UK's Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee warns the country is lagging behind the US and EU on stablecoin rules.
It urges the BoE & FCA to revise proposals on:
£20k / $10M holding caps
40% interest-free central bank deposit requirement
issuance limits for commercial banks
volume-based (not risk-scaled) k-factor capital requirements
#Stablecoin #CryptoRegulation
Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov at SPIEF: Russian citizens have opened ~10 million crypto wallets on foreign infrastructure. The data is unconfirmed but shows significant engagement. Total funds held remain difficult to estimate.
#Web3#Crypto#Russia
Hyperliquid's RWA open interest just hit $3B ATH.
Launched Oct 2025 via HIP-3, OI has broken records every month since.
What this really shows:
DEXs are unlocking RWAs by offering:
24/7 global access
Transparent on-chain pricing
No gatekeepers or minimums
The result? Real-world assets finally become liquid and accessible to anyone, anywhere.
This is how traditional finance meets DeFi — without the middlemen.
#RWA #DeFi #DEX #Hyperliquid #OnChainFinance
Robinhood has finally closed its $180M acquisition of WonderFi, the Canadian parent of regulated exchanges Bitbuy and Coinsquare. Originally announced in May 2025, the deal was delayed by tech rollouts and regulatory reviews.
WonderFi’s ~300k users will be invited to migrate, helping push Robinhood’s non-US funded accounts past 1M. The move follows its earlier Bitstamp deal to build out institutional reach.
#Web3 #Crypto #Acquisitions
🚨 Crypto market structure bill "Clarity Act" faces tight timeline in U.S. Senate
With only ~4 legislative weeks before July 4 recess, Senate must juggle defense, DHS, FISA priorities.
Bill still reconciling two committee versions, key disagreements remain.
60 votes needed to overcome filibuster — Democrats want ethics rules on officials' crypto holdings & DeFi oversight for law enforcement.
Potential delay into election season could weaken momentum.
📉 #Web3 #CryptoRegulation #ClarityAct
🚨 SEC Chair Paul Atkins: "New Era" of regulation is here!
✅ Digital asset modernization
✅ Project Crypto & CFTC collaboration
✅ On-chain market infrastructure
✅ Tokenized listed securities exemptions
✅ Less disclosure burden, more IPO flexibility
"The SEC’s job is legal clarity, not suppressing innovation." 🇺🇸
#SEC #Crypto #Web3
EU Commission is eyeing new unified taxes on crypto firms, online gambling, and big digital platforms for the 2028-2034 budget.
📊 Crypto transaction tax (0.1%) → €3-4B/year
📈 Crypto capital gains tax → €1-2.4B/year
💶 Combined crypto tax could yield ~€28B over 7 years
🏦 3% levy on large digital firms → €5B/year
🎰 Online gambling tax → €1.9B/year
But member states' opposition remains — final approval uncertain.
#Web3 #Crypto #EUTax #DigitalEconomy
🚨 CFTC’s Market Participants Division issues no-action relief for Coinbase Financial Markets, allowing digital commodity perpetual swaps via affiliate Deribit as “foreign futures” under Regulation 30.1.
Clients’ digital assets & stablecoins can be used as margin transferred to offshore affiliates—even with rehypothecation rights.
Big step for compliant crypto derivatives access. 🇺🇸🤝🌍
#CFTC #Coinbase #Deribit #CryptoDerivatives #Web3
🚨 ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher: Hyperliquid, with just 11 employees, is already "bigger than Nasdaq" — and warns its SpaceX derivatives market could be "bigger than the IPO itself."
A tiny team reshaping finance. 🧵👇 #Hyperliquid#Web3#DeFi
🚀 Breaking: Mastercard secures a BitLicense from NYDFS, greenlighting stablecoin & blockchain settlement services.
The license—held by Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC—adds to recent approvals for Galaxy Digital & Strike, signaling a maturing U.S. regulatory path for compliant digital assets.
Clear rules drive real-world adoption. 🔗💳
#Web3 #BitLicense #Mastercard #Stablecoins
DTCC and Stellar join forces to bring tokenized high-liquidity assets—#Russell1000 stocks, major ETFs, U.S. Treasuries & more—on-chain. With a SEC no-action letter secured, the DTC’s custodial asset tokenization goes live on #Stellar in H1 2027.
A major leap for #RWA adoption. 🚀
Just in: BlackRock’s Asia Pacific fixed income head Navin Saigal says a rate cut—not hike—could be justified under new Fed Chair Warsh, contrasting market bets on tighter policy.
Lower rates = tailwind for risk assets, including #Web3 and crypto. Markets may be mispricing the next move.
Keep an eye on liquidity shifts.
🚨 Brian Armstrong (Coinbase CEO) just laid out where finance still needs to catch up:
🏠 Real estate, stocks, bonds → on-chain
💸 Stablecoins for instant, low-cost global transfers
🌐 Open protocols → fewer middlemen
📱 Self-custody wallets for smartphone users
🤖 AI-driven risk, credit, compliance
⚖️ Innovation-friendly regulation
“The work isn’t done until these run for everyone.”
#Web3 #Crypto #Tokenization #RWA #Stablecoins #FutureOfFinance
10x Research's Bitcoin trend model has turned bearish as MicroStrategy's "never sell" narrative cracks. Michael Saylor hinted at potential future sales of its 843k BTC stash, triggering ~$2.7B outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs.
#Bitcoin#CryptoNews#Web3