cash in on the rise of stablecoins.

Stocks had their worst session so far in 2025 after weaker-than-expected economic data and a surge in consumers’ long-run inflation views to the highest since 1995.

Argentina’s senate voted on Thursday to suspend primary elections for this year’s midterm vote, handing President Javier Milei a welcome political victory as he navigates a cryptocurrency scandal engulfing his administration.

Altvest Capital Ltd. said it will become the first listed company in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset, emulating a strategy that propelled a more than 2,400% surge in Michael Saylor’s Strategy.com since it started buying the token.

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India’s central bank plans to inject $10 billion through a foreign-exchange swap as it ramps up efforts to tackle a cash crunch in the banking system.

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Investment scams are up, and not just for Boomers.

Coinbase Global Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop its lawsuit that accused the largest US cryptocurrency trading platform of running an illegal exchange. The agreement is pending commissioner approval.

Robinhood Markets Inc. shares saw their worst week since December 2021, a sharp pullback from a crypto-fueled surge that followed the election of President Donald Trump.

Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers believe North Korean hackers were likely responsible.

Bitcoin and Ether prices dipped, while smaller tokens saw worse losses, as traders reacted to an almost $1.5 billion hack of the Bybit exchange that analysts say was the largest crypto theft ever.

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The crypto industry started its Friday in a jubilant mood, with Coinbase Global Inc.’s announcement that US securities regulators were poised to dismiss a legal case against the nation’s largest digital-asset exchange.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and peer-to-peer lending platform SoLo Funds agreed to put an end to the agency’s lawsuit against the company amid a broader halt to enforcement actions, according to court filings.